Are Competitive Youth Sports Worth The Drawbacks?

Sports are a fun thing to play, but can be very competitve. The benefits of participating in competitive youth sports are worth the drawbacks, becuase you may get hurt but you won’t die, its good to be pushed a little hard, and it helps with self confidence. One example that explains being in a competitive sport is not terrible is that it gets you ready for how hard life will be is that it can show kids responsibility, self confidence, self esteem, and show them to not give up, to keep trying even if they fail. In the last 4-5 paragraphs of "Are the benefit of participating in competitive youth sports worth the drawbacks?", its explains how it can help children get ready for adult life at a young age. It talks about self control and all of that. Okay, I play soccer in a competitive league. They push you …show more content…
What I mean is it that when teens have a lot of down time and are with friends they usually smoke, drink, or get in bad friend groups. If they play a competitive sport, they will be busy and won't have time to do all of that. That can keep a lot of teens from dying. In the first two or three paragraphs under No in the passage describes how sports can help teens not want to do drugs, and keeps them away from the drugs because their always busy. Let's get back to the soccer thing. So now I play soccer and basketball. I wasn't gonna try out for the basketball team, but my self confidence from soccer helped me and I tried out. I made the team. My coach was nice, but pushed us really hard. It was not too bad for me, cause I already was used to it. So, now when bad things happen I know it's just life, and i'm prepared for these bad things cause of the sports I played. So a lot of people will say playing a competitive sport is a good thing, however other may say that kids and teen can get seriously get injured. Yes, but that's just how sport's are. You'll get hurt, but I promise you'll