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Go Girl! Raising Healthy, Confident and Successful Girls through Sports [Paperback]

Hannah Storm (Author), Mark Jenkins (Author)


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April 1, 2002
Sports Help Girls Thrive in All Aspects of Life...

Every parent wants to help their daughter build the skills she needs to be happy and successful. How do you make it happen? Get her into sports! In Go Girl!, NBC sportscaster Hannah Storm helps you take an active role in encouraging and supporting your daughter's athletic interests, giving her the edge she needs to excel in life.

The benefits of sports for girls are numerous. Girls who play sports have higher levels of confidence and self-esteem and lower levels of depression. High-school girls who play sports are more likely to get better grades in school and to graduate. New research shows that as little as four hours of exercise per week may reduce a girl's risk of getting breast cancer as an adult by up to 60 percent.

Filled with advice and techniques from the nation's top experts, Go Girl! tells parents:
--How to promote fitness and activity in babies and toddlers
--When to start your daughter in organized sports, and how to choose the right sport
--How to keep pre-teens and teenagers interested
--What to do if your daughter shows elite potential
--How to evaluate your daughter's coach
--What it means to be a good sports parent
--What the sports health concerns of a young female athlete may be and how to handle them

Go Girl! is the ultimate guide to making sure that young girls take to life with confidence, passion and a love of the game.


Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

NBC sportscaster Storm, mother of three daughters, believes that participating in sports is a crucial part of maturation. Not only is the physical activity important for children, but playing sports allows them to develop self-confidence, learn about teamwork and perform better academically. In chronological order from babies through teens Storm offers advice on raising fitter and more active children, including baby exercise through stretches for older girls. In addition to pointers on participation for the kids, the author offers guidelines for parents such as how they should be supportive but not assume the role of a coach. Storm, writing with Jenkins (Sports Medicine Bible for Young Athletes), also includes tips on how to evaluate athletic programs and what to look for in coaches. Nutritional information, weight issues and other health concerns are also discussed. She concludes with a detailed look at the rules of various sports including basketball, rugby and field hockey. There's also a section on working out with weights, which would have been more useful had there been illustrations. This is a breezy primer on sports with practical information. However, much of the information especially the general parenting and health advice will be familiar to most parents. The book will be most useful to parents who have never participated in sports themselves and are uncomfortable with athletic activities.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Storm, a groundbreaking NBC sportscaster and mother of three girls, and writer Jenkins offer an information-packed resource in this guide to nurturing active girls. A convincing introduction demonstrates that fitness benefits not only girls' physical health, but also their academic performance, self-esteem, and overall well-being. Subsequent chapters give practical tips for encouraging girls' physical activity from birth through adolescence. Topics covered include teaching a daughter how to ride a bike or to monitor her heart rate; evaluating a sports program (and how to spot abusive coaches); choosing a sports bra; dealing with sibling rivalry; developing good training habits; and learning about Title IX. Parents well-versed in fitness will still find plenty of useful hints here, while nonathletic parents will appreciate the basic introduction to various sports as well as Storm's charge to motivate through example: "When I get moving, I can usually get my daughters moving, too." Gillian Engberg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. (April 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1570719284
  • ISBN-13: 978-1570719288
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,148,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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providing skilled instruction, inhale during the lowering phase, fundamental movement skills, encourage your daughter, young female athletes, lifting phase, organized team sports, female athlete triad, female teams, sports environment, have your daughter
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United States, American College of Sports Medicine, Planting the Seed Early, Body Mass Index, Little League, Lyle Micheli, Angela Smith, President's Council, Teaching Your Young Athlete, The Formative Years, Weight Issues, National Youth Sports Coaches Association, World Cup
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