- Two Time Olympic track cyclist.
- Author of two children’s books in the Barnsville Sports Squad Series: Gracie Goat’s Big Bike Race and Shawn Sheep The Soccer Star.
- Mother of two.
- Recipient of The 2006 Jack Kelly Fair Play Award for sportsmanship.
- 4th place in the 2004 Olympic Points Race.
This weekly blog is all about the fundamentals kids learn through sports that then help them in all aspects of their lives. You’ve heard Robert Fulghum’s saying that All I Ever Need To Know About Life, I learned In Kindergarten. I contend that everything you need to succeed in life you can learn through sports. Each week I explore a new sports topic that matters to parents and kids. Each post starts off with a TRY THIS AT HOME section that suggests an activity for parents to do at home with their kiddos.
During my Olympic cycling career, I watched myself and other Olympians struggle with different basic sports issues: teamwork, fear of failure, self confidence, sportsmanship, temptation to cheat, etc. I always thought that if we had all learned the basics as kids, we could have saved ourselves a lot of time with the sports psychologist. Give your kids a head start by discussing the blog topics with them each week.
When I created the Barnsville Sports Squad children’s book series, my goal was to create books that parents and teachers could use to entertain, inspire and teach their kids about sports, sportmanship, making healthy choices and life’s lessons. This gives me another venue to reach out and do just that.
