No More Joiners: Why Kids Are Dropping Out Of Sports
Posted by Dean Holden at May
by Jamie Strashin, 10 May 2016 An obsession with separating out the best athletes, even at very young ages, could be driving many kids out of sports. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press) Whether young or old, rich or poor, Canadians are less active these days. In fact, according to a new study, our participation in sports is […]
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Talent Development vs. Talent Identification: Give Kids A Chance
Posted by Dean Holden at Mar
by Jim Grove, 29 February 2016 The tryouts for the regional “select” team are next week, and your child’s coach is singing the glories of playing on the super team with the best-of-the-best. There’s prestige and status, and something more: He says this is the fast track to turning pro! Wow. It’s a thrilling […]
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Football Talent Spotting: Are Clubs Getting It Wrong With Kids?
Posted by Dean Holden at Jan
by Alistair Magowan, 22 December 2015 Scouting football players as young as five, persuading an 11-year-old to sign a contract with private school education or offering a teenager’s parents a house. These are some of the things English clubs are doing to secure the country’s best youngsters in an increasingly desperate fight to beat rivals […]
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Tom Brady, As Parent, Sees Changes In Youth Sports From His Days As A Kid
Posted by Dean Holden at Nov
by Mike Reiss, 5 October 2015 Tom Brady sees kids “specializing” in a sport at a much younger age than he did, and he isn’t sure it’s the best idea. David Butler II/USA TODAY Sports Tom Brady has said that two of the most important things in his life are his children and his job as […]
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Helping Your Kids Through Tryouts
Posted by Dean Holden at Oct
by Hal Tearse, 1 October 2015 The onset of fall is also the beginning of tryouts for youth teams all across Minnesota. Tryouts are a time of high anxiety on the part of players, parents, administrators and coaches. Nobody involved particularly likes the process, but we need to go through it in order to form […]
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Saints Hosts World’s First Bio-Banded Tournament
Posted by Dean Holden at Sep
by Southampton Saints, 25 August 2015 Southampton hosted the world’s first bio-banded tournament at the Staplewood Campus last weekend. Saints were joined by fellow Category 1 academies Stoke City, Reading and Norwich City for the tournament, which saw players competing in teams based on their maturational status and biological age, rather than chronological age. The […]
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3 Myths that are Destroying the Youth Sports Experience for our Kids
Posted by Dean Holden at Aug
by John O’Sullivan, 1 August 2015 Every year, I travel throughout the US, Canada, Asia and Europe, and give well over 100 presentations to parents and coaches. I speak to tens of thousands of people about youth sports, coaching, and athlete development. Every time I do a live event, I get asked the following question: […]
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Survival of the Fittest or Survival of Talent?
Posted by Dean Holden at Aug
by Mark O’Sullivan, 25 February 2015 <OOPS! I accidentally initially credited this article to Mark Upton when it should have been Mark O’Sullivan! Apologies to both gentlemen. Goes to show you shouldn’t post stuff when you are tired! > The optical illusion that is early talent identification and the selection philosophy of district teams According […]
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An Uncommon Man: Life Lessons from a True Sporting Role Model
Posted by Dean Holden at Jul
by John O’Sullivan, 8 July 2015 Back in the summer of 2000, I was just completing my first year as an assistant men’s soccer coach at the University of Vermont. Between sessions of summer camp, I often ducked out of the heat by having lunch in the cool confines of UVM’s famed Gutterson Field House, […]
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Stars’ Jamie Benn Proves Scouting Isn’t Science
Posted by Dean Holden at May
by Fluto Shinzawa, 21 March 2015 Jamie Benn made Dallas’s varsity out of training camp in 2009. On my dream team, Jamie Benn, John Tavares, and Rick Nash are my first-line forwards. Good luck getting the puck off their sticks or denying them entry to the dangerous areas of the rink. They are monsters. In […]
