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Revolution in the Bleachers: How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone Crazy Over Youth Sports | 
 enlarge | Author: Regan Mcmahon
Publisher: Gotham
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 603387
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 1592402844
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.083
EAN: 9781592402847
ASIN: 1592402844
Publication Date: April 19, 2007
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Product Description
A journalist and mother of two athletic kids exposes the physical and emotional dangers of our over-the-top youth sports cultureand offers practical solutions for positive change.
A decade ago, Joan Ryans expose, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, changed the way we look at elite sports, namely figure skating and gymnastics. Today, there is another crisis in youth sports. It may affect any child, from the kindergartner on the soccer field to the high school athlete competing for scarce scholarship money. Regan McMahons Revolution in the Bleachers is a wake-up call for parents who spend their lives shuttling their kids from one field and practice to the next and wonder what happened to family life.
*Have late weeknight practices made family meals a thing of the past?
*Do you spend hours in the car each week, driving to games across town (or across the state)?
*Do you worry that your kids will miss out (on competitive experiences, college scholarships, and other advantages) if they do not specialize in one sport early on?
*Do you feel pressured to have your kids join elite club teams with steep fees and demanding travel schedules?
*Do your kids get repetitive stress injuries that necessitate trips to orthopedic surgeons or physical therapists?
*Do you miss your non-sports-related vacations as a family?
If so, the good news is, you are not alone. Other parents and kids (and even some coaches) are on your side. And you have a choice. Regan McMahons book began as a cover story for the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. Titled How Much is Too Much? it got a tremendous response. Finally, someone had dared to say what many parents were thinking! Parents, kids and coaches responded, prompting McMahon to criss-cross the country, doing interviews and research to find out how deep the problem goes and how to fix it.
In Revolution in the Bleachers, McMahon traces the evolution of the over-the- top youth culture and gives you a practical plan of action to bring balance back to kids lives and our families. McMahons rallying cry for a revolution in the bleachers could not be more timely or useful for parents trying to do the best for their kids.
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A thorough book on the subject of youth soccer July 7, 2008
I got this book after being involved in AYSO soccer last fall with my two daughters. While I volunteered and attended games I felt something was amiss in the time commitment expected for this sport by the parents. After reading this book I discovered that the time commitment I experienced was nothing compared to that of club soccer.
The author noted that with the rise of organized soccer there has been a increase in obesity in children, which I found surprising. After reading this book I have noticed that nearly all children's sports have become competitive. For instance, when I was a kid (about 35 years ago) I took swim lessons and my practice was integrated into the lesson. Now the swim lessons are focused on technique and the children swim, one at a time, and receive feedback from the instructor. What this means is that they get virtually no practice time because they are clinging to the side of the pool waiting for their turn to swim 15 feet for the teacher. What I realized is that if you want to practice you join the swim team. The time commitment for swim team is even worse than soccer.
What I don't understand is why parents capitulate to these extreme schedules. According to the author, a motivating factor is the dream of a soccer scholarship and the misguided belief that beginning a sport when a child is young ensures that they will be better at the sport than those who don't. Overall I thought that this was a valuable book and made me feel better about not getting swept away in the child sport frenzy.
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