The Sports Life

Our boys are in the midst of winter workouts for their travel baseball team. This also means, our teams are prepping for the upcoming season: ordering uniforms, scheduling games and tournaments and raising funds to pay for it all. In order for all of the planning […]

Kids and shoes…  It seems they are either outgrowing them at a rapid pace or playing so hard they are always filthy!  If dirt is the problem, we have you covered.  With a few simples steps you can clean up their tennis shoes and have them

As we come to the end of one sports season and the start of another, teams are getting ready to get their organized for the upcoming season. If your child is on a travel team, you know that can mean a weekend or two away

Show of hands. How many can remember those typical, must have senior photos? Reminisce with me for a minute. We could go way back and talk about the wicker chair option. Or maybe the fake, outdoor country scene, where one would squat down on the

The word “determination” has multiple meanings depending on the context of it’s usage but, for the purposes of sports, the dictionary says: “The quality of being determined to do or achieve something.” In simpler terms, it means how much of yourself you will put into making

The holiday season is filled with tons of family time in our house! The snowy cold mid-western nights lend to many evenings when we have a fire in the fireplace and watch a movie. Of course my sports-driven boys love inspirational sports movies. We have complied

This post is written by Craig Sigl a Mental Toughness Trainer. ************* Confidence. Everybody wants more of it and lack of it is the second most common issue why athletes come to me for.  (The first is fear of failure). When I work with young athletes

Youth Sports can be both a big time investment and financial investment in our kids. As we write check after check so that our kids can play, there may be thoughts that run through your mind: is this the best use of my child’s time, if

Sam’s Club Shopping Tips If you are like me, you might feel like you are always running out of food! Always.  We are about to hit a stage where we will spend the most amount of money on groceries ever. EVER. Our boys are 13,

I don’t think I can count the number of hours I have sat on the sidelines watching my boys play sports. In all that time, I can honestly say I have seen some of the craziest behavior. Oh, and I don’t mean from the players,

The older my kids get, the harder it is for me to find activities that don’t involve electronics.  My girls LOVE to read and most of the time that will occupy SOME of their time.  BUT when they aren’t the one on the field, I

If you are a parent with multiple kids, and one or more of them are in some type of sport, then you have probably had the almost impossible task of keeping someone “happy” during a game or practice.  We have come up with some activities

If you are a parent with multiple kids, and one or more of them are in some type of sport, then you have probably had the almost impossible task of keeping someone “happy” during a game or practice.  We have come up with some activities

If you’ve ever been a Team-Mom, then you probably know how hard it is to coordinate with all of the other parents on your child’s team!  Scheduling anything for a large group can be overwhelming to say least, but throw in a bunch of parents

Tips for Action Photos At Sporting Events (on Your iPhone) When you are at sports events, it always seems that you have more “stuff” than you can carry, doesn’t it!?  We all want to capture our kiddos in action, but carrying around a big camera