The benefits of youth sports Points Amateur sports used to mean varsity and JV teams in high school and college‚ but today more than thirty million kids play on a wide range of recreational and competitive or select teams at younger and younger ages. Parents want to encourage safe sports for their children‚ both on the field and off. Whether your athlete is a five-year-old beginner or the star of a varsity team‚ The Young Athlete provides guidance on everything from working with the coach to preventing
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If you ever played in competitive sports as a child‚ then what I am about to tell you about will sound very familiar. Have you ever been pressured by your parents‚ friends or coaches to do extremely well in any sport or activity you did? Growing up in the late 90’s and into the future‚ the way parents and coaches act towards their children and players has changed a lot. I have been playing basketball since I was five years old. Luckily for me my parents have never pressured me or pushed me too far
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In process of time many values are being changed and so does the motivation for doing sport. Some time ago the aim was to win a competition or to defend the honour of the motherland‚ but now sport is more about personal fame and earning money. This may cause a wrong approach in view of children and young people who are easily affected by media. Many people believe that nowadays the whole concept of sport is distorted. One very convincing point in favour of it are football players‚ who often change
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change this supportive family into the “Wild Parent Beast”. Youth sports seem to invite parents to try to live vicariously through their children. Not only do the children suffer‚ but those who volunteer (i.e.‚ coaches‚ team mom and other parents) do too. The majority of parents sit quietly‚ supporting their team‚ cheering only when appropriate. There are minorities that are trying desperately to live their childhood sports fantasies through their son or daughter. A father whose son
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Organised sports provide people with the opportunities to watch athletic activity in a controlled environment. Local‚ national and international sporting events give spectators exciting entertainment in a non-participative role. While the general benefits for sports fans offer memories and experiences of enjoyment‚ to the players themselves‚ there are serious concerns with injury and safety which may result in legal and financial implications. Injuries suffered in sports impact millions of players
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Nearly every child‚ at one point or another in his young and impressionable life‚ has particiapated in sports. Whether it is a pick-up basketball game at a playground after school‚ or organized Little League‚ complete with ninety-foot bases and replicated major league uniforms‚ sports play an intricate part of the development and maturation of a youngster. Beneath it’s presumed purity‚ however‚ lies an occasionally seedy underbelly. Win-at-all cost coaches and tyrannical‚ overbearing parents have
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the idea of a possible correlation between youth organized sports and youth crime rates. Sports are able to teach youth discipline‚ honesty‚ character building and social skills. Since there are not many variables in the data being researched most data will be taken from case studies and examples. Although there are a lot of variables regarding youth crime it would take too much time and effort to try and pinpoint all the different factors affecting youth crime (socio-economic‚ cultural influences
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activity to put their time and effort helps achieve this skill. Unfortunately not many kids are exposed to sports which could lead them to a better future. Youth sports should be implemented at a young age because it helps develop social skills‚ self-awareness and increases a healthy lifestyle. Most problems that people encounter come to rise due the lack of communication‚ another great skill that a sport can help achieve. Communication
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Moral Development in Youth Sports Morality can be defined as the principles that govern our behavior. These principles that we obtain during our youth and adolescent years begin to play an important part in our relationship with society. What we think‚ how we act‚ and what our beliefs are play a crucial role in our morality. Most believe that moral behavior is not something that in innate‚ but that it is something that is learned through observation. The concepts of fair play and sportsmanship
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Youth sport is a topic that has been under heavy scrutiny in recent years. People are questioning the safety‚ ethics‚ and values of all people involved with the activity. This doesn’t mean only questioning why the children are participating in sports but the effect that coaches and parents have on them and the way that they compete (Friedman‚ 2013). One key question that is being asked is whether participating in competitive sports at a young age has and negative impact on children and their future
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