Pros and Cons of Organized Sports for Youths Sports in America are one of the biggest sensations around. They are everywhere you turn and they become a big part of most people’s lives‚ whether they actually participate in the sport or just watch it on television. Media and television play a huge role in the obsession for sports. Constantly you see a professional athlete on a commercial‚ and see games on throughout the day. Also sports becomes a business‚ they sell their jerseys‚ or pictures‚ and
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The Youth Sports Myth: Fact or Fiction Common mythology in America holds that participating in youth sports builds better people. Participation in youth sports is seen as a character-building exercise; that sports build moral fiber. However‚ there are many reasons to believe this is not the case. There are numerous studies that show the opposite‚ that youth athletes are more prone to antisocial behavior than their non-athletic peers. This paper will explore the myths surrounding youth sports along
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gain lifetime benefits Some people may say that having athletics in high school may take attention away from school. Some may say that it help kids be more focused on school and not on other negative things. I personally think that there should be athletics in high schools just for that fact that they would be doing something other than getting into trouble or causing problems elsewhere. “Research shows that people who play high school sports get better jobs‚ with better pay. Benefits that last a
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general public and find out if the competition aspect of sports is more important than participation. Key Terms for this topic: Winning: Can be defined as relating to the act of being successful; victorious. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/winning) Participation: Can be defined as taking part of‚ or engagement: the act of sharing in the activities of a group. (http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=participation) Sport: Can be defined as an activity involving physical exertion
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something that can cause them to be the object of ridicule. There is one good solution to many of their concerns‚ and it involves physical activity that is the result of being involved in sports. Youth Sports are important to keep kids healthy and out of trouble. First‚ a parent must discover what kind of sport their child wishes to play. They could have their son or daughter ask other friends from school about what they are doing. That would enable the child to participate in an activity with
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Involvement in Youth Sports Parental Involvement in Youth Sports: the Good‚ the Bad and the Ugly Sean P. Cumming & Martha E. Ewing Sport in Society Article Summary Parental Involvement in Youth Sport Parental Involvement in Youth Sports: the Good‚ the Bad and the Ugly Parents have been involved in youth sport for quite some time now‚ and they always will. Help from parents is essential‚ but sometimes parent’s involvement can be a bit too much. Fast growing team sports like hockey
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Competitive Sports Imagine you’re playing in quarterback and you fall and hit your head really bad. You end up getting a concussion‚ this is why competitive sports can be harmful. The other side says‚ competitive sports are beneficial. What i think is that competitive sports are very harmful. First of all competitive sports can cause multiple injuries‚ secondly competitive sports can cause lots of pressure‚ and finally competitive sports can cause lots of parents to pay lots of money. One example
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Have you ever been to a sports tournament or meet where the parent is screaming at the top of their lungs at their child or the coach? We all have‚ right? Thirty seven percent of kids said they don’t want any parents watching them play for this reason.There are so many sports parents like that and you can’t seem to get away from it. Are these parents actually helping their kid succeed‚ or are they ruining sports for their children? There are pros‚ and cons to parents like this and the effects can
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others will consider if concussions should be an acceptable part of the game. In order to continue allowing sports with higher than average amounts of concussions applied ethics needs to be implemented. The decision of whether to play or not to play changes based on the level. For instance a coach “has a duty to provide for the safety of those under his or her charge and even more so in youth sports. At the professional level‚ players have access to doctors‚ agents‚ teams‚ unions and leagues that monitor
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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
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