The primary challenges in youth sports can be reduced by communicating the role of parents. Hamilton said, "... adults take the fun out of youth sports for children when they view participation as a ticket to an athletic scholarship. It's a myth too many parents believe.... this 'super-athlete' mentality results in problems within youth sports. As a result parents develop a win at all cost mentality where anyone/anything they view as an obstacle is attacked, such as coaches for lack of playing time, officials for calls they disagree with, and even health officials who may want to keep a player out of a practice or game are looked at as hurting the player's progress."  These and other concepts were discussed and taught to CNS Youth Lacrosse coaches. To help communicate with parents, once all coaches are certified, each parent then receives the SUNY Parents Guide to Youth Sports for their review in a meeting with the coaches.

Hamilton also identified the "Coaching to the Middle" approach as striking a chord with his coaches. They were taught not to focus on the best few, but make those players work with and help improve players in the middle. This helps the mid-level players, teaches humility to the better players and builds a more positive sport culture while vastly increasing competence among many more children. It's a concept they always believed in, but didn't necessarily know how to teach it. Hamilton said that he has always agreed with the concept of stronger players bringing the less skilled players talent level up. This actually occurs with "Coaching to the Middle."

Hamilton strongly recommends the Youth Sports NY training program. He said, "The educational strategies that our coaches received have been an extremely valuable tool in making our program stronger.  Youth coaches are  challenged by not only teaching their players the fundamental skills and game strategies that they need to improve their game, they now can also deal with the challenges of parents and their belief that youth sports should be a win at all cost venture for the children.  The program and training has given our coaches the tools and strategies needed to avoid these pitfalls when developing our players."