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FURTHER RESOURCES
Resources, links, other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:
John Perritt – bio
Reformed Youth Ministries
RYM – Youth Leader Training Conferences
The Local Youth Worker – RYM Podcast hosted by John Perritt
Books:
Time Out: The Gift or God of Youth Sports by John Perritt
Don’t Waste Your Sports by C.J. Maheney
Media:
Organized Sports and Fun
Parents and Sports
Sports Specialization
Parents and Sports Pressure
Decline in Sports Participation
Episode 22: “Sports, Parenting, Compassion, Faith and Fandom” with Jeremy Affeldt
Blogs from Walt Mueller:
Kids and Sports… Lessons Learned From the Land of Losing…
A Little Letter to Parents on Youth Sports…
Some Thoughts on Parents, Kids, and Youth Sports Craziness…
Parents, Kids, and Sports Pressure…
Only a Game? … Thoughts on what Spectating Tells Me about Me…
Articles:
Families Who Relocate for Sports Prodigies
Survey Shows Youth Sports Specialization Accelerating
Study Finds More Girls Leaving Sports During Adolescence
Specialization In Youth Sports Has Dangers
Stop the Sports Parenting Madness
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