January 23, 2009

The Life Lessons of Junior-Varsity Sports

To the Editor:

One of the most difficult problems for coaches — especially those who still believe in the ability of sport to develop perseverance, teamwork, and selflessness — is the pervasiveness of unrealistic expectations and entitlement among high-school athletes and their parents. Coaches in many sports — including women's soccer — have been recruiting large rosters for decades (look along the sidelines at a football game!). For many

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