Coast Sports in the Press
For 26 summers, Coast Sports and Coach Steve Morris have been featured by Westside journalists, national youth-sports authors, and parenting podcasts as LA’s original "let kids be kids" summer camp. Here's a running archive of that coverage.
Last updated: April 2026
Featured Articles
Santa Monica Mirror · April 2026
"Kids today are more structured. They don't always get the chance to just be kids anymore. We give them that space - to use their imagination, to play, to be creative."
Circling The News · June 2024
"Summer used to be a time when kids were just allowed to play... Coast Sports replicates that experience."
Larchmont Buzz • June 2021
“Summer camp kids aren’t the only winners.”
Coach Steve on the Mic
Beyond Coast Sports, Coach Steve is the Amazon #1 bestselling author of What Size Balls Do I Need? A Roadmap for Survival in the Dizzying World of Youth Sports (2020). He's a regular guest on national parenting and youth-sports podcasts, where he talks about the "ten-year window" of youth sports, recognizing toxic coaches, and why "potential" and "expectation" are the two dirtiest words in youth sports.
Changing the Game Project · Episode #184 | Steve Morris on sanity in youth sports
Steve Morris Brings Sanity To The Crazed World Of Youth Sports | PRWeb
The Book
What Size Balls Do I Need? by Steve Morris debuted at #1 in Youth Sports on Amazon (2020). A road map for surviving - and enjoying - the dizzying world of youth sports, written by the coach whose name two generations of Westside kids changed from Steve Morris to Coach Steve.
Press Inquiries
Journalists, podcasters, and producers: reach Coach Steve directly at coachstevela@gmail.com or (310) 913-3224. Camp runs June 22 - August 5 at Brentwood Science Magnet, Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., for ages 4-15.