Mark Hyman's Blog, page 16
October 20, 2009
As concussions mount, a better hockey helmet
I'm linking to a short take in BusinessWeek (second item) on the new M11 hockey helmet. The story is that this helmet protects against head injuries far better than the helmets almost everybody is wearing these days, NHL to biddy leagues.
Head injuries in hockey are getting closer attention these days. As I write in the BW article, some studies indicate that 10 to 20 per cent of teen hockey players suffer a concussion each season. If that is so, many - most? - teen players are affected before ...
October 15, 2009
Until It Hurts on Weplay.com
Over the next few weeks, Weplay.com will be running adapted excerpts from Until It Hurts. First up, a short piece on what kids observe - and what they'd like to change - about the adults who show up to coach their teams and root them on.
This post originally published at http://www.youthsportsparents.blogspo...
October 12, 2009
Facebook, Twitter, Little League Baseball
As of this morning, Little League's new Facebook fan page has 3,170 members. On Twitter, "LittleLeague" had 611 followers.
Is this a useful networking tool for the kids, the parents - or neither? I'll check back in a month or so to gauge how quickly the community is growing.
October 8, 2009
Dear Little League Baseball and Softball Volunteers and Fans:
Little League International has entered the world of "social media" with the creation of Twitter and Facebook pages.
A wide range of information is ...
Is this a useful networking tool for the kids, the parents - or neither? I'll check back in a month or so to gauge how quickly the community is growing.
October 8, 2009
Dear Little League Baseball and Softball Volunteers and Fans:
Little League International has entered the world of "social media" with the creation of Twitter and Facebook pages.
A wide range of information is ...
October 8, 2009
Eli and Peyton Manning on TV, in their pajamas
Have you ever seen a TV commercial/PSA starring a Manning that didn't make you laugh out loud? This one rates extra points for a family-friendly message.
This post originally published at http://www.youthsportsparents.blogspo...
October 7, 2009
What pro athletes can teach us about youth sports
In the 1980s, I was a reporter for a newspaper in Baltimore assigned to cover the Baltimore Orioles. For eight months each year, I traveled with the team around the country, writing about what I witnessed at the ballpark and occasionally outside the ballpark. This is one of those outside-the-ballpark stories that has stuck with me.
Each season, the Orioles visited New York twice for series against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The players, manager, coaches - and us writers - stayed at the Gr...
October 2, 2009
In Kentucky, how many girls play prep baseball?
The National Federation of State High School Associations is out with its annual headcount of prep athletes.
The latest figures, for the 2008-2009 school year:
-More kids played high school sports than ever, 7,536,753.
-Girls participation also set a record, up by 56,825.
-Swimming and diving added the most participants, 29,967. Next were outdoor track and field, 19,396 and cross country which picked up 18,193. Lacrosse also continues to grow,up 9,579 players.
-Most popular sports (by participants...
October 1, 2009
New life for yesterday's youth sports trophies
Here's an idea whose time has definitely come: recyclable sports trophies.
This post originally published at http://www.youthsportsparents.blogspo...
September 29, 2009
Reforming youth sports at a large round table
I'm back at my laptop after spending the weekend attending the Lake Placid Sport Forum, a first-time conference to consider the troubled state of youth sports.
About two dozens of us were invited - a college hockey coach, two former U.S. Olympians, two orthopedic surgeons, a physical therapist, a sport psychologist, a radio talk-show host, two former NHL players and last, and perhaps least, six journalists, among others. For a couple of days, we sat around a large round table listening to each...
About two dozens of us were invited - a college hockey coach, two former U.S. Olympians, two orthopedic surgeons, a physical therapist, a sport psychologist, a radio talk-show host, two former NHL players and last, and perhaps least, six journalists, among others. For a couple of days, we sat around a large round table listening to each...
September 21, 2009
Sportsmanship at an all-time low - or maybe not
It's Professor YouthSportsParents. This fall, I'm teaching a graduate seminar on youth sports and society at McDaniel College outside Baltimore. Tonight's topic: parents, coaches and sportsmanship.
We'll speak with Washington Post reporter Annie Gowen, who wrote this interesting piece about a group of Maryland soccer moms and dads banished from the sidelines for conduct unbecoming a grownup in corduroy slacks - or some like infraction. What I found particularly fascinating was the league's tak...
September 15, 2009
Forgiveness and Serena's "non-apology" apology
Today's subject, the "non-apology" apology. Not strictly a youth sports topic, but close enough.
Sports figures continue to amaze with their capacity to ask for forgiveness without that key admission that they have done something for which they need to be forgiven. Latest example: the remarkable non-apology offered by Serena Williams. After an explosion that cost her a point and her singles match at the U.S. Open - she reportedly blurted out to a lineswoman that she was lucky that Williams was...
Sports figures continue to amaze with their capacity to ask for forgiveness without that key admission that they have done something for which they need to be forgiven. Latest example: the remarkable non-apology offered by Serena Williams. After an explosion that cost her a point and her singles match at the U.S. Open - she reportedly blurted out to a lineswoman that she was lucky that Williams was...
