The general argument made by director Josh Greenbaum in his work, 'The Short Game' is that adults can be pushing kids into a sport that forces them to abandon their childhood.  In the beginning of the film Greenbaum focuses on introducing the young athletes (top 8 year old golfers) and a background on their life and their winnings.  He also shows how much time that these young golfers spend on the course. Greenbaum then follows 8 elite golfers to the 8 year olds world championship. As a viewer you get to experience what these kids have to overcome in order to be the best. Also you get a first hand look at what they sacrifice for the game. Not just one perspective is shown in the film either. You also get to see that they still are kids and still act like kids off of the course. In my view Greenbaum is both right and wrong. More specifically i believe that the kids are not throwing away their childhood. I think that they are just spending their childhood doing something that they are passionate about   and do because they love it. For example one young golfer Alan  can never get off of the course. He always wants to stay and practice regardless if he just won the world championship. Therefore i conclude that these kids are not wasting their childhoods at all.