If you have kids with any interest in sports, most of us dip our toes in with a rec league. If you’re like me, you start with Soccer Shots at age 2, mostly for laughs. Have you ever seen...
My daughter’s eyes filled with tears. "Mommy, why were the parents on the other team screaming so loud? It was SO distracting." Her tears were not those of sadness, but of frustration, which made me see red. My normally...
Anyone from my generation (Gen X, baby!) who skated or was around the skateboarding scene would know the phrase "Skateboarding is not a crime." Before skateboarding was recognized as something more mainstream, people used parking lots, curbs, handrails, banks,...
Did you know that more than 20 professional skateboarders have come out of Jacksonville in the past 40 years? The skateboard community in Jacksonville is still thriving, and if you have a kid that is showing interest like my...
I started teaching it when my cousin (owner of the first Yoga Den) asked me to get certified. Ever since I started at the age of 22, yoga has helped me through all the wonderful phases — college, marriage,...
I’m 41, and my bones are old. I’m too old to start learning a new sport, let alone ice skating! I probably should have picked tennis, pickleball, or bowling... and my bones would probably be thanking me instead of cursing...
Parents of babies and young kids, prepare yourself now. Youth rec sports is not what it used to be. Perhaps it is because we live in the second fastest-growing city in the country, but what we’ve experienced since my...
If you want to show off how amazing your golf skills are but are not quite PGA material just yet... then look no further! Here are some golfing places in and around Jacksonville where you can take the whole...
No, not that kind of athletic supporter, silly! As a proud "soccer mom," I can confidently say that I've perfected the art of being the best sports parent — or as I like to call us, “athletic supporters.” Not...
As someone who’s always had ties to Jacksonville, but didn’t grow up here (born and raised New Yorker, but I’ve been a First Coast resident for almost 9 years), I have a unique viewpoint of knowing Jax as both...
No one is more interested in this year’s Super Bowl than Donna Kelce, the first mom in history to have two sons playing against one another in a Super Bowl game. So, who will she root for on Feb....
When your child plays competitive sports, you spend a lot of time at the fields. My 11-year-old has soccer several nights a week, and one or two games on the weekend. We spend countless hours a week with our...

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