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| Url: | http://www.youthsportsparents.blogspot.com |
| Author(s): | Pending confirmation. Help us confirm the author. |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Youth sports, parenting |
| Description: | Youth Sports Parents is a forum to discuss the myriad ways in which adults struggle to find their place in youth sports. My book on the disturbing state of sports for kids will be published in April 09. Catchy title: "Until It Hurts." |
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| Popularity: | 22 Followers |
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Ten Myths of Youth Sports, by someone very wise
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I received this from a friend who wasn't able to tell me the source. Clearly, someone with much wisdom.TEN MYTHS OF YOUTH SPORTS 1. The earlier the participation in sports the more likely to be ...more |
2009-12-18
A contender for "Youth Sports Quote of the Year"
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This is definitely in the running for the most inspired youth sports line of 2009. It comes from an article about a woman just taking over as coach of a boys' high school basketball team in Minneso...more |
2009-12-16
How a pinstripe changed cross-country history
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This story just posted to the New York Times Web site, and will appear soon in the newspaper.I got interested in this after reading in the |
2009-12-11
A (mostly) favorable review of The Blind Side
| Movie reviews aren't the specialty here. But Beacon Broadside asked for a post about "The Blind Side" and I complied.Am I too hard on Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy and Hugh Freeze?This post originally ...more |
2009-12-07
Basketball seasons that end early, it's an epidemic
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Just when I was beginning to think I knew it all.From Jessie Bennett comes word that the College of Notre Dame is not the first women's basketball team ever to cancel a |
2009-12-04
A split decision on kids sports and mouth guards
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If you've wondered whether kids playing sports should wear mouth guards, the answer is, it depends."Your mouth and teeth are just as, if not more, important to protect as your shins and your should...more |
2009-12-03
One game in, and the basketball season is over
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This is a first, as far as I know. The College of Notre Dame in Baltimore just canceled the basketball season due to a rash of serious injuries. Its depleted roster now stands at six. Its first - a...more |
2009-11-25
The legend of the Magic Hockey Helmet
| If anyone is thinking we're due for some uplifting news in this space, point taken. Today's posting is such a story.Miller Donnelly is 12. When he was nine, he penned a speech to deliver to his sch...more |
2009-11-20
The advice Dominique Wilkins should have given
| Dominique Wilkins might have been a great NBA player, thus the nickname "The Human Highlight Film." He fails to make the grade for inclusion on our list of pro athletes who see excesses in youth sp...more |
2009-11-18
Kids who do nothing but play tennis get hurt - a lot
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Here's more evidence that kids who specialize in a single sport at an early age are (1) terrific players (2) prone to injury and (3) because of point two at great risk of never reaching their poten...more |
2009-11-13
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