This Week's Playbook. The pile by the back door tells the whole story of late October: muddy fall cleats, brand-new gym shoes for winter tryouts, a pirate hat, and the coat your kid swore they would never need. This week is about getting through the season change with the fun still intact, starting with a Halloween that happens to land on game day.
This Week's Features
REAL TALK PLAY OF THE WEEK
“Sports bring us together. Community keeps us together.”
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PARENTS’ CORNER
How to Save Halloween When October 31 Is a Game Day
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The dinosaur costume has been in the trunk since August, next to the cleats.
Then the schedule came out, and Halloween lands on a Saturday game day.
The calendar did this, and you get none of the blame.
Here is the one question and six moves that save the costume, the candy, and the team.
Or find other tips for parents here:
TIME LITERACY®
Why Youth Sports Is the Best Time Literacy® Class Your Kid Will Ever Take
In Partnership with Orgo
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In Partnership with Orgo
Someday your kid walks into a job interview ten minutes early, calm and ready.
Nobody in that waiting room will know where that came from, but you will.
It started on an ordinary Tuesday, with a 10-year-old learning when to start getting ready.
Here are the 4 habits sports build that outlast the last game.
"Talent opens doors, and the kid who can be counted on is the one who keeps them open."
TOOLS FOR YOUR ATHLETE
Didn't Make the Team? 4 Moves That Keep This Season Going
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Your kid crosses the parking lot holding the gym bag like it weighs forty pounds.
Every fix is right there on your tongue: the pep talk, the trainer, the theory about the coach.
None of this is anyone's fault, including yours.
Four moves keep the season going, and the first one starts tonight.
Or add some other tools to your athlete’s toolbox:
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