The Importance Of Life Skills

Many people think that sports help children develop teamwork, self-confidence, moral character, and other personal strength but others see the negative side of youth sports, believing young athletes develop aggressive traits such as bullying and the need to dominate their opponents not just on but off the field as well. Youth sports have become far too intense, especially in contact sports.

Sports can be viewed as a learning environment that helps individuals learn life lessons, foster strong work habits and develop core values all the while learning a sport skill. Youth sports that truly benefit young athletes should be structured to emphasize participation more than just competition. Children enjoy a sport more when they are able to have fun (Humpries). Despite many excesses some sport programs still manage to promote important virtues like self- confidence, teamwork, personal responsibility, coping skills, and persistence. Through sports kids can learn to stay organized and learn how to prioritize (Ferguson). Sports enables development of physical skills and increasing proficiency makes kids feel good about themselves. It teaches kids that failure is something to overcome and and not to fear (Meyerhoff 8-9). Youth sports has many aspects that are truly benefiting for children, but these benefits are slowly being clouded by the negatives that are prominent in today's youth sports.

They won’t be able to learn from their mistakes in an actual game if they don’t play. They also won’t be able to to learn life lesson. After all sports do help kids build character. As said by the writer called TROUTWINE “Those who ascribe to this philosophy offer many reasons for the character-building qualities of sport, ranging from fostering the development of social skills such as teamwork, cooperation, and leadership to teaching personals skills such as self-discipline, work ethic and coping with disappointment.”(TROUTWINE). All this is true and a kid can’t learn these qualities without playing time. It can also have harmful affects to the child as said by user DebateGirl221 “If a child is constantly not picked to play a game, it can lower their self esteem.”

Sports are not for everybody, not only because of talent level, but because a certain mindset is to be had to be successful at any sport. A commitment is made. Forty hours of practice a week, the average amount of time spent practicing for football players, all for a one hour game, the average time of one game of college football, takes dedication. That is not even counting the time spent icing, resting, and studying the playbook or film, not to mention the school work to be kept up with for college and high school students. Most athletes have become used to the grind and juggling three or four time consuming activities all at one time while being successful at each. Waking up at the break of dawn, following a schedule, and suffering consequences when a bad choice is made creates character and discipline that is often needed for many little league, high school, and college athletes. The most important non tangible thing sports teach anyone is how to get back up after falling, how to get knocked down but get right back up and keep going, how to move on from failure and overcome it, focusing on the next important part of life. These skills of determination and courage taught through sports are essential for being successful in any part of life and are hard to come by anywhere

First, youth sports help develop character and confidence in children. In the article “Are High School Sports Good For Kids?” it states “... develop good citizens through interscholastic activities which provide equitable opportunities, positive recognition and learning experiences.” Another reason is that it creates more rewarding friendships. As it states in the News article “Kids and Sports” by CBS News “... Having athletic confidence helps a child greaty and it doesn't have to be a team sport or a high pressure one either.” This tells us that if your children are in sports it will benefit them as they get older and when they are adults they will be prepared more than people who didn’t participate in sports.

Sports are a fun thing for kids, they play them all the time, but sports aren't always what they’re cracked up to be. Parents can get to involved and pressure there kids, kids that want to play professional sports can be let down when they don't get drafted. People say that sports start friendships but what's that worth if you can't remember them. Sports aren't good for kids.

Throughout my whole life all I could really remember is playing sports and always playing them very competitively, and having my parents very involved. There was a lot of pressure put on me from a young age, all the way up into even now playing college football. I was raised with “helicopter” parents rather than the “laid back” parents. The best moments I can remember is just throwing the football around and playing small games in the neighborhood, no pressure just simply playing because I want to. Unnecessary pressure on sport from parents and what style of parenting is something I have put a lot of time and effort into studying. Putting to much pressure on your kids in sport could lead to; physiological affects, bad relationship with the parents, eating disorders, burnout of sports all together, kid not reaching his/her full potential, being a “helicopter parent” leads to children being afraid to voice their opinion, or afraid to fail, or even act as who they are and not what there parents want them to be. While there is know perfect way to be a parent while your child is playing youth sports, the majority of parents in my generation are putting to much pressure on their children and being “helicopter” parents, which could lead to many negative consequences. There are many interpretations of what a helicopter parent is, one of my favorites comes from authors Foster W. Cline and Jim Fay from their book Parenting With

Furthermore, sports teach children how to deal with problems in school. Sports are needed to teach sportsmanship, which is very important in today's world, because it is needed to cooperate with other people in school. School sports teach sportsmanship by putting them on a team which will have them contribute to the game, and working together to win. With all these great benefits, it also makes students more social. Daniel Gould also states "This does not mean, however, that school sports are not without problems.

However, a person learns Majority of their knowledge within their adolescent years; and a majority of that time is spent in school. Being on a sports team is not only one kid trying to prove that he is better than the other, when on a team, it teaches kids how to work together to accomplish a mutual goal they all share. Sports also teach a kid time management and responsibility, to do well at any sport teammates have to have practices together. The old saying goes that “you can not win them all”, and that is one thing that’s sports also teach you, how to lose. Whenever a team loses a game or a match, they often feel defeated or angry at themselves, but what this also does is teach them how to overcome their losses and pushes them to better themselves so they wont lose the next one; it teaches them

Also Robert Glatter says, “We all want our children to be healthy and enjoy activities--including sports--that lead to fulfillment and improve their happiness. Playing team sports is an important part of the process of socialization and learning how to work together to achieve a goal, not to mention a way to stay fit and healthy.”(Robert Glatter) Not only does child’s happiness increase but so does their health. They will stay active, strong, and healthy. To go along with all of this, an anonymous author from the article “Why parents should push their kids to play in team sports” states, “One of the good things about sports is that many bad things will happen. Games will be lost. Injuries incurred. Your child might be benched, demoted, or not perform up to his/her abilities. Your child might hate his/her coach and feel that he or she is incapable or unfair. And all of this will be good. Responding, adapting and dealing with all of this will

Children need to be taught to prioritize academics rather than sports. People should not stop participating in sports, but sports should be viewed as an activity. Sports give people false hope when academics can provide more definite results. Although some people are very talented and should aspire to be athletes, not everyone should. In conclusion, spectators should remain spectators rather than fantasying the lifestyle of athletes and pursing a similar

Yet another thing sports can do is teach a player many life lessons. According to Scope Magazine's Tim O'Shei, sports teaches perseverance, team spirit, and fun. Many sports coaches will not allow players to participate in a game if the player's homework is not done on time. Some studies even show that some grades may drop after the season is over because of the lack of motive in a student. A student could also learn how to be a good sport by congratulating his or her team even if they lose. They should learn to be a good sport because whether the team wins or loses, the good spirit of the team would remain. A good team spirit could also make it fun and motivational for everyone else. The perseverance, team spirit, and fun in a team player could make both a good role model and a fun person to be around.

Parents and coaches put children's bodies and minds under a lot of stress throughout the time spent at sports events. In the Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine it states that 45 million children in the U.S. play organized sports in their childhood. At the age of 15, 70% to 80% of the children are no longer engaged with any sports (Merkel 151). The parents are taking the fun away from sports and the children are misguided into competitive games that they must win. When children are implemented with a must-win mentality a must-win mentality by their parents and coaches, the children feel pressured. Children push beyond their physical limits because they are pressured to meet the expectations from their parents and coaches. When children are

However, the opposite is true. Sports require memorization, repetition and learning — skillsets that are directly relevant to classwork. Also, the determination and goal-setting skills sports require can be transferred to the classroom. - MU Health. People would also think that injuries could ruin your future. But, coaches should address the risks of playing sports, telling the athletes how see a threat before it becomes a real problem, and shows how to stretch out their muscles properly. Sports are for fun. I have actually been in a competitive school sport for my school. Lot’s of people talk about injuries. And that is what people think about the most. It is important but, not only thing that happens. The main object of sports is either getting fit/staying or having fun. The definition of sport is; “ to play in a happy and lively way ”. As a verb according to Merriam-Webster. As a noun it is; “ a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other ” or another description of sport is; “a physical activity that is done for enjoyment ” still from Merriam-Webster. I am trying to remind you that sports are for fun, enjoyment, and pleasure. Kids/teens should play competitive school sports if they want to. The main object of sports is either getting fit/staying or having fun. They should be able to do that. Everyone

Being a fourth semester student at WCTC I learn a lot of different critical life skills. One of those skills is communication. Communication has many synonyms. The synonym I chose to talk about is dialogue. The reason dialogue was my choice is because we as people don’t seek to set aside fears, preconceptions, we don’t take time to hear each other voices and possibilities. Dialogue is the opposite of everything I mention above.