The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctor's Complete Guide for Parents
The Young Athleteaims to help the parents of more than 30  million U.S. kids who play organized sports to keep them safe and  healthy--physically, socially, and psychologically. The book is not just about  sports medicine; in fact, only about one-third of the book addresses avoiding  and treating injuries. The rest explores essential issues such as how to be a  good sports parent, hallmarks of good coaching, nutrition and nutritional  supplements, and keeping values and perspective intact (including topics such as  preventing sports from taking over the family's life, good sportsmanship, and  ethics).This book also offers helpful and often provocative insights into the young  athlete's world. For example, although most proclaim that cheating is wrong,  many athletes, coaches,andparents justify "what can we get away with?"  behavior. Checklists, bulleted lists, and quotes from parents about their  problems make it easy to skim for pertinent and interesting information about  this and many other issues.Author Jordan D. Metzl, M.D., cofounder and medical director of the Hospital for  Special Surgery's Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes and a former  member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Medical Advisory Board, has been team  physician for several schools, so you can be assured of the validity of the  book's content. Highly recommended for parents of school-age athletes.--Joan  Price--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.