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Why Johnny hates sports : [why organized youth sports are failing our children and what we can do about it]  Cover Image Book Book

Why Johnny hates sports : [why organized youth sports are failing our children and what we can do about it] / Fred Engh.

Engh, Fred. (Author).

Summary:

Drawing from his own experience as well as that of others', the author "documents the negative physical and psychological impact that parents, coaches, and administrators can have on children ... [and] provides a wide variety of proven solutions to each and every one of the problems covered."--Cover.

Item details

  • ISBN: 089529933X (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780895299338 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 208 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Garden City Park, N.Y. : Avery Pub. Group, c1999.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The sad state of sports in America -- The evolution of kid's sports in America -- Parents -- The youth coach -- Administrators : the key to it all -- Return the game to the children -- Solutions.
Subject: Sports for children > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Sportsmanship


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