Frank Smoll was interviewed for an article entitled "Too much organization? Spontaneity is disappearing from youth sports."
He observed that “sports should not be viewed just as a free babysitting service. They should really serve as extensions of the positive models coaches provide for kids, so that when the coaches teach the kids on the playing field, the parents can pick right up on it in the home environment.” According to Smoll, the biggest problem that youth sports faces is the mistaken application of professional models to what should be a developmental process. http://ColumbiaSportsJournalism.com/?p=816