5 Ways to Avoid a Sports Injury

We all know how much fun it is to play sports, especially if you are playing soccer with a team of friendly and supportive Grasshopper Soccer players!
But getting hurt is not a lot of fun.

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Eating for sports an article for KIDS!!

Whenever you play a sport, you pack your bag and make sure you have the equipment you need, like your racquet for tennis, cleats for soccer, and good runners for basketball. You couldn't play the game very well without this equipment, but how do you help your game from your insides out? Don’t go swallowing a pair of shin guards, that's for sure!

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A Lesson on Perspective

We love the fact that you want to see your kids do well playing sport, but we also want to give you a gentle reminder that it’s all about perspective.


If you treat your kid’s soccer the way you treat your kid’s maths, you’ll probably be OK. What do we mean? Look at it this way, most parents don’t show up at their kid’s primary school class and start screaming at them, ‘2 plus 2 isn’t 5! Just think about it!’

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Fun facts about soccer you may not know

¡Datos divertidos sobre el fútbol que quizás no conozcas!

El fútbol es un deporte que se juega entre dos equipos de once jugadores con una pelota y se conoce como fútbol en la mayoría de los países fuera de Australia y los Estados Unidos. Lo juegan 250 millones de jugadores en más de 200 países, lo que lo convierte en el deporte más popular del mundo.

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10 things every parent of a soccer player should know

10 Things EVERY parent of a Soccer Player should know!

  1. Soccer teaches failure – in a good way!

Soccer is an exciting and physical sport. Dreams can change from good to bad or bad to good in seconds. It teaches kids hard work from start to finish and lets them learn the foundation of a hard work ethic. By allowing your kids to get out there and learn from individuals other than you can teach skills that will last years past their youth soccer career.

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