Focus on Development

What young athletes learn in sports carries over into their everyday lives. The desire of all parents to raise “champions in sports and life” is the focus of Dr. Frank Smoll's new book, Sports and Your Young Athlete, making the volume an essential read for concerned parents.

Using the "Champions in Sports and Life" approach, parents learn how to foster a mastery goal orientation in which mastery-oriented young athletes compare themselves with themselves. They can feel success and satisfaction when they have learned something new, seen skill improvement in themselves, or given maximum effort. The development of such positive qualities is worth our attention.

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