Burn, Baby Burn

August, 23 2021

“Of those who showed ability at a young age, many were over-trained, over-raced and over-hyped until physical and mental exhaustion, not to mention injury, saw them quit before their twentieth birthdays. One or two survive it.”

August 23, 2021

This article represents, maybe not the worst in youth sports, but certainly a lot of the bad things. Too many coaches and parents in youth sports make it about them and not about the athletes. This results in warped and distorted outcomes. Sadly, there are countless examples of this, and country borders (in this case New Zealand) hardly seem to matter.