Parents for Good Sports curriculum is outlined in From the Bleachers with Love: Advice to Parents with Kids in Sports. The companion volume, Beyond the Bleachers: The Art of Parenting Today's Athletes, presents case studies of how to deal with 52 different sports parenting issues. Both books are co-authored by PGS principals David C. Epperson and George A. Selleck.

From the Bleachers With Love: Advice to Parents With Kids in Sports by David Canning Epperson, Ph.D. and George A. Selleck, Ph.D., Alliance Publications, 1999 This book helps parents take advantage of sports' full range of possibilities for teaching life's lessons and strengthening the family and community. Beginning with the six keys to positive sports parenting, Drs. Epperson and Selleck guide parents through 52 priniciples designed to help parents deal with some of the challenges and problems that arise when their children become involved in sports. The goal of the book is to encourage dialogue between parents, children, and other members of the sports community, as they work together to create a more positive and uplifting sports environment. Price: $12.95
Beyond the Bleachers: The Art of Parenting Today's Athletes By David Canning Epperson, Ph.D. and George A. Sellectk, Ph.D., Alliance Publications, 1999 Designed as either a stand-alone book or as a companion to From the Bleachers With Love. Beyond the Bleachers offers case studies, activities and exercises that help parents and children work together to implement the principles of positive sports parenting in their lives. John Wooden, UCLA's legendary coach, calls Beyond the Bleachers "the definitive 'play book' for sports parents." Price: $12.95
Playing the Game of Life By George A. Selleck, Ph.D., Diamond Communications, 1996 Through personal anecdotes, interviews with sports figures, and insightful application of psychology, philosophy, and life experience, Dr. Selleck examines both the special world athletes inhabit and the role that world plays in shaping their lives. Selleck explores the values sports can teach and shows what those involved with athletes - parents, coaches, sports administrators - can and should do to ensure that athletes walk off the field with more than just a knowledge of how to play a game. Price: $12.95
A Woman's Touch: What Today's Women Can Teach Us About Sport and Life By David Canning Epperson, Ph.D., Diamond Communications, 1999 In his book, A Woman's Touch, Dr. Epperson uses anecdote, evidence and testimony to bring to light the beginning of a new era in athletics, a melding of male and female perspectives that will guide sports policies and practices into the 21st century. Whether you belong to the Culture of Conquest, the Culture of Care, or fall somewhere in between, this is one book no one involved in the sports experience - and no student of sociology or women's studies - can afford to miss. Price: $12.95

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Parents for Good Sports
19855 Southwest Freeway, Suite 200
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Phone 281-207-1070
Fax 281-207-1071
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