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Why you should start a club at your school
School clubs are an extremely underrated part of getting your education. Some of the best friends and best experiences you may have at the high school level await through the doors that lead to an awesome school club. What do you do if you don’t have a school club in something you’re interested in? The […]
How to help my child with their fundraiser
“Mom? Dad? I’ve got to do this fundraiser for my baseball team.” This might be one of your least favorite sentences in the world. Here you are, glad to be home from work, and your wonderful child has given you some more work to do in the subtle form of a fundraiser. If you and […]
Fundraising Incentives — Part 2
You need some awesome ideas to make your fundraising efforts a little more interesting to you and your team? Nothing makes working for something better than knowing you’ll be rewarded along the way. Kids and adults alike need to be able to take a break and enjoy some good times while they work towards something. […]
Fundraising Incentives — Part 1
So you’ve found yourself in the middle of another fundraiser, huh? I certainly hope that you’re taking full advantage of the incredible Flex Fundraising team–they’ll bring you your highest return in fundraising while doing the least amount of work. Fundraising doesn’t need to be sucky, and with Flex Fundraising, they’ll make you and your team […]
Top 3 tips for helping kids enjoy soccer — Part 2
We’re back with another three tips on how to improve your team’s excitement for the game! If you didn’t read part 1, you’ll certainly want to check that out as well as this one! 1. Mix it up You see Top Gun yet? For real, go see it. The reason I bring it up is […]
Top 3 tips for helping kids enjoy soccer — Part 1
What’s one of the absolute worst things you can do as a coach of a youth soccer team? Make practice dreadful. These kids aren’t training to be fighter pilots (Top Gun shoutout, seriously go see it) or practicing for the World Cup–they’re kids! They signed up to play soccer and that’s what they want to […]
How to Create Team Comradery
Why does the team getting along matter? I was once on a baseball team in Colorado. I was 9 years old playing for a solid team that had been playing together for a long time. I was new to the team seeing that I had moved to Colorado from Ohio. I was never a fantastic […]
How to Share Your Fundraiser Online
Imagine with me the times you or your kids spent walking around familiar and unfamiliar neighborhoods seeking for donations towards your fundraiser that you’ve been peddling for a couple days now. You’re tired, you’re scared, and you’re seeing very little return. Not to mention you have to go out of your way to knock on […]
Why Conditioning is Important in Youth Sports
Is conditioning important in youth sports? Studies show that daily conditioning and exercise is crucial for healthy development for kids and all aspects of their lives–physical development, social skills, mental skills, etc. Naturally, throughout the practice, kids will be conditioning and learning to coordinate their awkward little bodies through the sport. Us adults have a […]
Tips for Conditioning in Youth Teams 2022
You know how your mom used to get you to do something that you didn’t like doing? For me, it was cleaning my room. I hated that as a kid… I don’t know why. Naturally, messy rooms aren’t great to live in, and my mom knew that. How did she get me to clean it? […]
