Whose Game Is It Anyway?

In an era when parents and kids are overwhelmed by a sports-crazed win-at-all-costs culture here is a comprehensive guide that helps parents ensure a positive sports experience for their children. In Whose Game Is It Anyway? two of the countrys leading youth sports psychologists team up with a former Olympic athlete and expert on performance enhancement to share what they have gleaned in more than forty years of combined experience.. The result is a book unique in its message format and scope.Through moving case studies and thoughtful analyses Ginsburg Durant and Baltzell advocate a preventive approach through a simple three-step program: know yourself know your child know the environment.They look at children in age groups identifying the physical psychological and emotional issues unique to each group and clarifying what parents can expect from and desire for their kids at every stage.They also explore myriad relevant topics including parental pressure losing teams steroid use the overscheduled child and much more.Illuminating impassioned and inspiring Whose Game Is It Anyway?is required reading for anyone raisingor educatinga child who participates in sports.