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This text examines the question of at what age should children begin intense sport activity. It looks at this question from physiological, psychological, sociological and clinical/pathological perspectives.
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A series of workshops on sports that estimates the sociological, physiological, psychological, and environmental effects of sports on children. Aristotle is quoted: "Olympic victors were those who did not squander their powers in early training." Stress and burnout, hazards in young athletes, are emphasized. Fear of losing, sleeplessness, and continual pain in these young people are indicated as evidence of stress. Because epiphyseal growth is incomplete in young children, stress fractures are common. The book's conclusions on child exercise dose factors and frequency of participation are ambiguous. Since sports are a two-edged sword that may destroy or create, only well-prepared coaches should teach sports for the young. The volume's conclusions seem to reemphasize Aristotle's observation. Graduate through professional. N. Doscher; emeritus, Brooklyn College, CUNY
