American youth sports are more competitive than ever, especially soccer. One man with a track record of raising boys who can prosper Super Bowl Champion wide receiver Ed McCaffrey.
McCaffrey is the father of the superstar San Francisco 49ers Christian McCaffreyWashington commander wide receiver Luke McCaffrey, Miami Dolphins assistant coach Max McCaffrey and former college quarterback Dylan McCaffrey.
“We were lucky. We had amazing kids who were very competitive and very motivated. We set certain standards. Scholars were important to us.
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Former Denver Broncos receiver Ed McCaffrey, center, spoke to his two sons, San Francisco 49ers receiver Max McCaffrey, left, and a young football player next to Carolina Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey, to the right at Valor Christian High School’s McCaffrey football camp on June 27, 2019. (Andy Cross/Denver Post)
Handling adversity is an important point of focusing on parenting for McCaffreys. Ed believed in parental intervention, especially after a moment of adversity in sports.
“If things go wrong after the game, personally and in the team, if you’re injured or you’re having a tough time as a parent, I want to back up my mind, tap it in the back and say, ‘Do it again’,” he said.
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For young athletes, Ed McCaffrey believes victory and loss are less important than the individual way of thinking about competition.
“If you play to win and do your best, no matter what the scoreboard is, you’ve already won,” he said.
“It’s not about winning every game. We all want to win, but you’re not going to win every game you play. It’s about knowing that you’ve given your team, your sport all you can.”
Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey (5) shakes hands with her father, former NFL wide receiver, Ed McCaffrey, as her mother, Lisa, sees after a spring game at Kagan Stadium. (John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)
For McCaffrey and his sons, perhaps the most important aspect of their exercise success was their daily lifestyle, especially diet and getting enough sleep.
The majority of McCaffrey’s son’s meals were cooked at home by his mother, Lisa McCaffrey, who said he prepared dinner for the boys “every night.”
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Due to the boys’ constant athletic activity, parents increased the amount of lean meat and dairy they ate to a higher level than what is recommended for the average adult.
“Kids can consume a little more lean meat, get a little more fat and get dairy,” McCaffrey said.
Sticking to homemade food was even more important when it comes to snacks before the sporting event. If Ed or Lisa gave food at all before the game or practice, they had to be “easy to digest” without specific ingredients.
SiriusXM host Ed McCaffrey and the NFL will be taking photos at SiriusXM at Super Bowl LIV on January 30, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images from SiriusXm)
“It’s difficult to consume food before an event Most food They have difficult-to-digest, but they have additives that affect your gut, and it was very important to us when they were growing up to give them healthy snacks that are easy to digest. “I said.
One of Ed and Lisa’s most common snacks was a homemade protein bite that fed their sons. It was inspired by the family to release its own line of McCaffrey protein with similar ingredients. These ingredients include proteins from flaxseed, brown rice and pea. They also tried to protect the peanuts from biting because of their son’s allergies.
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