I believe that youth sports are a positive influence on children because especially at a young age it is important for kids to get exercise and experience new things and relationships with people. I think one of the biggest things I've gotten out of sports is leadership and team work. I think that parents are a huge reason why kids may not enjoy their sport but it is an experience i think all kids should try because it could be something you really end up enjoying and it is a healthy choice. Also, the majority of my friends and people I'm closest with are from youth sports even now as a senior in high school. I think injury is something you always will need to worry about with everything in life but you shouldn't be scared to live it and try new things.
I believe youth sports are a positive influence on children because its important to learn how to compete inside of society and the benefits of exercise. Playing a sport as a child gives kids the edge later on in competing for different kinds of things like a job or other things. The act of playing the sport teaches the kids to try their hardest. Also playing a sport teaches about staying healthy. A major problem in the US is obesity and starting to play a sport at a young age helps to prevent obesity by burning calories. "Kids who play sports are eight times as likely to be active at age 24 as kids who do not play sports." This study showed that kids who do sports translate will likely translate it into adulthood more than kids who didn't staying in shape and not becoming obese.
After today’s discussion, I still believe that sports have more benefits than not. Kids learn developmental skills that they would not be exposed to without having played sports such as: sportsmanship, leadership, teamwork, and failure. Although there is always the risk of injury from competitive sports, the probability of being seriously injured is relatively low. I have been playing competitive sports since I was around five years old and have never been injured from sports, although it is still possible it occur. Childhood obesity is a rising problem in America, so competitive sports encourages a healthy life that combats the issue.
Youth sports are definitely a positive influence on children, however, only in moderation. Sports teach young children a lot of valuable life lessons and and athletic skills. Competitive sports teach children how to lose, and how to work with others despite differences, to achieve a common goal. In addition, competitive sports give children the opportunity to learn leadership skills that help them on and off the field throughout life. While this is true, one of the larger issues with childhood competitive sports is overworking of underdeveloped athletes. This is why there should be a limit to how frequent and for how long leagues should hold practices and games. If workouts are limited, kids will have less likely of a chance of creating longterm damage and peaking in athletic ability before an optimal time in their sports career.
I believe that children benefit from playing sports more than not. First off, sports are fun to play. Next, sports help kids with lessons like winning and losing and doing your best and how that will become something you will have to learn in life. I think that parents sometimes get carried away or sometimes there are coaches who are just terrible, but that shouldn't stop someone who enjoys sports to stop playing. There are always the chance that kids will get injured. But as well as getting injured, there are ways to prevent those injuries. For example, don't over work yourself in practice. So that is why I think that sports are good for kids of all ages. I think that as long as you stay safe, there won't be any problem.
I think competitive sports are a positive thing but only in the right environment. Sports teach team work, determination and handling pressure. However, the high demand for young kids to specialize in their sports at a young age lead to intense training schedule as well as pressure from parents and coaches that ultimately cause injuries and burnout. Competition becomes too high when kids and parents get caught up in making it to professional leagues or onto an olympic team. In a moderated environment, the overall benefits from competitive sports are extremely important for a child’s development. And in my own experience sports created an outlet where I learned to be focused, have good time management, be dedicated to something I love and have long lasting friendships from.
After the activity we did in class today, it has become even more apparent that playing sports as a child is very beneficial. Not only does it encourage teamwork and comradery within the team, but it gets the kids exercise which is good for their health and performance in school. Lastly, playing sports as a child allows the kids to make new friends and socialize while playing a sport they love. On the other hand, there are risks of injury to the kids. High school football accounts for 47 percent of all reported concussions, and these can effect the kids in the long run. However, the potential risks of sports are outweighed by the benefits that sports provide the kids. In sum, youth sports are beneficial and should continue to be played.
I believe that playing competitive sports as a child is extremely beneficial as long as certain things such as overuse injuries and early specialization are monitored and avoided. It is clear that there are many positives to playing sports from a young age. Whether it is getting outside to get some exercise for an hour or two a day, or getting to know other kids on your sports teams there are reasons to play sports. Personally, the things I have learned the most from sports teams was certain life skills. Whether it was determination or how to understand when a coach was mad as oppose to him hating you, there are many life skills that you learn and that I have personally carried with me to this day. As long as kids can avoid sticking to only one sport at a young age then the positives of playing far outweigh the risks of injury or of a parent making you hate it. Finally most of the injuries seen today are overuse injuries which are actually usually a result of playing only one sport year-round. If kids play multiple sports and take off a month or two in between they stay fresh, and usually completely healthy,
Competitive sports make a very positive impact on children. When kids start playing sports, they're usually introduced to other kids. These kids could end up being your best friends. Sports help kids develop social skills that they will need for the rest of their lives. You gain a lot of life skills, such as being able to lose but not accepting failure, how to get back up, and much more. While injury seems to be a concern for some people, they need to understand that this stuff happens whether they like it or not. You can avoid these things by teaching your kids moderation. In the end, competitive sports are one of the most important elements of someones life, as it gives kids many skills and teaches lesson that they will need for the rest of their lives.
Children definitely benefit more from sports than it hurts them. I think that it is even debatable if they are really getting hurt. If the opposition argued that it's not justified because of injuries then I would say that they would grow as stronger people after in injury. Very few athletes go through injuries that are completely life changing. The argument can only be supported through a small data set. I also think that there is not other activity that matures kids faster. Sports teach kids about discipline and how to be the best and outsmart your opponent. Most importantly it teaches kids to outwork other kids. You can always work hard to improve on difficult things in life, this lesson can be learned through youth sporting.
I believe that youth sports have a important and beneficial impact on kids when they are growing up. Obviously youth sports are a very social activity that lets you make new friends and mess around with them on the field. This is one of the many great things that are involved with youth sports. From youth sports you also gain life skills that can be used in the real world. I know I still use most of the lessons I learned during soccer at a young age. From these sports you learn respect, hard work, how to lose correctly, and many others. I really don't see how these lessons can be learned in any other way. This is why all parents should sign their kid up for youth sports. It far outweighs the negative which involves maybe getting hurt, which you can do everywhere not just on a field. The only reason why I would see that youth sports is a bad decision is if the coach is mean and doesn't treat it like a youth sport team or the parents of the kid wants their kid to do everything which would make the kid stressed and overwhelmed. In the end youth sports is just a way to have fun with your friends while learning some valuable lessons that you don't know at the time.
I believe that sports have a very important role in growing up. You learn how to work with a team, and have fun while also being active. You learn leadership and develop social skills being on a team. I find that playing sports as a kid kept me out of doing something stupid out of pure boredom. I never remember being bored at a sporting event or at a practice when I was little. Injury is a concern but it is worth the risk if you really love what you are doing. I think the only negative about sports is the pressure some parents put on their children. The good far outweighs the bad, so I would highly recommend playing competitive sports as a kid. Some of my best friends I met playing sports, and I continue to be friends with them as a junior in high school.
Competitive sports for kids defiantly has more benefits than negatives for youths.While sports can be a very social activity, sports helps to instill many life long lessons that will help a child continue to grow up and face the challenges throughout their life. An example of a lesson that sports can instill in a child from a very young age is the ability to set realistic goals and achieve those goals. Throughout life that lesson is vital because without goal setting, it's like aimlessly walking with no destination in mind. With goals, you will continue to move in a beneficial direction moving forward. Many of the other benefits of sports that will be life long is learning the importance and how beneficial hard work is, that you will not always win and how to handle that, and time management while there are still many more lessons.While sports can result in injury, injury's can be acquired through many day to day activities. Driving is a prime example. Driving while if done safe is a very positive and helpful task, there are more injuries acquired through driving or riding with other people driving than sports could ever imagine. One of the most important things to take note of that makes youth sports "dangerous" is how are the coaches and parents treating the young athlete. Are the parents allowing the children to choose the sport they want, are they ignoring the child when the child says they are hurt, or are they pushing the child or children to become the next star athletes like Michael Jordan. Thats when sports get dangerous, not the potential injuries if played correctly.
Youth sports allow kids to both meet new friends, and be a part of something larger than themselves. When you are 5 years old, you don't really think about anything other than yourself. Sports teaches kids valuable life lessons that they will cherish for the rest of their lives. For instance, working in a group is something that comes up time and again, both in school and in the workplace. Negative impacts on children are extremely rare, and usually only occur in high contact sports such as football. Saying someone will be injured playing youth sports is like saying that if you stand under a coconut tree, one may fall on your head and kill you. It's a one in a million chance, and its a risk kids have to take in order to have a normal childhood, and not be sheltered by overcautious parents.
Competitive sports are without a doubt beneficial to children. Most importantly, competitive sports teach mental toughness to children at a young age, and how to deal with many of the issues that come with growing up and then dealing with these issues in different ways in the adult world. Sports teach kids how to cope with the highs and lows of activities/situations/life, and how to win and lose graciously as well as pick yourself up after a loss. Rather than try to change the kids or the sports, actions should be taken to control parents and coaches from pushing children past their breaking points, and suffer from injuries and stress. Competitive sports help to teach some of the most valuable life lessons, and kids would certainly be worse off without them.
I think competitive sports are definitely a positive influence on kids. From a young age all the way to high school, sports can offer many things. They allow kids to exercise and be active after school and on weekends, instead of growing up sitting on the couch and playing video games. They can allow a kid to get away from, possibly, a rough life at home or in school and create time where the kid can just focus on playing the sport and enjoying themselves within a team. And finally, competition is very important for a kid to understand and experience early in life because competition exists in the real world. A kid to experience competition early in life can allow them to understand and figure out how they handle and go about competition in games and even practice.
I believe competitive sports are beneficial to children. Sports teach children how to win or lose, life lessons, and to be social. When children play sports they can improve their self-esteem from feeling proud of themselves whenever they win a game. Also, when they lose they learn a lesson that some games can be lost. From personal experiences playing sports when I was young helped me learn how to be social and make friends. The benefits of children playing sports out weighs the negatives about injuries and certain pressures because children learn how to be social and learn important lessons.
I belive that sports do have a beneficial outcome in the development of children by teaching them essential skills that they need when they grow up. These kids will be put into a competitive environment while enjoying themselves, learning that working hard will pay off, and that everyone has to loose eventually. I believe that there is a degree where these sports put the children in a harmful atmosphere, but if the parents allow the children to express their own opinions on what they want to play, then competition will only fuel the athlete to be better. Competition does not always have to be negative and alike sports, the only way that businesses will become successful is due to competition of being the best business. These children will learn at a young age valuable life lessons that will stick with them forever and allow children to broaden their interests.
I think that competitive sports have nothing but positive impacts on child development. During adolescence, children are at their peak time for physical and mental growth. One way to cultivate this growth is through participation in youth sports. Youth sports offer an outlet for kids to take their minds off of everyday life like school and their families, and just go out and play for themselves with their peers. They learn not only to be the best version of themselves but also how to translate that into accomplishing a common goal with their team. In addition to this, in our increasingly obese society we must find ways to keep kids active at a young age as well as carry those habits through their later years. Sports are an easy and fun way that all kids can achieve this. Overall, youth sports are essential to child development and should be encouraged in every household.
Competitive sports can be an integral part of a childhood, and ultimately, these experiences have a positive influence on the children who participate. Sports teach a multitude of important lessons, namely the idea of "delayed gratification." This is the concept that anything that is "worth it" in life takes hard work, dedication, and patience to accomplish. It is true that in all likelihood the average youth sports participant won't be hitting home runs in the MLB or scoring touchdowns in the NFL, and the trophies a child hoists in fourth grade won't matter 15 years down the road. But the lessons sports instill are timeless; they teach children to work toward a goal, work in a team oriented setting, respond to challenges and losses, and much, much more. There are short term effects too—as stated in the article we read over the weekend, kids that play youth sports are less likely to join gangs and consume drugs/alcohol. But ultimately, it is the values of sports that remain prevalent decades after one stops playing them.
I believe that competitive youth sports are good for children at a young age. While I believe that they are good, I do not believe that a child should be "specializing" in any particular sport. In the article it mentioned how children playing multiple sports learn crucial motor skills that can also then transfer into the other sports, possibly helping them in one particular sport later in life . I believe that is crucial to playing youth sports because only playing one sport cannot teach you everything possible, such as while playing only baseball you will not learn the jumping skills of basketball. I also believe that these competitive sports teach the kids competition in a friendly way at a young age. It teaches them to win and lose respectively and that they cannot always win.
There is no doubt in my mind that competitive sports have a positive influence on children who participate. While there may be a few potential negatives such as overexposure and injuries, the positives certainly outweigh them. Children must be guided in the right direction at an early age. It is a time to learn about competition and goals. Sports allow them to do just that. It prompts social skills and keeps them active. According to the article, "Training and participating in athletic activities keeps kids fit." Exercise is crucial in order for them to have a healthy life going forward. With sports, they can look at exercising in a positive view. It's undeniable that it also teaches life values and goals. Not playing can lead to poor behavior and lifestyles.
I believe that youth sports are a positive influence on children because especially at a young age it is important for kids to get exercise and experience new things and relationships with people. I think one of the biggest things I've gotten out of sports is leadership and team work. I think that parents are a huge reason why kids may not enjoy their sport but it is an experience i think all kids should try because it could be something you really end up enjoying and it is a healthy choice. Also, the majority of my friends and people I'm closest with are from youth sports even now as a senior in high school. I think injury is something you always will need to worry about with everything in life but you shouldn't be scared to live it and try new things.
ReplyDeleteI believe youth sports are a positive influence on children because its important to learn how to compete inside of society and the benefits of exercise. Playing a sport as a child gives kids the edge later on in competing for different kinds of things like a job or other things. The act of playing the sport teaches the kids to try their hardest. Also playing a sport teaches about staying healthy. A major problem in the US is obesity and starting to play a sport at a young age helps to prevent obesity by burning calories. "Kids who play sports are eight times as likely to be active at age 24 as kids who do not play sports." This study showed that kids who do sports translate will likely translate it into adulthood more than kids who didn't staying in shape and not becoming obese.
ReplyDeleteAfter today’s discussion, I still believe that sports have more benefits than not. Kids learn developmental skills that they would not be exposed to without having played sports such as: sportsmanship, leadership, teamwork, and failure. Although there is always the risk of injury from competitive sports, the probability of being seriously injured is relatively low. I have been playing competitive sports since I was around five years old and have never been injured from sports, although it is still possible it occur. Childhood obesity is a rising problem in America, so competitive sports encourages a healthy life that combats the issue.
ReplyDeleteYouth sports are definitely a positive influence on children, however, only in moderation. Sports teach young children a lot of valuable life lessons and and athletic skills. Competitive sports teach children how to lose, and how to work with others despite differences, to achieve a common goal. In addition, competitive sports give children the opportunity to learn leadership skills that help them on and off the field throughout life. While this is true, one of the larger issues with childhood competitive sports is overworking of underdeveloped athletes. This is why there should be a limit to how frequent and for how long leagues should hold practices and games. If workouts are limited, kids will have less likely of a chance of creating longterm damage and peaking in athletic ability before an optimal time in their sports career.
ReplyDeleteI believe that children benefit from playing sports more than not. First off, sports are fun to play. Next, sports help kids with lessons like winning and losing and doing your best and how that will become something you will have to learn in life. I think that parents sometimes get carried away or sometimes there are coaches who are just terrible, but that shouldn't stop someone who enjoys sports to stop playing. There are always the chance that kids will get injured. But as well as getting injured, there are ways to prevent those injuries. For example, don't over work yourself in practice. So that is why I think that sports are good for kids of all ages. I think that as long as you stay safe, there won't be any problem.
ReplyDeleteI think competitive sports are a positive thing but only in the right environment. Sports teach team work, determination and handling pressure. However, the high demand for young kids to specialize in their sports at a young age lead to intense training schedule as well as pressure from parents and coaches that ultimately cause injuries and burnout. Competition becomes too high when kids and parents get caught up in making it to professional leagues or onto an olympic team. In a moderated environment, the overall benefits from competitive sports are extremely important for a child’s development. And in my own experience sports created an outlet where I learned to be focused, have good time management, be dedicated to something I love and have long lasting friendships from.
ReplyDeleteAfter the activity we did in class today, it has become even more apparent that playing sports as a child is very beneficial. Not only does it encourage teamwork and comradery within the team, but it gets the kids exercise which is good for their health and performance in school. Lastly, playing sports as a child allows the kids to make new friends and socialize while playing a sport they love. On the other hand, there are risks of injury to the kids. High school football accounts for 47 percent of all reported concussions, and these can effect the kids in the long run. However, the potential risks of sports are outweighed by the benefits that sports provide the kids. In sum, youth sports are beneficial and should continue to be played.
ReplyDeleteI believe that playing competitive sports as a child is extremely beneficial as long as certain things such as overuse injuries and early specialization are monitored and avoided. It is clear that there are many positives to playing sports from a young age. Whether it is getting outside to get some exercise for an hour or two a day, or getting to know other kids on your sports teams there are reasons to play sports. Personally, the things I have learned the most from sports teams was certain life skills. Whether it was determination or how to understand when a coach was mad as oppose to him hating you, there are many life skills that you learn and that I have personally carried with me to this day. As long as kids can avoid sticking to only one sport at a young age then the positives of playing far outweigh the risks of injury or of a parent making you hate it. Finally most of the injuries seen today are overuse injuries which are actually usually a result of playing only one sport year-round. If kids play multiple sports and take off a month or two in between they stay fresh, and usually completely healthy,
ReplyDeleteCompetitive sports make a very positive impact on children. When kids start playing sports, they're usually introduced to other kids. These kids could end up being your best friends. Sports help kids develop social skills that they will need for the rest of their lives. You gain a lot of life skills, such as being able to lose but not accepting failure, how to get back up, and much more. While injury seems to be a concern for some people, they need to understand that this stuff happens whether they like it or not. You can avoid these things by teaching your kids moderation. In the end, competitive sports are one of the most important elements of someones life, as it gives kids many skills and teaches lesson that they will need for the rest of their lives.
ReplyDeleteChildren definitely benefit more from sports than it hurts them. I think that it is even debatable if they are really getting hurt. If the opposition argued that it's not justified because of injuries then I would say that they would grow as stronger people after in injury. Very few athletes go through injuries that are completely life changing. The argument can only be supported through a small data set. I also think that there is not other activity that matures kids faster. Sports teach kids about discipline and how to be the best and outsmart your opponent. Most importantly it teaches kids to outwork other kids. You can always work hard to improve on difficult things in life, this lesson can be learned through youth sporting.
ReplyDeleteI believe that youth sports have a important and beneficial impact on kids when they are growing up. Obviously youth sports are a very social activity that lets you make new friends and mess around with them on the field. This is one of the many great things that are involved with youth sports. From youth sports you also gain life skills that can be used in the real world. I know I still use most of the lessons I learned during soccer at a young age. From these sports you learn respect, hard work, how to lose correctly, and many others. I really don't see how these lessons can be learned in any other way. This is why all parents should sign their kid up for youth sports. It far outweighs the negative which involves maybe getting hurt, which you can do everywhere not just on a field. The only reason why I would see that youth sports is a bad decision is if the coach is mean and doesn't treat it like a youth sport team or the parents of the kid wants their kid to do everything which would make the kid stressed and overwhelmed. In the end youth sports is just a way to have fun with your friends while learning some valuable lessons that you don't know at the time.
ReplyDeleteI believe that sports have a very important role in growing up. You learn how to work with a team, and have fun while also being active. You learn leadership and develop social skills being on a team. I find that playing sports as a kid kept me out of doing something stupid out of pure boredom. I never remember being bored at a sporting event or at a practice when I was little. Injury is a concern but it is worth the risk if you really love what you are doing. I think the only negative about sports is the pressure some parents put on their children. The good far outweighs the bad, so I would highly recommend playing competitive sports as a kid. Some of my best friends I met playing sports, and I continue to be friends with them as a junior in high school.
ReplyDeleteCompetitive sports for kids defiantly has more benefits than negatives for youths.While sports can be a very social activity, sports helps to instill many life long lessons that will help a child continue to grow up and face the challenges throughout their life. An example of a lesson that sports can instill in a child from a very young age is the ability to set realistic goals and achieve those goals. Throughout life that lesson is vital because without goal setting, it's like aimlessly walking with no destination in mind. With goals, you will continue to move in a beneficial direction moving forward. Many of the other benefits of sports that will be life long is learning the importance and how beneficial hard work is, that you will not always win and how to handle that, and time management while there are still many more lessons.While sports can result in injury, injury's can be acquired through many day to day activities. Driving is a prime example. Driving while if done safe is a very positive and helpful task, there are more injuries acquired through driving or riding with other people driving than sports could ever imagine. One of the most important things to take note of that makes youth sports "dangerous" is how are the coaches and parents treating the young athlete. Are the parents allowing the children to choose the sport they want, are they ignoring the child when the child says they are hurt, or are they pushing the child or children to become the next star athletes like Michael Jordan. Thats when sports get dangerous, not the potential injuries if played correctly.
ReplyDeleteYouth sports allow kids to both meet new friends, and be a part of something larger than themselves. When you are 5 years old, you don't really think about anything other than yourself. Sports teaches kids valuable life lessons that they will cherish for the rest of their lives. For instance, working in a group is something that comes up time and again, both in school and in the workplace. Negative impacts on children are extremely rare, and usually only occur in high contact sports such as football. Saying someone will be injured playing youth sports is like saying that if you stand under a coconut tree, one may fall on your head and kill you. It's a one in a million chance, and its a risk kids have to take in order to have a normal childhood, and not be sheltered by overcautious parents.
ReplyDeleteCompetitive sports are without a doubt beneficial to children. Most importantly, competitive sports teach mental toughness to children at a young age, and how to deal with many of the issues that come with growing up and then dealing with these issues in different ways in the adult world. Sports teach kids how to cope with the highs and lows of activities/situations/life, and how to win and lose graciously as well as pick yourself up after a loss. Rather than try to change the kids or the sports, actions should be taken to control parents and coaches from pushing children past their breaking points, and suffer from injuries and stress. Competitive sports help to teach some of the most valuable life lessons, and kids would certainly be worse off without them.
ReplyDeleteI think competitive sports are definitely a positive influence on kids. From a young age all the way to high school, sports can offer many things. They allow kids to exercise and be active after school and on weekends, instead of growing up sitting on the couch and playing video games. They can allow a kid to get away from, possibly, a rough life at home or in school and create time where the kid can just focus on playing the sport and enjoying themselves within a team. And finally, competition is very important for a kid to understand and experience early in life because competition exists in the real world. A kid to experience competition early in life can allow them to understand and figure out how they handle and go about competition in games and even practice.
ReplyDeleteI believe competitive sports are beneficial to children. Sports teach children how to win or lose, life lessons, and to be social. When children play sports they can improve their self-esteem from feeling proud of themselves whenever they win a game. Also, when they lose they learn a lesson that some games can be lost. From personal experiences playing sports when I was young helped me learn how to be social and make friends. The benefits of children playing sports out weighs the negatives about injuries and certain pressures because children learn how to be social and learn important lessons.
ReplyDeleteI belive that sports do have a beneficial outcome in the development of children by teaching them essential skills that they need when they grow up. These kids will be put into a competitive environment while enjoying themselves, learning that working hard will pay off, and that everyone has to loose eventually. I believe that there is a degree where these sports put the children in a harmful atmosphere, but if the parents allow the children to express their own opinions on what they want to play, then competition will only fuel the athlete to be better. Competition does not always have to be negative and alike sports, the only way that businesses will become successful is due to competition of being the best business. These children will learn at a young age valuable life lessons that will stick with them forever and allow children to broaden their interests.
ReplyDeleteI think that competitive sports have nothing but positive impacts on child development. During adolescence, children are at their peak time for physical and mental growth. One way to cultivate this growth is through participation in youth sports. Youth sports offer an outlet for kids to take their minds off of everyday life like school and their families, and just go out and play for themselves with their peers. They learn not only to be the best version of themselves but also how to translate that into accomplishing a common goal with their team. In addition to this, in our increasingly obese society we must find ways to keep kids active at a young age as well as carry those habits through their later years. Sports are an easy and fun way that all kids can achieve this. Overall, youth sports are essential to child development and should be encouraged in every household.
ReplyDeleteCompetitive sports can be an integral part of a childhood, and ultimately, these experiences have a positive influence on the children who participate. Sports teach a multitude of important lessons, namely the idea of "delayed gratification." This is the concept that anything that is "worth it" in life takes hard work, dedication, and patience to accomplish. It is true that in all likelihood the average youth sports participant won't be hitting home runs in the MLB or scoring touchdowns in the NFL, and the trophies a child hoists in fourth grade won't matter 15 years down the road. But the lessons sports instill are timeless; they teach children to work toward a goal, work in a team oriented setting, respond to challenges and losses, and much, much more. There are short term effects too—as stated in the article we read over the weekend, kids that play youth sports are less likely to join gangs and consume drugs/alcohol. But ultimately, it is the values of sports that remain prevalent decades after one stops playing them.
ReplyDeleteI believe that competitive youth sports are good for children at a young age. While I believe that they are good, I do not believe that a child should be "specializing" in any particular sport. In the article it mentioned how children playing multiple sports learn crucial motor skills that can also then transfer into the other sports, possibly helping them in one particular sport later in life . I believe that is crucial to playing youth sports because only playing one sport cannot teach you everything possible, such as while playing only baseball you will not learn the jumping skills of basketball. I also believe that these competitive sports teach the kids competition in a friendly way at a young age. It teaches them to win and lose respectively and that they cannot always win.
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ReplyDeleteThere is no doubt in my mind that competitive sports have a positive influence on children who participate. While there may be a few potential negatives such as overexposure and injuries, the positives certainly outweigh them. Children must be guided in the right direction at an early age. It is a time to learn about competition and goals. Sports allow them to do just that. It prompts social skills and keeps them active. According to the article, "Training and participating in athletic activities keeps kids fit." Exercise is crucial in order for them to have a healthy life going forward. With sports, they can look at exercising in a positive view. It's undeniable that it also teaches life values and goals. Not playing can lead to poor behavior and lifestyles.
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