PARENTS, COACHES, TEACHERS, TRAINERS...join me tomorrow for a treat and a free learning experience at the Marquee Performing Arts Center in Downtown Palm Springs at 7:00. Take a peek regarding his latest book: Dr. Paul Stricker advises parents and coaches on how to make sports healthy, safe and fun for kids—with a prescription to cure the disease of excess pressure and unrealistic expectations in youth sports. Many parents dream of their children becoming the next LeBron James or Maria Sharapova. But, these young sports phenoms are just that, phenomenal and exceptional. In Sports Success Rx! Your Child’s Prescription for the Best Experience: How to Maximize Potential and Minimize Pressure (American Academy of Pediatrics, October 2006) author Paul R. Stricker, MD, FAAP, stresses that parents and coaches must embrace the idea of “reality sports success.” Dr. Stricker, a pediatrician also board-certified in sports medicine, outlines for parents and coaches the physical, chemical, and mental milestones that determine sports skill development in youth. Many unrealistic expectations and pressures stem from a lack of knowledge about the sequential maturation of these skills. With a better understanding of that developmental highway, parents and coaches can all help kids have a more positive and reality success experience of personal improvement and accomplishment. Kids need to know that true success is not defined by a gold medal.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:50:06 +0000
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