Branky, děti, rodiče - Rozhovory o sportu bez traumat, křivd a šikany (2025)

Which sport to choose? What does training and the path to triumphs entail? What to do if we don't like the coach's behavior? How to recognize if a child is unhappy and suffering? How to avoid trauma, injustice, or bullying, and how to ensure that ambition doesn't destroy the family? Various answers to these crucial questions are provided in the book of ten interviews, Goals, Children, Parents. Olympic medalist in skiing Šárka Strachová, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sport and iSport.cz Lukáš Tomek, and Sport Magazine editor Zdeněk Janda interviewed interesting personalities and present their opinions based on personal experiences, but also with a healthy distance.

Marcela Ziembová recounts the challenging situation in which she raised the best Czech hockey player of the present, David Pastrňák, and his brother, without considering it a sacrifice. The father of another world champion and creator of a special educational system, kamevéda, Pavel Zacha explains why it's important to start exercising with a child even in the crib and why one should also consider whether the chosen sport will pay off. Outstanding swimmer Barbora Seemanová captivatingly describes how to 'let children go to the water' – in the best sense of the word. The most famous Czech neurosurgeon Vladimír Beneš offers a completely different perspective on combat sports,…