A2Ethics.org Panel Discussion on Competitive Youth Athletics Today October 22, 2009

This Event: Explores the ethical issue of youth participation in competitive athletics. Specifically, a panel of Ann Arbor area experts will discuss the pros and cons involved with putting children on the fast track in their athletic endeavors.

What Attendees Will Learn: Useful mix of commentary and discussion about the best and worst practices of fast tracking our children in athletics. Advice and opinion exchanges from four individuals representing different sport traditions and decades of experience in handling ethics issues in youth sport participation. A question and answer session follows.

This Discussion Is For: Parents, coaches, educators, health care professionals and sport journalists.

The Panelists:
• Tom George, Ph.D. – Sport Psychology, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

• Jane Nixon – Special Education Teacher, Pioneer High School; Head Coach, Pioneer Field Hockey

• Jim Richardson – Head Coach, Women’s Swimming, University of Michigan

• Brian Townsend – Director of Operations, Men’s Basketball, University of Michigan

A2Ethics.org is an ethics news website and local events organization whose mission is to increase awareness of ethical issues impacting our lives and our communities. This event is a fall fund-raiser for A2Ethics.org. Please plan to contribute $10.00 to attend. Your donation is greatly appreciated and will be accepted at the door. Contributions over $10.00 are also welcome.

Official Website: http://a2ethics.org