Did you know kids these days spend just four to seven minutes playing outside each day on average? Sports teams are a great way to get amazing benefits—they build stronger bodies and develop life skills like leadership and self-esteem . But our parenting approach can make or break our kids' experience. Parents who get too involved often put needless pressure on young athletes . We naturally want to step in and "fix" things when our kids feel nervous or mess up, but this usual

Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty — it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. Adam Bede (1859) George Eliot, English writer (1819–1880) When you think about influential leaders in sport, we can think of a few in every sport: basketball, football, American football, hockey, rugby, Gaelic games and many more. And when most people think about a pep talk before or during a game, the angry or disappointed mana