This very well written article is by a senior named Scott Martin at Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado. In his guest commentary for the Denver Post he sums up the intense competition and pressures of youth sports and all the things adults do to take the fun out of it. As the mother of an athlete I think he hits the ball out of the park.
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci3590467
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More on this topic at http://growingupwell.org/2010/04/20/athletics-is-a-means-to-an-end/