As San Antonio is to breast cancer, we want this to be for prostate cancer. |
Everyone wants a quick fix |
I don't see any downside. |
The number one reason why they're quitting is that it ceases to be fun, ... So why is it not fun? Because it becomes too competitive. They're not getting enough playing time. They're frustrated. |
The same theme runs throughout: They're playing one thing too much, ... Parents think their child is wasted up if they're not playing something all the time. What people have to realize is, with the exception of the artistic sports like gymnastics and figure skating, you don't have to specialize at a very young age to be good at it later. |
There's a happy medium between doing baby yoga-doing Mommy and Me having a scheduled activity 6 days a week, vs. having scheduled activities 2 to 3 days a week and the other 3 to 4 days should be play time with other kids, or with mom or dad. |
They develop stress fractures and tendonitis due to the fact that they're not resting their muscles and they keep over-using them, ... These injuries are more serious and harder to treat than acute injuries. They can lead to chronic pain and arthritis in later life. |
We wanted our Government to see the faces of unemployment. |
When you're practicing the same thing more than 10 or 12 hours a week, the injury rate gets much higher, ... And then there are games. With soccer and baseball, some of these kids are playing 60 to 80 games between April and August. The pros don't even do that. |
Working out is definitely a good thing but you have to work out for the right reasons, |