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Hosted by Regis Tremblay and Ted Talbot
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My guests will be Doug Abrams, Law Professor at the University of Missouri in Jefferson, MO, and John Carroll, Manager, Communications & Community Relations for Central Maine Power. Doug Abrams has been playing and coaching hockey for all of his adult life. He also searches the nation's press for articles on youth sports and then distributes these articles on a daily basis to nearly 100 people around the country. Doug participated on the panel which published the National Report Card of Youth Sports, and also recently published the results of his own survey. John Carroll is an executive with CMP, and continues to play ice hockey as many as two times each week. It may come as a surprise to many, but there are hundreds of adult hockey players in Maine, and hundreds more adults participating in a variety of sports. Many of these people are in their 60's and have played sports their entire lives. Our topic for Saturday's show will be how to keep kids playing for life. We believe that the primary responsibility of every youth coach is to do everything in their power to make sure every one of their players comes back the next year. In fact, the real goal of organized youth sports should be to introduce children to a lifetime of participation in a sport or recreational activity they enjoy. Unfortunately, the lucky ones who are good enough to play in high school, play their last games as seniors. The vast majority of kids in America drop out or are cut from athletic teams before they even get to high school, never to play again. We'll talk about "why" adults get up at 4 am to play hockey before work, or go to the gym to play basketball every day at lunch. What is it that keeps them coming back and playing well into their "senior" years? And of course, as always, we'll examine what causes kids to stop playing. Professor Abram's daily compilation of articles have been painting a not-so-pretty picture of how youth sports have evolved in America for over a decade. You'll learn that adults - parents and coaches - are largely to blame for depriving children of the timeless value of sport and play and forcing them into inactivity.
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Purchase Reclaiming The Timeless Value of Sport and Play A new book by Regis Tremblay |
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