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How to Ensure That Your Children Are Given The Opportunity to Succeed at Sports 

Win The Youth Sports Game objectively narrates how ordinary kids can progress, survive, and thrive within today's $20 billion, youth-sports industrial complex. The sixteen-year developmental trek from toddler to collegiate athlete is chronicled while juxtaposing the real-life challenges that athletes in all sports must endure and overcome.

Win The Youth Sports Game is the first title ever to provide an honest reality-check for parents—a What to Expect When You are Expecting for youth sports. Fifty incredibly common, adult-imposed obstacles are exposed so that parents can help their athletes navigate and overcome these challenges along their own sports journeys. Fifty million parents may be hopeful their young athletes are on track to play college sports and win a scholarship, but only about 2 percent of elite high school athletes receive even a partial sports scholarship.
 

Share this book's table of contents with any sports parent, and they'll immediately identify with some of the seemingly outrageous storylines. The unfortunate outcome is that more than 75 percent of kids quit sports by age fourteen, with over-zealous adults being a big contributor.

The author will donate half of any profits to Project Play's youth-sports advocacy programs.

ISBN-13: 9781510763456

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Skyhorse

Publication Date: 11-23-2021

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

John Yeigh is on a mission to help parents better understand and navigate today’s youth-sports landscape. He is a sports dad, coach, outdoors enthusiast, writer, speaker, engineer, and former financial business manager. John kept copious notes during both of his children’s sports journeys which has supported his pivot to youth-sports advocacy. He likes to jog, lift, hike, bike, sail, swim, ski, and dive especially with his family. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland. Connect via LinkedIn (preferred) or Facebook.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Prologue: The 5,854-Day Journey Begins xiii

1 Peewee Sports-A Perfect Place to Start (U5-U6) 1

2 Select Sports: They Start Earlier than You Think (U7-U9) 7

3 Mama, Don't Let Your Kids Grow Up to Be Special 15

4 Travel-Team Roulette, Shenanigans with Coaches, and the Rankings Game (U10-U12) 23

5 How Can the U14 Opponents Drive Themselves Home? 35

6 The Stakes Are Bigger When It's a Teen Game (U12-U13) 41

7 Sports Means More 53

8 Tournacations, 180,000 Miles, and Seven Inches That Made a Difference (U13-U14) 63

9 How Adults Muck Up Youth Sports 73

10 Bigger Fields, Higher Nets, and Deeper Commitments (U15) 89

11 Coaches: The Good, the Bad, and the Yellers 97

12 Recruiting Videos-Don't Believe the Hype (U16) 111

13 Scouting the College Sports Landscape 123

14 Finding the Sweet Spot for College Recruitment Success (U17-U18) 137

15 Glossy Brochures and What "Lies" Within 143

16 Closing Out the Journey Toward College (U18-U19) 151

17 Your Kid May Be Special-but They're Not Getting a Dl Scholarship 161

Epilogue 169

Appendix I The Sixteen-Year Sports Journey by the Numbers 179

Appendix II Fifty-Four Obstacles and Challenges That Youth Athletes Must Overcome 181

Appendix III What the College Coaches Had to Say 189

Appendix IV Suggested Further Reading 193

Bibliography and Quote Sources 195