Competitive sports has been a big topic that people have been talking about. One side says that no matter what sport you play you can get an injury. But, the other side says that it improves cooperation by working with your team to achieve a goal. Overall, most people would say that the chances of you getting an injury are increasing. Another example of this is now people are having younger kids play competitive sports, which is insane for them at an early age because then they could get destructive.
The important thing to notice is that recent research has shown that 4 in 10 emergency room visits for kids between the ages 5-14 years are caused by sports. This shows that competitive sports are stern. If almost half of the people that go …show more content…
Since most competitive team sports play to win your kid could be one of those kids that sit on the bench the whole game. Maybe they go out for a little bit, but then they get pulled out because they did something wrong. Which gives the kid, no chance to fix his/her mistake. (NBC News, 9).Stated in the article by Jeff Pearlman, it says “He made it painfully clear to the others that my brother was the weakest of weak links, that he was useless as a soccer player.” When you play a team sport it usually says that every player is required to play during the game. When a kid that is not good at the sport is thrown into the game with other kids that are better at the sport, and they don’t pass the ball to him/her at all then that could put the kid down because he/she will start to think that he/she is not as good as everyone else. But the coach might that that it is fair because he/she is still playing in the game. (Jeff Pearlman, 3). However also stated in Pushing too hard too young it says “Pressure to win and be the best.” That means that the coach or parent was pressuring the kids to win and be the best. Certainly when being pressured to be the best and then when you mess up, then you get done on yourself and then you feel like you are the worst. For example, when you are mad or stressed or even pressured you start to get in a dreadful mood. You …show more content…
People can get ahead of themselves and start thinking about scholarships, going to the Olympics, and playing on a professional Major league team. This could improve the person’s confidence and make them really confident. But if they are too confident and they mess up, then their confidence could down on them. (NBC News,18). This connects to an NBC News article which states “it’s not surprising that some athletes simply burn out on their sport.” This happens because the parent wants their kid to get really good at a sport and when the kid keeps doing the same sport over and over again for a long time, then the kid will most likely start getting bored of the sport.(NBC News, 1). Lastly stated in The New York times article it states “Now I wanted to help him make the right choice, if only I knew what that was.” When parents start think about what sport they think that their kid could play so then they could get a college scholarship. It is not just about what sport they play and what they could get a easy scholarship with it’s just are they good at it. If the kid is not good at the sport then there is no point in having them do that sport because then it is less likely that they are going to get the scholarship. (New York times, 1).
In the end, the most important thing is that kids should not play competitive sport because it puts down their self-esteem, puts are the stress and
The important thing to notice is that recent research has shown that 4 in 10 emergency room visits for kids between the ages 5-14 years are caused by sports. This shows that competitive sports are stern. If almost half of the people that go …show more content…
Since most competitive team sports play to win your kid could be one of those kids that sit on the bench the whole game. Maybe they go out for a little bit, but then they get pulled out because they did something wrong. Which gives the kid, no chance to fix his/her mistake. (NBC News, 9).Stated in the article by Jeff Pearlman, it says “He made it painfully clear to the others that my brother was the weakest of weak links, that he was useless as a soccer player.” When you play a team sport it usually says that every player is required to play during the game. When a kid that is not good at the sport is thrown into the game with other kids that are better at the sport, and they don’t pass the ball to him/her at all then that could put the kid down because he/she will start to think that he/she is not as good as everyone else. But the coach might that that it is fair because he/she is still playing in the game. (Jeff Pearlman, 3). However also stated in Pushing too hard too young it says “Pressure to win and be the best.” That means that the coach or parent was pressuring the kids to win and be the best. Certainly when being pressured to be the best and then when you mess up, then you get done on yourself and then you feel like you are the worst. For example, when you are mad or stressed or even pressured you start to get in a dreadful mood. You …show more content…
People can get ahead of themselves and start thinking about scholarships, going to the Olympics, and playing on a professional Major league team. This could improve the person’s confidence and make them really confident. But if they are too confident and they mess up, then their confidence could down on them. (NBC News,18). This connects to an NBC News article which states “it’s not surprising that some athletes simply burn out on their sport.” This happens because the parent wants their kid to get really good at a sport and when the kid keeps doing the same sport over and over again for a long time, then the kid will most likely start getting bored of the sport.(NBC News, 1). Lastly stated in The New York times article it states “Now I wanted to help him make the right choice, if only I knew what that was.” When parents start think about what sport they think that their kid could play so then they could get a college scholarship. It is not just about what sport they play and what they could get a easy scholarship with it’s just are they good at it. If the kid is not good at the sport then there is no point in having them do that sport because then it is less likely that they are going to get the scholarship. (New York times, 1).
In the end, the most important thing is that kids should not play competitive sport because it puts down their self-esteem, puts are the stress and