Scarecrow Press
Pages: 356
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Trim: 7¼ x 10⅜
978-0-8108-8217-1 • Hardback • November 2012 • $69.00 • (£53.00)
978-1-4422-5661-3 • Paperback • August 2015 • $41.00 • (£35.00)
978-0-8108-8218-8 • eBook • November 2012 • $38.50 • (£30.00)
Gail Fay taught eighth grade English for 10 years before becoming a freelance writer and copy editor. She is the author of five nonfiction books for children, including Battles of the Civil War, Economies around the World, and Malcolm X.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Play Ball!
2. The Life of a Student-Athlete
3. It’s All in Your Head
4. Eat to Win
5. Steroids and Other Performance Enhancers
6. Staying Off the Injured List
7. Training on Your Own
8. Playing in College
9. Sports for Life
Index
About the Author
Sports describes clear benefits to playing sports and then continues on with a look at the lives of student athletes, developing 'mental toughness,' nutrition (and the repercussions of eating disorders), and options for playing in college and throughout life. ... comprises a good blend of opinion and current research, making the series an excellent resource for both individual and curricular research.
— Booklist
Sports: The Ultimate Teen Guide is designed with the high school age student in mind who wants a broad overview of the high school sports experience and an introduction to competing on the high school level. While not focusing on any one sport, this volume is designed to help students figure out which sport they might like to compete in and healthful tips on training. Chapter topics discuss balancing life as a student with the life of an athlete, dealing with the mental pressures of competition, the pitfalls of performance-enhancing drugs and supplements, common injuries and how to prevent them, training during the off-season, planning to play in college, and sports-related career opportunities. Interspersed throughout are quotes from student athletes, high school sports stories, facts on the history of various sports, short biographies, and even sports-themed young adult novels.
— American Reference Books Annual
Sports: The Ultimate Teen Guide covers a variety of sports and topics for the high school athlete. The book is broken up into nine chapters discussing such topics as being a student athlete, eating right, steroids, and playing in college. While it is a great book for athletes, it is also good for students considering joining a sport. ... The book’s layout makes it easy to read the parts which hold interest for a particular reader. Mixed in with the text are tables on various sports, history of sports, quotes from teens, and fiction books recommended. This is an easy-to-read, approachable book about sports and why they matter for high school students.
— VOYA