Why and How Athletes Should Set Non-Sport Goals
Many young athletes enjoy setting and working toward sport goals, whether it’s achieving a personal best in competition or just doing a certain number of handsprings at each practice. While goals around sport [...]
5 Things to Know About Branched Chain Amino Acids
You may have heard about branched chain amino acids, or BCAAs, in a sports magazine or on a fitness nutrition website and wondered what all the hype was about. You may have [...]
How to Help an Early High Performer Adjust Expectations in Sport
When you coach a young athlete who’s shown ‘natural talent’ or who has committed to one sport, it can be tricky to handle their expectations for their future in sport. Whether the [...]
6 Goals to Keep You Going After Life in Sport
Life after sport—or more specifically, life after organized sport—can feel scary. If you’re heading to college and not planning to play, or you’re dealing with an injury or upcoming surgery that has [...]
Athletic Director Series: How to Support Your Coaches and Referees
As a Director of Athletics or Athletic Director at your school, you set the culture of the school’s athletic program, and you are in charge of ensuring that coaches and other athletic [...]
How to Adjust When Perseverance Doesn’t Lead to Success
Deborah Gilboa, MD At a young age, we’re taught that perseverance and hard work lead to success. And we all have seen the success-through-struggle stories of professional athletes who faced [...]
Myth Busters: Are alternative sugars really healthier?
You may have seen a headline about coconut sugar being the new ‘healthy’ sweetener. Or perhaps you saw that honey is a ‘superfood.’ It’s important to remember that sugar is sugar, but [...]
4 Fun Activities to Teach Young Athletes Perseverance
Deborah Gilboa, MD While perseverance sounds like a very serious skill, it can be fun to learn for your young athletes if you make persisting through tough challenges into a [...]
9 Ways to Overcome Rejection in Sport
Deborah Gilboa, MD Rejection happens. And whether we’re talking about not making a team or not getting a starting position, rejection is likely going to happen. And it stings—especially when [...]
7 Ways to Build a TrueSport Culture
As an athletic director at your school, your role reaches far beyond simply scheduling games and handling logistics. You are capable of creating and maintaining a positive TrueSport-focused culture that revolves around [...]