THE RIGHT MOVES
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CHAPTER 1: Will Your Child be a Sports Success Story—or a Sports Victim? Today’s young athletes enjoy opportunities that earlier generations never imagined. Whether they’re into hockey, basketball, baseball, soccer, gymnastics, or even synchronized swimming, their parents will find that leagues and programs abound—from the most basic all the way up to the college level. But these young athletes also cope with problems that previous athletes never had to face, from the pressure to cheat or use performance-enhancing drugs, to the demands (and sometimes the violent outbursts) of win-at-any-cost coaches, parents, or players. To provide young athletes with a positive sports experience, and protect them from falling prey to the dangers of modern sports, parents must assume a more active role than ever before—and that role begins the day a child is old enough to put on a team uniform.
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—WHAT OTHER COACHES SAY ABOUT IRV LEIFER— “Irv is a positive influence on the young people he works with and has a great ability to communicate with and motivate them…. With Irv you are getting a guy who coaches for the right reasons: the day-to-day involvement with young people and the opportunity to watch them improve.” MIKE BREY, HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, NOTRE DAME “I have two sons, and Irv is one of a handful of coaches that I would trust to coach my own.” STEW MORRILL, HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY “Irv Leifer prepares his players as well as anybody in the country.” BOB SCHERMERHORN, HEAD COACH, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE
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After more than three decades as a basketball coach at the high school, junior college, and college levels, I now run youth and high school basketball leagues in California through the HoopsUSA program. A graduate of Eastern Washington University, I coached at several Washington high schools before becoming assistant coach at Gonzaga University and later at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I also served as head coach at Palomar College and Mira Costa College in the 1980s and 1990s, before founding the highly respected HoopsUSA program for young athletes. In addition, my career included several years as a sales and promotional representative for Converse, Puma, and Wilson, where I negotiated contracts for major NBA, NFL and MLB players including Magic Johnson, Fernando Valenzuela, Marcus Allen, and many others.