As parents and coaches, it is our responsibility to teach our athletes to be gritty, tenacious, and to persevere in pursuit of their long terms goals. This video describes three ways we can do this.
1) Allow them to failure and help them learn from it
2) Praise Grittiness
3) Model Gritty, tenacious behavior
mission of the Changing the Game Project is to ensure that we return youth sports to our children, and put the 'play' back in 'play ball.' We want to provide the most influential adults in our children's lives -- their parents and coaches -- with the information and resources they need to make sports a healthy, positive, and rewarding experience for their children, and their whole family. Parenting and coaching young athletes is an art, not a science, and the information you find here can help you navigate the maze of youth sports, and put a smile on your young athlete's face, whether he or she is 6 or 16 years old. Our site is your one stop shopping for the latest and greatest information, research, and best practices regarding high performance, motivation, Long Term Athletic Development, fitness, nutrition, college recruiting, and more. Here you will find resources, training, videos, and books that can help you become the best parent or coach a kid could ever ask for. It will help ensure that you do your part to make youth sports a wonderfully positive part of your child's physical, social, and cognitive education.
