3 Budget Friendly Meals for Growing Athletes
TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer Cooking for hungry young athletes can get expensive fast. But there are a few simple ways to get smart about saving, even as food prices continue [...]
Family: 6 Ways to Use Small Moments to Teach Respect
Deborah Gilboa, MD Many parents mistakenly think that setting rules like βrespecting your eldersβ is enough when it comes to teaching kids and teens about respect. But what exactly does [...]
Coaches: How to Give Respect to Get Respect from Your Team
Deborah Gilboa, MD As a coach, you likely have certain assumptions around receiving respect from your athletes. However, when was the last time you really considered what respect means to [...]
Athletes: Do you know how to require respect from your sport circle?
Deborah Gilboa, MD As a young athlete, you may struggle to ask for respect from your coach, your peers, and even your parents. For example, you might need your coach [...]
How Can Young Athletes Use Athletic Trainers to Prevent and Treat Injury?
As a parent, you may not realize that your young athleteβs school or sport program may employ an athletic trainer. In fact, you may have never even heard the term βathletic trainerβ [...]
3 Common Risk Factors for Stress Fractures and How to Avoid Them
Are you finding that some of the athletes you coach are suffering from stress fractures? Perhaps youβre hearing about athletes from other sports at your school also suffering from stress fractures. If [...]
Practical Ways to Prevent Injury in Specific Sports
Being an athlete comes with a certain element of risk: Some sports are more injury-prone than others, but any athlete can potentially develop an acute or chronic injury. Many injuries are preventable, [...]
Comparison vs. Competition: How to Develop Positive Body Image on Teams
For young athletes, maintaining a positive body image is difficult at the best of times, but when a competitive team atmosphere is added into the mix, that positivity can become even harder. [...]
Why and How to Easily Get More Calcium into Your Athlete’s Diet
TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer Calcium is the mineral that is most critical for bone health, no matter an athleteβs age. But is your athlete getting enough calcium in their daily [...]
Red and Yellow Flags: How to Tell the Difference with Body Image
Young athletes are highly susceptible to negative thoughts around body imageβand those thoughts can balloon into serious problems for your athleteβs health if not addressed early. As a parent, what should be [...]