Best Advice for Youth Sports Parents: “I Love Watching You Play”

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About the Presenter: John O’Sullivan is the founder of the Changing the Game Project and author of Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High-Performing Athletes and Giving Youth Sports back to Our Kids.  Changing the Game @CTGProjectHQ

With so much pressure to join AAU teams and club teams for softball, baseball, lacrosse, and hockey. There can be a lot of money, time, and stress in youth sports for the parents and unfortunately the players. This is a different outlook that is worth sharing.

This is a great Ted Talks video by John O’Sullivan. It is geared towards parents of youth sports athletes. It stresses the importance of keeping a child’s sports experience positive. It is a video that should be watched by all parents. Any parent, watching any level of sports, can benefit from this outlook. It can bve viewed at the start of the season or after a game when a parent might lose perspective and be a little critical of a child’s performance. 

Sports need to be fun and a positive experience for the athlete. Enjoy! 
Click here to watch I Love Watching You Play April, 2014 Bend, Oregon (14:01)