Parents’ and Players’ Concept of Competitiveness
My friend coached in a local recreation league for seven and eight-year-olds. The league had a try-out day and then the coaches selected their teams. The day after the “draft,” eight players signed up...
View ArticleFun, Play, and So Many Questions
USA Volleyball’s John Kessell and USOC’s Peter Vint circulated this video, with Vint tweeting “I love everything about this!” Am I the only one left with questions? l’equip petit from el cangrejo on...
View ArticleFlow, Learning, and Youth Sports
Originally published in Los Angeles Sports & Fitness, September 2014. During the summer when I was in middle school, I walked to a halfcourt gym near my house and played basketball for as long as...
View ArticleSports and personal relationships
To this day, my best friends are guys who I first met when I played against them in middle school before becoming teammates in high school. When people talk about the positive aspects of sports,...
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