Negative Consequences Of Organized Sports

In the article from David Bernhardt et al. "Organized Sports for Children and Preadolescents," the authors discuss how a child who starts sports too early in life can have a negative impact if demands exceed the readiness of the children's age. Furthermore they discuss how the nature of organizations now has goals which are not child oriented. With children beginning sports at such a young age there is increasing concern with the negative consequences on maturation and natural growth. Subsequently, with demands placed on children at younger ages it puts added stress and cause feelings of failure and frustration that can hinder positive psychological development. The feeling of failure and frustration may also cause a child to drop out of sports at a younger age, which can significantly reduce the positive benefits from sports such as social skills and basic motor skills. Parents might believe children who start sports younger are more likely to learn fundamental motor skills sooner; unfortunately, this is not the case and the child may want to stop playing …show more content…
from the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the author's main purpose was to inform the audience about the risks of children starting sports to young, the benefits of organized sports and ways to improve positive youth development through sports. With information providing the positive benefits of youth sports the authors did a good job of providing opposition to the benefits. Furthermore, the author's improve the quality of their article by including plenty of information for both the risks and benefits as well as including ways to reduce the risks and increase the benefits. Although the article was written in 2001 it still provides useful information that can be beneficial to anyone who has interest in this topic. The author's provide plenty of credible information to support their claim and to inform the reader in an easy to understand