Parents Together Lecture - Adults and Children in Organized Youth Sports: Who Wins, Who Loses?

Location: Civic Center - Old Greenwich

Speaker Bob Bigelow, Former NBA 1st-round Draft Choice and Penn Basketball Player.Bigelow, one of the foremost lecturers in the country regarding youth sports, advocates fully meeting the needs of children as the top priority in youth sports programs. Bob's mission is to put the youth back in youth sports and find a balance both at home and on the field. Too many youth sports systems meet the adults' needs rather than kids' needs and therefore create dispiriting sideline and "behind the scenes" behaviors and problems, and burned-out kids. Up to 75% of our kids drop out of youth sports by age 13! Why, and how can we make sports better for them? Find the answers and learn new common- sense approaches for positive change in youth sports programs at this educational, challenging, motivational and humorous talk.

Bob also co- authored the book, Just Let The Kids Play: How to Stop Other Adults from Ruining Your Children's Success and Joy in Youth Sports. Bob has been selected one of the "100 Most Influential Sports Educators" by the Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island. This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP please email ogrcc.execasst@yahoo.com or call 637-3659. Snowdate: Feb 23