The Center for Sports Parenting, with its panel of illustrious experts will be available to help parents, coaches, and kids in their quest for guidance. The interactive service provides the opportunity for those involved with youth, high school and intercollegiate sports to ask questions of any of the experts, and to receive a personalized e-mail response. The CSP is also committed to investigating and researching the latest psychological and medical trends as they relate to youth sports, with a special emphasis on the best methods of coaching, communication, motivation and athletic development. In contemporary society, we often see parents and coaches pushing kids to perform in sports at higher and higher levels, sometimes without regard to their physical or emotional well-being. We also see parents become overly reactionary, even violent at the outcome of what is, in its purest form, just a game.
Society needs to do a better job of teaching both children and adults what sport is all about.
We're confident the CSP can help to promote the critical role of ethics, honesty and fair play in both sports and in society in general. Visitors to the CSP who are in search of immediate answers will also find a frequently asked questions section, dealing with issues like common sports injuries, scholarships, nutrition and parent obsession over the sports careers of their children. The first web-cast is scheduled for March 22 with CSP Chairman, Mr. Wolff. The Center for Sports Parenting Expert Panel consists of more than two-dozen nationally recognized experts. Administering more than 10 international programs that reach over 160 countries on six continents, the Institute uses sport and the cultural-arts to foster goodwill among future world leaders.