The youth sports crisis : out-of-control adults, helpless kids /

This provocative critique of the youth sports movement examines the various issues surrounding children in sports and provides a plan for reform based on a change in philosophy and practice.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Overman, Steven J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2014]
Temas:
Sports for children > Social aspects > United States.
Sports pour enfants > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sociology.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Sports for children > Social aspects.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction to youth sports
  • What motivates youth sports participation?
  • Do youth sports develop character?
  • 2. Youth sports for adults
  • The adult takeover of children's sports
  • The youth sports coach, for better or worse
  • The commercialization of youth sports
  • 3. The child athlete's family
  • The youth sports family
  • The sports parent: soccer moms and dugout dads
  • Are youth sports overpriced?
  • Youth sports as college prep
  • 4. The child athlete as miniature adult
  • The hurried child athlete
  • Toddler sports
  • The child athlete as specialist
  • The overscheduled child athlete
  • Sports camps and academies
  • 5. Youth sports may be hazardous to your child's physical health
  • Unnecessary roughness: youth sports injuries
  • Violence in youth sports
  • Do youth sports promote unhealthy eating?
  • Do youth sports promote fitness?
  • 6. Youth sports may be hazardous to your child's emotional health
  • The youth sports athlete under stress
  • Youth sports and the shaping of masculinity
  • Youth sports as child abuse
  • Quitters never win: burnouts and dropouts
  • 7. The toxic elements in youth sports
  • Youth sports as drudgery
  • Youth sports as child labor
  • Winning is everything: competition out of control
  • Youth sports as elitism
  • 8. So you want your son to play football
  • A portrait of youth football and its downside
  • Youth football coaches: amateurs and abusers
  • Bigger is better: overweight players no pain, no gain: a plague of injuries
  • Does playing football promote bad behavior?
  • Do you want your son to play football?
  • 9. Concluding thoughts: reform or re-form.

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