Cca Debate

I am here to voice out my concerns about school sports and most importantly, the safety of my child. I always ask myself, is it okay to let my child continue with his CCA? Is it safe to for him to continue participating so violently and uncontrollably in soccer? As a parent, my concerns have not been heard, and what is happening and what is going to happen in next training, I am worried.
Why are students working so hard for their sports CCA? “Daddy, I have a competition this weekend and I must clinch the gold medal and live up to my coach’s expectations.” This is what my son tells me whenever he feels stress from the competition weighing on his bare shoulders. Being parents, we are also stressed if our child is neglecting his studies. Is
This shows the lack of sportsmanship.
This follows the death of a 17-year-old polytechnic student last July after he was kicked during a taekwondo tournament. Aren’t these accidents enough to prove that school sports are dangerous and vital? And as a parent, I think that the cause of these accidents is the school tending to fast-track their students without even developing their cognitive skills or their muscles, which leads to unnecessary injuries and accidents. Here is where my concern comes in. What is being taught to my child during his training? Is the coach just straining their physical strength and not teaching them the soft side of
Are safety measures put into place all the time? So far, I still do not know the training programme that my son is participating in school now. Is he being trained under the correct environment that will groom him up into a professional sportsman? When I say ‘correct environment’, I mean by whether a proper, qualified or experienced coach is present to facilitate the training? We are being kept in the dark about the coach’s background. Firstly, as I understand, not all coaches employed by the school are properly trained. Some are not even registered with the National Registry of Coaches. Also, the current system that craves for medals creates incentives for coaches to chase results, not build character or sportsmanship. This will definitely clinch competition prizes, but more injuries tend to occur. With more injuries sustained, who will share the medical bills for the injured? So my concern here is, is there a system that will not only achieve and strive for results, but also to minimize injuries sustained by