Bob
is the co-author of a new book titled "Just Let the Kids Play"
- How to stop other adults from ruining your child's fun and success in youth
sports.
Bob co-authored his book with renowned sports journalists
Tom Moroney and Linda Hall.
This is the first book to identify the current
systems used in youth sports as the root cause of many problems.
"Just Let
the Kids Play" goes well beyond typical calls for better coaching,
training, and
improved sportsmanship. In his book, Bob offers practical ways for creating
new approaches to play that better serve the physical and emotional
needs of our children.
Bob calls for meeting the
needs of all of our kids, rather than adults' needs to compete
through our children. He argues that we need to seriously reconsider elite
travel teams,
especially for younger kids. These can create overuse injuries and burn-out,
and discriminate
against late-blooming young athletes.
1. Youth Sports: There Must Be a Better Way
2. Elite Teams: The Unkindest Cuts of All
3. Out of Kilter: Why Adults Lose Control
4. Injuries: A Toll on Body and Soul
5. Organizing Teams: Starting Off Right
6. Managing Games: Rules to Play By
7. Adapting the Games for Children: One Play at a Time
8. Politics of Youth Sports: Fighting for Success
9. Sucess Stories: Ten Ideas to Inspire You
10. Going the Distance: Beyond Youth Sports
ISBN: 1558749276
TESTIMONIALS:
"Bob...offers practical, usable advice
to solve problems..." Mike Eruzione, Captain of
the
1980 US Gold Medal Olympic Hockey Team
"Bob's book...should
be must reading for all parents and officials."
Rick Wolff, WFAN sports broadcaster and Chairman of the Center for Sports
Parenting
