Why Young Kids are Dropping Out of Sports
- Author
- [email protected] (Lisa E. Cohn)
- Published
- Wed 24 Oct 2018
- Episode Link
- https://lisacohn.audioacrobat.com/deluge/lisacohn-20181023172248-2797.mp3
New studies show that 14% of soccer and other players age 6-12 drop out of sports. Until now, the focus has been on older kids--the fact that more than 50% of kids drop out of sports by age 13.
In this Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interview with Ben Benjamin Dudley, executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance, Portland, and Mark Lawton, a longtime coach and volunteer PCA impact coach, we learn what the problem is, and get suggestions for helping solve it. Visit https://devzone.positivecoach.org/ to get more tips from PCA.
