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By Frank M. White We've heard and read so many stories about coaches and parents pressuring kids in youth sports and about violence and abuse that we've almost become desensitized to it! For our kid's...
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Unstructured Play (and Why Your Kids Need More of It This Summer)
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View ArticleRelative Age Effect Reversal Found At Elite Level of Canadian Hockey
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Unstructured Free Play Important for Kids
Too often these days, parents feel they have no choice but to pack their child's schedules with adult-supervised, adult-driven activities such as organized sports. But, as a report from the...
View ArticleYouth Sports About Learning Fundamentals and Having Fun
By Frank M. White We've heard and read so many stories about coaches and parents pressuring kids in youth sports and about violence and abuse that we've almost become desensitized to it! For our kid's...
View ArticleGap Year:good idea or no?
I am considering a gap year for my soon to be junior in high school son who plays soccer. As a college level prof. for many years, I can deduce that he may not be ready to play college soccer right...
View ArticleAthletic Success: An Accident of Birth?
If your child plays hockey or softball and is celebrating a birthday this month, congratulations, your kid is very lucky! Why is that, you may ask? read more
View ArticlePaul Bearmon (Internal Medicine): Fighting For Balance and Fairness in Youth...
In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam has asked 30 experts to write a blog answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how...
View ArticleHilary Levey Friedman (Sociologist): Picking Teams Based On Player Size Not...
In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam asked 30 experts two years ago to write a blog answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unstructured Play (and Why Your Kids Need More of It This Summer)
If you're like many parents, your child's summer may already be booked up with "enriching activities." Maybe you're shipping him off to a rigorous math or computer camp designed to give him an...
View ArticleThe Summer of Play: Eight Ways to Let Your Kid Be a Kid This Summer
No doubt about it: Time for unstructured play is dwindling. There are many reasons why this is so: We're working more hours. We're spending more time "plugged in" to TV, phones, video games, and the...
View ArticleRelative Age Effect Reversal Found At Elite Level of Canadian Hockey
Much has been made of the relative age effect (RAE) - that birth month is destiny for sports achievement - but the evidence is far from conclusive. It is true that some sports team rosters across the...
View ArticleSmartTeams Short Talk: Best Predictor of Whether A Child Will Play College...
Neeru Jayanthi, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Medical Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unstructured Free Play Important for Kids
Too often these days, parents feel they have no choice but to pack their child's schedules with adult-supervised, adult-driven activities such as organized sports. But, as a report from the...
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