Purington Press is a Midwestern publisher with midwestern values. Our focus and our corporate mission is to provide readers with books that will improve their lives and the lives of others. Purington has a long history of paving the way for solid families and communities all across America.

As we scan our landscape from coast to coast and from north to south, we see many incredible advances in life. Just a few examples include the fields of medicine, transportation, communications, electronics, space exploration, agriculture, psychology and industry. At the same time however, today's kids are routinely exposed to drugs, peer pressure, media violence, high-school dropouts, tobacco/alcohol, broken and dysfunctional families, sexuality, school violence, teen pregnancy, suicide, X-rated computer sites, environmental threats, destructive weapons, poverty, and disease.

Our goal as adults is to overcome life's negative influences and pass on a legacy of success and happiness. Purington is proud to join this effort and supports all families.

Every parent and coach involved in youth sports needs a tool to help mold each young athlete in positive ways. Adults don't need more resources showing how to kick, run, throw, swing, hit or catch. Grown-ups need help to internally guide kids through the maze of organized youth sports. With Molding Young Athletes you are finally being given the tools necessary to ensure that young athletes have fun, stay involved, gain self-confidence, learn from failure, and develop positive traits for life.

"We have organized the fun out of organized sports."
                - Jim Baugh, President of Wilson Sporting Goods Company

Starting with a powerful "Foreword' by Jim Baugh, President of Wilson Sporting Goods Company, Molding Young Athletes will take you on a wonderful journey into the world of kids, adults, games, and life. Every parent and every coach of young athletes will benefit from the common sense wisdom found in all 216 pages. Early chapters remind us of sports and games when we were kids. Those games were mostly unstructured and the kids controlled their games. Middle chapters illustrate how kid's games have turned from "kid-controlled" to "grown-up controlled." Today we see many adult influences and involvement. The meat and potatoes of the book are found in the middle and final chapters. Molding Young Athletes provides effective ways all adults can help kids develop from the inside out. Readers will learn about players, styles and motivations. Team dynamics are also presented. The book covers the critical areas of pressure, motivation, anger, discipline, frustration, and goals. Final chapters present insight into what the future world of youth sports will hold. Throughout the country, communities and cities will expand their focus on youth sporting programs. Coaches and parents all will have a crucial role in the positive long-term development of all kids.

We at Purington Press hope you enjoy this phenomenal book along with countless members of many North American youth sports organizations.