Fastball's Loss Of Self-Confidence Skills

Thus is the nature of baseball, a fickle game wrought with tradition, the foremost of which is the iron clad law mandating that the game is cruel and will take away as freely as it gives. My father always told me, “Baseball is a game of errors - the best hitters fail seven out of ten times - the key to success is knowing how to deal with the failure.” It is this aspect of the game, its want to frustrate and demoralize the player, that I think has driven most of my

If a player fears to talk to you then they will be afraid to go hard in practice because they are afraid to make mistakes. When the kid makes a mistake, they need to be able to come ask what they did wrong and ask what they need to do for that mistake not to happen again or as often. Make sure the door is always open for the kid to be able to come talk: “An approachable leader makes people feel comfortable and at ease. People at ease can work together, connect, and communicate without fear of

I feel that is good for kid’s to be involved in sports but sometimes parents push kid’s to participate. Between practice, games and travel time, there is not much free time for family time, play time or study time. They need time to play with friends and develop social skills outside of organized sports. Do not turn them into a workhorse. Realize that you cannot live your dreams through your child, and that they have dreams of their own. A parent should help a child set performance goals and develop a winning perspective and strive to instill a healthy level of competition.

By participating in competitive sports at an early age, kids develop life skills to help them with this dilemma. They learn that when they see others being successful, that it is due to the hard work they put in and not just by chance.

But there is an error in their thinking. Knowing you are not the best at something, or being told you are not that good at something is good for you. It is what makes people successful. It motivates them to try harder so they can be the best next time. In the generation before the current one and the one before, most people had to go through a crisis in their country. In those times, children would grow up knowing they had to be strong to survive whatever they were going through. They also had to compete to have the necessary resources for success. The competition made them tough and mindful of criticism. Those children would take insults to heart and turn them into a reason to get better. But now, the kids think nothing they do is bad because to them, everything they do is good. Their parents have never told them they have done a bad job, and that sets their standards so low they have no reason or need to try hard and excel-- what they are doing is already good. Dodgeball while having a very small chance of injury is also the first time kids can become competitive like when they “stumble into the bright light of the real world and find out that, yes, there’s weak and strong and teams and sides and winning and losing” (Reilly 6) The now grown children will find they have to fight if they want to live a comfortable life. Nothing is handed to them in the real

The fans of the game of baseball don’t ease up for anyone. Watch Anthony Rizzo, Cubs all-star first baseman, go on an 0-20 slump, and the crowd boos him. Watch the Yankees future Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter make two errors in a game, and the fans heckle him. Fans of the game tend to view pro athletes as machines, or athletic robots. What they fail to realize is that they are human beings with the same thoughts, love, and family that every other human has.

many young athletes’ perceptions that their parents expect them to be extraordinary and would criticize them if they failed to deliver. The added pressure from coaches to be perfect can also deter young athletes’ focus on doing what is right or doing what will allow them to succeed and ultimately satisfy their parents and coaches desires (Madigan, Stoeber & Passfield, 2016).

Rhetorical Analysis After reading “10,000 Hours”, by Malcolm Gladwell, I see some flaws in the writing of his argument. At the beginning, he talks about it being obvious that there is such a thing as innate talent but by the end he disagrees with that. There is a difference between practicing and being born with talent and all he really covers is practicing and being great from the practicing. I believe there are two ways to be successful: practice and being born with talent.

The way that the professional baseball players handle themselves both on and off the field

’”(John O’ Sullivan 2014.) This shows that children can be yelled at by the coaches because of the way they do things, causing stress. Not to mention another quote from the article “The Race to Nowhere in Youth Sports” says, “The path is a race to nowhere, and it does not produce better athletes. It produces bitter athletes who get hurt, burnout, and quit sports altogether.”

On the way to the dugout, the batter is thinking about how they struck out and how much they wish they got a hit. Eventually, they realize they have to get over it and cheer on their teammates. In addition to that, they have to prepare themselves to go back out to the field, show no emotion, and fix their mistake by trying their hardest no matter what position they are. “You must actively, consciously choose to focus on what you can change, and accept what you can’t change.” (Phil, 2014)

And in sports where that they are familiar with they are willing to do the right thing and not take the upper hand. It also showed me areas I need to improve, I need to have someone come speak about the important of an opponent. It also showed me that I need to teach that it is okay to questions authority, something that I can cover in the weekly team meetings. However, I will start by talking to the coaching staff on how we can make a plan to achive both of

The scenario that I choose is the preschool athlete. My first thought of this scenario is that children should be allowed to be children. This child should not be under this type of pressure to be the best at such a young age. There is nothing wrong with friendly competition, but at the same time allow the children to have fun.

effect this attitude has on the children. I have witnessed this behavior from coaches and

Working with children in sports events gives you a sense of how children develop their self-esteems. Children play sports in most cases harder then adults do. Every event of the games they perform helps them build or damage self-esteem. The best way to make a positive out of this method is to make them feel good on accomplishments and greater on errors. Children need assistance when they do make errors. If all they see is that they failed and blame is left on them then they are failures inside. If they see they failed and words of encouragement are left in their head, they will try harder when faced with same mistake. The best way to develop self-esteem in children is to be an active role in their life for the rest of their lives.