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The number one reason kids drop out of sports is that they are no longer having fun
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Parents

Parents play an important role in their child’s life, including sports. A parent’s responsibility is to encourage and support their child to ensure their experiences with sport are positive. Parent’s can often be heard yelling at their child or child’s coach from the stands, which has prompted some coaches to go as far as creating a code of conduct not only for their athletes but also for parents. It is easy to get wrapped up in the game but the most important thing is that your child has fun with sport and physical activity.



Feature Articles

Ground Rules for Parents

Perhaps one of the most frustrating things about coaching at any level in any sport is dealing with parent problems. This can range from the parent of sometimes outstanding athletes that push their kids many times to the point of burnout, to the parent of the very marginal athlete who has an understandable bias toward their child, and believes they are not getting their fair share of playing time.

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Teaching Respect

Teaching athletes, parents and coaches about sportsmanship and respect is an ongoing process for athletic directors. This article provides tips for athletic directors that include guidelines for coaches, proactive teaching methods, coaching evaluation and the importance of making it an ongoing process.

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Educating Soccer Parents

This article offers suggestions on how to assess the abilities of young soccer athletes and ways to educate parents or guardians on how to maintain an attitude that most benefits and supports the players. The abilities of young athletes on a team vary, and the expectations of both team members and parents are high, thus presenting a major challenge to coaches when they organize a team.

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Parent Orientation Program for Youth

Every year across the country millions of youngsters participate in organized sports. There are many weekends when parents sit in the bleachers or stand on the sidelines, cheering loudly for their children. Perhaps a better description might be that parents are often heard yelling instructions or making unsolicited remarks to their children as they participate in the games.

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News from SIRC

SIRC Launches New Membership Program

Whether you are coaching the youth of today or preventing the injuries of tomorrow you need to have the latest information.

2007 SIRC Research Award

SIRC is proud to announce the official launch of the 2007 SIRC Research Award.  SIRC invites Canadian university students and faculty to submit their original sport related research for consideration of the 2007 SIRC Research Award.

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SIRC Seminar Series

SIRC Information Session in Winnipeg
Speaker: Brandie Adams & Kim Cook, SIRC
Location: Rm 227 Sport Manitoba
Date: November 22, 2007

Time: 12pm-1pm CST
Click Here for more information and to register.

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