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In an era when parents and kids are overwhelmed by a sports-crazed win-at-all-costs culture here is a comprehensive guide that helps parents ensure a positive sports experience for their children In Whose Game Is It Anyway two of the countrys leading youth sports psychologists team up with a former Olympic athlete and expert on performance enhancement to share what they have gleaned in more than forty years of combined experienceThe result is a book unique in its message format and scopeThrough moving case studies and thoughtful analyses Ginsburg Durant and Baltzell advocate a preventive approach through a simple three-step program know yourself know your child know the environmentThey look at children in age groups identifying the physical psychological and emotional issues unique to each group and clarifying what parents can expect from and desire for their kids at every stageThey also explore myriad relevant topics including parental pressure losing teams steroid use the overscheduled child and much moreIlluminating impassioned and inspiring Whose Game Is It Anywayis required reading for anyone raisingor educatinga child who participates in sports.
About the Author
Dr. Richard D. Ginsburg is the Co-Director of the MGH PACES Institute of Sport Psychology, Director of the MGH Child and Adolescent Group Psychotherapy program and a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School. A clinical psychologist and sport psychology consultant, Dr. Ginsburg offers a broad range of clinical services to children, adolescents and adults and conducts youth and professional sport research and is co-author of Whose Game Is It, Anyway, A guide to helping your child get the most from sports, organized by age and stage.Over the course of the past 10 years, Dr. Ginsburg has served as a sport psychology consultant for the Harvard Men's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Men's and Women's Water Polo and Women's Ice Hockey Teams as well as the U16 and 17 Women's National Soccer Team (2007) and the Boston Breakers (2010). He is also a member of the US Lacrosse Safety and Science Committee. Dr. Ginsburg provides talks and consultations nationally to youth, high school, and collegiate athletic programs. He is an experienced athlete at the high school and college levels having played lacrosse and soccer at Kenyon College, where he won all-conference and all-Midwest honors. He is also a former independent school student, teacher and coach. For more information about his book, Whose Game Is It, Anyway, A guide to helping your child get the most from sports, organized by age and stage, visit www.whosegameisitanyway.com.
