At Home Family Health & Fitness Tips

Many districts have already announced plans to go remote for at least the start of the school year -- which means no PE class

Give Your Athlete the Gift That Will Keep on Giving

by Janis Meredith

December 19, 2020

But in addition to all of these good gifts, what your child really needs is a gift that will keep on giving
What Youth Sports Are Safe to Play This Winter? Experts Weigh In

by Kerry Breen

December 19, 2020

Some sports can be safely played as long as modifications are made.
Flourishing Amidst COVID: If Camus (and Aristotle) Were Your Coach

by Jack Bowen

December 06, 2020

Youth athletes are in the midst of a legitimately challenging time, on so many levels.

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Workout with an Olympian

Check out these home workouts from current and former Olympians courtesy of the Olympic Channel

Gymnasts staying strong, safe and healthy at home

Three exercises figure skater Mae Berenice Meite does fom home.

Stay strong with tips from the world's top athletes on working out from home.

Fully intense body workout with the taekwondo player.

Workout like boxer Ramla Ali and 'Go Forward!'

Four exercises - 20 minutes-Volleyball Olympic Silver Medallist Kim Glass. let's do it!

Don't miss a practice with head coach of US Synchro team and four-time Olympic medallist Andrea Fuentes

Follow tips from Ghana's first ever skeleton Olympian, Akwasi Frimpong, on working out from home (with his daughter!)

Figure Skater Valentina Marchei and her brother Lorenzo show us how you can help each other out and workout as a couple from the inside of your home.

Six-time modern pentathlon World Champion safely keeping his shooting skills sharp at home.

Need a home workout routine? Learn from Italian figure skater Valentina Marchei.

Exercise your flexibility and stay strong with the spanish olympic rhythmic gymnast.

Nightly News: Kids Edition (October 8, 2020)

A fall camp in the north woods of Wisconsin and an 8-year olds library built to help COVID patients.

TrueSport QTips Video Series – Coping with Quarantine Life

Having a solid support system will help strengthen your child now and for the future.

The importance it is for parents remain the authority figure during quarantine.

How parents can deal with playing every role for their child during these times.

Dr. Gilboa plays a game you can play with your family to practice optimism.

Building trust with your kids regarding internet usage can be daunting

Content is the key when it comes to screen time.

How to define and refine your family coping mechanisms.

How can critiques strengthen your team? Learn more.

Learn how to best approach discipline in these changing times

Here are some tools to help parents help their kids handle frustration.

See how to help your child understand why social distancing matters.

Learn how to maintain a lens of positivity when things seem out of control.

Sports Movies for the Whole Family

Sit down with the family and watch one of these great sports movies. When the film is over, our partner Positive Coaching Alliance has provided discussion questions for you and your kids to get those most out of the file

This film includes themes of coaching your own child, being a sports parent, over-competitiveness in youth sports, and the coach-parent relationship

This film tells a powerful story of courage, struggle, and redemption

Goal! The Dream Begins is the story of soccer player Santiago Munez who is given the chance to play for Newcastle United when a scout spots him.

Documentary explores the origins of greatness in athletes, makes case against specialization and structured play

The film includes themes of effective teamwork, overcoming adversity, and rewarding effort and skill instead of color

Some of the themes featured in the film include perseverance, strength of community, teamwork, and leadership

The film focuses on the conflict between the overwhelming pressure to win-at-all-costs and the bigger picture lessons presented throughout the athlete's experiences

This film uses themes of balancing sport and family, maintaining self-belief, coping with societal pressure, and self-motivation

Themes in this movie include respecting a team mentality and the importance of leadership to success

This film includes themes of overuse injuries in sports, burnout, effective teamwork, second chances, successful parent-athlete relationships, and seeing the bigger picture in sports

Hoop Dreams is a fascinating documentary, filmed over a four year period, following the lives of Chicago high school basketball players

Documentary explores the origins of greatness in athletes, makes case against specialization and structured play

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More Healthy at Home Articles

It’s impossible for me to work on my gymnastics skills at home because I don’t have any gymnastics equipment. Here’s the deal: It’s not.

There are plenty of opportunities to improve your game, even if you don't have anyone to work out with!

TrueSport Expert Kevin Chapman, PhD, is here to help parents navigate their young athletes return to youth sports after COVID-19.

These unprecedented days have a silver lining: more time to learn, something important for coaches and players alike.

A lot of people look to (us) in the athlete world, in our communities, for us to kind of be a voice. Like, how are we going to respond? What actions are we taking?

Stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic? Try these online summer activities.

14 fail-proof Fourth of July activities for kids

Lerner Sports Database is offering a free trial to get sports-obsessed kids sport content during quarantine!

Try out some of these workouts that will help improve your swimming skills before you hit the water.

You are not alone. Parents, coaches, players and fans everywhere are missing youth sports.

Workout motivation for athletes stuck at home

Some sports can be safely played as long as modifications are made.

There are many benefits to those who participate in a youth wrestling program

To help keep kids occupied during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place, the Bay Area Children's Theatre has launched an online "playborhood"

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