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Youth sports has an attrition problem. "We do a tremendous job at getting kids involved," sport scientist Amanda Visek says. "We do a terrible job at keeping them." The absence of "fun" is often cited ...

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In the beloved movie, The Sandlot, there is a scene where Scotty Small’s mother encourages him to go make friends with the kids in his new neighborhood, rather than spend his summer by himself at home ...

What makes organized sports fun for kids? A group at George Washington University, led by associate professor Amanda Visek, has been studying this question. The research is important because lots of ...

Are youth sports a symptom of a serious, widespread social disease? Or are they the salvation of our youth? The answer is neither. No reasonable person can deny that important problems do exist in ...

Let's face it, winter is upon us, and there really isn't much to do but sit around the house and explore what the WWW has to offer. Since I'm into travel trailers and the likes myself, I decided to ...

Whenever you come across a product that promises the "best of both worlds," it wouldn't hurt to approach it with a certain degree of caution. But here's one towable that not only promises that but ...