All Articles by Brooke de Lench

Starting a New Youth Sports Club

As with team sports, success in starting a new youth sports program takes teamwork, determination and a willingness to do one's best to reach a common goal.
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What Does a Team Mom Do?

From handing out schedules, setting up the snack and drink schedule, and sending out e-mails, to keeping player rosters and statistics, and organizing team parties and buying end-of-season gifts for the coaches, team moms are critical to a successful youth sports season.
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Using Intuition Key To Sports Parenting Success

Are you trying to decide whether and when to let your child start playing sports , try out for a competitive travel team or begin specializing in a single sport? Are you considering pulling your child off a team because you sense tjhat your child is at risk of emotional or sexual abuse by the coach? My advice is to trust your intuition.
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Three Strikes, You're Out!

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 20:44. | comments

Stories of embezzlement of funds from youth sports organizations appear in the media on a regular basis, but the latest story really takes the cake.  What is remarkable about it isn't that the person accused of embezzlement was the former president of a youth baseball or how much money he allegedly took ($16,000), but

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Background Check Disclosed Little League President Charged With Embezzlement Had Embezzled Before

Stories of embezzlement of funds from youth sports organizations appear in the media on a regular basis. but the latest story really takes the cake. 
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Sports Team Tryouts: The Controversy Over Cutting

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 12:25. | comments

Thirteen years ago, on their first day of their first year of middle school, my triplet sons each received a thick green booklet packed with school rules and policies, and survival tips for incoming sixth graders .  Parents were provided with a copy of the same booklet.

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How to Spot A Bad Youth Sports Coach

Some coaches are well-meaning but may not have the skills, temperament or personality to be good coaches.   They are easy to spot. Less easy to identify are the coaches who appear to know what they are doing but are still bad coaches.  In particular, there are three kinds of coaches to watch out for: the drill sergeant, the entrepreneur, and the loose cannon.
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Let It Out: The Movie

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Tue, 08/12/2008 - 16:24. | comments
I arrived at work today before 7:00 a.m. After being out of the office for a few days I wanted to beat the imminent (and, these days, unceasing), torrential rains and morning traffic. Returning to the office after days away is always a little like breaking a piñata. I never know what will land my desk.
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Unstructured Free Play Important for Kids

Too often these days, parents feel they have no choice but to pack their child's schedules with adult-supervised, adult-driven activities such as organized sports, even in the summer, when kids have the most free time.  But, as a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) makes clear, such activities should not come at the expense of free and unstructured play, which is critical to healthy child development.

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Pre-Season Concussion Safety Meetings

It is important for parents and athletes to be on the same page as the coaches and medical staff on the subject of concussions in sports. The best way is for the coach to hold a concussion education and safety meeting for parents and athletes before every season.

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