One of these values
One of these values
In this essay “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” written by Jessica Statsky, Statsky states, “When overzealous parents and coaches impose adult standards on children's sports, the result can be activities that are neither satisfied nor beneficial to children’”(Statsky 236). Should the children be able to experience the fun, or should they feel pressured by their parents, coaches and etc? I believe the young children in between the ages of six and twelve should be able to experience the fun in sports and other activities. If the children are to worried about winning and as well as their parents they are going to feel all this pressure on them and that is not healthy. Being in a sport and taking it way to seriously than you…
It’s one of the greatest sports in America, it’s fun and teaches kids discipline, what else is better than football. Football is one of the few sports we call America's pastime. sometimes it can be dangerous but mostly everyone tries to have a good time. Also there is a lot of money involved in football, including scholarships, endorsements, and big time contracts. Football is a game that teaches you everything you need to know about life. Dr’s will never be able to take away football or the fun and passion that goes with it. Kids should be allowed to play football.…
One reason kids shouldn't play tackle football is that it can cause memory and thinking problems later in life.For example, an average 240 head impacts in a single season for kids ages 9-12."We are all questioning what the impact of recurrent head impacts the young brain," said Dr. Brooke Pengel, medical director of the Rocky Mountain Youth Sports Medicine Institute.Also, playiing tackle football before the age of 12 is associated qith an increased risk of developing memory and thinking problems according to Nuerology.org.In addition, Neurology.org tested two groups of former football players, half who played football before 12 , half who played at and after 12.Those who played at or after 12 scored higher than the other group, both cored…
Kids 12 and younger shouldn’t play football because it can cause many problems when they get older. They Can have CTE. CTE causes damage to the brain to have the person to act differently. CTE happens when athletes hit their head to much. Can also cause loss of memory, confusion. Firstly, the reason why kids 12 and younger Shouldn’t play football. Is because of memory loss. Memory loss is caused by the brain is not functioning because of athlete’s like football player are getting hit to the head. Kids shouldn’t play football because they can get hurt bad because they are young and they don’t know what they are doing. And they can get bad concussion and get send to the hospital for days or for few weeks and they are missing school work.…
In “children Need to Play, Not compete,” Jessica Statsky put emphasis on the hazardous effects on children when they play the type of sports designed for grownups. These sports are conducted under the rules and standards of professional practice which becomes too much of a burden for the young and growing children. Making them indulge in these type of extreme physical test makes them physically and emotionally in distress. Jessica furthers goes on saying that these sports sole focus is on winning and defeating the opponent team. This leaves the essence of the sports like learning to play as a team, maintaining your health and collaboration, behind. She also talks about the attitude of the coaches as well as the parents that they consider…
Competitive Sports like football and baseball or Lacrosse are often very risky on children and even adults, and because the rules of the game are the same, and the same game plans and actions are used in both local games and even nationals, it makes the game more competitive than friendly, which mostly results in major physical and psychological injuries. Statsky stated in her article “ Highly organized competitive sports such as Peewee Football and Little League Baseball are too often played to adult standards, which are developmentally inappropriate for children and can be both physically and psychologically harmful “. From my own experience of playing Lacrosse in freshman high school, I developed more cons than pros, which was the opposite of I thought of sports. During my first season I was a beginner that wanted to learn more, and in my mind I figured that the games wouldn’t be advanced, but then I got surprised of how vicious the other team played, and it resulted in many major injuries that made the game less exciting and more freighting. Winning became a goal that everyone wanted to reach no matter what the consequences. And families and coaches play a big role on controlling the mind of the players and forcing them to even injure others in order to win, and that losing is shameful, like what Statsky said “because they emphasize competition and winning, they unfortunately provide occasions for some parents and coaches to place their own fantasies and needs ahead of children's welfare”.…
Regardless of proven benefits when children play sports, parents still seem to think otherwise. Many people believe having children play sports at a young age can lead to self-esteem issues, resentment, and burnout. According to Baldwin Ellis, writer for Livestrong.com, many parents fail to realize their child’s talent level, blinding them from the truth that is their child is not gifted in sports. Not fully realizing, the parents push harder and subject their child to embarrassment, resulting in self-esteem issues. The self-esteem issues can easily result in resentment from the child due to constant pressure, especially if the parent chooses to ignore the child’s wishes (Ellis para 2+). Finally, is the occurrence of burnout. Often times parents push their children too hard and try to be involved in every sport there is. The overload of activities can cause a burnout in their child meaning the child becomes stressed and no longer enjoys the activities. According to Alvin Rosenfeld, a child psychiatrist, overscheduling children is a nationwide problem and has become a way to parent (Elkins 64-70). Rather than pushing their children to participate in sports, parents should encourage. Encouraging allows the child to decide for themselves what sport they want to play, to try out different sports, or to decide sports are not for them. If sports are not for them, there are many other things they can be involved in such as music and the arts. However, with the proven benefits, children should be strongly encouraged, in a healthy way, to participate in…
Are some youth sports too intense? Why do parents believe that sports are too intense for children? The reasoning for that is that research says that “if the sport begins to be too much for the kids health or physical ability there is no reasoning why that the child cannot exclude himself from the team or sport that he or she is in”. Other reasons are that if a sport is not hard then there will be no room for improving the team to its best ability. Therefore sports should be tough to push kids beyond their boundaries to build them mentally and physically for the future life and present.…
One reason that kids should not be in competitive sports is that it has strayed to far away from it's original purpose.For example Jane E. Brody the author of For children in sports a breaking point says” with each passing season season youth sports seem to stray further from…
Children are naturally more hasty, less restrained and more inclined to take risks. Football is on the riskier end of the spectrum of sports, but still is less risky than skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, equestrian or bicycling. If we are going to make laws on all risk-taking behaviors in children we should probably begin with those that are statistically most dangerous, rather than in the middle.Another reason not to eliminate football programs is because of the risks we are not so sure on the things that would happen if we take away risks from society.Children learn to not assess their abilities but their teammates abilities so they can make the play.This capacity for rapid risk assessment and plan execution, relying on teamwork and assessment of evolving challenges may serve our children well in their later professional lives. Without childhood risk, there might not be adult risk taking behaviors–no astronauts, explorers, entrepreneurs, fire rescue personnel or surgeons, for…
Some people think that kids should have to play competitive sports because it's healthy for the kids to get out and get active but some others would argue that they shouldn't have to because there are so much injuries that happen and it may be healthy but actually if they get yelled at or if they didn't make the team in tryouts. Also there are kids that think there not that good so they choose to take a drug like steroids and that is just very unhealthy for them.…
If my child wanted to compete in a sport I would want my child to be in a high pressure sport that allowed them to make friends and socialize, allow them to be competitive, have weekly sessions that allow them to get enough exercise but also enough practice to improve their playing skills, a sport that will help improve their motor, cognitive, perceptual skills, a sport that will help them learn how to deal with losing, but staying motivates, and if it will teach them how to work well with their group, but also will teach them to be leaders who helps other teammates. The cons that would prevent me from allowing my child to participating in a high pressure sport is if traveling to games becomes a time consuming problems that takes up most of…
In America, most people believe that the best way to make their children successful in life is for them to succeed in school, have the highest grades possible and go to the most prestigious college possible. Parents tend to concentrate on just the academics for the sake of their children however they completely ignore the extracurricular side for children such as sports. Participating in sports brings out more than just staying active it builds character in them that will carry on beyond the sport and into their life. To some students primarily in high school, sports are seen as a way out for them which can lead to a career. Also sports can provide to serve as a second family to those who lack stability or a proper parent figure at home. All…
According to a “Kid think” survey conducted by Jerry Kirshenbaum for sports, the kids want things like ‘unlimited free throws until they miss in basketball, everyone having a turn to play, less violence in hockey, using their hands in soccer, and to have fun”(p.12). Perhaps the parents should listen to the children on this issue. Originally, the purpose of organized sports for young children was to teach them the basics of the game and skills needed to play, to practice good sportsmanship, and to have fun. If we look back to the beginnings of organized sports over 100 years ago, the purpose then was to get the growing numbers of rowdy children off the streets and to teach them values.…
Some of the effects can turn into very serious issues. “Today’s athletes start earlier than ever, with kids as young as 2 or 3 taking sports lessons and joining leagues by age 5. About 26.1 million children, more than half of all 6 to 17 year-olds, suit up and play a team sport” (Hyman). At the age of 2 or 3 toddlers can get hurt way too easily. At the age most don’t have a concept of what is going on during the game. Parents have too much control in our sports, the two and three year olds don’t need to be playing yet. It’s the parents that force the kids to play at that age” (Hyman). When I started sports I was five, maybe that was too young in some peoples eyes, but I was also forced to play. I had no idea what softball was till I started playing. But now it’s my favorite sport and the only sport I do. Some parents focus their kids to play one sport all year around. I did that for two years, I needed a break, it got boring after awhile. Mark Hyman believes that, “Girls are less interested than boys in having parents involved in their sports lives” (Hyman). Half of the girls don’t want parents to coach, one third don’t want advice and 78% don’t want their parents to tell coaches anything” (Wagner). We are afraid coaches will say something to us and punish us for what our parents say. As a girl, I agree with this statement because I don’t like people yelling at me while I’m playing a sport, it just makes me even more mad…