I have not had an enormous amount of success with New Year’s resolutions UNLESS I connect them to my goals. I am a huge proponent of setting goals, especially with student-athletes. Let’s face it; many times, the grind of school and sports is simply not fun. It can’t always be fun, and if you are trying to avoid that reality, well… good luck with finding that fairy dust. A good set of goals helps the student-athlete stay on track and remember why the grind is worth it! Setting goals, especially helping a child set goals…
Ok, now that summer is over, we are back to school, and the chaos of our calendars juggling family, work, school, and sports has officially taken over. If you are like me, I always feel like it is the sports component that sets me over the edge. Why is this? Because it is where we are the least organized. We have our work schedule. We have a “back to school night” to get school scheduled. Now, let’s create a tennis or sports schedule that is in sync with our family calendar. Before we get started, let…
What To Do When Your Athlete/Child Wants to Quit? As parents, we can be creative and try to keep competitive sports fun and social for our kids. But what do you do when this doesn’t work? When you can see they are unhappy, and you start to doubt this is the right path for your child? I had this exact situation with one of my boys. My middle son had a goal to play golf at Stanford from a young age. He set his goals, did the work, day in and day out without question. He loved it…
It is ironic that I am sharing a junior tennis budget spreadsheet with everyone. I am not known for my spreadsheet- or budget- abilities and taking an Excel class has been on my to-do list for too many years to admit. Hence, a major shout out, THANK YOU, to the spreadsheet addict in my life, who has a spreadsheet for everything and whipped this one up in no time. You may be like me and have a good idea of where your funds are spent but just not organized in a way to analyze the hard costs. If so…