It has been a while since I have put together a recommended reading list, but there are some good reads out there this week whether you are a sports mom or dad, sports fan or athlete!

• Let’s start with a few posts for all the dedicated sports moms and dads out there! Stats Dad wrote a great piece on parenting athletes and maintaining a good healthy marriage – yes, it can be done!! How do you make it work – especially when you have more than one athlete in the house (like we do)?
• In the sports nutrition department we have Healthy Eating in Youth Sports from the Women’s Sports Foundation’s SHE Network and Organizing Your Sports Diet tips from Nancy Clark at Our Game Magazine (awesome resource for soccer players by the way!)
• These two young ladies are showing us that you can be athletic and feminine at the same time – Brianna Amat – Homecoming Queen and Winning Field Goal Kicker was featured at Pretty Tough and Alaina Bergsma who excels on the Volleyball court and in the Pageant Circuit on the Aries Apparel  blog.
• Hilary Levey Friedman has excellent commentary (as usual) on benefits of girls playing sports in her recent post From Captain to CEO: Young Girls and Sports.
• I learned about the organization Be The Game via JBM Thinks’ post called Help Every Kid Play Sports. Every child should have the opportunity to play sports, but the reality is that many families simply cannot afford for their kids to play. According to the Be The Game website, We are not a charity. We are a company that believes in philanthropy and through small acts of kindness we can all create greater results and make our world a little bit better for our children!

Here’s to a successful sports filled weekend for everyone! My youngest daughter has her first swim meet of the short course season this weekend, so it will be chlorine fumes, stop watches and lots of cheering for me!