| Reviews of Kids & Sports
Kids & Sports; Everything You and Your Child Need to Know, is now available at your local bookstore. You can also order your copy at www.amazon.com, or call Newmarket Press at (800) 669-3903.
"Eric Small does a superb job of answering the questions every parent should ask about kids and sports. His expertise shines through and his easy-to-read style reduces even the toughest to pronounce medical conditions to understandable prose. This is one book every parent can find useful."
Don Yaeger
Associate Editor, Sports Illustrated
"This is just the sort of reference all parents of young athletes need to get them through the initial years of their athlete's bumps, bruises, and injuries. Kids & Sports is written in language that is appropriate and the drawings illustrate the points well. I recommend this book for every mother and father of an athlete whether the athlete competes at the highest level or just in the neighborhood pick-up games."
Dempsey Springfield, M.D.
Chair, Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"A much needed resource for parents and coaches about children and their participation in physical activity and sports. Dr. Small has done an excellent job of covering a wide variety of topics in a way that is both readable and practical."
Mimi Johnson, M.D.
Pediatric and Young Adult Sports Medicine Specialist
"A valuable resource not only for parents and coaches but for all adults working with children in sports. Dr. Small provides information that is often overlooked in sports literature providing developmentally appropriate activities for the non-athlete, the overweight child, and working with children with chronic diseases. Dr. Small's book arms us with tips and techniques to get kids moving, safely and successfully."
Marsha Johnson Evans
National Executive Director, Girl Scouts of the USA
"So accessible, it?s a great for kids to read too...A wonderful, practical book for parents that covers the entire spectrum from infancy to adolescence, from prevention to when to seek treatment, from the healthy athlete to the athlete with a chronic illness, from kids who just play sports for fun to star athletes."
Angela Diaz, M.D.
Chair, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
"A terrific guide for parents and coaches of young athletes. The questions and answers at the end of each chapter address some of the most common concerns youth sport educators have to deal with. A must read for all of us who in some way are involved in youth sports."
E. Paul Roetert, Ph.D.
Director of Admin.,
USA Tennis High Performance Program
"Dr. Small presents a comprehensive topic (children, sports, fitness, and nutrition) that has been traditionally explained in a complicated, unfriendly fashion in simple informative language that players, parents, and coaches can relate to in a direct, positive fashion. By using the book, young athletes and their parents can expect short and long term results. This is a great book that allows all participants to move forward at their own pace."
David Glackin
United States Professional Tennis Association teacher
and former United States Tennis Association/Eastern Section Traveling National coach
"A must read for anyone involved with youth sports in America. This in-depth reference guide is informative and should be included on every athletic director?s bookshelf. Dr. Small presents the material in a format that is reader friendly and easy to understand. The Q&A sections are especially valuable as it gives the reader specific answers to the most common questions about youth sports."
David McGuckin
Director of Athletics, Mamaroneck High School
"A must-have resource that allows parents to guide their young athletes towards success in their sports, as well as through life. By offering specific methods and timetables, Eric Small takes the guess-work out of the process."
Wendy Mlinar
United States Figure Skating Assn. (USFSA) Skating and Dance Judge
" Dr. Eric Small provides all the answers that every sports parent could ever have about their child's involvement in youth athletics. If you have children who play sports, you'll find that you'll be reaching for Kids & Sports over and over again."
Rick Wolff
Chairman, The Center for Sports Parenting
"A must-read for parents, as well as amateur and professional coaches. In addition to parents, this book reaches a diverse audience, including physical education teachers, week-end coaches, and professional coaches Covers topics that are often overlooked, such as diet, nutrition, stretching, and conditioning, in a manner in which parents can understand Addresses thorny issues, such as when to permit a child to specialize in a sport, when is weight-training appropriate, how to encourage and support the obese and non-athletic child."
Jeffrey Gershel, MD
Chief of Service
Dept. of Pediatrics, Jacobi Medical Center
"Easy to read, well organized, and addressing a wide range of concerns that parents, teachers, and coaches may have about children who participate in the variety of physical activities and sports Each chapter provides an easy to read description and discussion followed by relevant questions and answers to issues of common concern. This book belongs on the bookshelf of every parent, teacher, and coach interested in the physical and emotional development of children through sports."
Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, M.D.
Chairman and Dr. Lucy G. Moses Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
"A practical guide to children?s athletics that is easily accessible to parents, coaches, teachers and all adults involved with children and sports. It is helpful to all levels of coaching from volunteer to college level. Dr. Small never loses sight of the greatest value of sports: a life-long habit."
Kenneth C. Martin
Track Coach, Official, and Administrator
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