Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports - Couverture souple

Sokolove, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743297563 ISBN 13 : 9780743297561

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Sokolove Michael

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Now available in paperback, the urgent argument for “saving the futures of female athletes” (USA TODAY).

• Controversial and compelling: The Warrior Girls excerpts in The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post received an overwhelming response. Warrior Girls has spurred a relevant debate that continues on websites devoted to sports, parenting, and women’s health.

• The ignored injury epidemic: Well over one million girls play high school soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and volleyball. But women’s collegiate soccer players suffer concussions at the same rate as college football players. most alarming are the high rates of knee injuries involving the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, which girls tear eight times more often than boys.

• A crucial look at a culture in denial: Advocates of women’s sports worry that acknowledging the injury epidemic will threaten our daughters’ hard-won opportunities on the field. Warrior Girls examines these shocking truths and offers hopeful solutions for encouraging female athletes to play well—and safely.

Revue de presse

"Warrior Girls brings alive the reality that our daughters are suffering from an epidemic of devastating sports injuries that can be prevented with exercise programs." - Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0743297563
• ISBN 13: 9780743297561
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320