An invaluable guide for young women who are interested in playing sports in high school and beyond.
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PENNY HASTINGS is a professional researcher, writer, and public relations consultant. She is the coauthor of How to Win a Sports Scholarship (1995).
"An excellent reference tool....Its primary audience will find the
narrative style engaging, the information practical, and the
underlying message one of positive encouragement. Librarians will
appreciate its reference value as a well-organized reference source
that makes available in one place a broad range of information on
sports for girls."-Betty Ronayne Education Reference Librarian
California State University, Sacramento
"Hastings writes with encyclopedic authority about the sports that
high school girls are most interested in. This is the kind of
fundamental guide young athletes--and their parents--need
today."-Jean Zimmerman and Gil Reavill authors of Raising Our
Athletic Daughters: How Sports Can Build Self-Esteem and Save
Girls' Lives
"Penny Hastings has produced a comprehensive and entertaining guide
for any girl who likes sports. Sports for Her shows why our playing
fields are as wonderful as our classrooms in shaping smart and
confident young women."-Joan Ryan, Columnist San Francisco
Chronicle
"Penny Hastings has written an excellent resource book for girls
and their parents--it is well researched and documented. It is an
essential reference for any girl who is interested in being a
college athlete."-Janet M. Justus NCAA Director of Education
Outreach
"Sports For Her is an extraordinary resource book that is chock
full of rules, skill, and training information about specific
sports and advice on how to become a player. There is important
content on challenges faced by girls in sports: confronting peers
who are critical of her skills, handling abusive coaches and
teammate troubles, dealing with over-involved parents, preventing
over training, and becoming knowledgeable about drugs and
nutrition. And, there are great sections on how to obtain a college
athletic scholarship and sports-related careers. In short, Sports
For Her will be a wonderful gift for your favorite future girl
athlete and must reading' for her parents and coaches."-Donna A.
Lopiano Executive Director Women's Sports Foundation
"This book is filled with practical information (i.e. How to Make
the Team') and with lots of good advise to young girls who are
exploring an interest in participating on the recreational level as
well as the highly competitive level found in girls' athletics in
high schools and women's intercollegiate sports. I will keep this
book in my office and recommend that it be in our school library
and the libraries of all middle schools."-Libby Stillman Athletic
Director, Ursuline High School Santa Rosa, CA
?An impressive amount of advice and information has been packed
into this book....Readers interested in female sports will find
this book informative and useful.?-School Library Journal
?Recommended for school, public, and teacher-preparation libraries;
middle and high school girls, their parents, and school or
afterschool program personnel.?-Choice
?Sport for Her has a place in libraries serving teens. The writing
is concise and well organized. The book provides information on the
sports that young women are most likely to be interested in and
offers a clear picture of what the various games entail.
Recommended for public and school libraries.?-Reference & User
Services Quarterly
?This book will be a valuable addition to any middle or high school
library.?-American Reference Books Annual
?This excellent, in-depth resource introduces the basics of various
sports available to high school girls while also looking at current
issues relevant to female athletes.... Beyond the sports
descriptions, readers will find useful information on dealing with
coaches, nutritional issues, pursuing sports after high school, and
careers in sports. The clear writing and concise presentation make
this information accessible to many levels of readers. Although
aimed at high school athletes, middle and junior high schools will
want this reference toll for younger students preparing for high
school sports. A helpful resource section includes books, Web
sites, and organizations for further investigation.?-VOYA
"An impressive amount of advice and information has been packed
into this book....Readers interested in female sports will find
this book informative and useful."-School Library Journal
"Recommended for school, public, and teacher-preparation libraries;
middle and high school girls, their parents, and school or
afterschool program personnel."-Choice
"Sport for Her has a place in libraries serving teens. The writing
is concise and well organized. The book provides information on the
sports that young women are most likely to be interested in and
offers a clear picture of what the various games entail.
Recommended for public and school libraries."-Reference & User
Services Quarterly
"This book will be a valuable addition to any middle or high school
library."-American Reference Books Annual
"This excellent, in-depth resource introduces the basics of various
sports available to high school girls while also looking at current
issues relevant to female athletes.... Beyond the sports
descriptions, readers will find useful information on dealing with
coaches, nutritional issues, pursuing sports after high school, and
careers in sports. The clear writing and concise presentation make
this information accessible to many levels of readers. Although
aimed at high school athletes, middle and junior high schools will
want this reference toll for younger students preparing for high
school sports. A helpful resource section includes books, Web
sites, and organizations for further investigation."-VOYA
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