There were plenty of great articles on girls in sports this week:

Mark Hyman has a great list of ways to prevent sports burnout and overuse injuries in our youth athletes.

TrackMom gives us a great description of What is an Elite Youth Athlete.

Did you know that most eye injuries in sports are preventable? Educate your athletes and protect their eyes!

Pretty Tough features softball pitcher Angela Tichner in the first of a series of interviews. Angela is 2008 National Collegiate Player of the Year, third on the NCAA all-time strikeout leader list, and National Professional Faspitch player.

Swimmers Natalie Coughlin, Christine Magnuson and of course, Michael Phelps are putting their Olympic success to good use in supporting a variety of worthy causes.

It seems the age controversy and the Chinese gymnasts is far from over - especially in light of new allegations surrounding the Chinese gymnasts at the 2000 Olympic Games. Just remove the age limit already!

15 ways to develop self esteem in your athletes is a must-read article from USA Gymnastics for coaches. The information in the article does not apply just to gymnastics coaches, but also parents, teachers and coaches from all sports. (Via Gymnastics Coaching)

Shayla Worley gives a first hand account of life from the road on the 2008 Tour of Champions gymnastics tour - it sure sounds like they are having fun.

Vote for the Sports Kid of the Year for Sports Illustrated

Have a great weekend everyone!