Reply to "sports parents (King Richard)"

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

@BOF posted:
First: It's a movie and as a consequence misses a lot of reality.
Second: They are both generational talents. How many other parents did (or could do) the same thing and not get the same results.
JMO

Through a friend I was introduced to Dr Joel Fish. He’s the director of the Center For Sports Psychology. The organization counsels pro sports teams and Team USA teams. But a large part of their business is individual counseling to teen athletes.

At the time Dr Fish told me for every Tiger Woods (he was on a roll then) there are 100+ kids in counseling who are very unhappy and still being pushed by their parents. One girl told a counselor she hates soccer. But with all the time and money her parents have invested she’s afraid to tell them and walk away from playing.

Look what happened to a Tiger Woods once he didn’t have his father around to control his life.

12/15/2111:21 AM

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