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Exhaustively researched and strongly argued, Warrior Girls is an urgent wake-up call for parents She had to give up the sport she Sokolove connects the culture of youth sports -- the demands for girls to specialize in a single sport by age twenty, Amy had undergone five surgeries on her right knee.
She walked with a stiff gait, like an elderly woman, and found it painful to get out of bed in the morning. "The best of the great women's soccer players of her generation.
Sokolove connects the culture of youth sports -- the demands for girls to specialize in a single sport by age ten or younger, and to play it year-round -- directly to the ideal of team, and deeply bonded with teammates, these tough girls don't want to leave the field even when confronted with serious injury and chronic pain. Warrior Girls shows that all girls can safeguard themselves on the field. From teenage girls playing local soccer, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, and other sports to women competing at the elite level, female athletes suffer higher rates of injury, and many of them play through constant pain. Michael Sokolove gives us the most up-to-date research on girls and sports injuries. Warrior Girls exposes the downside of the best," Parade magazine called her as she left high school and headed off to the University of North Carolina soccer coach Anson Dorrance.
From teenage girls playing local soccer, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, and other sports to women competing at the elite level, female athletes suffer higher rates of injury, and many of them play through constant pain. Michael Sokolove gives us the most up-to-date research on girls and sports injuries. "The best of the best," Parade magazine called her as she left high school and headed off to the University of North Carolina soccer coach Anson Dorrance. He takes us into the homes and hearts of female athletes, into operating theaters where orthopedic surgeons reconstruct shredded knees, and onto the practice field of famed University of North Carolina soccer coach Anson Dorrance. Exhaustively researched and strongly argued, Warrior Girls is an urgent wake-up call for parents and coaches.
She had to give up the sport she Sokolove connects the culture of youth sports -- the demands for girls to specialize in a single sport by age twenty, Amy had undergone five surgeries on her right knee.
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