Emotional Injuries

Bullying: An Ongoing Problem In Youth Sports

05/12/2009 - 17:53

Recently, I received the following letter from a mother who had attended one of my talks to a group of sports moms.

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Return to Sports: Signs That Athlete Not Psychologically Ready Often Subtle

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Because most athletes don't want to admit that they aren't psychologically ready to return to sports, a parent or athletic trainer needs to look for subtle clues, most often expressed in terms of a hesitancy, lack of confidence or certainty that seems out of character.
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Sports: Respecting Human Rights of Child Important

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) spells out the basic human rights that children everywhere should enjoy, not only in health care, education, and legal, civil, and social services, but in sports as well.
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Teenage Depression - Effects, Signs and Symptoms

An estimated 6% of American teenagers (nearly two million) suffer from clinical depression (major depressive disorder or MDD).  Routine, yearly screening on all American teenagers for depression is recommended, even if they don't show symptoms.
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Youth Sports: Abuse Takes Many Forms

Abuse in youth sports takes four basic forms: physical, emotional, sexual and neglect. Unfortunately, all forms of abuse are common and the damage from the most common form of abuse (emotional abuse) is no less real than the damage resulting from other forms of abuse.
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...Accountability

Submitted by Jodi Ann Kelbert on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 21:31.
My son just finished his first season as an All star. The coach was a young PE teacher and told us that even in the All Stars there would be equal play for the kids whom obeyed the rules. He also held a parents meeting each week so we could voice our concerns and praises. He was ideal!

...Treating my child as a second class citizen

Submitted by Tandy Moore on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 17:27.

I am so tired of watching my son dissolve into tears when he realizes that he really isn't considered good enough to play equally, when he sees that he is at the bottom of the batting order AGAIN, that he is punished for missing a practice even when his father is in the hospital.
In our town, we seem to have a real problem with the coaching in our little league and it has started to get a bit of press in the local paper. I am actually thinking of writing a column and submitting it to one of the news magazines.

Getting Cut From A Sports Team

The practice of cutting athletes from middle or high school teams, while it has existed for at least fifty years, is arguably the most controversial practice in youth sports. While the arguments proponents advance in favor of cutting are well-known, the practice is outmoded and needs to be re-examined in light of twenty-first century realities.

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...Using Excercise as punishment is wrong!

Submitted by Jodi Ann Kelbert on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 01:25.

Physical Abuse in Youth Sports Can Leave Emotional Scars

Studies have shown that among the many effects of physical abuse are depression, anxiety, cognitive and learning difficulties, even a lowering of IQ (especially verbal IQ), disordered sleep, flashbacks, loss of empathy, aggressive behavior, chronically high stress levels which can lead to chronic health effects such as high blood pressure and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and inability to maintain relationships.

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