Dear Hoop Mom
- Holiday Tug-of-War: Advice on dealing with team demands vs. family demands during holidays.
- Ankle Instability: Advice on chronic ankle sprains and the possibility of using braces.
- Recruiting Quandary: Advice on dealing with a distrustful high-school coach.
- Destroying Hearts: Advice on a coach who tried to get a daughter to quit his team.
- Too Young for Colleges?: Advice on replying to colleges contacting a high-school freshman.
- Attention, UConn: Advice on getting attention from a school of a young girl's dreams.
- Getting Scouted: Advice on getting noticed by colleges.
- First-Time Tryout: Advice on flourishing during a first-time tryout.
- Two-Timers: Advice to a team that recently released players for playing for another team on the side.
- Finding a Hotel: Things to consider when shopping for hotels at out-of-town tournaments.
- Never Played Select: A freshman is looking for her first select experience.
- Recruiting: Coaches who recruit stronger players for certain games or tournaments.
- Nationals: The prospect of playing in a national tournament.
- Getting Noticed: How high school team performance might influence college interest in a player.
- Ankle Braces: Whether braces will help prevent ankle rollover injuries.
- Parent Coach: Helping a parent determine whether it's time to stop coaching his daughter.
- Ankle Sprains: Discussing the most common injury in basketball with the Storm team podiatrist.
- What is Right About Our Sport: Amid scandal in girl's basketball, some thoughts on the positive.
- Bad Blood: Thoughts on the sticky issue of having problems with another team.
- Missing Practice: Thoughts on the frustrations of players who miss workouts for often flimsy reasons.
- Welcome Mat?: Thoughts on whether to welcome back a player who'd left the team.
- Local Tournaments: Thoughts on the must-play events in the area.
- Burnout at 11: Thoughts on hoops burnout in an 11-year-old.
- Thanks, Coach: Thoughts on a thankless job - coaching.
- Fundraising: Thoughts varying levels of participation in team fundraising.
- Only on Sundays: Thoughts for a player from a church-going family
- Playing Up: Move up, or just find a new team?
- Starting a Team: Things to consider when starting a new team.
- Road Ready: How to survive a national tournament.
- Bench Behavior: Teaching our players sportsmanship from the bench.
- On the Road: Tips for surviving your team's road trips.
- Looking for a Coach: Things to consider when looking for a select team coach.
- Jealousy: Thoughts and advice on how to deal with jealousy between teammates.
- Nutrition: Thoughts and advice on how to pack good eating into an athlete's tight schedule.
- Looking for a Team: Thoughts and advice on what to consider when looking for a select team.
- Commitment to Team: Thoughts and advice on players and families with varying commitments.
- Talking to Dad: Thoughts and advice for girls who play for their dads.
- Starting Select: Thoughts and advice on when to start select ball.
- Coach's Daughter: Thoughts and advice on playing with the coach's daughter.
- Subbing for Injuries: Thoughts and advice about replacing an injured player.
- Sleepovers: Thoughts and advice about sleepovers around gametime.
Teresa Wippel has longtime involvement in club teams in various capacities, such as team mom, and is mother to post player Amanda Waldron. In her other life, she is a freelance writer and editor. To ask Teresa a question, email her at teresawippel@earthlink.net.
