Thump! You are moving left and right, to and fro. Swiftly moving past players you jump with one ball in your hand and a person standing right in front of you. You unleash the ball with sweat trickling down your face and land with exhilaration and joy. What game could possibly give you this much exercise and enjoyment? Well, it is none other than dodgeball, a game where players run to retrieve balls placed in the middle of the gym and then try to get players out by throwing balls at them. Though, even with all the fun and exercise dodgeball gives students, it has recently been a highly debated topic between NASPE (National Association for Sport and Physical Education) and Rick Reilly on whether or not dodgeball is appropriate for students in
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Shannon Miller, an Olympic medalist and all-around champion, once said, “It's amazing to me that they are cutting physical education programs in the school systems.” Cutting dodgeball is no less; it is giving kids one less chance to receive the physical exercise they need to live a healthy and strong lifestyle. Dodgeball, though may be “harmful” to some students, is a great opportunity for children to learn real-life skills. Children realize that they may not always be the first chosen on a team and that they might get out early. But these events help them know where they stand in their class which helps them do better and rise up the “ranks”. In the article entitled, “The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym,” Rick Reilly writes, “Then their kids will stumble out into the bright light of the real-world and find out that, yes, there’s weak and there’s strong and teams and sides and winning and losing. You’ll recognize those kids. They’ll be the ones filling up chalupas. Very noncompetitive.” Though some parents think they are helping their children by not allowing them to play games where they can feel hurt it will only hurt their children later on in the future. In the quote the author was describing a hypothetical situation where parents don’t want their children participating in sports that might hurt them and as a result the children are very non-competitive. This makes kids less active which only increases the amount of non-healthy kids and obese kids around the USA. The effect of these actions demonstrates examples of what dodgeball can teach students in school to apply to the world. Dodgeball shows students that there will always be someone better than him/her and that even if they are the best they may not always win. In the end, dodgeball shows students the need to change or become better to go to the top, and dodgeball does more good than
Shannon Miller, an Olympic medalist and all-around champion, once said, “It's amazing to me that they are cutting physical education programs in the school systems.” Cutting dodgeball is no less; it is giving kids one less chance to receive the physical exercise they need to live a healthy and strong lifestyle. Dodgeball, though may be “harmful” to some students, is a great opportunity for children to learn real-life skills. Children realize that they may not always be the first chosen on a team and that they might get out early. But these events help them know where they stand in their class which helps them do better and rise up the “ranks”. In the article entitled, “The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym,” Rick Reilly writes, “Then their kids will stumble out into the bright light of the real-world and find out that, yes, there’s weak and there’s strong and teams and sides and winning and losing. You’ll recognize those kids. They’ll be the ones filling up chalupas. Very noncompetitive.” Though some parents think they are helping their children by not allowing them to play games where they can feel hurt it will only hurt their children later on in the future. In the quote the author was describing a hypothetical situation where parents don’t want their children participating in sports that might hurt them and as a result the children are very non-competitive. This makes kids less active which only increases the amount of non-healthy kids and obese kids around the USA. The effect of these actions demonstrates examples of what dodgeball can teach students in school to apply to the world. Dodgeball shows students that there will always be someone better than him/her and that even if they are the best they may not always win. In the end, dodgeball shows students the need to change or become better to go to the top, and dodgeball does more good than