Recently I researched the burnout phase in youth sports and noticed how much the children or young adults don't really have a voice on the matter. We don't reallly hear  the stories from the children until it is too late and they are injured to where they can not return to the sport or until years after their collegiate career is over and they are done with the sport. I know that in collegiate athletics athletes may go to athletic trainers or sport psychologist to discuss what they may be going through and to try and figure out ways to help them through their problems. collegiate athletes are not who I worry about in a situation like this, but I worry about those athletes at the high school level and lower. When parents at times are their coaches at this age or level and the school or club team do not have resources to have a team sport psychologist. who becomes their voice when they are going through the stress or the burnout phase and how do we make this available to high school teams and club teams?

Shanelle S.
KIN 577
LT 24