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Youth sports are supposed to be a space for children to receive many benefits, including teamwork, character and skill development, fitness, and most of all...fun.
Unfortunately, despite the good intentions of many coaches and parents, youth sport is often delivered in ways that are not aligned with sound research and best practices. The result too often leads to poor communication and misplaced priorities when the adults are pitted against each other and kids are robbed of a positive experience.
Dr. Amanda Stanec and Richard Way have been involved in sport--as athletes, coaches, consultants, and researchers--for their whole lives. They field questions every day from frustrated parents and exasperated coaches who want more for the kids they love. Protect the Joy provides expert answers and action steps on how to get our youth sports programs back on track.
Blending key research that highlights a stage-before-age approach and tackling difficult issues head-on, Stanec and Way help coaches, parents, and sport directors better understand how the children under their watch can get the most out of the games they play.
Instead of wins and scholarships, Stanec and Way call on coaches and parents to collaborate to create an environment of fun, empathy, and healthy physical, social, and emotional growth for all kids. When we achieve that goal, we protect the joy of sport, which is what invariably keeps kids in the game.
Millions of American families spend tens of thousands of dollars annually to have their children participate in club travel sports. In What is the Goal: The Truth About the Youth Sports Industry, the authors educate parents about this industry's money vacuum designed to suck up a family's resources by attaching itself to parents' dreams and fears of missed opportunities for their children's future. The industry is driven largely by the quest for prestige and preferential admission to college. Within the industry, system-wide conflicts of interest cause unintended harm to the young athletes that sports programs should be designed to benefit. Linscott and Ruoff demonstrate how the Youth Sports Industry (YSI) accentuates the wealth and participation gap by pricing out most families. Young athletes have become valuable commodities to the sports clubs who secure greater earnings in a lucrative industry if they play their business cards right. The authors explore who is making a living off of the YSI and who are its consumers. Linscott and Ruoff analyze the travel tournament, a critical money-generating element of virtually all YSI clubs that accomplishes little in terms of developing athletes. The authors provide a guide for navigating the YSI should parents choose to involve their children. The book also proposes broad, society-wide interconnecting solutions and potential regulations for colleges, medical professionals, legislators, program directors, coaches, and parents to consider. Linscott and Ruoff further the discussion that sports leaders and researchers have initiated to facilitate needed reforms and return the fun and self-empowerment back to the youth athletes.
A compelling, clear-eyed look at the changing norms around youth sports, family, and what it means for us to spend meaningful time together.--Hua Hsu, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Stay True
More Than Just a Game presents original research, first-person stories, and a much-needed perspective regarding what has become a multibillion-dollar industry that involves forty-five million kids. Are the current practices good for young athletes and their families? What is gained and what is sacrificed when the goal is winning at all costs?
In this confusing environment, parents struggle to maintain a sense of equilibrium, wondering how to balance their child's athletic career with normal developmental goals and family life. Authors and researchers Bjork and Hoynes offer knowledge, support, and a meaningful way forward, as well as a way back to letting our kids play, grow, and thrive. They examine the most pressing issues in youth sports, including
This book contains step-by-step descriptions of Kyoketsu Shoge techniques from Togakure Ryū Ninjutsu.
It is crucial to emphasize that this program should not be used as the sole source of study; it is essential to be under the supervision of a qualified instructor. The pursuit of learning must be continuous in the Martial Arts of Bujinkan.
This work has a logical sequence, both in the technical and theoretical aspects.
This program can and should be studied independently of the student's rank.
This book is a relic of ancient knowledge, a treasure of wisdom from the Ninjas of Togakure. Within its pages, you will find the teachings of Kyoketsu Shoge passed down through centuries.
This book is your key to the knowledge of Kyoketsu Shoge from the Ninjas of Togakure Ryū.
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Courage over Confidence offers a new approach to conquering the mental game of sports. Written for competitive young athletes as well as professionals and Olympians, it is also a game changer for coaches and parents looking for ways to further help their aspiring athletes.
In this book, renowned clinical and sport psychologist Dr. Mitchell Greene explodes one of the field's most common and malicious myths-that confidence is a prerequisite for athletic success. The evidence shows that most athletes find it nearly impossible to sustain positive thinking when their minds are riddled with mind chatter-that unwelcome, doom and gloom self-conversation that crops up in high-stakes competitions. Chatter-filled athletes will excel in practice but struggle to perform on game day and they will fear the stakes of losing despite having trained to compete at their best.
The clear instructions in Courage over Confidence provide guidance for managing mind chatter and a method for joining forces with that negative voice rather than battling it. With courage over confidence, good players can learn to become great competitors.
Join Velzy and Fin on their wild and free adventure going surfing in tropical paradise! The two best friends take your little surfer along for epic day full of sunshine and shakas, but when Velzy has a wipe out, Fin teaches him the importance of resilience, bravery and having a positive mindset in both surfing and in life. So come along for a epic day out in the waves with Velzy and Fin!
Elite, competitive, gritty, healthy competitors are made; they are not managed into existence. Tomorrow's generation of athletes will be made primarily by the good judgment and keen discrimination of parents, mentors, and coaches. None of these will be more important than the support a junior golfer receives from home. In Only One Shot, V. J. Trolio, one of the world's foremost experts on coaching and developing junior golfers, presents his proven process to create a disciplined, structured, and loving environment for junior golfers and prepare them for success.
Time and Patience are the two primary ingredients of wisdom for nurturing young golfers. Inside these pages you will find a coach of young athletes in golf for the past twenty years. He gives you researched facts the he applies to young athletes and their teams. The secret is to recognize the difference between intention and emphasis and how to apply it appropriately and consistently. You will also find the untold story of one young athlete that grew into a five-time champion on the PGA Tour and a Ryder Cup hero. You will be able to see behind the curtain of a world-class career and the important role played by those that surround and nurture the athlete. These two, a coach and an athlete, do not wish to persuade you; but instead they wish to push you to think.
This is more than a great story or entertaining read. It is an approach, a mindset, and a guide that you will use to define, create, and apply to your young athlete. All heroes need a guide and sometimes that guide has Only One Shot. This book is dedicated to you, the guide. With inspiring insight from the untold story of professional golfer Jim Gallagher Jr.
On any given spring evening, 360,000 children around the world can be found on the dusty mounds and grassy fields of a Little League field. With more than four million people playing or volunteering in Little League games every year, Little League is the institutional rite of passage into the quintessential American pastime.
Play Ball! charts Little League's history from the earliest days and shows how, in many respects, its history parallels America's history: isolation in the beginning; rapid expansion; a civil war of sorts, followed by reconstruction; struggles over civil rights and gender equity; and foreign entanglements. A microcosm of American society, Little League reflects, and is affected by, cultural, political and historical trends.
The authors were given full access to the Little League Baseball archives and have created a comprehensive history. Play Ball! contains appendixes including winners of all Little League Baseball and Softball World Series, a year-by-year history of Little League, countries in Little League, and lists of some of the famous people who played the game as children, including Kevin Costner, Mark McGwire, and George W. Bush. Includes new chapter on John Grisham's movie, Mickey, the Danny Almonte scandal, Tee Ball on the South Lawn, Pitch Counts and Arm Injuries, Child Protection Act, ESPN and the new World of Little League Museum.Play Ball! will interest parents, former players and coaches, fans of Little League Baseball, general baseball enthusiasts, and anyone who has ever picked up a ball and bat.
Have you ever wondered...
*why all those other sports parents seem so intense?
*how you can help your kid succeed in sports without taking on a second mortgage?
*why you get so emotional whenever you watch your kid play sports?
If so, you need to read Sports Parenting: Creating an environment for success...without going Bat Sh*t Crazy.
This insightful parenting guide by longtime coach Bill Schillings provides helpful principles parents can refer to as they deal with the individuality of their kids and their own emotions, in an often challenging sports environment. By illustrating the dichotomies that pull parents in opposite directions, Bill engages readers with anecdotes and observations they can apply to their own journey. He provides a much needed resource parents can use to help their kids succeed in sports and in life.
Five decades. Three generations. One family's sports story.
As a Title IX pioneer, Christine Hawkinson helped blaze the girls' sports trail her daughters followed 20 years later. Having been a coach's daughter and a coach's wife, she thought she was well prepared to be a sports parent. But in the early 2000s, everything she knew and valued about sports was challenged by an invitation for her daughter to join a pay-to-play team.
Escalating expectations for playing and her daughter's ACL tear led to more questions about the youth sports system that has since grown more complex, more expensive, and disheartening for many children.
50 Years in the Bleachers is rooted in the story of how a group of girls, driven solely by their own interest in the game, paved the way for next generations. And how an introvert gained confidence and life skills by being on the team.
Hawkinson's journey is a rekindling of the benefits of sport, the meaning of team, and the responsibility of those who shape children's experiences. It's an inspiring message for anyone who respects why kids play, and who strives to be thoughtful about where and when they do.
Pond Fishing with Papa by Mike Watts is a heartwarming journey into the wonders of fishing, family, and nature, seen through the eyes of a child captivated by their grandfather's tales. Join Papa and his young fishing buddies as they set off before dawn, rods in hand, in search of new adventures and the thrill of the catch.
Each page is filled with the joy of a child's first experiences-from the tickle of minnow dust on tiny fingers to the suspense of watching a bobber dip below the surface. Papa shares his wisdom, storytelling, and love for nature, helping his grandchildren discover that fishing is about so much more than just fish. Through playful interactions with a wise blue heron and bullfrogs belching by the pond, Pond Fishing with Papa brings the outdoors to life, reminding us all to listen to nature's quiet lessons and savor the time spent with loved ones.
Perfect for families who treasure outdoor adventures, Pond Fishing with Papa is a celebration of connection, the tradition of fishing, and the magic of childhood. Whether you're an avid angler or simply enjoy a good story, this beautifully illustrated tale will inspire readers young and old to get outside, cast a line, and make family memories that last a lifetime.
I can. It is the mantra of many successful athletes.
The successful athletes we all enjoy watching and aspire to join don't just work physically hard - they learn how to use their brain really well too. In their time in sport they have learnt tonnes of mental skills and have honed a performance focused mindset to give themselves the best chance of achieving their sporting dreams. This book is designed to help you become one of these athletes. Someone whose body can already show off brilliant sporting skills but who now wants to learn to master the mental skills too.
The book covers what it takes to be successful, how to handle competition nerves, ways to push harder and get braver, techniques to build your confidence, ways to improve your emotional control, activities to increase your concentration and focus, tactics for dealing with setbacks and injury, advice on how to feel comfortable in the sporting world and finally tips on how to look after your wellbeing as an athlete.
In each chapter there are questions to think about and answer, activities to complete and elite insights and interviews from some of the best athletes in the world. The skills we cover will not only help you in sport, but also in school, music, and any other hobbies.
So, if you want to be able to say 'I can' with confidence and know that you can handle whatever your sport throws at you, then open up this book and get started on developing your mindset for sporting success.
In society today, it is more common to see children go down the wrong path than raised in the ways of the Lord, with adults helping children reach their potential. Author Scott Smiley saw many examples of this as a parent, teacher and football coach, which influenced him to write an informative guide on training up a child God's way, Breaking the Huddle...Preparing Our Children For the Game of Life. Using life experiences and lessons from the book of Proverbs, Scott emphasizes the need for Christian values in the home, admirable role models and inspiring children to see that challenges bring life lessons. Scott credits his father as a role model for him becoming a Christian father and husband, while educating parents/adults on what true success for a child, and an adult, should be. Leaning on Proverbs 22:6, if we train a child the right way, he/she will never stray.
It is a book filled with interesting and surprising stories about the world of skateboarding.
You will discover curiosities that will leave you amazed about some of the most iconic events and the most famous skateboarders in skateboarding history. You will learn about tricks, techniques, types of skateboards, the most impressive skate parks, the most incredible achievements, and the most intense rivalries. You will uncover the secrets of the most successful and talented athletes. You will also find some scandals and controversies that have shaken the world of skateboarding over the years. Additionally, it is full of funny and curious anecdotes that will keep you glued to the pages. This book is perfect for skate fans, sports enthusiasts, and curious individuals in general. It will take you on an exciting journey through the history of skateboarding and leave you with a wealth of knowledge and curiosities to share with your friends and family.
