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Family Meals on the Run: Is the mini-van the new dinner table for families involved in youth sports?
Did you know that researchers of the University of Minnesota have found that sitting down as a family at the dinner table appears to play an important role in promoting healthful eating in kids? Amon… more →
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Family Meals on the Run: Is the mini-van the new dinner table for families involved in youth sports?
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nmlavoi wrote 19 hours ago: Did you know that researchers of the University of Minnesota have found that sitting down as a fami … more →
Silent Sidelines: A Band Aid Approach To Controlling Youth Sport Parents
nmlavoi wrote 5 days ago: Many strategies are commonly discussed to help change parental behavior on youth sport sidelines. Su … more →
The Role of Fathers in the Lives of Youth Athletes
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nmlavoi wrote 4 weeks ago: A great deal of research outlines how important father’s are in the lives of their child athle … more →
3 females prevail in male sport domain
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nmlavoi wrote 1 month ago: I have a trifecta of GOOD and exciting news pertaining to girls and women in sports. 1. Justine Sieg … more →
What if the athletes were boys, not girls?
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nmlavoi wrote 1 month ago: In a previous blog, I wrote about a male soccer coach in Minnesota who had his U12 elite girls … more →
How Not to Coach Soccer: A Lesson From Minnesota
nmlavoi wrote 1 month ago: When I’m not writing about gender, the other part of my research, teaching and outreach pertai … more →
Why Mothers Coach
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nmlavoi wrote 2 months ago: In a study where we interviewed mothers who were also youth sport coaches, we wanted to know why the … more →
Snacks & Youth Sport: What message does this send youth athletes?
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nmlavoi wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been thinking about snacks at youth sport events since last summer. Why?—primarily becaus … more →
“You Gotta Be Tough”
nmlavoi wrote 2 months ago: I thought a triad of blogs about female coaches in youth sport was appropriate given the amount of e … more →
Youth Sport Needs More Female Coaches
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nmlavoi wrote 2 months ago: A lot of my research is done in youth sport contexts, including examining the barriers that prevent … more →
It's Official: Thousands of Chinese athletes faking ages
lesleee999 wrote 4 months ago: The sports ministry in Guangdong Province says it has undertaken X-Ray bone analysis on 15,000 yout … more →
It's Official: Thousands of Chinese athletes faking ages
pkrf1end wrote 4 months ago: The sports ministry in Guangdong Province says it has undertaken X-Ray bone analysis on 15,000 yout … more →
Mental Toughness
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Chris Brown wrote 6 months ago: Every coach wants his or her players to be mentally tough. As a strength coach, how do we address th … more →
Sometimes we all need a reminder...
Chris Brown wrote 6 months ago: Here’s a great video on the essence of youth sports (though it dealswith hockey specifically). … more →
The Future of Sports: The Gene Lottery
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Chris Brown wrote 7 months ago: Is GATTACA coming true?! Late post today…here’s an article I heard about yesterday talki … more →
ACL Injuries and Female Athletes
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ozfitpro wrote 8 months ago: Brian Grasso is the CEO of the International Youth Conditioning Association and is considered one of … more →
Youth Training ... Think Outside the Box
ozfitpro wrote 8 months ago: Brian Grasso is the CEO of the International Youth Conditioning Association and is considered one of … more →
Parents Love The Thought
Donovan Owens wrote 1 year ago: Tonight it became even more obvious to me that there is a need for an intervention with the way youn … more →
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