jbmthinks Profile
janis meredith
Join Date:
2011-02-11
About
Janis Meredith was brought up in a sports family, married a man who has coached for 27 years,and has had three kids play sports from age 5 to college. She sees issues a bit differently, with a perspective of life from both sides of the bench–as a coach’s wife and as an athlete’s parent.
As a communications specialist and freelance writer, Janis’ three kids are now 23, 20, and 17. The older two played in college and the youngest is still playing in high school.
“I can honestly say, I’ve seen just about everything when it comes to sports parenting! And that’s why I feel so strongly about helping parents and young athletes make the most of their athletic experiences.”
Playing sports brings excitement and recognition. It may even help pay for college and open doors for the future, but nothing will ever be more important than the type of person your son or daughter becomes in the process.
As a communications specialist and freelance writer, Janis’ three kids are now 23, 20, and 17. The older two played in college and the youngest is still playing in high school.
“I can honestly say, I’ve seen just about everything when it comes to sports parenting! And that’s why I feel so strongly about helping parents and young athletes make the most of their athletic experiences.”
Playing sports brings excitement and recognition. It may even help pay for college and open doors for the future, but nothing will ever be more important than the type of person your son or daughter becomes in the process.
Blogs Owned
Latest Blog Posts
- How to Treat Your Middle School Athlete Like He Should Be Treatedon Dec 19, 2016 in parentingAs with every stage of parenting–from sleepless nights to potty training, all the way to setting curfews and paying college bills–there are adjustments you make in how you care for, discipline and relate to your child. And so it is in yo...
- What Does Your Child’s VICTORY Look Like?on Dec 16, 2016 in coachesSometimes there is victory in just finishing. When I talk in this video about working through the pain, I’m also referring to the emotional stress. Sometimes that hurts more than the physical. ...
- How the Hard Work of Youth Sports is Still Funon Dec 12, 2016 in characterThis post is sponsored by Genius of Play, a one-stop source for play ideas that build real skills. There is rarely anything fun about the hard work of youth sports. Although hard work and fun can co-exist in youth sports, let’s not sugar coat the s...
- Why Keeping the Fun in Youth Sports is So ImportantThis post is sponsored by Genius of Play, a one-stop source for play ideas that build real skills. The idea of “hard work’ gets a lot of attention. We teach our kids that if they are not willing to work hard for something, then they will not trul...
- 5 Unique Gifts for Coaches This Holidayon Dec 5, 2016 in coachesFinding just the right gift for coaches is always a challenge. As a coach’s wife for 29 years, I think I saw just about every gift possible for a coach. But I decided to do a little digging and come up with some creative ideas. Here are 5 uniqu...
- Why is it so Important for Your Child to Learn to Fight For Himself?on Dec 2, 2016 in coachesPlease excuse the shakiness of this video, but I made it last weekend as I drove across the country from Florida to Oregon with my son, helping him move to a new location. He’s a great young man, I believe in him, he’s strong and he will...
- ALL STAR SERIES Sports Parenting Podcast Begins with a Discussion on Travel Sportson Sep 5, 2016 in coachesTo listen to the podcast, click on the above arrow. Welcome to my All Star Podcasting Series! Episode #1 This 10-week series features 10 indepth podcast discussions with some of my best past podcast guests. In my other podcasts, we touched on some of...
- 5 Habits That will Guarantee Your Child Has an Awesome Youth Sports SeasonThis post is sponsored by TeamSnap, a company that does its very best to make back-to-school sports as easy as possible by providing the best tools to help teams and parents run their organizations smoothly. How’s your child’s you...
- My Non pie-in-the-sky answer for “What’s it gonna take to change youth sports?”on Aug 31, 2016 in coachesGreat question by a parent: what can we really do to change the culture of youth sports? Can anything be done to turn things around? As a sports parent who is trying to give your child a positive youth sports experience, are you running into a...
- 12 Ways to Keep Youth Sports Burnout from Sneaking Up on Youon Aug 29, 2016 in parentingYouth sports burnout is the last thing you want your young athlete experience; it will hold your child back from reaching his potential, can cause physical problems, and could push her away from a sport that she truly enjoys playing. According to Mom...
- The ABCs of Youth Sports Tryoutson Aug 26, 2016 in coachesThis post is sponsored by TeamSnap, a company that does its very best to make back-to-school sports as easy as possible by providing the best tools to help teams and parents run their organizations smoothly. Youth sports tryouts take a toll o...
- 10 Things Every Sports Parent Must Haveon Aug 22, 2016 in parentingDear Sports parent, let me start by saying this: I am not writing this post for any advertisers. I’m not using any affiliate links. This information is purely based on 21 years of sports parenting, on what I did have, and what I wished I had. L...
- Your Child’s Back-to-School-Sports Check ListThis post is sponsored by TeamSnap, a company that does its very best to make back to school sports as easy as possible by providing the best tools to help teams and parents run their organizations smoothly. There’s a lot of things to remember...
- What do you do when your child’s coach isn’t doing a lot of coaching?on Aug 17, 2016 in coaches“My child’s coach doesn’t do much coaching… what do I do?” Here’s how I answered that parent’s questions: Learn More About How You Can be a Sticky Sports Parent!
- Don’t Fall for these 10 Youth Sports Mythson Aug 15, 2016 in coachesRemember how youth sports was when you were a kid? It seems like the experience was a less complicated. Unfortunately, today’s youth sports experience is not so cut and dry as it was when kids were just in it for the pure enjoyment of the game.
- 8 Steps to Seamless Youth Sports FundraisingThis post is sponsored by TeamSnap, a company that does its very best to make back-to-school sports as easy as possible by providing the best tools to help teams and parents run their organizations smoothly. It’s back-to-school time! And one o...
- 10 Secrets Young Athletes Want Dad to KnowSports Dads, can we talk for a minute about your young athletes? As a coach’s wife for 3 decades and sports mom for 21 years, I’ve seen just about every kind of sports dad there is, and I know you–you are most likely very competitiv...
- How to Deal With The Dramaon Aug 5, 2016 in coachesTired of drama in youth sports? This is the best way I can think of to handle it… Click Here to Learn How to Be a STICKY Sports Parent!
- 10 Things You CAN Change About Youth SportsThere’s a lot of negative stuff happening in youth sports these days. Do you ever get frustrated with it? Don’t you wish you could wave a magic wand over a team, coach, or parent, and change them? After 34 years of being a wife and 29 yea...
- 10 Best Pre-Game Snacks for Your Young Athleteon Jul 29, 2016 in coachesThis post is sponsored by Come Ready Nutrition, a company that offers great tasting sports nutrition products for athletes, including great pre-game snacks. Sometimes it’s all you can do to get your child out the door with all of his equipment...
