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Center for Sports Parenting
Among other things, this site allows users to email specific questions about sportsmanship issues and a member of an expert panel will email an answer.
http://www.sportsparenting.org
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bobbigelow.com
A former NBA player, Bob Bigelow has, since 1993, spoken to communities, coaches, administrators and parents about putting the youth back into youth sports. He cowrote the book, Just Let the Kids Play, How to Stop Other Adults from Ruining Your Child's Fun and Success in Youth Sports.
http://www.bobbigelow.com
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| Really Winning Using Sports to Develop Character and Integrity in Our Boys, a book by Dr. Jim Mastrich.
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Games Girls Play:
Understanding and Guiding Young Female Athletes, a book by Dr. Caroline Silby.
Go to the following web address: http://a9.com/games%20girls%20play?src=amz&nc=1
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Character Counts! Sports
Develops programs and materials to help coaches and other adults equip youth with values to meet life's challenges, on and off the field.
http://www.charactercounts.org/sports/sports.htm
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Positive Coaching Alliance
Holds seminars for coaches and parents to promote the goal of using sports to teach life lessons through positive coaching.
http://www.positivecoach.org/training/index.html
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National Alliance for Youth Sports
Offers a variety of tools to promote good sportsmanship, including training local administrators to train others and an online program for parents.
http://www.nays.org
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The Center for Kids FIRST in Sports
A national resource for all involved in youth sports. Includes workshops for athletes, parents, and coaches, sports awareness and video programs, how to bring about change, and advice for families to understand their involvement in youth sports.
http://www.kidsfirstinsports.org
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Catch a Rising Star: The Adult Game of Youth Sports
by former youth sports coach, Donald W. Albertson, is the first work of adult fiction to "put a face" on the problems of sports rage and parental obsession in youth sports. Adult Content. For more information:
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The Dan Bylsma web page (don't miss the Q&A Page)
This site also takes questions, answered by Dan Bylsma, who played pro hockey for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and his father, Jay, who have been involved in sportsmanship education for many years.
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