As for the alternative approach it's not. It's the old fashioned approach. There are alot of parents who feel it is someone else's job or refuse to take the time out to work with their kid at a sport. Almost every night my son and I go out in the back yard in our bare feet, pass the ball around and...........talk! Unfortunately it seems like a very lost art anymore, everyone wants to drop their kid at the field in one or two hours a week expect their kid to be the best kid in the league.