Recordings of the history of team sports go as far back as 1,000 years or more. According to historians, Heavy Athletic Events held in Scotland during the time of the Druids were started as tests of conditioning and strength for Scottish troops. Other cultures have...
We have all heard the term “sore loser”. But what creates a sore loser? Well, probably never being told that losing is not the worst thing that could happen. When our children, and even ourselves, play sports, it is important that we lose every now and again. Why?...
Sports is life. That’s what a former college professor of mine used to often preach. He’d regularly deliver thoughtful lectures analogizing a sports-related matter to a real-life situation. It was then after my youth team sports “career” was concluded, that I gave...
