The Athletic Scholarship Myth 

Robert Berry

Why Year-Round Youth Sports are a Prescription for Failure

As a father of three high-performing athletes, Dr. Berry understands the pressure placed on children to play competitive sports. But as a surgeon who’s treated thousands of adolescent sports injuries (most of which are preventable), he knows all-too-well that this can come at a high cost to your child’s physical and mental health for years to come.

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What you will learn from the book

Educate yourself about the risks of overtraining and how to improve performance through rest, recovery and proper healing:

The all-too-common risk of elbow, knee, and head injuries, and how you can protect your child by educating yourself and being an advocate.

The link between burnout, pressure, performance enhancing drugs, anxiety and depression.

Heat and hydration: how competitive sports can be a prescription for disaster.

Book Review

Here is some good wisdom for parents of athletes. I wish I had seen this book when my daughter was preparing for college volleyball; we’ll definitely apply this insight for our grandchildren as they show interest in sports.

Michael Hill, Amazon Review

Here is some good wisdom for parents of athletes. I wish I had seen this book when my daughter was preparing for college volleyball; we’ll definitely apply this insight for our grandchildren as they show interest in sports.

Michael Hill, Amazon Review