Where to send your child’s old trophies…
Here’s an excellent idea…instead of just tossing them into the trash, why not donate and recycle them for other communities? There are two organizations to try: Total Awards Promotions (www.awardsmall.com), 7475 Mineral Point Road, Madison WI 53717 Lamb Awards and Engraving (www.lambawards.com), 129 E. Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157
Why do kids today have more injuries?
Dr. James Andrew, the noted orthopedic surgeon, is spearheading a blue-ribbon list of coaches and doctors to head up a nationwide push to let sports parents that there’s an epidemic of kids getting injured at younger and younger ages. Never before, for example, have so many youngsters needed Tommy John surgery to repair their pitching … Read more
Are we doing travel teams the right way?
There was a long feature piece in the NY Times Magazine section two weeks ago by sportswriter Michael Sokolove in which he focused on the Ajax soccer club in The Netherlands. Basically, the piece zeroed in on how the Dutch go about finding very young talented soccer players (as young as age 5) and how … Read more
Do kids really love those youth league trophies?
I was cleaning out some boxes in the basement last week, and I came across a box filled with youth league trophies — cheap, inexpensive plastic trophies that my kids got when they played youth sports. You know what I’m talking about. Every kid who signs up for a team gets a trophy at the … Read more
"The Sports Edge"
Doug Abrams
Rick Wolff
Steve Kallas
