The Corner Post

05/02/2026

Hey multi-sport Mamas - when was the last time you had a lazy Saturday morning?

10/18/2025

💯 Baseball and Soccer today, Soccer again tomorrow....

08/22/2025

Show prep

07/16/2025

A blast 🤣

07/11/2025

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05/08/2025

To the well-intentioned sports parent who didn’t show up in the bleachers at their athlete’s last game…

Yes, you.

The one who normally rushes back from work to make the first pitch. The one who tries to schedule everything around your child’s games. The one who figures out when to work the concession stand so you don’t miss any of your child’s game minutes.

You… the one that had to miss that last one.

I know the guilt is creeping in.

Maybe you were traveling for work and missed your son’s inside-the-park home run.

Maybe you had to pick up an extra shift to make ends meet and you missed your daughter’s big win against their team’s rival.

Maybe you had multiple kids playing at the same time and couldn’t split your body into multiple parts even though you wish you could.

Maybe you had that out-of-town personal trip that’s been on the calendar for months that happened to coincide with Johnny’s in-house game.

I know you’re beating yourself up.

You can’t stop thinking about that one meme you saw with a picture of a parent giving their athlete a post-game hug with a message that read: “When my athlete looks up in the stands, I always want to make sure they know someone is there supporting them.”

And then all the commenters say things like: “Always! I never miss a game!”

Or

“I would never let Susie look up and not have anyone there.”

And now you feel like a bad parent.

Can I remind you of something?

There are more ways to “show up” for your athlete than JUST the stands… that are JUST as meaningful.

And you show up.
A lot.

You show up when you make sure their uniform is clean.

You show up when you have the GameChanger play-by-play hidden under the table during your business dinner.

You show up when you call them after the game because you want to hear their version of how it went.

You show up when you save up money to pay the registration and buy a new pair of cleats so she can play.

You show up when you play catch in the back yard.

You.
Show.
Up.

And it ALL matters.

In today’s year-round schedule, game-heavy youth sports world — it’s nearly impossible to show up physically all the time…

… but don’t let a few missed games negate the way you show up in every other way for your athlete.

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Join more of the youth sports conversation —> The Top Bleacher

05/08/2025

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04/10/2025

🥰

In twenty years, it won't matter if they were the best on the team, if they were the fastest on the field, or if they had the most impressive stats.

It won't matter if they were recognized for their accomplishments or if they ever received the title of "MVP".

It won't matter if their travel team was the best in the league, or if other coaches ever pointed them out and said, "Keep an eye on that kid."

It won't matter if they started every game or scored the game-winning run.

Don't get me wrong, I'm my kids' biggest fan.

I LOVE watching them in all of their activities. I'm proud and honored to get to do so. And yes, we're a family who likes to win (and I think that's okay!)

But sometimes, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that so much of this sports-parent season is temporary. We get caught up in the competitiveness of wanting our kid to be the best, when really it's kind of insignificant in the bigger picture of their lives.

In twenty years, the things that WILL matter are the other skills our kids are learning during their time playing youth sports.

The skills they'll only learn if we put our parent egos aside and have fewer conversations about stats and more conversations about things like—

Kindness.
Humility.
Hard work.
Being a team player.
Supporting their peers.
Being a good sport even when things don't go their way.

Right now, sports are such a big part of our world.

From the outside it seems like our kids are working on things like proper technique and fundamentals of the game—and that's part of it, sure.

But really, this is an even bigger chance for them to learn lessons about life.

And when they've hung up their cleats for the very last time, I hope to walk into the next season of life knowing we haven't just raised accomplished athletes, we've raised incredible humans.

© Casey Huff

📣 SPORTS PARENTS! If you relate to this, you'll love my new page Sideline Mom where we'll be talking about allllll things youth sports for at least the next 12 years or so!

12/08/2024

Santa's here!!!