QUIZ “Are Youth Sports Out of Control?”

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Directions: Select the best answers for questions 1-6. Fill in your answers to questions 7-8. Use complete sentences. Make sure you support your answers with information and details from the article.

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1. �A central idea of the article is that an increasing number of ______. *

A. states are holding soccer tournaments

B. teens are playing multiple sports

C. pro athletes are coaching kids

D. athletes are getting serious at an early age

�2. �According to experts, why are fewer kids playing team sports today? *

A. The pressure to compete is too great.

B. Many kids have after-school jobs.

C. Too many sixth-graders are on the teams.

D. Fewer schools offer team sports now.

3. �Why does the author include the detail about 6-year-olds playing for national championships? *

A. to explain why many young athletes suffer injuries.

B. to show that the love of sports starts at a young age.

C. to support the claim that young athletes are under a lot of pressure.

D. to support the claim that it’s good to start sports at a young age.

4. �Which “cost” of being on a travel team is NOT discussed in the article? *

A. the risk of being injured

B. giving up time with friends

C. having less time for homework

D. feeling like the sport has become a grind

5. �Reread Samantha’s quote in large type next to her picture on page 6. What does she mean? *

A. Soccer was such a big part of her life that she felt incomplete without it.

B. She lost her memory because of a soccer injury.

C. When she gave up soccer, she also changed her name.

D. When she gave up soccer, she also gave up all of the other activities she enjoyed.

�6. �What is Samantha referring to when she says, “It was 100 percent worth it”? *

A. giving up soccer

B. joining the tennis team

C. working on her skills at home

D. playing soccer

7. �What was being on a travel team like for Samantha? Summarize her experience. *

8. �How are youth sports different today than a generation ago? *

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