Letting Kids Play: Sandlot Day 2010


by Jim Morrison
Jim's Raves N Rants Blog
March 29, 2010

On Sunday, the New York Times had a sports page op-ed about what is a novel and sadly revolutionary. It's called Sandlot Day, a day when adults cede control of games to players for one day each season. You can read the entire piece here.

I've facilitated pick-the-sides Sundays for my Little League team as well as parents vs. kids games. But this goes further. I think every coach and every parent with a child in sports should give it a shot.


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