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John Tauer says youth sports have gone crazy - that they've turned into a booming industry that involves traveling teams, personal trainers, and over-structured kids. And he has some suggestions for the parents of those kids.

Tauer is a lifelong athlete, a father, and the head men's basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas. He's also a psychology professor.

John Tauer says youth sports have gone crazy - that they've turned into a booming industry that involves traveling teams, personal trainers, and over-structured kids. And he has some suggestions for the parents of those kids.


John Tauer says youth sports have gone crazy - that they've turned into a booming industry that involves traveling teams, personal trainers, and over-structured kids. And he has some suggestions for the parents of those kids.

Trauer is a lifelong athlete, a father, and the head men's basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas. He's also a psychology professor.

He put all those perspectives to work in a new book: "Why Less Is More for WOSPs (Well-Intentioned, Over-involved Sports Parents): How to Be the Best Sports Parent You Can Be."


Guest: John Tauer, professor of psychology at University of St. Thomas and author of "Why Less Is More for WOSPs (Well-Intentioned, Overinvolved Sports Parents): How to Be the Best Sports Parent You Can Be"

How parents are ruining their kid's sports life and what can be done about it

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