Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted: February 13, 2016 Filed under: youth sports | Tags: card, hockey, hot, love, valentine, valentine's day 1 CommentHere’s a Valentine’s gift for you, reader. Download and print your very own hockey Valentine cards, perfect for gifting to your favorite hockey fan, or to keep tucked away for when you need to feel some love. And if you don’t see your favorite player here, just let me know and I’ll be sure to include him or her next time.
Valentines Here’s a PDF if that works better for you.
The Mother of all Super Bowlers
Posted: February 3, 2016 Filed under: youth sports | Tags: broncos, football, football mom, manning, ole miss, panthers, super bowl 1 CommentGretchen Rose is back on the blog with this a timely football mom view of the Super Bowl experience.
Super Bowl Week is upon us! The world collectively holds its breath in anticipation of the Big Game. Fifty years of Super Bowls is an accomplishment. The festivities grow larger each year. The build up of the parties, the press, the half -time shows and of course, who will actually play the game make for fabulous reality TV. The epic match up of the venerable Peyton Manning versus the young-gun Cam Newton will certainly entertain all of us for an entire week of anticipation. This Sunday, I find myself more concerned with Peyton’s mother – Olivia Manning, my ultimate football mom Hall of Famer and role model icon. How will she handle this week?
Product review: Carpe + discount code
Posted: January 26, 2016 Filed under: Review, safety, Tips, youth sports | Tags: carpe, grip, gym, hockey, lotion, review, sweat, sweaty hands, yoga Leave a comment
When you are an active person, you tend to sweat. Sometimes a lot. And though the whole purpose of physical activity is to get your heart rate up and get a sweat going, sometimes the sweating part is counterproductive to the activity. I struggle enough to hold a down dog without having my sweaty hands slide across my yoga mat. And I will never attain chin-up board status at the gym if my hands are slipping on the bar. Even in the cold winter months, my usual activities can raise a good amount of perspiration, which is probably why the people at Carpe thought I’d be a good reviewer for their product, an antiperspirant hand lotion. (“We’ve found a sweaty one, let’s give her a call,” is probably what went through their minds.) I said sure, why not? which usually just gets me into trouble but this time it worked out well. They sent me a tube of Carpe Antiperspirant Hand Lotion for free to try out and review, and a code you can use to get a 20% discount.
Step away from the ledge: a survival guide for sports parents
Posted: January 19, 2016 Filed under: Parenting, Tips, youth sports | Tags: attitude, enthusiasm, figureoutable, fun, harbaugh, Northern Freeze hockey, parents, Phil Simeon, positivity, skill development, skills Leave a commentWe are in the doldrums of winter and your youth sports team forecast is dreary with a chance of losing it. The long season is wearing on you. Your player has managed to lose one uniform sock and has worn a hole in his $45 warmup pants. That super spirited mom with the team cheers and cowbell is causing your eye to twitch. The motivational speeches from the assistant coach 
are wearing thin, and if you get one more team email about snack schedules, you might blow.
The bloom is off the rose, people, and it’s easy to start focusing on the negative. Maybe your team won-loss record isn’t what you thought it would be, or your kid isn’t in the starting lineup every game. We’ve still got a long way to go, so let’s take a step back from the ledge and get some perspective. Read the rest of this entry »
Guest Post: Two steps forward-one step back
Posted: January 12, 2016 Filed under: Parenting, safety, Sports, youth sports | Tags: football, volunteer Leave a commentReaders, please welcome Gretchen Rose to the Trophy Mom blog. She’s a football mom and will be sharing some of her experiences from time to time. Here’s her first post, just in time for the National Championship game. Give her a big Trophy Mom welcome.
Two steps forward – one step back.
I know that you have seen the car commercials starring Matthew McConaughey. You know the ones – where McConaughey drives around and has a philosophical conversation with us over random topics? The hypnotizing Texas Drawl (God Bless Texas) draws you in to listen to his transcendental talk. Yep, I thought it was Mumbo-Jumbo, too, until I realized he was actually talking to ME!
“Sometimes you have to go back, to actually go forward.”
I actually understood these prophetic words somewhere between Football Bowl Game 15 and 18 during the Holiday Break. (We watched almost all 32 of them by the way). McConaughey made me realize the complexities of my fall season as a Football Mom. I just thought I was cheering and volunteering for the teams and sport that I love. Maybe it turns out there was more to the project than I knew! Read the rest of this entry »
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