Commentary
World Cup Fever? Women’s of Course.
Thursday, September 20th, 2007The USA Women’s National Team has moved into the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup soccer tournament playing in China. Their next match is against England this Saturday the 22nd and will be shown at 8am on ESPN2 in glorious HD. If they win (a BIG IF), they will play the winner of Brazil and […]
Can’t Get Enough Quality Soccer?
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Can’t get enough quality soccer? Why not support our local college teams? The No. 9 Maryland Terrapins and the George Mason Patriots are close by, have nice facilities, and tickets are cheap!
Wouldn’t it be nice…
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Wouldn’t it be nice if Loudoun County had one of these?
Here’s the book I’m reading right now and loving it:
It mentions the Maryland Soccerplex and how they had to overcome opposition from the baseball people to build it. They ended up having to pay a “peace tax” of building some baseball fields, basketball rims, walking […]
Health and Nutrition for the Young Athlete
Friday, August 24th, 2007Health and Nutrition for the Young Athlete presentation by Dr. Diane Dubinsky from August 26, 2003 that Sue found at the NCSL web site.
I’ll reproduce the text of the PowerPoint briefing here for easy reading:
Introduction
Young athletes are not merely small adults: Their bones, muscles, and ligaments are […]
All Soccer, All the Time? How Not to Kill Kids’ Love of Sports
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Katie Roper’s daughter Ellen likes to play lots of sports — soccer, basketball, softball and swimming. But even at Ellen’s tender age of nine, that’s getting hard to do.
Kids in her swim program are dropping other sports to specialize in competitive swimming year-round, and Ellen is having a tough time keeping up. The year-round swimmers tend to beat others badly, says Ms. Roper, of Los Altos, Calif. “I’m sad that soon she’ll be discouraged and probably want to quit a sport she loves.”
As millions of kids take to fields, courts and rinks this fall, as many as half to two-thirds are destined to quit sports by their teens, largely because they’re not having fun, studies show. A trend toward specialization — pressure for kids to play just one competitive sport year-round — is one reason, researchers say. Read more from the Wall Street Journal article by Sue Shellenbarger…