The Young Athlete A Sports Doctor's Complete Guide for Parents

by Metzl, Jordan D.; Shookhoff, Carol

• ISBN13: 9780316738651
• ISBN10: 0316738654
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-03
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

The Young Athlete aims to help the parents of more than 30million U.S. kids who play organized sports to keep them safe andhealthy--physically, socially, and psychologically. The book is not just aboutsports medicine; in fact, only about one-third of the book addresses avoidingand treating injuries. The rest explores essential issues such as how to be agood sports parent, hallmarks of good coaching, nutrition and nutritionalsupplements, and keeping values and perspective intact (including topics such aspreventing sports from taking over the family's life, good sportsmanship, andethics). This book also offers helpful and often provocative insights into the youngathlete's world. For example, although most proclaim that cheating is wrong,many athletes, coaches, and parents justify "what can we get away with?"behavior. Checklists, bulleted lists, and quotes from parents about theirproblems make it easy to skim for pertinent and interesting information aboutthis and many other issues.Author Jordan D. Metzl, M.D., cofounder and medical director of the Hospital forSpecial Surgery's Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes and a formermember of the U.S. Olympic Committee Medical Advisory Board, has been teamphysician for several schools, so you can be assured of the validity of thebook's content. Highly recommended for parents of school-age athletes. --JoanPrice

Author Biography

Jordan D. Metzl, M.D., is the medical director of the Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. A medical contributor to CBS News, he has published widely in the field of sports medicine and speaks regularly to medical and parent groups both in the United States and around the world. A former college soccer player, Dr. Metzl is a seventeen-time marathon runner and two-time Ironman triathlete Carol Suen Shookhoff, Ph.D., writes frequently on educational issues

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
The Benefits of Youth Sports: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (A Sound Mind in a Sound Body)	p. 3
Life on the Sidelines: Being a Good Sports Parent	p. 17
Put Me In, Coach: Working with the Coach	p. 44
To Every Thing There Is a Season: Instilling a Sense of Perspective	p. 76
The Developing Athlete: Adolescence and Sports	p. 105
Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	p. 127
Preparing for the Sports Season: Preseason Conditioning and Training	p. 157
Overuse Injury: What Happens When Kids Do Too Much	p. 176
Upper-Body Injuries: Elbow, Back, Shoulder	p. 189
Lower-Body Injuries: Ankles and Knees	p. 208
Pigskin and Sheepskin: Thinking About College	p. 236
Notes from the Doctor	p. 254
Glossary	p. 262
Notes	p. 268
Further Reading	p. 271
Index	p. 275
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