Scenarios Of A Preschool Athlete

In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” Jessica Statsky argues that younger children should not be involved in overly competitive sports. Statsky wrote that organized competitive sports were to the disadvantage of children both physically and psychologically. In youth athletics, some parents and coaches put their own dreams in front of their children 's’ well-being by stressing winning. Statsky concludes “all organized sports activities” to be remade as a more enjoyable game regardless of each athlete’s ability and athleticism. The author states many issues that kids have when they are forced to play a sport just to win or that they don’t enjoy. Some kids just don 't enjoy sports, but their parents force it on them. Certain organized sports programs promote winning over physical skills and self-esteem. Statsky brings up valid points that early childhood shouldn’t involve intense physical competition, which is associated with the risk of injury to the body and mind.

Jack has been playing on the school soccer team for two weeks now- and he hates it. Ever since he joined his parents have been forcing him to try and do more, like they wanted him to be like Messi. His coach has been pushing the team crazily, and Jack is cracking under all this pressure. He wishes he never joined. Sound familiar? That is because almost everyday, all over the country, kids are being pressured in the same way while playing competitive sports. Young athletes are being pushed to the point where they start breaking down. Although others may disagree, thinking that competitive sports make kids a lot healthier, I believe that competitive

Lately though, these games have lost it’s purpose and the lessons these players could be learning are far from what is transpiring. The emphasis on winning or losing has significantly outweighed what these sports are all about; teamwork and having fun. Alfie Kohn, author of “The Case Against Competition” found a study researched by David Johnson, a professor at the University of Minnesota, and his colleagues. They previewed all the studies they could find on the subject of competition from 1924 to 1980. Sixty-five of the studies found that children learn better when they work cooperatively as opposed to competitively, eight found the reverse. It is proven that you can get the most out of a topic whether it’s school work to sports, you learn the most from working in an atmosphere where they work together not against each other. In addition, children have been enrolled in intense sport training as early as the age of 4, not allowing them to have a chance to really pick what sport they are interested in. A lot of times parents hope to fulfill their dream, by having their offspring due what they never got the chance as a child. This doesn’t give kids the chance to develop and make decisions for themselves when it relates to the sports they want to play. This causes children to not only unhappy but dependent on

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.

In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete”, Jessica Statsky talks about the different kinds of students and their approach and mental and physical ability and pressure towards Sports. Statsky differentiates between two sets of children who have physical and mental attributes and towards sports. She gives a few examples and changes that have taken place in the past decades in the sports scenario. When overzealous parents and coaches impose adult standards on children's sports, the result can be activities that are neither satisfying nor beneficial to children. She further states that children should not be pressurized or forced upon their performance and improvement rather they should first be given a chance to understand the sport, their potential and the way in which they develop

Jessica mentioned in the essay that competitive sports are psychologically damaging to children. Kids tie their ability to win and their performance to their self-worth and self-esteem. Her suggestion for fixing this issue is to not allow any competitive sports that allow scoring between the ages of six thru ages nine. One of the works that she cited said that children are more survivalist in nature and not physical. I would argue that from the moment of birth we are competitive in nature. Children below the age of twelve think more on the survivalist spectrum. However, a crying baby is trying to survive by competing with the mother for her attention. This competition leads to survival. If this is not fostered and groomed properly by the adults involved within and outside of the sports arena then it can cause psychological harm, no different than a neglectful

When you impose the adult standards of sports to children, many of them cannot contain the pressure of these sports. Well of course it is not playing anymore but competing. Before, when this friend of mine was little and saw the fun of playing basketball with his friends, I can say

Jessica Statsky wrote an essay where she expressed her thoughts on young kids competitive in sports. Statsky made it very clear in her essay that she was completely against kids participating in competitive sports. Personally, I disagree with Starsky's statement, I believe that being in a competitive sport has many more advantages rather than disadvantages. Being on a sports team since a young age can teach kids how to cope with failure as well as the empowering feeling of winning. Teams teach kids to be able to work with others despite the differences that might exist between teammates, it teaches them teamwork and how to grow up and get better in working in teams because teams are everywhere; work, school, church, meeting and in many other places.

A person will have to outwork others to beat them. This is why children need to learn the importance of competition. The way the world is structured involves competition everywhere, and without the skill a person will not be on the same level as others. But encouraging children in competitive activities like sports early on with trophies help children benefit. Parker Abate is a sophomore athlete who studies communications at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania, has been involved in youth sports since he was five years old, as a player and then as a coach. Abate stated in an article, “Children learn about teamwork, sportsmanship and they learn the importance of exercise in youth sports.” As Abate stated, children learn important things in sports which supports why they should receive participation awards to a certain

In light of Jessica Statsky’s book ‘Children need to play, not compete’, she argued that, with the vivid increase of sporting competition lately in the United States, children have been exposed to the adults hard and rigorous training by devoted parents and coaches at their tender age making a game that is supposed to be fun and joy look hectic and strenuous to them due to the standard of training they are made to go through and also the belief that they must always win thereby making them lose the spirit of sportsmanship, and neither gaining satisfaction nor benefiting from them. In as much as sports are good for physical, mental and emotional growth, it should be organized in a manner that the youths will enjoy the game at the end of it rather than the fear of being hurt or defeated by the other competitors.

As the majority of players actually fail to perform good because they weren’t recognized by the coach and he or she hasn’t be able to put forth that skill. In fact, competition drives us to learn at a faster rate and perform at a higher level. It makes us work harder and faster. In doing so we are able recognize what we are able to do. Another trait that's builds within us is that we can manage our temper and be able to persist. This trait proves to be useful in later years when they go for job interviews and presentations. As we all know, the world is all about competition, and many children fear that competition and try to hide from as much as they can. So it is your responsibility to push on them and make sure that they realize there is nothing fear and anything can be done if they believe in

In the text Children Need to Play, Not Compete the author Jessica Statsky talks about children's sports, specifically between the ages of six to twelve. She addresses many things she sees as problems in children's sports such as parents and coaches putting unnecessary pressure on winning. She does a great job at addressing multiple problems she sees and she farther backs them with scholarly and other sources. During this passage she gives great karos as she discusses why we need to change these little league sports now. Another great aspect of this text is the transition phases and words used throughout the passage to help ideas flow smoothly between each other.

In 2008, 30.2% of youth ages 6 to 12 were active to a healthy level through sports(“Facts”). This shows that some kids are getting the minimum amount of physical activity. To raise this level, all kids should include sports in their daily life. All kids should be engaged in sports. Regular activity is required for good health and high school athletes are more likely to attend college.

Statsky argues that, with college admissions, grades and especially jobs being very competitive some parents could argue that it is never too early for competition. Nonetheless, it is also important to work side by side to be successful in life. May be just until children are emotionally ready for competition, perhaps we should draw more attention to working together and independently performance in team sports rather than

It’s important for a child to understand the positive impacts of competition despite a loss in a game. Adults go through competition everyday, from getting a job after a successful interview or missing it from an unsuccessful interview to promotion because of work well done or demotion at work. The basics of competition taught early helps a child succeed later in life. Team Sport equips a child to cope with competition in a friendly environment. Achieving a goal by being part of a team will help a child gain healthy competitive skills that they can use for the rest of their lives. Sports also help a child cope well with both a loss and a win as part of life. Learning to positively handle both the winning and losing side of playing a sport combined with good sportsmanship is a characteristic that carries over from childhood to