Description
The University of Central Florida (UCF) Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented by the UCF News & Information. The columns are the opinions of the writers, who serve on the UCF Forum panel of faculty members, staffers and students for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday at UCF Today and then broadcast between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-FM (89.9).
Publication Date
2-27-2013
Keywords
Young athletes; Youth sports; Sports training; Winning in sports; Sports heroes; Straight-arrow approach; Shoot-yourself-in-the-foot approach; Balance health
Introduction
We all want sports heroes and we all want to win – but that desire comes with a price. Just as there will always be winners in sports, there will always be injuries and losers. Often the lines are blurred between what is in the best interest of an athlete’s health and well-being and what it takes to win.
Subjects
Athletes; College sports; Physical education and training; Coaching (Athletics)
Collection
Publisher
University of Central Florida
STARS Citation
Barkley, Lisa (2013). Young athletes must learn to balance health, challenges. UCF Today, 2013-02-27. Retrieved from http://today.ucf.edu/young-athletes-must-learn-to-balance-health-challenges/
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