The Brain on Youth Sports

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1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. 1 Why We Should Care about Repetitive Brain Trauma in Youth Sports No access
2. 2 How Youth Sports Can Provide a Lifetime of Benefits No access
3. 3 Why Sports Culture Needs a Transformation No access
1. 4 Why Kids Really Do Hit That Hard No access
2. 5 Why the Young Brain Is Vulnerable No access
3. 6 Why It’s Not All about Concussions No access
4. 7 Why Head Impacts in Youth Sports May Be Disrupting Brain Development No access
5. 8 Why CTE Is More Than an NFL Problem, and What It Means for Youth Sports No access
1. 9 Why the Argument That “Other Sports Are Dangerous Too” Is a Bad One No access
2. 10 Why Helmets and Other Technology Won’t Solve the Problem No access
3. 11 Why “Safer Than Ever” May Not Be Safe Enough No access
4. 12 Why You Don’t Have to Hit at a Young Age to Be a Superstar No access
5. 13 Why the Benefits of Sports Can Be Gained without Repetitive Brain Trauma No access
1. 14 How We Can Change Contact Sports to Protect Children’s Brains No access
2. 15 What Families and Athletes Can Do to Stay Safe in Youth Sports No access
3. 16 What You Can Do to Improve the Safety of Youth Sports in Your Community No access
Conclusion No access Pages 171 - 174
Acknowledgments No access Pages 175 - 176
Notes No access Pages 177 - 212
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 213 - 224
Index No access Pages 225 - 232
About the Author No access Pages 233 - 233