Free Play

By Brian McCormick,

Book cover of Free Play: A Decade of Writings on Youth Sports

Book description

Free Play: A Decade of Writings on Youth Sports is a collection of 70 columns and 6 blogs written around themes of play, learning, and the complexity of athlete, child, skill, and talent development for the parents of young athletes between 2007 and 2016. These columns were published originally in…

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1 author picked Free Play as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Brian is a basketball coach with experience coaching in the USA and Europe. This is a collection of essays and articles about coaching, teaching, athletic development, and session planning. While Brian draws heavily on basketball examples, the lessons, and warnings are easily transferred to other sports.

I dipped into this book, finding it easy to read. The 63 essays are just the right length to give me time to think and reflect. 

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