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Dr. Andrew Jacobs

Dr. Andrew Jacobs

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Dr. Andrew Jacobs, has served as the team psychologist for the Kansas City Royals, and numerous other professional, collegiate, and Olympic teams. He's hosted a sport psychology radio show for 26 years and is the co-author of Just Let 'em Play: Guiding Parents, Coaches and Athletes Through Youth Sports.

Articles by Dr. Andrew Jacobs

In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 photo John McEnroe offers tips to children ages 6 to 12 during tryouts in Harlem for the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in New York. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.) **FILE**

Cheating in sports trickles down to youth level

And as these athletes cheat, it gives tacit permission to those at lower levels of competitions to find a way to skirt the rules. The result runs the gamut from using performance enhancing drugs to lying about the ages of competitors at youth level competitions.

October 19, 2017
Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen (22) watches from the stands behind home plate at Lamade Field during a baseball game between Fairfield, Conn., and Lufkin, Texas in United States pool play at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. The Pirates will be playing the St. Louis Cardinals in Bowman Stadium in Williamsport, Pa., on Sunday Night Baseball. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Youth sports industry chewing up kids

Children are being pushed earlier and harder to compete in youth sports, which according to a recent article in Time, is now a $15 billion industry.

October 12, 2017