Children in Sports:When is enough, enough?

By Shonagh Peck, Allie Hecimovich, and Mercedes Crawford

What we see sport as

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Many Parents send their Children to various gymnastics’ training camps in China in hopes that a Olympic Athlete will develop.

These camps are set up so that these children eat sleep and breathe gymnastics.

There is a lot of controversy in regards to this method of training

Gymnastics inChina

Training Specialization in gymnastics

Pushed by their coaches

Win at all cost attitude (pleasing parents).

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Training CampsChildren as young as 4 are sent to

training camps

Most training Camps include boarding

Rigorous training Schedules approx 8 hours a day

Intense workouts

When is enough, enough?Why we chose China

Personal Experiences

Discussion

Thoughts and comments

Specialization in sports