Tools
Pages parents come back to.
Four reference sections that work as a system. Pick the moment you're in. The right tool tells you what's typical, what's not, and what to do about it.
10 canonical calendars
Season calendar
Twelve months by sport and level. Tryouts week. Picture day window. Tournament season. Off-season. Pick the canonical shape that matches your kid's year.
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8 sports mapped
Age pathways
What "good" looks like at 7, 10, 13, 15. Per sport. Skill milestones, practice shape, social and emotional markers, and the parent decision points at each age.
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22 pre-loaded profiles
Cost calculator
Pick a sport and level. Pre-filled with national medians. Edit any line. Annual, monthly, weekly, and per-game-played in real time. Save, share, send to the group chat.
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12 topics, all with sources
The body
Concussion. Arm care. Heat. Sleep. ACL prevention. Pediatric sports medicine translated for parents. Every topic cites the governing body and lists the questions to bring to the doc.
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How they fit
The four work as one system.
Pick a calendar to see what your kid's year looks like. Open the matching pathway to see what good looks like at this age. Run the cost calculator on the same sport and level to see what it actually costs.
Read the body topics that match the sport. Concussion if it's contact. Arm care if it's pitching. Heat if it's August practice. Each detail page links to the matching pieces in the other three sections so you don't have to hunt.
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Pathway · Baseball
Baseball pathway: tee-ball through varsity
What good looks like at every age in youth baseball. Skill milestones, practice shape, social markers, and the calls that come up at each level.
Pathway · Basketball
Basketball pathway: rec through varsity
What good looks like at every age in youth basketball. The AAU calendar, the height question, and when private trainers actually help.
Pathway · Football — Tackle
Football pathway: flag through varsity tackle
What good looks like at every age in youth football. Flag through 8U, the tackle question at 9-10, middle school programs, the high school recruiting reality.
The body · injury-prevention
The ACL prevention warm-up
Eleven minutes before practice. A structured warm-up that's associated with lower ACL injury rates in adolescent female athletes. Risk reduction, not a guarantee.
The body · mental-skills
Burnout signs and what to do about them
The pattern that comes before a kid quits a sport they used to love. What to watch for, what to ask, and how to back the volume down before it's too late.
The body · concussion
Concussion: protocol, return to play, your state law
What a concussion actually is, what the trainer or coach should be doing in the first ten minutes, and how return-to-play works under your state law.
Calendar · Basketball
AAU basketball 12U — year-round travel
AAU 12U travel basketball. Practice runs October through August. Tournament season is March through July. There is no real off-season unless you make one.
Calendar · Football — Tackle
HS football, fall season — Pacific Northwest
Washington and Oregon high school football. Aug practice opens, Week 1 is the Friday after Labor Day, playoffs run November. The off-season is where the next year is built.