Mark Hyman's Blog, page 18

Get to know your Little League World Series teams

We know the kids playing this week at the Little League World Series are beyond excited. One gauge of how stoked the adults in these communities are getting is the leagues' web sites. The emotional temperature that comes through on these sites varies greatly. Some maintain an impassive "Oh yeah, the 12-year-olds are going to Williamsport" tone. Others, well, secure earplugs before opening.


Here are six worth a look.

Hastings Community Little League, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Excellent coverage o

Do kids need sports training at 6? Ask Y.E. Yang

Granted, Tiger Woods with a two-stroke lead with 18 holes to beats Y.E. Yang in a major championship 98 times out of 100. Maybe 99.

Still, I couldn't help noticing the contrasting life stories of these two, after Yang's improbable victory in the PGA Championship Sunday.

Woods who got a golf club, then his baby teeth. Brought along in the sport by a dad consumed with raising a champion. At 2, appeared on the Mike Douglas Show at age 2. At 3, had nine-hole score of 48. At age five, featured in Golf

Youth sports word of the day: Moderation

On The Takeaway this morning, I joined a panel discussing a Tufts University study about kids' sports and kids' emotional health. This is the latest in a rapidly rising stack of medical treatises that, seems to me, could be misinterpreted as discouraging sports play for kids. In fact, the researchers point out that sports are key to a child's healthy development, when combined with a range of activities including - prominently, in the Tufts's research - 4H. Quite logical in my mind. I can't imag

An enlightened approach to kids sports in Wisc.

Earlier in the week, I was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio, an hour speaking about Until It Hurts and other kids' sports issues in the news, notably research showing a 150 per cent jump in injuries to kids during gym class.

During the show, host Joy Cardin and I spoke about how one objective for parents should be instilling a lifelong love of sports, not (or not just) training kids to be picked for an 11-12 travel team.

A listener replied with this email.

"My high school recognized this youth ath

Has anyone given more to youth sports in the U.S?

RIP, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. You contributed more to youth sports in America than any other coach, educator, activist.



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New study on health risks to lacrosse players

In a study made public today, the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that sudden deaths due to chest trauma (getting hammered with a ball, stick, puck, opponent's forearm, and so on) are more common in lacrosse than any sport except hockey.

More common as opposed to common. Over 28 years, the study revealed just 23 deaths or cardiac arrests in male athletes in high school and college lacrosse programs. Not an epidemic. Still, this will doubtless get the attention of lacrosse parents, scholast

Logging on to Youth Sports Live for $14.95

I'm going to subscribe this month. I'm not bragging, just informing.


August 6, 2009

Dear Little League Baseball and Softball Volunteers and Fans:

Little League Baseball and Softball International Tournament games can be seen on television throughout the month of August, with nearly 60 games scheduled to be televised. A list of games, dates and times, is available, here: http://www.littleleague.org/media/new....

Anyone with an Internet connection can log on to Yo

How parents are keeping kids on the field in Beloit

This ESPN piece, which aired in June, does a nice job capturing the havoc being wreaked by the economic meltdown on youth sports - and how a few families are coping in Beloit, Wisconsin. Well done.

This post originally published at http://www.youthsportsparents.blogspo...

How parents in Beloit are keeping kids on the field

This ESPN piece, which aired in June, does a nice job capturing the havoc being wreaked by the economic meltdown on youth sports - and how a few families are coping in Beloit, Wisconsin. Well done.

This post originally published at http://www.youthsportsparents.blogspo...

Gym class more dangerous than it used to be

Not sure what to make of this but, as a public service, am passing it along: Gym class apparently is becoming more dangerous.

A study released today by the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that the number of kids injured during gym has leaped 150 per cent in 11 years. (That is, the annual number of cases increased 150 percent during the study period).

During the study period (1997 to 2007) researchers analyzed the cases of 405,305 children and adolescents treated in emergency departments for