SPECIALIZATION CONCERNS: Be Careful of Giving Your Kid Too Much
Keep Them Hungry By Doug Abrams When I was a senior at Clarke High School in Westbury, New York several years ago, I was president of the Hockey Club, which hosted a Montreal high school team for three days. We had a great time playing three games, attending classes, and touring New … Read more
SPECIALIZATION CONCERNS: Maybe We’re Doing it Wrong here in the US…
For years in this country, active sports parents have instinctively bought into the concept that the sooner your youngster specializes in just one sport, the more accelerated their sports career will become. As a result, we have kids as young as 5 or 6 in this country who are only playing soccer all year round…or … Read more
A Fresh, New, and Intriguing Way to Do Kids’ Sports
Danny Bernstein grew up on Long Island where he played a variety of sports, most notably soccer. He was the goalkeeper on the Roslyn HS team which won the first NYS HS championship. Danny then went onto Amherst College where he continued playing soccer, and captained his college team. After graduating, he spent a number … Read more
It’s Official! US Soccer Academy Development is Now Forcing HS Soccer players to choose betwen their varsity team and club team
In a press release that went out nationally last week, the US Soccer Development Academy fired a major salvo at traditional HS varsity programs. The essence of the message? If you entertain any dreams of playing college soccer or even pro soccer, you need to walk away from your local HS team and play exclusively … Read more
Why Force Talented HS Soccer Players to Choose Between their School team and Travel Program?
We all know that life is full of choices – many of them quite difficult — so why put talented soccer players in an awkward spot where they have to choose between two passions? Playing for their HS team or their US Soccer Academy travel team? But that’s what’s happening with increasing frequency around the country. … Read more
Why are so many young pitchers suffering serious arm injuries?
There was a disturbing piece that ran in the Cincinnati Enquirer last week about two young pitchers from Ohio who had both pitched in the LL World Series a few years ago. They were thrilled to have played in front of thousands in Williamsport, PA. Problem is, due to overuse of their arms and by throwing … Read more
Be Careful of Travel Team Hopes and Dreams
One of the more remarkable calls I received on the air last Sunday on WFAN came from a sports mom named Camille who really hit the target regarding kids AND their parents who fall prey to the lure of travel team programs. In short, before your kid becomes totally seduced by the travel team promises … Read more
"The Sports Edge"
Doug Abrams
Rick Wolff
Steve Kallas
