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Paperback Edition
- 978-1-4602-5033-4
- 5.5 x 8.5 inches
- Black & White interior
- 136 pages
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Hardcover Edition
- 978-1-4602-5032-7
- 5.5 x 8.5 inches
- Black & White interior
- 136 pages
- Keywords
- Youth hockey,
- Youth hockey leagues,
- Sports psychology,
- Sports parenting,
- Coaching youth hockey,
- Kids sports,
- Emotional abuse in sports
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In the Name of Hockey
A closer look at emotional abuse in boys' hockey and other sports.
by
Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews
Parents must question their own motives and expectations in regards to their child’s participation in a competitive sport. Was the activity imposed? Are they living vicariously through their child’s performance? It is important to establish what success means. Is it winning every game or is it improvement for one’s capabilities? Success is relative to age, to personality type, to stages of development, to physical constitution. Parents and coaches must learn to redirect their goals away from final outcomes. Above all, they need to learn that emotionally abusing kids is never worth it, not even in the name of hockey.
Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews is a teacher, an author and a poet. Her work has been published in many magazines, journals and anthologies. She has a Master’s Degree in Education and a Master’s Degree in Literature from the University of Toronto. Teaching children of all ages and having raised two boys of her own, have given her the pedagogy and a true, lived experience into the emotional toll that the rep hockey experience can take on the lives of young boys.
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