The Beckham Effect

Winner Takes It All: When ‘Tough Love’ Becomes Just… Tough. Youth Sports in Denmark vs UK and USA

Picture the scene: it’s a drizzly Saturday somewhere in the UK or the US. A group of eight-year-olds fumble their way through a football match, some chasing a ball, others staring at clouds, and one – inevitably- picking their nose. But on the sidelines? It’s carnage. The referee’s getting heckled, parents are yelling and at least four people are perfor…