Positive support for youth athletes, in one hour.
Eight short modules on why kids play, how they develop, and what they need from you on the sideline, in the car, and through a long season. Pass each quiz, sign the Parent Pledge, and your club can verify your certification with one link.
Pick any module to start. The first 3 lessons of each are free, no account needed.
Why Kids Play (and Why They Quit)
Welcome to Long Term Sports · Why Kids Say They Play · The Drop-Off at Thirteen
Start free · 8 min →The Long Game: How Athletes Actually Develop
The Stages of Development · The Best at Ten Is Rarely the Best at Eighteen · The Birth Month Effect
Start free · 8 min →Your Lane: Parents, Coaches and Athletes
The Triangle · Let Coaches Coach, Refs Ref, Kids Play · Talking to the Coach
Start free · 8 min →The Sideline: What Your Kid Sees and Hears
What Kids Actually Hear · Coaching From the Stands · Officials, and Why We're Running Out of Them
Start free · 8 min →The Car Ride Home
The Twenty Minutes That Matter Most · Questions That Open, Questions That Close · Let the Athlete Lead
Start free · 8 min →Pressure, Praise and Mindset
Where Pressure Really Comes From · Growth Mindset, Plainly · What to Praise (and What Not To)
Start free · 8 min →Playing Time, Winning and Fairness
The Hardest Conversations · Development First, Then Competition · Tryouts and Cuts
Start free · 8 min →Safety, Wellbeing and the Parent Pledge
Rest Is Part of Training · Concussions and When Tough Is Wrong · Fuel and Water
Start free · 8 min →Every claim has a source.
The course synthesizes published research on youth sport and the standards national sport bodies already use: long-term athlete development frameworks, consensus statements on specialization and overuse, concussion return-to-play rules and Safe Sport codes. Each module ends with its sources, and the full list is public.
Read the research behind the course- The George Washington University 'fun maps' study on what kids call fun
- Long-term athlete development stages and the relative age effect
- Consensus statements on early specialization and overuse injury
- Peer-reviewed research on the car ride home and parent behaviour
- Concussion guidelines and the Rule of Two
Make it a requirement, then watch it get done.
Upload a spreadsheet of parent names and emails. Every parent gets an invitation with your club's name on it. Your dashboard shows who has started, who is in progress, and who is certified, by team, with one-click reminders and a CSV export.
- Invitations go out automatically from your CSV
- Live completion dashboard, filter by team
- Parents send their certificate to your club with one click
- Public verify link for every certificate
- Certification valid two years, then a short refresher
- $10 per parent, paid by Interac e-Transfer. No subscription, credits never expire.
- To set up a club account, email hello@longtermsports.com.