The youth sports crisis : out-of-control adults, helpless kids /: out-of-control adults, helpless kids. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven J. Overman.
• Authors: Overman, Steven J
• Contents: 1 Introduction to Youth SportsWhat Motivates Youth Sports Participation?Do Youth Sports Develop Character?2 Youth Sports for AdultsThe Adult Takeover of Children's SportsThe Youth Sports Coach, for Better or WorseThe Commercialization of Youth Sports3 The Child Athlete's FamilyThe Youth Sports FamilyThe Sports Parent: Soccer Moms and Dugout DadsAre Youth Sports Overpriced?Youth Sports as College Prep4 The Child Athlete as Miniature AdultThe Hurried Child AthleteToddler SportsThe Child Athlete as SpecialistThe Overscheduled Child AthleteSports Camps and Academies5 Youth Sports May Be Hazardous to Your Child's Physical HealthUnnecessary Roughness: Youth Sports InjuriesViolence in Youth SportsDo Youth Sports Promote Unhealthy Eating?Do Youth Sports Promote Fitness?6 Youth Sports May Be Hazardous to Your Child's Emotional HealthThe Youth Sports Athlete under StressYouth Sports and the Shaping of MasculinityYouth Sports as Child AbuseQuitters Never Win: Burnouts and Dropouts7 The Toxic Elements in Youth SportsYouth Sports as DrudgeryYouth Sports as Child LaborWinning Is Everything: Competition Out of ControlYouth Sports as Elitism8 So You Want Your Son to Play FootballA Portrait of Youth Football and Its DownsideYouth Football Coaches: Amateurs and AbusersBigger Is Better: Overweight PlayersNo Pain, No Gain: A Plague of InjuriesDoes Playing Football Promote Bad Behavior?Do You Want Your Son to Play Football?9 Concluding Thoughts: Reform or Re-FormNotesIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 796.083; Health & Fitness -- General; Sports for children -- Social aspects -- United States; Sociology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216169550
• Related ISBNs: 9781440831386
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