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KidsCompete Parent Experts
Have you ever thought it would be great if you had a friendly person to ask about a sport you were considering for your child? If so, you are in luck! The members of this rotating Parent Expert panel are here to help you! They have promised to give unbiased answers to your questions and be the best advocates for their sport. The goal is for parents to help other parents find the best fit for their children! If you want to be one of our Parent Expert panel, please email us with your contact information and which sport you would be representing. We will get back to you! Next month, check out our new KidsCompete Parent Experts!
Brian Wolf (Soccer) With 2 young boys, our family is on the soccer field 8 days a week! Seriously though, our family loves soccer. If you don’t find me in my work truck, you will find me on the soccer field. I own a landscaping business, Wolf Land Maintenance. We do local and regional landscaping. Residential & Commercial. Landscape design, retaining walls, mulch & rock, tree and shrub trimming, snow removal, and more. If I can answer any questions for you about soccer in St. Louis, especially the O’Fallon area, please reach out to me: Brian35w@hotmail.com
Robert Kleinlehrer (Snow Skiing) My parents introduced me to skiing at the young age of 2, and today my family and I ski every winter in Colorado. My son also ski races across the Mid-West during the winter weekends. Snow skiing is an exhilarating sport that the individual, the family and groups of friends can do and enjoy. Being outside in the cold air, rugged, up in layers of warmth, the cold white snow blanketing the ground, the wonderful view of the mountains, slopes and forests around you is also, well just AWESOME. Skiing allows you time to yourself away from the hustle and bustle of your busy life. Skiing also provides a chance to race competitively, as my son does here in St. Louis with the Hidden Valley Ski Team (HVST). This is a sport that I would truly recommend that everyone tries. There is so much more that I can share so please reach out to me with any questions you may have about this great activity and sport: klein8@telstra.com
Mike Callihan (Baseball) I have been a high school coach since 1997. I have coached football, wrestling, baseball, girls basketball, softball and girls golf at all age levels. As a collegiate baseball player, I excelled at Wabash Valley College and then at Quincy University. Currently, I am the Head Varsity Baseball coach and Assistant Football coach at Lutheran South High School in St. Louis, Missouri. I am also a hitting/pitching instructor for the Rawlings Tigers. As a father of two athletes, I have spent several hours on the field and gym watching them grow into the competitors they are today. My oldest daughter, Maggie, was a multisport athlete and was named the St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete for Brentwood High School. She now attends the University of Missouri in Columbia. My youngest daughter, Molly, was a four-year varsity softball starter and will attend Mineral Area College on a softball scholarship in the fall. Please send me an email if you have any questions that you think I can answer: mcallihan@lslancers.org
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KIDSCOMPETE PARENT EXPERTS LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
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ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT
Our July Cover Kid is Gabrielle. I’ve loved sports since 4th grade. When you join a new team, you become a part of a new family. You meet strangers who you may have never imagined yourself becoming close with, and your love for the same sport creates a bond that you can’t really find anywhere else. Coaches become mentors, who you can look to for support. I think the relationships that I’ve gained by being an athlete is one of the main reasons I love sports. I’ve also always loved the escape that sports provide. When you step onto the court, the rest of the world just falls away, and in that moment you don’t have to worry about anything except for the game. Focusing on doing your best for the team and yourself and knowing your teammates are there to support, you is something that can often only be found in athletics. I’ll always have a love for sports-for so many reasons- and I’ll always be an athlete at heart.
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Nutrition is for Building Immunity By Reshaunda Thornton, MS, RD, LD, CSSD SPORTS DOC WRITES 22
Restarting Youth and High School Sports By Paul Jensen, PT, MSPT, OCS FUN FIT: CURRENT TRENDS
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Track and Field: High Jump and Pole Vault ADAPTIVE & ACCESSIBLE
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EDITOR Resilience & Restarting We have had so many readers ask us to restart the magazine, and we are excited to finally be able to do so. Part of what we try to teach our athletes is to never give up, and to keep working hard with learning new skills. Now, we are doing the same thing at STL KidsCompete, and are thrilled to have you with us!
STEPHANIE BERK, Ph.D. Stephanie Berk, author of “How to Potty-Train Your Dragon Child”, is a mother of 4 boys. She has a degree in Human Development & Family Studies from Cornell University, a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from University of Connecticut, a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Language Acquisition from Haskins Laboratory/Yale University, and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuroimaging from Washington University.
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We are resilient and are capable of being flexible! We are making changes to our distribution model, and we will need your help if we are to be successful. With COVID-19 limiting time spent in waiting areas, we will have to rely more on online readership and your engagement. We could really use your help in sharing this online magazine with your social and business networks, via social media, website visits, and word of mouth. In this month’s issue, you are going to see some incredible examples of St. Louis teamwork, that we can all be proud of! You are also going to see something that many of you specifically requested: Deals on meals and family entertainment centered around specific tournaments in St. Louis, and beyond. Why not save a bit of money as we travel and practice with our youth athletes! And of course, as always, please email us with your ideas and interests for the coming months!
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Safety-Check:
COVID-19
Baseball tournaments are starting back up, and so are sports camps. The athletes want to be back, as do the parents and the coaches. However, with all of the concern about safety, here are some STL-specific and general resources.
People with COVID-19 have reported a wide range of symptoms, ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus.
Symptoms to watch for: Fever or chills
The best precautions are still: wearing masks/face coverings to contain droplets from someone who has been exposed. Maintaining 6 feet of separation between people who are not from the same household. Frequent handwashing with warm water and soap.
Cough Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing Fatigue Muscle or body aches Headache New loss of taste or smell
Getting tested if there has been exposure to someone who has been sick, or if symptoms begin. ** Anyone out in public in St. Louis City or St. Louis County is required to wear a mask. We don’t yet know if St. Charles is going to follow with this.**
Sore throat
Websites for more Information:
Congestion or runny nose
St. Louis County Department of Health: https://stlcorona.com/
Nausea or vomiting Diarrhea
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services: https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/ communicable/novel-coronavirus/ For testing: https://stlcorona.com/covid-19-testing/
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Athlete Development ages
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Bored?
Let’s Train!
We had become so accustomed to shuttling the children from one activity to another. Then the world stopped, and we had to figure out how to Zoom into school, how to live in close proximity to our immediate family AND no one else, and how to still get our own work done.
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much they enjoy not being over-scheduled after they have had this period of sheltering-in-place.
Now 3 months later, we are in our “new” routine, and states are starting to open up. Many people still do not feel comfortable returning to the pre-COVID-19 normal, but their children need something more than electronics and daily walks. Just like we desire a candlelight dinner after the electricity goes out, many people have recognized how
However, the children still need a physical outlet. The interesting thing is that studies show that returning to basics, working on form, strength, flexibility, and drills are some of the most necessary components of successful young athletes. The best thing is… these can be done from HOME, with minimal specialized equipment! The young athlete can get everything that is needed by looking up sport-specific drills and exercises, as well as a flexibility program.
e also had a decrease in the physical activity classes and practices which had become as frequent as 7 days a week for some of our kiddos and tweens.
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DREAM OF PLAYING AT THE NEXT LEVEL? Our data-driven sports technologies help athletes reach their full potential.
We become so worried that our children will “fall behind” the competition, but our best chance of giving them an advantage is to follow the following tips. By creating a fun exercise program that takes 1 hour per day, including stretching, you can maintain a base level and reduce boredom!*
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Sports Doc Writes
RESTARTING
Youth and High School Sports Never before has the world been in the position it is today. For the last few months, in the interest of public safety, much of our region has been under a Shelter-In-Place order, which greatly limited interaction with others and a near complete shutdown of sports. Now those restrictions are loosening, and people are craving a sense of normalcy. Kids are longing to get back on the field, court, track and more.
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BJC HealthCare/Washington University Physicians, Mercy and SSM Health/SLU Care formed the St. Louis Sports Medicine Task force to offer coaches, athletic directors, and parents some recommendations for resuming organized sports and activities. The team includes sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and infection prevention specialists. As we all share a passion for sports, and we see the value and benefits of sports, our intention is to get kids back in action as soon as safely possible.
Along with this gradual phased approach, we recommend additional layers of protection be put in place including:
Resuming sports involves a phased approach. This allows time to monitor the impact on COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases and time for athletes to get back in competitive shape. For many young athletes, the 2–3 month shut down is the longest they have ever been away from organized sports since they started. That amount of time is a double-edged sword. It allowed many players who were struggling with over-use injuries much needed time to heal, while at the same time allowed other athletes to become deconditioned. We often see a surge of injuries at the start of sports seasons, and if kids jumped back into a sport full swing after this long break, it could be far worse than normal. No child wants to face the disappointment of their triumphant return to the game cut short by a new injury in the first weeks back.
avoiding shared equipment, especially water bottles
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increased sanitizing of any shared equipment.
Call 314.454.KIDS (5437)
As we get back into sports, we begin the first phase. Phase one allows for small groups to get back together to work on skills and conditioning.
health screenings for players, coaches, and officials reducing the number of unnecessary personnel and spectators at events and practices universal masking except for players while participating frequent handwashing and/or sanitizing;
We see real value in a gradual approach in addition to providing protection from COVID-19.
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Each of these actions reduces the risk of infection and in combination makes things as safe as possible. Along with those steps, our guidelines recommend social distancing by avoiding locker rooms, staggering times for practices and keeping 6 feet distance between others whenever possible. You can find the complete multi-phased recommendations at www.bjc.org/ restartingsports. There is also a brief guide for parents and frequently asked questions that can be used as resources. It is important to note this is a very fluid situation and if there is a surge in COVID-19 cases, the recommendations will likely change. The joint task force continues to meet regularly and update our recommendations and address sports specific issues arise.
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Sports Nutrition
Nutrition is for
BUILDING IMMUNITY One of the components of the majority of healthy athletes is having a strong immune system. Stronger bodies lead to less time away from their sports and more time to progress in their skills. Nutrition boosting foods could cut their chances of getting sick and help their natural defenses. We all know our kids are continuously exposed to germs. In addition to intense physical activity, “stress hormones” are often also produced during the competitive season. Additional distress impacts young athletes’ ability to effectively counter natural resilience by challenging their immune systems.
How does nutrition influence immunity?
BY RESHAUNDA THORNTON, MS, RD, LD, CSSD
Sports dietitian, owner of Bettervessel Nutrition, and author of Play to Win the Food Fight. Specializes in consulting athletes and individuals in healthy living and performance enhancement. Nutrition expert of St. Louis Fox2News since 2014. Featured Tedx Gateway Arch speaker 2019. Currently a thought leader speaker in nutrition and wellness-related topics. Former athlete who enjoys weight training and running, and a mom of a teenager who is ok with eating a salad with every meal.
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According to the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, the immune system’s ability to clear viruses, bacteria and other pathogens, termed resistance, is dependent upon an adequate supply of energy from important fuel sources, including glucose, amino acids and fatty acids (Walsh, 2019). Minerals and vitamins also contribute defenses that limit tissue damage during heavy exertion and increased oxidative stress. Examples of these are vitamin C, E, and D. Lastly, prebiotics and probiotics influence immunity by modifying gut health. Probiotics specifically, can inhibit pathogen growth in the gut and have anti-inflammatory effects.
How does “bad” nutrition affect an athlete? Even at young ages, sports performance pushes our kids’ body to the edge. They progress by continuously stressing their body and allowing time to recover. This is where nutrition is key. If they don’t receive adequate nutrition, their recovery is stunted causing fatigue and increased stress. Training relies on the type and amount of fueling. Stopping for a quick burger and soda may give their body energy, but will lack efficient nutrients their body needs to perform at their peak. In addition, processed and fast foods lack the essential nutrients needed for proper recover and immunity building. Overall, it is important to eat a well-balanced diet aligned with the demands of our children’s expedited growth and activity level. This will ensure their ability to be playing their favorite sports and excelling with minimal negative impact to their immune system.
Nutrition-Boosting Immunity Tips Expand your range of healthy foods. Don't get caught up in eating the same or going for the new healthy snack and doing away with your other options. It may be healthy, but it's not going to be a cure-all. Instead, offer your kids a range of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean proteins. More isn't always better. If one orange is good, that doesn't mean your kid should eat 5. Parents may have been taught more is better but mega-dosing with foods won’t help. Once your kid's body has what it needs, the rest gets wasted. Think of it like like pumping air into a tire that's already full. Limitations are key. No matter what has been taught, no food can prevent common sickness such as colds and flu, and no food can cure them either. When your young athlete does get sick, it’s not directly an indication that their foods weren’t healthy enough. Sickness can still be unavoidable. Clean, whole foods are the answer. Sure, orange juice has vitamin C, but your kid is better off with an orange instead. It has vitamin C and a lot of more other nutrients. There are lots of healthy natural chemicals (phytochemicals) in foods that we haven't isolated in pills or juices.
References: Reference: Walsh, N, P. (2019). Nutrition and Athlete Immune Health: A New Perspective. Gatorade Sports Science Institute. Found at: https://www.gssiweb.org/en/sportsscience-exchange/Article/nutrition-and-athlete-immune-health-a-new-perspective
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Athlete Development ages
13-18
No Bubble, But ‌ With young children, we were able to say no, keep them out of harm’s way, and in the worst case, pick them up and put them where WE wanted them to be. However, with teenagers, many of whom are bigger than we are, this is no longer possible in the same way.
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oday’s teens especially, like to know the “why” and “how” answers to important questions, like those raised during this COVID-19 time. Currently, in trying to figure out how to go back to group training, the comfort level of each person and family has to be tempered with what is less risky to others in the group. After all, most teams treat each other like family, and genuinely care about each other. Our teens recognize this too. Each team, family, and individual have their own life context, with the virus affecting different members in multiple ways. Some team members live with aging grandparents, or others who are at high risk of severe consequences from being exposed to the virus. Some team members have parents that travel for their jobs, increasing risk of exposure. And still others believe that they will be fine and have no concerns about the virus. Talking with teens about the family’s view and risks, is a great way of answering some of the “hows” and whys”. Teams and groups around the country are gathering on Zoom to figure out the best way to move forward. Here are 3 routes ranging from most to least conservative that are being considered. These, or variations of these, along with local health department guidelines, make for good springboards into productive conversations both within the family, and then within the team/group. Before returning to group practice/gatherings*,
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Each participant and family member need to have 2 negative COVID-19 test results, spaced 1-3 days apart. There needs to be no fever, nor any other sign of illness. Everyone must wash their hands before and after practice. Masks should be worn when possible.
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Each participant and family member must have 1 negative COVID-19 test result from a test that was performed within the 72 hours prior to practice. Temp checks and handwashing before and after practice. Masks worn when possible. Each participant must be fever free, and without any other symptoms. No history of recent contact with a COVID-19 infected person. Handwashing before and after practice. Masks worn when possible.
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Fun Fit: Current Trends
Face Coverings for Athletes One of the best ways to get back to group activity and practice as safely as possible, is to wear a mask that keeps the droplets from spreading. A mask won’t completely eradicate the virus, but with all of the great options of masks out there, a “sporty” one is a great way to get back into the game.
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Sport Spot
TRACK AND FIELD:
High Jump and Pole Vault
Track and Field events, including High Jump and Pole Vault, are part of a Spring sport, and won’t be competed for many months from now. Therefore, this is a great time to learn more about the events, and the perfect time to try them out! You have time to practice, so that you can be competitive in the Spring. One of the best parts‌ is that you can keep a safe distance from others!
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High Jump: Competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar, placed at measured heights without the bar falling. Jumpers must take off from one foot. Most competition rules state that three consecutive missed jumps at any height will eliminate the jumper from competition. The winner is the one who clears the highest height. Technique and form are crucial for clearing heights as high as the world records of 6’10.25” (women- Stefka Kostadinova) and 8.25’ (men- Javier Sotomayor).
Pole Vault: A competitor uses a long, flexible pole made typically from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a horizontal bar. Speed is the most important attribute for Pole vaulting, followed closely by agility and strength. Rules are similar to that of High Jump. The winner is the one who clears the highest height, with world records of 20’ and 3.25” (men- Armand Duplantis) and 16’ 7” (women- Yelena Isinbayeva.)
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Adaptive & Accessible
Wheelchair Tennis at the U.S. Open COVID-19 is definitely temporarily changing our sports entertainment and participation options. Some sports’ teams are cancelling their seasons while others are reducing the number of spectators. Many of the tournament organizers are shortening the length of tournaments by cutting events, especially events that are deemed “fun only”, or less important.
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