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ST. LOUIS (AP) - A study of youth sports found evidence of cheating, taunting, even intentionally trying to hurt an opponent.
And the bad behavior wasn't limited to the kids. Some coaches admitted yelling at athletes — even verbally abusing them, and some players said they were struck.
The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, and at Notre Dame. It involved 803 athletes ages 9 to 15, along with 189 parents and 61 coaches. Results will be published Thursday in the Journal of Research in Character Education.
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