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Until It Hurts: America's Obsession with Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids
by
Mark Hyman
Near the end of a long season, fourteen-year-old baseball pitcher Ben Hyman approached his father with disappointing, if not surprising, news: his pitching shoulder was tired. With each throw to home plate, he felt a twinge in his still maturing arm. Any doctor would have advised the young boy to take off the rest of the season. Author Mark Hyman sent his son out to pitch ...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by Beacon Press
(first published March 31st 2009)
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This book is fairly short and a pretty easy read. I am very interested in the topic as I have played sports all my life and now coach a boys basketball team. The author has a lot of valid and useful statistics as well as opinions/stories from all kinds of people involved in youth sports, ranging from doctors and therapists to parents and coaches, including his own experiences. I really liked that he mentioned several times that he is not flawless and he is at fault also. I thought however, t...more
Basic message is that it's the adults who are ruining youth sports, too often using the kids as fodder to build up their own egos. Unfortunately, the adults who most need to hear this message would NEVER read this book.
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Recommends it for:
Every parent and coach who has been in youth sports and truly cares about kids
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a youth soccer website recommendation
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I have gone against the grain with some of my decisions about not pushing my kids in sports as we try to keep the emphasis on having fun and just being active for the joy of movement. I feel confident recommending this book to other parents and coaches who push just to turn my child into a "winner" at any cost.
This book not only covered injuries, but also touched briefly on disordered eating practices and anabolic steroid use, which added to the read. Definitely sports ...more
This book not only covered injuries, but also touched briefly on disordered eating practices and anabolic steroid use, which added to the read. Definitely sports ...more
This book gave me an enormous amount of food for thought. It made me more aware of the good things our Little League Association are doing. And to be wary of a few things.
It also gave me some perspective for my son who is involved in an intense support and how we need to be hyper vigilant to avoid falling into the traps Hyman outlines in this book. He briefly, but carefully, talks a lot about how parents and coaches get so caught up in providing these children the chance to be 'winners' wit...more
It also gave me some perspective for my son who is involved in an intense support and how we need to be hyper vigilant to avoid falling into the traps Hyman outlines in this book. He briefly, but carefully, talks a lot about how parents and coaches get so caught up in providing these children the chance to be 'winners' wit...more
Comparing what street sports used to be available for kids and what are available now--I was amazed that toddlers are pushed into focused sports. This book made me glad I let my kids opt out. I don't feel guilty that I let them decide--and they're both healthy, ethical people today. No need to experience team sports or win-at-all-costs competition in order to be a real winner in life. No need for AYSO; "wildcat" baseball or soccer seemed much better as researched and described by the a...more
I knew that parents obsess over their kids sports but I had no idea how far it has gone in recent years. It is truly troubling how parents ruin their kids love of sports by pushing them so hard. Very good eye-opening book.
a hard read - both for the contents and the writing - lots of good anecdotes and research - a worthy read for all sports-focused parents ...
3.5 stars. An interesting look on how obsessive parents, coaches, and America in general are becoming with "youth" sports. There were several touching anecdotes and an overall good message about a problem that continues to plague America today.
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Heartbreaking. A quick read, interview heavy about how we try to succeed through our children & can destroy them in the process.
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If you have kids in youth sports you should read this. A real eye opener for all of us.
this book was very eye opening. i would suggest all parents who have kids playing high level sports to read it
About 2/3 of the way through, nothing is terribly surprising except just how far some parents and coaches will go to ignore their child's or athlete's pain in order to keep them on the field, mat, or pool, for example, before these bodies are developed enough to endure these workouts.
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Mark Hyman writes about sports for BusinessWeek and numerous other publications. Before that he worked for nearly 20 years as a reporter for newspapers including the Baltimore Sun (1986-1997) where he was an enterprise and investigative reporter in the sports department. Before that, he covered sports for the Baltimore News American (1983-86), Dallas Times Herald (1982-83), Philadelphia Bulletin (...more
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