Tools for being a Responsible Sport Parent

We are a volleyball club that focus on developing the love for a healthy lifestyle with sports, nutrition, and a winning attitude for being the best players they can be on and off the court. With your help, these five areas of a healthy life

style can be come part of your child's character.

 

Sportsmanship Sports Psychology Stewardship		Responsible Sport Parenting Quiz   Introducing_ The_ELM_Tree Effort Learning Mistakes Mastery Approach -Parents   Parent_ Pledge	Sports Medicine Center Sport Injuries: How to care for them Fitness
Students Health and Academics Achievement	Guide to Basic Volleyball	Nutrition	Communication Volleyball Terminology Words to Know (Sports Medicine Glossary)

 

Your Child's Energy and Focus Level

in school and play could be about diet .

Energy In ...Energy Out.

 

Sportsmanship

1. Introducing Honoring the Game to Your Children
2. Mastery Approach Tools for Parenting
   1. Team Rituals
   2. Cheers
3. Filling Players Emotional Tanks Tools
4. bill of rights for athletes

Communication with your Athlete and their Coach

1. Responsible Sport Parenting Empowering Conversations
2. Responsible Sport Parenting Game Day Tips
3. Responsible Sport Parenting Tools for Creating Coach Parent Partnership
4. Responsible Sport Parenting Kid-Friendly Criticism

 

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Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge

PALA registration

On June 23, 2010, a new President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) was announced and some added features were introduced to the Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge. In addition to their testing and awards they can receive at school, Volleyball 4 Youth has joined up to give the players a chance to earn their

1. Presidential Active Lifestyle Award

   1. Players must meets their daily activity goal 5 days a week, for 6 weeks to earn PALA Award

2. Presidential Champion Bronze Award

   1. Earn 40,000 points in the PCC to win the Presidential Champion Bronze Medallion and certificate.

3. Presidential Champion Silver Award

   1. Earn 90,000 points in the PCC to win the Presidential Champion Silver Medallion and certificate.

4. Presidential Champion Gold Award

   1. Earn 1600,000 points in the PCC to win the Presidential Champion Gold Medallion and certificate.

5. Presidential Champion Platinum Award

   1. For fitness superstars who want to go beyond the gold, we have the Platinum Award. You’ll need to earn 1 million points. Yes, it can be done. See the list of Platinum Award winners for inspiration.

I bet your asking how do I earn my points?

Points are based on the energy expenditure of each activity (its MET — metabolic equivalent value). So the
more activity or the higher the intensity, the more points earned. The first thing you need to do is register online at www.presidentschallenge.org , join our group; Volleyball 4 Youth (VB4Y) and start keeping a log of your activities. You will be able to check our groups activity level and see how you and your teammates are doing.

This is a great way for the club players to earn awards and start conditioning for their up and coming season.

Most of our children have the opportunity at school to compete in the "Presidential Physical Fitness Test."

There are three award levels they can earn;

1. The Participant Physical Fitness Award

   1. Those who attempt all five activities but have one or more scores below the 50th percentile are eligible for the Participant Award.

2. The National Physical Fitness Award

   1. Those who achieve at least 50 percentile in all 5 activities qualify for the National Award.

3. The Presidential Physical Fitness Award

   1. If they meet the qualifying standards in the 85th percentile in all 5 activities, they qualify for the Presidential Award.

4. They get measured on;

   1. Curl-Ups or Partial Curl-Ups
   2. Shuttle Run
   3. Endurance Run
   4. Pull-Ups or Right Angle Push-ups, or Flex hang (only counts for the Participation and National Award)
   5. V-Sit Reach or the Sit and Reach.

   To see the specific percentiles for these test activities, you can also download the President’s Challenge Normative Data Spreadsheet at www.presidentschallenge.org Click on “Download Tools & Resources” and then see Forms.

    

The Kids Heath Center has a wonderful easy resource section called;

 

Sports Medicine Center

It covers Sports Psychology, Training and Performance, Sport Injuries, Body Basics, Sports Medicine Glossary,

10 commandments for stretching

Dehydration Instruction Sheet

Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke Instruction Sheet

Strains and Sprains Instruction Sheet

1. Dehydration Instruction Sheet
2. Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke Instruction Sheet
3. Strains and Sprains Instruction Sheet

Muscle Memory Training

Visualization plays a big part when i.e. training technical skills.

When athletes work on the specific skill, they should have their mind 100% on the skill and keep visualizing the skill while performing it. This helps players “to see” and imagine the correct completion of the skill.

When athletes “see and feel” the correct completion of the skill and have a clear motion picture in the mind about the skill, it helps them to notice mistakes - and also correct errors without coaches' help.