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Raising Winners : A Parent's Guide to Helping Kids Succeed On and Off the Playing Field

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This book should be used by little league associations and all parents who have kids that play sports. The lessons learned in this book and the research proves that the methods and techniques in this book are absolutely necessary for all parents and coaches to know. I have recommended this book to many and would highly encourage anyone to buy this book. It's down to earth, easy to understand approach is very enjoybable to read. I've shared many of the thoughts in this book with my kids, their team, and their coach. Everyone on the team is buying a copy and we're going to make it automatic on our team that all new parents on the team should buy the book! Very well done, Dr. Kuchenbecker.

I found RAISING WINNERS a wonderful guide for parents andteachers. I am a retired teacher of young athletes and"would-be-athletes"; as well as the grandmother of a collegiate water polo player from U.C. Berkeley, and I totally agree with her theories. Ms. Kuchenbecker combines common sense ideas with statistical research backup to validate this guide for parents (and teachers,) of non-athletes, as well as athletes. The rules of winning and losing which are models for teaching sports in the book are also guides for learning to deal with the ups and downs of life. I especially appreciated her description of Motivation and Young Athletes. Her ranking of motivational levels for sports, and her examination of how the tangible rewards are a frequently a negative reinforcement, apply to education as well as sports. It was my observation that teachers who taught reading or math by the "M & M Reward Method" were never as successful as those who taught by the "Love of Learning Method" were. Although Pavlov may have taught us something about conditioning dogs, he didn't teach us about motivating children to learn about being Life Winners; and I feel that Ms. Kuchenbecker's book, RAISING WINNERS, does.

If you need a reference book about raising children with a positive self-image, then this book is a must read. On or off the playing field the values are the same. I've been involved in athletics for nealy 30 years, as a mother, coach, participant, and as as athletic director at a local Community college. I have witnessed poor behavior by all involved. This wonderfully written book will help get you through even the most trying times. It has incrediable advice, wonderful suggestions, and is wriiten from the heart. My experiences in sports has help to mold my life and the advise in this book will help mold yours...A MUST-Read for parents, coaches, teachers, and participants of all ages.

I believe that this book could not have come at a better time. In this day and age it is not unusual for teenagers to sign multi-million dollar contracts for basketball and hockey. Unfortunately, for every Tiger Woods, Martina Hingis, and Kobe Byrant, there are many more unnamed people when pushed to the limits just burned out.

Dr. Kuchenbecker' book reminds everyone that the primary role of sports is not to make millions of dollars and become famous, it is to have fun.

Dr. Kuchenbecker offers common sense with academic precision. "Raising Winners" leaves the reader with a new sense of responsibility to properly prepare children for a competitive world, and a tool to help fulfill it. It appears to be the definitive technical guide on youth team sports for educators, parents and coaches.

I noticed that most references to coaches were in a negative way and I stopped reading the book after page 120. While I agree with alot of what was said I felt it was to anti-coach.