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"No lines, No laps, No Lectures" - Karl Dewazien

An angry soccer mom who left her teenage daughter alongside an interstate was ticketed for neglect, Lincoln police said Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Katherine Finnell confirmed this account from police...

Outside the Lines - Parental Support by Andrew Ransome

Parents can earn a poor reputation for their actions regardless of intent, which inevitably affects their child’s success in soccer. However, positive parental participation and support is crucial to ...

A Coaching Lesson Plan for Soccer by Alan Maher

When I was observing classroom teachers, I gave them a copy of the original lesson plan. They did not have to use it, but many did. With soccer coaching I made a few changes. I changed the word teache...

Kids Learn to Win by Alan Abrahamson

If this were a movie, Garrett Roth, who is 8 years old and autistic, would have stepped up for the last penalty kick in his youth-soccer league game, the Blue Lightning against Manhattan United, and k...

Totally Oblivious by Jim Thompson

Many coaches and parents are totally oblivious to the real beauty of their children’s participation in youth sports. They are like the thief scrounging on the floor for rags when the incomparable beau...