Until it hurts : america's obsession with youth sports and how it harms our kids /

Near the end of a long season, fourteen-year-old baseball pitcher Ben Hyman approached his father with disappointing, if not surprising, news: his pitching shoulder was tired. With each throw to home plate, he felt a twinge in his still maturing arm. Any doctor would have advised the young boy to ta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hyman, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, 2014.
Temas:
Sports for children > Social aspects > United States.
Sports for children > United States > Psychological aspects.
Sports for children > United States.
Sports pour enfants > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sports pour enfants > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Sports pour enfants > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Sports for children
Sports for children > Psychological aspects
Sports for children > Social aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1: Hostile Takeover
  • 2: Tiger Tracks
  • 3: Parental Payoff
  • 4: Equal Time
  • 5: Until It Hurts
  • 6: Miracles for All
  • 7: Risking Everything
  • 8: Iâ€?m Angry. Are You?
  • 9: A Return to Fundamentals
  • Postscript
  • Acknowledgments

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