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Good Sports Parenting

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By Danny Bernstein After over a decade of coaching my own children and sitting on the sidelines as a spectator to their games, I have seen a lot of well-meaning parents step out of bounds with their own kids.  We are all vulnerable to getting distracted from the big picture of watching our kids play.  Here are a couple of things I have learned along the way with some helpful tips to keep youth sports in perspective: Do Less: The best piece of advice I can give to parents who want their Read more [...]

The Car Ride Home

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  Ask any athlete what they dread most about youth sports and a majority will say, the car ride home after the game. While many sports parents continue to stew, and even angrily verbalize over a bad call by a referee or questionable strategy from their child’s coach, most young players have already mentally moved on.  The game’s over; they’re done, and they don’t want or need ongoing negative commentary or a reanalysis.  While our kids don’t want the post game rehash, they Read more [...]

Being “That” Sports Parent

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By Danny Bernstein Most of us have witnessed  firsthand or heard examples of "the obnoxious sports parent". You know what I'm talking about: The adult on the sideline berating the coach, the referees, other parents, players or anyone he/she perceives as doing an injustice to their child or team.  But what about the parent who watches the game, while silently anguishing in doubt, tension, and a feeling of despair, when their child gets up to play?  How do we avoid being “that” parent? I Read more [...]