The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctor's Complete Guide for Parents

by Jordan D. Metzl MD, Carol Shookhoff

Overview

Metzl, medical director, sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes, and Shookhoff, a writer specializing in education issues, want parents and young athletes to keep a sensible perspective on the benefits of organized sports. They offer information on preventing injuries, recognizing common injuries and evaluating their seriousness, and understanding nutritional and exercise needsas well as dealing with coaches and other parents, helping children handle team pressures, and recognizing when a child is doing too much.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316738651
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	04/03/2003
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xvii
Chapter 1	The Benefits of Youth Sports: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano (A Sound Mind in a Sound Body)	3
Chapter 2	Life on the Sidelines: Being a Good Sports Parent	17
Chapter 3	Put Me In, Coach: Working with the Coach	44
Chapter 4	To Every Thing There Is a Season: Instilling a Sense of Perspective	76
Chapter 5	The Developing Athlete: Adolescence and Sports	105
Chapter 6	Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	127
Chapter 7	Preparing for the Sports Season: Preseason Conditioning and Training	157
Chapter 8	Overuse Injury: What Happens When Kids Do Too Much	176
Chapter 9	Upper-Body Injuries: Elbow, Back, Shoulder	189
Chapter 10	Lower-Body Injuries: Ankles and Knees	208
Chapter 11	Pigskin and Sheepskin: Thinking About College	236
	Notes from the Doctor	254
	Glossary	262
	Notes	268
	Further Reading	271
	Index	275

Editorial Reviews

A book for the parents of young athletes is long overdue. Dr. Metzl has created an excellent resource that will improve the quality of the young athlete's care.

Russell F. Warren

Jordan Metzl looks at the world of youth sports and brings to bear his experiences treating the injuries and the parents of many a young athlete. Listen up...

Debra Winger

...gives the parents of athletic children exactly what they need: practical and easily accessible information...I... recommend it highly.

Miriam Arond

This book is good medicine for those unsung, underestimated, high-strung, over-fixated competitors, the athlete's parents.

Tom Wolfe

Metzl (medical director, sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes) and Shookhoff, a writer specializing in education issues want parents and young athletes to keep a sensible perspective on the benefits of organized sports. They offer advice on how to do so along with information on preventing injuries, recognizing common injuries and evaluating their seriousness, and understanding nutritional and exercise needs. The book offers specific tips for dealing with coaches and other parents, helping children handle team pressures, and recognizing when a child is doing too much. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)