My friend Dan is a white-water canoeing aficionado, not at an Olympic level, but for fun. Now that he is retired and has more free time, four or five times a year he travels across Canada and launches his canoe into churning, foaming, frothing rivers, clad in a wetsuit, supplies sealed in watertight...

Building character in your teen athlete | Lessons on learning from adversity in sport

Top athletes by nature are perfectionists. Not only do they want it “now,” they want it to be achieved somewhat painlessly—as do their parents. And thus far, I’ve rarely, if ever, seen either of those outcomes bec...