Wrestling Parent Talk: Jaimie & Joe Dubuque
Category: wrestling & parents
Parents Guide to Helping Your Wrestler
Response to a Comment from Age of Enlightenment or Avoidance Great post Mike. I love the things you talk about here and the only question I have is what mirror do we use to look at ourselves (& more importantly our kids) when trying to evaluate our shared process. Every coach has different advice & […]
Age of Enlightenment or Avoidance
Starting off an article by telling you that I’m a child of the enlightenment won’t win over any new readers, but if you’re a regular you won’t be surprised by my thought process. Let me explain. If you have a goal and a current assessment based on evidence, reason will generally give you the straightest […]
Coaching over the Coach
I’ve probably coached hundreds of kids just in the last 5 years. Beyond that I’ve been involved in various forms of coaching/education/training for decades. One of the biggest struggles that I’ve faced is when a parent coaches over my back. I make no promises of being a perfect coach but I have helped close […]
The New Non-Normal for Boys
We are more than a generation into a terrible experiment: the over protection of kids. Boys in particular are under attack in popular culture, at all levels of education and by electronics. Boys in ever increasing numbers aren’t allowed to be their genetic selves. Since the beginning of time boys have been going outside doing […]
In Defense of Contact Sports
Physical boy’s have noticeably better childhoods and adult lives than their counterparts, they have much lower rates of ADHD, depression and anger management issues. The more physical and risky their childhood activities the faster and better thinking they are as adults. Physical boyhood has been under attack for a couple of decades. Government schooling, electronic […]