What caused your child to call it quits in sports?

Many children stop playing sports for a variety of understandable reasons, such as simply losing interest in the sport or being attracted to other activities. What is disheartening, though, are children who quit playing sports because of a negative experience--something that 21 percent of the respondents to the National Alliance of Youth Sports survey say has happened to their child.

Sometimes its unavoidable for a child to be subjected to an unpleasant experience during interpersonal relations with other children, since kids can be cruel to one another. It's tragic when a youngster is subjected to unpleasant experiences at the hands of adults--especially when its one who is entrusted with the safety and well-being of that child.

"The 'unpleasant experience' that leads players to quit isn't usually from a physical mistake or error the player makes on the field," says Dr. Hanson of BaseballConfidence.com. "It's from the coaching or parenting mistake adults make off the field."

--Article based on excerpt from the article "Survey Says" in the Spring 2008, Sporting Kid Magazine