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This issue highlights a topic that affects thousands of school-aged
athletes around the country yet is rarely discussed. Every season
young people turn out to participate in school-sponsored sports,
only to find themselves eliminated after just a couple of weeks
of practice. CUTTING has become a commonplace facet of public school
sports. But does it belong there? Does it make sense to eliminate
children from opportunities to learn? How can we justify cutting
kids from programs funded by tax payer dollars? What do you think?
Read the featured articles and send us your thoughts.
Steve
Jefferies
Coaching & Sports Section Editor
In
Support of High School Athletics
At a cost of only one to three percent (or less in many cases) of
an overall school's budget, high school activity programs are one
of the best bargains around.
Do
Athletes in Team or Individual Sports Get Better Grades?
Many studies have examined the effects of athletic participation
on academic achievement in high school. This research examined differences
between the effects of different types of sports participation on
academic achievement.
Click
here to join the
Bulletin
Board for PE Teachers & Coaches
Sport,
Violence, and Littleton
Sport
was allegedly a focus of attention in the horrific violence that
occurred in Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
The
Boston Globe
Continued from our last issue is a four part series describing various
problems encountered in youth sports programs. These articles predate
the recent bout of violence in youth sports but they are still an
important source of information and opinions.
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Sports Elimination
The
Value of Sports
There's
no lack of claims about the value of sport participation. Here are
some of them...
Are
Athletics Serving Their Educational Role?
School
districts nationwide continuously ignore an embarrassing irony - they
accept and support athletic programs that exclude those students who
stand to benefit the most from athletic participation.
No
Cut - Facts and Fallacies
Suggesting
schools should introduce "no-cut" programs evokes high emotions
from proponents and critics. But what are the facts?
Why
Cutting is Wrong
Letter
arguing against cutting.
Why
Cutting is Necessary
Here's
what supporters of cutting argue, together with some counters.
For
and Against Cutting
Arguments
for each side in a table form.
What do you think? I am especially interested in your comments because
winter quarter I plan to make a video on this topic. Please share
- for or against!
Steve
Jefferies
Midnight
Basketball League
Believing that the temptation for young adults for crime and drug
activity is greatest between 10:00 pm and 2:00 am. Here's one community's
solution. Read also a summary
of this program.
Make
Your Own Web Page
Input information about your youth sports organization and create
your own web page.
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National
Youth Sports Safety Foundation
Statistics have just been released for sports injuries categorized by
sport for 1998.
T-Ball Skill
Development
For a young player, T Ball is the first step in organized baseball.
Short-Sided Games: Do They Work?
John
Ouellette asks "What do I have to do to get you Doubting Thomases
to try short-sided soccer for your players? If I need to beg, I am begging.
If I need to do a song and dance, believe me I am singing and dancing
as you are reading this article."
Youth
Hockey
Safehockey.com has a site dedicated to improving the safety of players
in youth hockey.
North
American Youth Sport Institute
Jack
Hutslar maintains
this site to support the program he has been running for 21 years. Learn
more about opportunities for courses and presentations, as well as recommendations
for coaching more effectively. Jack also offers the opportunity to subscribe
to his free newsletter.
It's
not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that
counts; it's what you put into the practice.
Eric
Lindros
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