ISBN: 9780593329047
Editorial: Portfolio
Autor: Flanagan, Linda
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 304
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Product DescriptionA close look at how big money and high stakes have transformed youth sports, turning once healthy, fun activities for kids into all-consuming endeavors—putting stress on children and families alikeSome 75% of American families want their kids to play sports. Athletics are training grounds for character, friendship, and connection; at their best, sports insulate kids from hardship and prepare them for adult life. But youth sports have changed so dramatically over the last 25 years that they no longer deliver the healthy outcomes everyone wants. Instead, unbeknownst to most parents, kids who play competitive organized sports are more likely to burn out or suffer from overuse injuries than to develop their characters or build healthy habits. What happened to kids' sports? And how can we make them fun again?In Take Back the Game, coach and journalist Linda Flanagan reveals how the youth sports industry capitalizes on parents’ worry about their kids’ futures, selling the idea that more competitive play is essential in the feeding frenzy over access to colleges and universities. Drawing on her experience as a coach and a parent, along with research and expert analysis, Flanagan delves into a national obsession that has:Compelled kids to specialize year-round in one sport. Increased the risk of both physical injury and mental health problems. Encouraged egregious behavior by coaches and parents. Reduced access to sports for low-income families.A provocative and timely entrant into a conversation thousands of parents are having on the sidelines, Take Back the Game uncovers how youth sports became a serious business, the consequences of raising the stakes for kids and parents alike--and the changes we need now.Review“I think Take Back the Game is a profoundly important book. Every parent needs to read it.”—MALCOLM GLADWELL, host of the podcast Revisionist History“Youth sports should be about having fun, making friends, learning skills, and slowly developing over time. As a two-time Olympian, I have been concerned for years about tournaments, camps, and competitions forcing kids to specialize, and the costs of eliminating opportunity. In Take Back the Game Linda Flanagan offers us solutions and actions to help take back sports for our children, to return it to a powerful yet positive experience. Any parent with a child should read this book.”—KARA GOUCHER, two-time Olympian runner and author of Strong“Take Back the Game is an important corrective to the commercialization of youth sports, which, as Flanagan so elegantly shows, helps nobody—including the athletes themselves. Her solution is simple but not easy: it’s time we place the long-term health and performance of kids above the short-term goals of coaches, parents, and the entire youth sports industrial complex.”—BRAD STULBERG, author of The Practice of Groundedness and Peak Performance“If you’ve been wondering how youth sports came to dominate your child’s life—and your own—here is the answer, written with clarity. In this well-researched, passionate book, mom/coach/athlete Flanagan digs to find out how something so wonderful went so sour, and how to bring back the best part of sports for our kids.”—LENORE SKENAZY, president of Let Grow and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement“Flanagan has the guts and the experience (and the talent) to take on the youth sports ‘industry’ and the cost it has exacted from kids’ and from families’ physical and mental well-being. A must-read book for every parent who has a kid in sports or is just beginning to think about it. Can’t recommend highly enough!”—MADELINE LEVINE, PhD, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege, Teach Your Children Well, and Ready or Not“Linda Flanagan brilliantly dissects this topic with the precision of a scholar, the empathy of a caring coach, the chagrin of a former manic sports parent, and the literary flair of a novelist. Beyond compelling analysis
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