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发帖数: 10908 | 2 “It’s just about impossible to stand up to it if you want your kids to
play competitively,” said Elizabeth Pelcyger, a Washington mom whose son
felt pressure even from his baseball teammates because he wasn’t playing
year-round. “They could somehow point out that he hadn’t been playing
since he was 4.” |
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发帖数: 10908 | 3 Many of the adults trying to fix the problem remember a simpler, less
competitive, less expensive time in youth sports. There were no travel teams
, no faraway tournaments — now a $7 billion industry. There were pickup
games with friends and leagues at neighborhood parks, with the focus mostly
on fun. All of the kids in the neighborhood played together: the stars, the
stalwarts, the daisy pickers. One of the most popular movies in the 1970s:
“The Bad News Bears.” |
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发帖数: 10908 | 4 This is how youth sports looks now: The most talented kids play on travel
teams beginning at age 7 (or sometimes younger), even though many athletes
bloom much later; the best coaches (often dads who are former college
athletes) manage travel teams, leaving rec leagues with helpful but less
knowledgeable parents in charge; and coaches of elite teams pressure kids to
play only one sport (the one they are coaching), even though studies show
this leads to injuries, burnout and athletes who aren’t well rounded. |
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发帖数: 10908 | 5 我打赌写这段的哥们一定没来本版考察过。。。本版的贫困线是 2 岁学蝶泳。。。7
岁？贫困线都不知道在哪里。。。
：This is how youth sports looks now: The most talented kids play on travel
：teams beginning at age 7 (or sometimes younger), even though many athletes |
