Mass casualty events are a tough topic for parents to cover with their kids. Even if you don't have a personal connection to the tragedy you or your children can...
Coping with Grief & Loss
The untimely passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the seven others who lost their lives on Sunday has dominated the news cycles for 48 hours. Many of our...
Healthy Phone Use Tips For Teens, Parents, Teachers
Teens are on their phones a lot. That's nothing new, but how how much is too much? Would regulating phone use in teens help with some of their stress? These...
How To Be a Positive Parent of a Young Athlete
How to be a positive parent seems like an easy question to answer, right? We're just weeks away from the start of our 26th competitive basketball season and we know...
Ankle Braces and Basketball: Should You Wear One While You Play?
If you asked our Head Athletic Trainer, Amber, what injury she sees most on the basketball court she would most likely tell you sprained ankles. Not a shock, but are...
November Rules Coach Spotlight: Meet Trevor!
Happy Basketball Season! The Gold Crown season officially began this weekend with our annual Tip-Off Tournament (see final results) and we're only getting started. This season we are featuring a...
Identifying Teen Depression: Challenges for Parents
How do you know if your teen is experiencing the normal ups and downs of young adulthood or depression? The truth is, many parents struggle to recognize the serious signs...
Yoga Therapy for Kids
More and more adults are realizing the therapeutic benefits of yoga, like increased flexibility and balance, increased muscle strength and tone, better cardiovascular and circulatory health, etc. And those are...
11 Stretches for Athletes
Stretching is such an important part of warm-ups, but too often players take that part of the pregame for granted. To reduce the risk of injury, athletes should stretch before...
Overtraining and Burnout in Young Athletes
Have you heard of overtraining syndrome? Yep, it's a thing. And we're seeing more of it in youth sports, largely due to the fact that club programs demand year round...