Raising Your Game: Over 100 Accomplished Athletes Help You Guide Your Girls and Boys Through Sports

by Skolnick, Ethan J.; Corn, Andrea

ISBN13:
9781475960884
ISBN10:
1475960883
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2012-12-05
Publisher: Author Solutions
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America's children are joining-and quitting-youth sports in record numbers. If kids can't find the fun in an activity, they may try to find the way out. If an adult can't find the right tools, they may not know the right words to say or the right actions to take. In Raising Your Game, authors Ethan J. Skolnick and Dr. Andrea Corn present a guide adults can use to ensure the most enjoyable and enriching youth sports experience for a child. Through a combination of advice from more than 150 elite athletes and time-tested sports psychology concepts, Raising Your Game prompts parents to consider what really matters when it comes to their kids and sports. From LeBron James to Shannon Miller, Brandi Chastain to Jason Taylor, John Smoltz to Mary Joe Fernandez, Sanya Richards-Ross to Torii Hunter, athletes from across the sports spectrum discuss their setbacks and successes-what worked for them and what didn't. Raising Your Gamediscusses the types of guidance that can ignite inspiration and foster participation, practice, and progress, and which methods can create frustration and dejection. It shows the difference a supportive parent can make by showing up, showing interest and, at times, showing restraint.

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Advance Praise for Raising Your Game “I refer to youth sports as the outdoor classroom of life because it is where children can learn some of life’s greatest lessons. Raising Your Game captures for today’s parents why sports are so valuable for kids—when they are kept in proper perspective.” —Fred Engh, founder and president of National Alliance for Youth Sports “Raising the Game gives you advice from the pros—professional and elite athletes—channeled and focused through the knowledge, wisdom, and perspectives of sports journalist Ethan Skolnick and psychologist Dr. Andrea Corn. The take-home message for parents and other primary caregivers—delivered by former NFL defensive star Jason Taylor: ‘Just shut up and clap. Let them have fun.’” —Kate F. Hays, PhD, author and director of the Performing Edge,
Toronto, Canada, and former president, Division of Exercise &
Sport Psychology of the American Psychological Association