More family time, less sports
Here’s to more in 2017, and also to less. This year I hope we bring back kids in the backyard, on their bikes until dusk, neighborhood...
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Kate Leavell
- Dec 28, 2016
- 2 min
High School Guide Preview
The High School Coaches Guide to Building a Powerhouse Program is coming SO SOON and I am really excited about the sheer amount of...
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Kate Leavell
- Nov 22, 2016
- 4 min
When winning is losing
Their youth program is winning every tournament, every league, they are unstoppable. But their high school team is awful. What gives??...
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Kate Leavell
- Nov 19, 2016
- 4 min
Parents: are they the bad guys?
As a coach, I have to ask parents, do you ever feel like the bad guy? No matter what you do? Ever get frustrated and fed up with your...
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Kate Leavell
- Nov 6, 2016
- 3 min
Coach, Re-Write your job description
Re-Write your job description We know coaching involves teaching our respective sport, hopefully some life lessons, guiding young minds,...
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Kate Leavell
- Nov 3, 2016
- 6 min
Wrecked by Politics. Save our Coaches
I’m absolutely gutted. Have you ever felt this way about coaching? I have felt that gnawing wonder of how much a coach can take before...
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Kate Leavell
- Sep 17, 2016
- 2 min
I believed the lie.
I believed the lie. The same lie so many others have bought into. “This is for her, I’m helping”. After all, an involved, active parent...
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Kate Leavell
- Aug 1, 2016
- 2 min
What no one wants to tell you
You’ve put your money and your time into your kids sports. You’ve tried every elite travel team, every elite trainer, year round playing,...
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Kate Leavell
- Jun 27, 2016
- 4 min
The Positive Pocket Challenge! Take it!
If you’re a coach, then you most certainly are a competitive person. If you have kids in sports, again, good chance you thrive off a...
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Kate Leavell
- Jun 19, 2016
- 2 min
Cocky or Confident
Do your players know the difference? Try a team exercise. Ask them.. would you rather be cocky or confident and why? Who do you think...
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Kate Leavell
- Jun 7, 2016
- 1 min
Meet in the Middle Guide is Here!
Use the Meet in the Middle principles to reconnect your volunteers, build a stronger foundation, be better prepared for issues and create...
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Kate Leavell
- Jun 2, 2016
- 3 min
Building a Winner
New Parent: New parent is so in love with Young Boy. He’s beautiful, his heart, his hugs, his kisses, his mind. Parent stands in wonder...
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Kate Leavell
- May 21, 2016
- 3 min
The breaking point- effective motivation
Kids these days are soft, I hear it all the time. Easily offended and coddled by parents to get what they want, whether they earned it or...
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Kate Leavell
- May 14, 2016
- 2 min
When Emotions Steal our Filter
There’s a reason people love their professional sports games, but what do we do with those emotions when we are watching or coaching our...
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Kate Leavell
- May 7, 2016
- 2 min
Meet in the Middle E-Book Coming Soon!
Striking a balance that brings sanity, joy, growth, organization, accountability, and development back into our youth programs comes from...
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Kate Leavell
- May 3, 2016
- 5 min
Why aren’t more moms coaching our girls’ sports?
Why are there so few moms coaching their daughters’ teams? There isn’t a shortage of moms with an athletic background, or who are great...
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Kate Leavell
- Apr 29, 2016
- 3 min
Check Yourself Before you Wreck Yourself..
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Bill Gates Ever have a really difficult situation as part of a youth...
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Kate Leavell
- Apr 9, 2016
- 3 min
The growth secret
Let’s look a little deeper into the real reason these hot beds exist- some of them are not even places where the sport has been around...
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Kate Leavell
- Mar 31, 2016
- 3 min
Social Media Addiction – Ruining youth sports?
Has social media fed our addiction to live vicariously through our kids? When I was growing up the picture of a stage parent belonged to...
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Kate Leavell
- Mar 31, 2016
- 5 min
FUN = Distraction or Catalyst?
You’ve read the blogs, advice columns, coaching books, and you get it, practice for kids sports need to be fun! But are we even trying to...
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