Recently, the NY Times published an article covering a new clinical report on youth sports from the American Academy of Pediatrics. This is one of those rare must reads for all youth and high school sport parents. This report from the American Academy of Pediatrics contains multiple nuggets of insight as well as specific recommendations. […]
ESPN published a fairly damning article about sports specialization two days ago. The article is titled ‘These kids are ticking time bombs’: The threat of youth basketball. In summary, the premise of the article is as follows: Those who were highly specialized in one sport (at the exclusion of other sports) and played it year-round […]
All competitive athletes love winning and hate losing. There is no question about that. However, knowing which one trumps the other provides an important insight into one’s will to compete. In order to win, you must compete. To put it differently, you have to risk losing before you can win. On the other hand, you […]