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Smoll, Frank L.

Parenting young athletes : developing champions in sports and life / Frank L. Smoll and Ronald E. Smith.

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., ©2012.

v, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Parenting Young Athletes is a "how-to" guide for parents of children from elementary school through high school. The latest information on child development, sport psychology, and sports medicine is translated into a comprehensive yet reader-friendly book. Offering insight into the ups and downs of youth sports, the authors provide parents with specific advice for raising champions both in sports and in life.

Sports for children.

Parent and child.

Parenting.

Coaching (Athletics)

Smith, Ronald Edward, 1940-

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index.

You and your child in sports: sanity and madness in competition -- Psychology and young athletes: what parents can do -- Physical development: young athletes' bodies and performance -- Choosing a sport program: a first step to a good experience -- Nutrition and young athletes: food for sport -- Sport injuries: when the colors of sports are black and blue -- Athletic stress: developing coping skills through sports -- What? you want me to coach? -- Male and female high school athletes: drugs, college recruiting, and other concerns -- Surviving youth sports: a commonsense approach to some challenging issues.

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