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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Number of Youth Tennis Players Up: USTA's Quick Start, No-Cut Programs Credited

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Mon, 05/17/2010 - 17:29. | comments

Which youth sport, golf or tennis, is gaining in popularity in recent years, and which is losing? You might be surprised to learn, given their overall public profiles, it is the number of youth tennis players that is up, with participation jumping 43% since 2000 , with the USTA's innovative QuickStart and No-Cut programs credited for the increase.

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Reforming Youth Sports: One Mom's Wish List

While Mother's Day may have come and gone, I have a lot to be thankful for: my wonderful, healthy triplet sons of whom I am immensely proud. But, wearing my MomsTeam hat, I also have wishes for all the sports moms out there.  My first wish is that, instead of defining competition solely in terms of winning and losing, youth sports could also reflect a mother's belief that, while competition is healthy and necessary, a successful competition is one where all players do their best and respect their teammates, opponents, and the rules.

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A Mothers Day Gift For Each Of Us

"When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars." --Lee Salk

There are many compassionate and courageous mothers who have taken the above quote by eminent child and family psychologist, Dr. Lee Salk, and given it dual meaning. Two of these mothers, Karen Acompora and Rachel Moyer, have taken their darkest moments and turned the tiny points of light in their "darkened sky" into super novas for all of us to experience.

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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Homemade Sports Drinks: An Eco-Friendly, Less Costly Alternative?

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 16:59. | comments

Baseball catcher drinking waterWater has been on my mind a lot lately.

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To Nineteen Athletes Dying Young

During the 2003 fall sports season, MomsTeam received numerous e-mails, phone calls and visits with news far exceeding our worst fears about the number of deaths in youth sports.
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Raising A Gifted Athlete: Supporting Child's Dream, Knowing Role

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 14:26. | comments

What is it like to be the parent of a gifted athlete? Last week I learned a little more when I attended a panel discussion hosted by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education (CCAE).

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Fighting Obesity A Goal of National Activity Plan

The first national, comprehensive plan to support and encourage physical activity among all Americans has been announced. A wide range of public policy recommendations across eight broad sectors, the National Physical Activity Plan is the product of a ten-month, public/private collaboration of experts in diverse fields. It goes well beyond just telling people to exercise to recommend policies, programs and initiatives that will change  communities in ways that enable all Americans to be physically active, and is, in part, an answer to America's alarming rates of adult and childhood obesity and decreasing levels of physical activity.
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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Obese Children Need Sports, Not Bullying

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 16:03. | comments

Today has been a busy news day on the subject of obesity. Not only was the National Activity Plan announced in Washington, D.C, as part of a new grassroots effort to combat America's alarming rates of adult and childhood obesity and decreasing levels of physical activity, but a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan and reported in the June 2010 issue of the journal Pediatrics proves what many have suspected: that obese children are more likely to be victims of bullying than their non-overweight peers. 

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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

Athletes' Brains Give Them Edge In Complex Decisionmaking

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 19:43. | comments

I have known for a very long time that athletes are better than non-athletes at making quick, complex decisions. I just didn't know why.

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Brooke de Lench
Brooke de Lench

New Concussion Rule for High School Wrestling Is A Good Move

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 21:51. | comments

Good news on the concussion safety front today from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee and the NFHS Board of Directors.  Among the four rule changes it approved for the 2010-2011 season was one requiring that  wrestlers showing signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion be removed immediately from the match and not allowed to return to competition until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional.

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