Books and Articles — Sport Psychology
Books for Adults
| Ginsberg, Richard and Durant, Stephen, et al. | Whose Game Is It Anyway? A Guide to Helping Your Child Get the Most from Sports, Organized by Age and Stage |
Articles and Other Resources
A Survey of Youth Sports Finds Winning Isn’t the Only Thing, by Mark Hyman. New York Times, January 30, 2010. “A recent survey by a sophomore at a Connecticut prep school found that boys and girls play sports for the same reason: to have fun. The results are not far from what Michigan State researchers Martha Ewing and Vern Seefeldt concluded in 1989. Their study of 28,000 boys and girls around the country asked, Why do you play sports? The top answer then was “fun,” followed by “to do something I’m good at” and “to improve my skills.” “Winning” did not crack the top 10.&rdquo
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