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Articles & Resources

Esme Randolph, 5th Ballard Blaze player and author of “Ballard Basketball” in Blaine’s 5th grade Sma

The Science of Building Athletic Confidence in Youth Athletes: How parents can foster lasting self-belief through evidence-based approaches: Alex Auerbach Ph.D., MBA

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/building-momentum/202501/the-science-of-building-athletic-confidence-in-youth-athletes


Handle Hard Better: Kara Lawson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFkXskIqXW4


Sonya Elliott- Author, Coach, Motivator of all things basketball!

https://sonyaelliott.com/


When Cheering For Athletes, Words Matter

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2023/12/31/how-to-cheer-for-kids-in-youth-sports/72032304007/


Hardwood Hustle Podcast

https://hardwoodhustle.com/episode-533/


Helping Youth Athletes Focus on Mental Health
https://www.onoursleeves.org/mental-wellness-tools-guides/sports-childrens-mental-health/help-youth-athletes-focus-mental-health

Why youth sports drive parents crazy and 10 more lessons from a mom who’s been through it

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-01-30/youth-sports-high-school-referees-coaches-parents-students-emptying-the-nest


Why it’s getting harder to find youth sports coaches

https://www.thegazette.com/iowa-prep-sports/why-its-getting-harder-to-find-youth-sports-coaches/


The Gist: a more even balance of women's and men's sports news

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Just Women's Sports- newsletter

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Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sports- RELEASED: 2023-24 Women in College Coaching Report Card

 https://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/projects/gameon-toolkit.html

READ: NOTHING HEALS LIKE SPORT – A NEW PLAYBOOK FOR COACHES

 https://chjs.org/resources/read-nothing-heals-like-sport-a-new-playbook-for-coaches/


'Outcome-oriented thinking is really empty:' UCLA’s Cori Close has advice for youth sports

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2024/03/17/ucla-cori-close-youth-sports-advice/73000814007/


Coaching HER is a coaching resource that helps sport coaches of girls challenge the status quo and the taken-for-granted assumptions of what it means to coach girls. We are helping coaches minimize gender inequalities and to coach differently.

https://www.coachingher.com/



Blaine’s 5th Grade Small Business Guide. By Esme Randolph


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