Teenage Athletes Were The Primary Targets Of Drug Operation

Steroids purchased through the mail by undercover law enforcement officials, vials of HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin), and Bacteriostatic water, left, 2 vials of Stanozolo, center, and testosterone (cypionate: enanthate: propionate) right, are displayed with white clompiphenene and green anastrozole pills in Albany, N.Y., Feb. 13, 2007. The Albany, N.Y., Times Union reported investigators expected to arrest more than two dozen doctors, pharmacists and business owners on sealed indictments charging them with various felonies for unlawfully distributing steroids and other controlled substances from an Orlando pharmarcy, court records show. (AP Photo/Albany Times Union, Will Waldron ) **CAPITAL REGION AND GLENS FALLS OUT**

As  parents we have a lot to think about when it comes to the safety and well being of our children. There are people out there that want to lure and entice our children, and our youth athletes to a dark and dangerous side of life.

What The Heck Are Parents Thinking?

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I had a conversation with a parent of a youth athlete last week and  she told me a very distressing story of a parent being VERY inappropriate  hitting and screaming

Playground To The Podium (Part 3)

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This is the last installment of the article Play Ground To The Podium written by Paul Bickerton see part 1 here and part 2 here

Playground To The Podium Part 2

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Continuing on with  the topic written by Paul Bicerkton  Playground to Podium part 1 The psychologist Csikszentmihalyi described this reverie state common to creative development as ‘flow’ (5) – the principle that when you discover an activity to which you feel a particular affinity,

From the Playground To The Podium (Part 1)

Seems like yesterday Lauren was climbing on a similar playset for hours and hours.

Children need both freedom and guidance to excel at sports – and they’re in danger of being denied both in today’s risk-averse climate. Author Paul Bickerton Writes about the task of getting  Kids From the playground to the podium.     One of the main selling points of London’s Olympic bid is the idea that [...]