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Category Archives: Parents

Top 5 Issues Getting Student-Athletes In Trouble On Social Media

Standard Posted: August 28, 2020 Author: Chris Fore
There is no doubt that student-athletes are getting into trouble on social media. Happens every day.  Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents

How To Get on the Other Side of the 3 Most Common Conflicts That Head Coaches Have

Standard Posted: June 29, 2019 Author: Chris Fore
If you’re a Head Coach, you’re going to have conflicts. There really is no way around this inevitable Read more [...]
Categories: Administration, Coaching, Leadership, Parents, Personnel
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MaxPreps’ Coaches Corner by Chris Fore

Standard Posted: October 1, 2018 Author: Chris Fore
I started writing for MaxPreps in a new feature they call "Coaches Corner" in July 2016. I was honored Read more [...]
Categories: Administration, Boosters, Coaching, Inspirational, Leadership, Marketing, Organization, Parents, Personnel, Special Teams, Sport Psychology, Teammate

How Overemphasizing Scholarships Can Hurt Your Kid

Standard Posted: March 23, 2018 Author: Chris Fore
Coaching in this day and age can be so tough.  There are so many demands on coaches today that simply Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Parents

2 Ideas To Help You Get Parents Involved In Your Football Program

Standard Posted: January 17, 2018 Author: Chris Fore
Your Attitude - Get to know them I talk with a lot of coaches from all over the Nation about their Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Parents

5 Things That Happen When Parents Get Too Involved

Standard Posted: August 20, 2017 Author: Chris Fore
I have been working with teenagers since 1995, and I’ve seen some parents do some really “silly” Read more [...]
Categories: Parents

Why Even Successful High School Coaches Are Fired

Standard Posted: April 13, 2017 Author: Chris Fore
I met Bob Cook a few years ago. He writes articles for Forbes among other things.  He interviewed me Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Parents

Shout Out To All The Moms Out There!

Standard Posted: March 14, 2016 Author: Chris Fore
Padres' coach Mark Mc Gwire was one of my "heroes" growing up watching baseball in the 80's and early Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Parents

Contract For Drug Offender On Your Team

Standard Posted: December 1, 2015 Author: Chris Fore
Look, we are here to help mold lives.  As coaches, our priority has got to be training student-athletes, Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents, Personnel, Sport Psychology, Teammate

The #1 Thing Head Coaches Need To Improve

Standard Posted: June 16, 2015 Author: Chris Fore
During May of 2015, Eight Laces Consulting had just over 300 assistant coaches at both the high school, Read more [...]
Categories: Administration, Coaching, Leadership, Organization, Parents, Sport Psychology

An Unconventional Way To Address Playing Time

Standard Posted: February 25, 2015 Author: DOV3 Group
If you're in this profession long enough, you'll realize two things very soon: 1.  You'll NEVER get Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Parents, Personnel

Reaching Your Rising 9th Graders

Standard Posted: February 23, 2015 Author: Chris Fore
Another guest post today. This one by Terrance Banks.  He is the Head Football Coach of the Newton Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents

My Kid Is Going D1 .. . . . . . . . . maybe not!

Standard Posted: May 29, 2014 Author:
I recently had the chance to chat with a NCAA Division 1 Football Coach who has worked at one Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Parents

Social Media Survey Results

Standard Posted: May 5, 2014 Author:
Thank you to the 222 coaches who took time out of your schedules to answer my Social Media Survey!  I Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents, Sport Psychology, Teammate

Follow or Friend?? A Coach’s Dilemma.

Standard Posted: May 1, 2014 Author:
Last week I had three discussions with Head Football Coaches who are each heading in to their first season Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents

Four Things Parents Want From The Coach

Standard Posted: April 30, 2014 Author:
Parents will ALWAYS have THEIR OWN kids’ best interests in mind.  It is just a natural thing.  We Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents

My Greatest Piece Of Advice To Parents (and Coaches!)

Standard Posted: April 15, 2014 Author:
I have surveyed just over 1,000 teenagers for a presentation I do called "Teenagers 101."  This idea Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Inspirational, Parents, Sport Psychology

How adults have hijacked youth GAMES

Standard Posted: February 25, 2014 Author:
My first born child is seven years old.  He has played one year of baseball, it was last spring when Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents, Sport Psychology

How To Handle The Over Bearing, Over Involved, Over The Top, Over (fill in the blank here) Parent – Part 3

I’ve been working on this 3 Part Series about working with parents. There isn’t a doubt in my head that Read more […]

Gallery Posted: October 31, 2013 Author:

How To Handle The Over Bearing, Over Involved, Over The Top, Over (fill in the blank here) Parent – Part 2

Read Part 1 of this series here. I just heard from a friend this morning (10/10/13) on Twitter about Read more […]

Gallery Posted: October 10, 2013 Author:

How To Handle The Over Bearing, Over Involved, Over The Top, Over (fill in the blank here) Parent – Part 1

Standard Posted: September 26, 2013 Author:
How To Handle The Over Bearing, Over Involved, Over The Top, Over (fill in the blank here) Parent – Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Parents

3 Essentials To Building A Booster Club Part 2

Standard Posted: May 29, 2013 Author:
You can read about BUILDING A BOOSTER CLUB here. Then, read THREE ESSENTIALS TO BUILDING A BOOSTER CLUB, Read more [...]
Categories: Boosters, Coaching, Parents

3 Essentials To Building A Booster Club Part 1

Standard Posted: May 10, 2013 Author:
Part 1 to BUILDING A BOOSTER CLUB is here. THREE KEY ESSENTIALS TO BUILDING A BOOSTER CLUB 1. FINDING Read more [...]
Categories: Boosters, Leadership, Parents

Building A Booster Club

Standard Posted: May 7, 2013 Author:
Who doesn't need money this day and age?  Public schools have been hit hard by state budget cutbacks. Read more [...]
Categories: Administration, Boosters, Coaching, Organization, Parents

LESSONS LEARNED FROM COACHING YOUR OWN SON

Standard Posted: March 28, 2013 Author:
I traded some tweets with Coach Greg Patterson about him coaching his own son one day a few weeks ago. Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents, Teammate

CHAIN OF COMMAND PART 3 – Communicating What The COC Is

Standard Posted: March 26, 2013 Author:
This is the 3rd and final part of my Chain of Command Series.  You can find Part 1 here, and Part 2 Read more [...]
Categories: Coaching, Leadership, Parents

CHAIN OF COMMAND PART 2

Standard Posted: March 17, 2013 Author:
CHAIN OF COMMAND PART 1 talked about establishing a strong and effective Chain of Command for your Athletic Read more [...]
Categories: Administration, Coaching, Leadership, Parents, Personnel

DEVELOPING A PARENT FAQ INFORMATIONAL SHEET

Standard Posted: April 23, 2012 Author:
I took over as a Head Coach in 2003 at a private, Christian school of about 300 students in Temecula, Read more [...]
Categories: Organization, Parents Tagged: FAQ, meeting, Organization, parents, policies, procedues

MY CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT POLICY

Standard Posted: April 5, 2012 Author: Chris Fore
I took over as the Athletic Director at Excelsior Charter Schools in Victorville, California on May 29, Read more [...]
Categories: Administration, Coaching, Parents, Personnel
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