Parental Ego and the High School and Youth Athlete

About the Book

This book was written in hopes of influencing helicoptoring parents to see the light. If you think this book is not about you and your actions, you are totally wrong. It’s about all of us. Yes, the truth hurts. But morals and values need again to come to the forefront of things, not only in high school sports, but in our country as a whole. This book gives parents and student athletes insight on the many things experienced from a coaching veteran’s perspective. Hopefully, after reading this book, parents will apply some of the basic principles to make their child’s high school experience a pleasant one.

About the Author

The author of this book, Steve Perdue, was born and raised in San Diego. He has been married to his wife, Natalie, for twenty-nine years; and they have two grown children—Troy, twenty-seven, and Aubree, twenty-five. Mr. Perdue has been involved in athletics since the age of eight. He played football and baseball at Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California, where he was an All CIF–San Diego County quarterback in 1973. Mr. Perdue then attended and played football at Grossmont Junior College and earned a scholarship to United States International University, now known as Alliance University. Mr. Perdue has a passion for sports, a passion for his family, and at the head of all this is a passion for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is a very loving, caring family man.