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You may be wondering why I'm starting out with this overview of the foundational, big ideas behind play. The truth is that I wasn't all that familiar with any of these theories or the science of play when I launched Sports4Kids—nor when we changed the name to Playworks. It would have helped. It would have made it easier to convince some people and to explain away other people's reservations. I'm not sure it would have radically changed any of our choices, but it might have informed them. And knowledge is power.

All that said, as you will see, a key element of play is volition. My hope is that your engagement with this book will be as playful as possible, and so, by all means, skip ahead to the next section if you so choose. But know that you are cordially invited to spend a little time here learning about play's storied history—play defined, play theory, and the emerging field of play science.