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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 18, 20162 min read
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, 20161 min read
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 1, 20163 min read
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 20, 20163 min read
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, 20162 min read
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 6, 20162 min read
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 2, 20165 min read
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, 20163 min read
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, 20163 min read
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, 20163 min read
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 30, 20165 min read
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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Kate Leavell
Mar 29, 20164 min read
United Women’s Lacrosse League is Here!
I distinctly remember sitting in my 6th grade homeroom class as we went around one by one telling our classmates what we want to be when...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 27, 20164 min read
Mistakes Lead to Greatness
Turning a quitting mentality into greatness: How much of an edge would we have over other teams if our team could bounce back from...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 20, 20164 min read
Tolerance and Gratitude for better Programs
We seem to be lacking in appreciation and tolerance skills lately. This isn’t much of a surprise to anyone who has peeked into social...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 18, 20163 min read
A letter to my former self as a new sports parent:
A letter to my former self as a new sports parent: One day you’re going to get in the car with your kid’s water bottle that he left at...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 13, 20165 min read
The Youth Athlete Bailout
The Youth Athlete Bailout! Defeating the victim mentality in sports Forget the wall street bailout, the youth athlete bailout is taking...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 10, 20163 min read
Dear Mom and Dad
Dear mom and dad Thanks for buying me all that equipment to sign up for lacrosse! That new stick was designed by my favorite player and...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 5, 20163 min read
Meet in the Middle, salvaging our youth sports experience
There are bad coaches out there, there are misguided awful parents, there are disrespectful lazy and/or entitled players- but that’s...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 1, 20163 min read
Dear Coach…
70 percent of kids drop out of sports by the age 13…… Dear Coach, Im 11. I love lacrosse. My mom bought me my first stick this year for...
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