Catch a Rising Star: The Adult Game of Youth Sports - Softcover

Albertson, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933538252 ISBN 13: 9781933538259

Publisher: Turnkey Pr, 2005

Synopsis

What can drive a parent to sports rage? The Adult Game of Youth Sports Into this maelstrom hurls the Anderson family. Tom Anderson is an obsessed sports parent who lost out on his chance for football glory. He seeks redemption through his twelve-year-old son, Marc, whom he believes is the best youth quarterback in New Jersey. To stay ahead of the pack, Tom designs a demanding four-hour a day training program for Marc. While some would call this abusive, Tom believes he is doing all a father can do to prepare his son for the fiercely competitive world of professional sports. Tom's wife, Maggie, disagrees. She wants her children to just be children, and desperately tries to hold on to her daughter, Katie. But Katie has other plans. She is a natural born athlete, and has talent that her brother would kill to have. But Marc has something that Katie desperately wants more than a life in sports: the love and attention of their father, and she will not be denied..

About this title

From the Author

As a youth sports coach, I was amazed by the lengths obsessed parents would go to drive their children to sports glory, or into the ground. Overall, coaching was a very rewarding experience, and the majority of parents were supportive and helpful. But there were troubling moments when normally sane, law-abiding adults would let their emotions run rampant. A referee’s bad call, or a disparaging remark by a parent from the other team and normally reticent parents would erupt into a fireball of fury.

In Catch a Rising Star: The Adult Game of Youth Sports, Tom Anderson is the embodiment of the obsessed sports parent. Not all behaviors can be clearly labeled right or wrong, so Tom's story reveals his motivations, drives, and reasoning. I leave it up to you, the reader, to decide whether a behavior is abusive or nurturing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turnkey Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933538252
• ISBN 13: 9781933538259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252