Quitting Youth Sports Essay

Any child who has played in organized sports has experienced it. The overbearing parent that is much like a second coach screaming from the stands and yelling at their kid about why they are playing like little girls. Consequently, what happens when the kids don’t play up to expectations they are more than often psychologically tormented by the parents. Some may say that these kids need to be yelled at into realizing their potential but what happens if they never do? They fall into a habit of quitting at first sign of difficulty due to fear of being scolded by their parents. This undermines the whole reason behind organized sports, to encourage teamwork and build self-confidence. Parents today should not be aggressive and push their kids to a breaking point when it comes to youth sports. Parents that are excessively overbearing are a driving factor in why seventy percent of kids are quitting organized sports.The Washington post says “ The pressure to raise “successful” kids means that we …show more content…
Decked out with the latest high-end athletic gear a kid could dream of including two hundred dollar Nike cleats or one hundred dollar Adidas soccer pants. The reasoning behind the spending is all in hopes that when the time comes parents can essentially one up each other. ““The parents try to one-up each other,” said Tony Korson, founder of Koa Sports, a nonprofit sports league in Montgomery County that tries to provide an alternative to the youth sports status quo, with trained coaches and encouragement of multiple sports. “You get one parent who says, ‘I traveled to Tennessee for a tournament.’ Another says, ‘Well I flew to California.’ And then, ‘Oh my son is going to Puerto Rico.’ ” In midst of all this traveling nobody, not even the coaches, parents and more importantly the athlete themselves bother to ask if this is what they really