Summary Of Pushing Too Hard To Win In Sports

Parents that enjoy or even succeeded in athletic events more often then not want to see their child participate in that sport. It sometimes can be overwhelming for a kid to try and live up to a parent's expectations or dreams. In some cases the child isn’t physically athletic or simply does not want to play any sports. In today’s world we make it seem like there are no other activities a child can participate in. Despite the chances of your kid enjoying the sport parents should not force their kids to participate in athletic events because it can cause your child stress, or leave your child overall unhappy.

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.

Adults need to pay better attention to children playing contact sports. Often because of competition and the feeling of being “Invincible” they decide to stay in the

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

They follow hard selection rules which only make those children to participate who have talent and not those who have potential of doing good. Such decisions cause lack of confidence among those who are not selected. The decisions by coach hurt their emotions, feeling and self-esteem. But for coaches it is winning that only matters they should understand that not everyone wins and providing training to everyone is their responsibility. They are the one who should develop interest of sports in children not the one who create fear and stress among children in the name of

On the other hand, some people support youth sports being intense. Since the parents do not have the guts to do it themselves, they want the coaches to do it. Parents allow this because they do not want to be the ones to take their child's confidence away, they want to be as supportive as possible. Also, parents make their kids do competitive sports just because they want them to get noticed. According to Detroit Free Press, parents put a lot of time into their kids sports and they automatically think that if they put all of the time in, “they will see a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a scholarship” (www.freep.com). That does not happen that easily. You have to earn your scholarships by working hard, not just because you think you deserve one without doing anything. At some point, parents will think that their kids need to push themselves to their limits so they can get noticed by college coaches. If kids do this all the time, overuse

If kids are playing a team sport and aren’t getting sufficient time on the field then they will end up quitting. It matters little how good their team is or how good their coach is. If they never get time on the field then it will no longer be enjoyable. No child wants to rock up to a game just to sit on the bench and watch their team play. A study by the Josephean institute found that 90% of children would rather play on a losing team than sit on the bench of a winning team.

More and more you hear or read evidence of bad coaching in youth sports. You have probably seen it firsthand. A coach throwing their clipboard, yelling at a child for missing up, and even telling the kids at halftime what they did wrong instead of what they did right. Every year if you keep up with youth sports around the nation not just your state, you can read about how parents are complaining about having a bad coach for their child, how they did not play or was not taught the sport. Some coaches are only coaching because they signed up their child to play a sport and they believe they can teach him and others the sport. Knowing the sport, and knowing how to teach the sport is two different things. Some believe they need to run their program for 10 and under like a boot camp and yell at the kids and talk down to them in front of other kids. Most coaches in leagues are not certified to coach so anyone can be a coach, if you pass a background check. This process does not make every person who signs up their child for youth sports very confident.

The second reason that kids should not play sports is that, sports are getting too competitive. There is a lot of pressure on kids to win and do well in their sports. In the past, sports were for fun and not competitive. Jacqueline Stenson, a concussion journalist said; “Kids with a strong internal drive may thrive on the competition. But the pressure can be too much for others, particularly grade-schoolers who aren't as equipped to deal with the stress as older athletes.” (Stenson, 2004) This suggests that now sports are so big in our community, it can be very stressful. Professional sports offer very high paying jobs, adding more pressure to young players. This pressure can be put on you by your family wanting you to

Youth sports have changed drastically due to overzealous parents who, in their mind, only want the best for their child. The sad truth is that we see 75% of youth athletes quit by the age of thirteen due to burn out, parental involvement and other

There is a big problem that is growing, kids and adults are becoming too competitive in sports and the kids are burning out and wanting to quit. According to Alan Goldberg the editor of “BURN-OUT” ,“The desire to quit, absence of fun, recurring injuries, and an inability to find meaning

To start things off , the most important reason children shouldn’t be playing competitive sports is because of the outrageous amount of head injuries and concussions. According to the Center of Disease Control and prevention , ““In 2013,1 about 2.8 million TBI-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and deaths occurred in the United States”( Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussion." Centers for Disease

First, kids can feel an unnecessary amount of pressure from parents and coaches. The video Parents Who Pressure Their Sports Kids, made by Dr. Patrick Cohn states, “...the pressure I was unknowingly placing on my 10-year-old daughter just by being overly invested in her sport.” Some parents don’t even know that they are putting pressure on their children. The children think that their parents are setting

First, kids can feel an unnecessary amount of pressure from parents and coaches. The video Parents Who Pressure Their Sports Kids, made by Dr. Patrick Cohn states, “...the pressure I was unknowingly placing on my 10-year-old daughter just by being overly invested in her sport.” Some parents don’t even know that they are putting pressure on their children. The children think that their parents are setting standards for them, and if they don’t meet those

Only 7 percent of these kids will ever play on a sports team in college. Less than 2 percent of all college athletes will go on to play a sport professionally. In fact, the average American has a .05 percent of ever becoming a professional athlete. When youth sports first started out it was for the good of the kids. It was to get the kids involved in physical activity, have them be around their peers and make new friends, have some local community fun, and keep them out of trouble. Recently, that does not seem to be the case anymore. Even for a single sport, youth sports have become a year round event, with increased traveling, politics on which kid plays, an overemphasis on winning, and parents having unrealistic expectations for their kids’ performance. Youth sports were meant