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Until It Hurts: America's Obsession with Youth Sports and How it Harms Our Kids
Start: May 12, 2010 @ 07:30 AM
End: May 12, 2010 @ 09:00 AM
Are organized sports hurting our youth?
If you work with a youth organization providing sports programs, if your child has played organized sports, if you've been a youth coach or if you've simply wondered why adults care deeply about the sports lives of kids, join us as journalist and author Mark Hyman discusses his provocative new book, "Until It Hurts: America's Obsession with Youth Sports and How it Harms Our Kids." In "Until It Hurts...," Hyman recounts how, over the past 75 years, adults have staged a "hostile takeover" of youth sports. His exploration leads him to examine the history of youth sports in our country and how it's evolved, particularly with the increasing involvement of girls and proactive participation of parents. With its unique multiple perspective-of history, of reporting, and of personal experience-the book delves deep into the complicated issue of sports for children, and opens up a much-needed discussion about the perils of youth sports culture today. Join us for what will be a lively discussion.
Mark Hyman writes about the business of sports and youth sports for many publications, including the New York Times, Sports Illustrated and Business Week where he served for many years as the Business sports writer. His first book, Confessions of a Baseball Purist, with ESPN's Jon Miller, was published in 1998. He will have copies of the book to autograph.
Location: GBC offices at 111 S. Calvert Street, Suite 1700
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