Alive and Kicking: When Soccer Moms Take the Field and Change Their Lives Forever
Автор:Harvey Araton Год: 2007 Издание:Simon & Schuster Страниц: 256 ISBN: 1416575170 The revolution began with the simple act of a mother kicking a ball to her daughter. An English soccer trainer noticed, and praised her form. "Too bad," she replied, "there's no soccer league for mothers." Who could know that so many lives would change as a result of that simple exchange? In the suburban enclave of Montclair, New Jersey, as in so many communities around America, there was nothing new in the sight of mothers driving their minivans to soccer practice. What was new was that these women were driving to their own practices instead of dropping off their kids and watching from the sidelines. For the generation that grew up before Title IX's mandate of equal athletic opportunity, the field of play was a male preserve; girls watched and cheered. The lessons that sports are supposed to teach - team spirit, overcoming adversity, playing to win without rancor or anger - were restricted to this young boys' network; how could women help win the Battle of Waterloo when they'd been...
