What Sports Parents Need to Know
Updated 1:21 PM EST, Fri, Feb 13, 2009
NBC Connecticut is beginning a new segment each week providing tips for parents of athletes.
Kevin Nathan sits down with Dan Doyle, one of the country’s leading experts on youth sports, who is also a former Trinity College basketball coach, a father of six, the founder of the Institute of International Sport and the author of the Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Click for more on the Institute of International Sport Web site.
Segment 1: Positives and Negatives of Participating in Sports
Segment 2: Learning from Inspiration:
Lessons parents can learn from Earl and Tiger Woods.
Segment 3: Competitive Self-Restraint
Acting with self-control and non-violence through sports can teach children important lessons.
Segment 4: Most Successful People Played Youth Sports
A survey of 500 successful people showed most played sports and had a good experience. They learn about not only success but also use failure as feedback.
First Published: Jan 23, 2009 2:13 PM EST
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