Tom Brady used to put on his Little League uniform at 7 a.m. in preparation for a Saturday game hours later. He routinely went to hit and field with his dad at a park near his home in San Mateo, ...
A growing body of research shows how pressure from overbearing coaches and parents is stunting children’s emotional ...
As parents, we want to encourage our kids to dream big and to do what they love. And school sports are an excellent way to boost a child's confidence, get in some healthy activity and even have fun as ...
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Opinion: When we invest in play for kids, we all win

From the very beginning, the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF) believed in that vision — that sport could be a tool ...
If you want your kids to get off the couch and into playing sport, then it turns out you need to lead by example. New research has found kids whose parents are involved around a sporting club are ...
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Tim Olds receives funding from the NHMRC and ARC. Carol Maher receives funding from the NHMRC and the Medical Research Future Fund For most of our lives, the rhythms of our days are governed by ...
A frightening percentage of young Australians want to stop playing sport according to a new report that has identified two big reasons for the alarming decline in participation by the country's kids.
Biking, skateboarding, inline skating, pogo-stick hopping… today’s active kids do it all. And parents of today’s active kids insist they wear safety gear — especially helmets. Those growing noggins ...
Sporting clubs across the ACT will unite this weekend to promote positive sideline behaviour for coaches, parents and supporters in junior sport. It's all part of a shared mission to keep kids in ...
While it’s always good to give your kid a healthy dose of encouragement from the sidelines, many of us would agree that some supporters take it way too far. It seems the NSW Government has also ...