The article is written by award-winning journalist Bill Speros. Bill has written and reported for ESPN, CBSSports.com and was a sports/deputy sports editor at several metro daily newspapers. Reach Bill on the OBF Facebook page, on Twitter @realOBF

The article, named “There’s a Reason Why Your Kids Aren’t Playing – They’re Not Good Enough” provides an honest account to parents about some of the delusions they have for their children, the problems with children today and the positive bubble that parents provide, but also for the importance of the coach to provide an honest feedback with an action plan for improvement.

See the article here.

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