Are We Ruining Youth Sports? Parents, Pressure & Playing Time | Megan Frank
Youth sports are supposed to be about kids—but somewhere along the way, things have gotten complicated.
Dan Kasper sits down with Meagan Frank, author of For the Team: How to Improve the Youth Sports Experience for Everyone, for a wide-ranging conversation about what’s happening in youth sports today.
They talk about the growing pressure on young athletes, the battle over playing time, early specialization, pay-to-play sports, parents getting too emotionally invested, and the challenges coaches face when trying to put development ahead of winning.
Megan also shares her own…
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