The desire to compete is ingrained into the human psych. A natural part of being
human is competing against other humans, and learning to do so at an early age is an
important part of growing up. Healthy youth competition teaches valuable life lessons
and is a critical aspect of childhood development.
One example of competition helping youths is that it helps them learn to deal with
failure. Failure is an ever present part of out lives; it is a necessary side effect of
trying new and challenging things. Healthy competition in sports is one of the best
ways to teach children how to deal with failure. The very nature of a competitive
league allows there to be only one first place winner, whereas a recreational league
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If a child is not taught how to deal with
failure at an early age, it will pose problems later on in life when faced with more
serious failures such as not making an intense basketball team, not being admitted to a
specific university, or being passed over for a promotion at work. The more serious
structure of a competitive league allows children to learn that failing is an important
part of becoming a better person.
An intense level of competition is one of the benefits of a competitive league. A
recreational league misses out on some of the things that make sports exciting, such as
star players, rivalries, and game time traditions for the fans. Playing a sport you
love in a recreational league is fun, of course, but the excitement and intensity is
exponentially increased when it's the same game being played against a ten year rival
team in a competitive league. For example, my friend's high school has an intense
rivalry with an opposing high school. The yearly football game between the two teams is
one of the most exciting times of the year for both schools. The outcome of the game is
talked about for weeks afterward. This level of intensity and rivalry is exclusive to
competitive
Lastly, in youth competitive sports you can learn how to win and lose politely, which is important to the feelings of your competitors. Even though teens can learn these skills in school and in their household, competitive sports provide another way for children to interact and experience how to use life skills in the real world. Another example from the article, “ Pros and Cons of Sports Competition at the Highschool Level,” it
Kids just want to have fun. In a bygone era, parents wanted kids to play sports for fun and camaraderie. However, a new attitude is developing among coaches and parents, which is mopping-up fun from youth sports. Now it's all about the team and the game. The team must win the game at any cost.
There are competitions all over the world. Everywhere we go, people are competing against one another. Does competition bring happiness to us or does it bring sadness? According to Theodor Isaac Rubin from “Competition and Happiness,” competition brings out the worst in people. Rubin states that competition was passed on to us through training and generations. Rubin believes that it creates a stressful and paranoid atmosphere that is contrasting to our peace of mind. To support his argument, Rubin told us about the time when he was in medical school, the atmosphere was peaceful rather than stressful and competitive. I agree with Rubin, competition brings out the worst in people because competition can make people more selfish and aggressive, it can weaken their self-esteem, and makes it harder for them to accept help from others.
For instance, I am a competition dancer. Going to different competitions you can see the differences in the way the dancers, teachers, judges, and moms view outcomes. The teachers just want you to do your best because no matter the placement received you had fun. When you are on a team, you want your team as a whole group to compete with other teams not each other. You see this with other sports too, such as baseball, basketball, soccer, etc. where kids try to outperform their teammates. This poses risks such as “loss of self-esteem, injuries… increased stress.” (Berger, pg. 245, 2014) However Active play and competition do not only pose risks they contribute to the following as well “Better overall health, less obesity… respect for teammates and opponents.” (Berger, pg. 245, 2014)
Participating in a sport at an early age can be essential to the overall growth process during a child’s upbringing. Whether the participation is through some sort of organized league or just getting together amongst friends and playing, the lessons learned from this can help teach these kids and provide a positive message to them as they develop. There is a certain point, however, when organized sports can hinder progress, which is when adults get too involved and forget about the underlying reason to why they are helping. While adult involvement is necessary, adult involvement can sometimes send the wrong message to children when they try to make participation become more than just about fun and learning. According to Coakley (2009), “organized sports are worth the effort put forth by adults, as long as they do what is in the best interest of their children and put that thought ahead of their own agenda” (Coakley, p. 151). This is a valid argument because once adults put themselves in front of the children and their values, it needs to be re-evaluated as to why they first got involved in the beginning. Partaking in organized sport and activity from a young age can be beneficial to the overall development of children, as long as decisions actions are made in the best interest of the children and not stemming from ulterior motives of adults.
Have you ever been in a competition? Competition is present in each stage of life, from preschool to retirement. Competition has helped me grow as a person. I began competitive swim team at the age of five, and I continue to experience competition in my career. I was prepared to handle competition in school. Facing competition at a young age is a good thing because it teaches a person cooperation, discipline, and patience..
Rivalries are very entertaining, but how are they caused? A good rival has some form of similarity between the
Participation trophies in one Basketball youth league actually encourages the competition of leagues for “elite” players, which benefit both those who join the elite league and those who don’t. This is due to Basketball games being more competitive and fun because players have similar levels of skill within the Basketball leagues. This allows all kids to feel that they are at least “on-par” with other children they play with and leads to less “overly skilled” Basketball teams within individual leagues, something degrading to both those on the “super teams” and those who’re not due to a lack of competition in the games they
Youth sports are a staple in nearly every American’s childhood as highlighted in “Children Need to Play, Not Compete” by Jessica Statsky. Statsky makes two contentions in favor of this argument: first, that the participants of youth sports are not physically and psychologically ready, and second, that the mentality of win or lose is more harmful than helpful during the formative years of a child’s development. I agree with Statsky that children’s sports are too often over competitive, but some competition is beneficial to their development.
There is a misconception that competition is bad, if a child can experience the thrill of winning and the disappointment of losing, they will be well equipped for the reality of life. Competition provides stimulation to achieve a goal; to have determination, to overcome challenges, to understand that hard work and commitment leads to a greater chance of success. Life is full of situations where there are winners and losers; getting a job; a sports game; not getting into a desired college. People need to learn how to cope with disappointment and then to look forward to the next opportunity to try again. Competition also teaches us to dig deep and find abilities we never knew we had. The pressure to win or succeed can often inspire more imaginative thinking and inspire us to develop additional
In elementary school is where children are put on different sport teams so they can build team work and just get the new experience of playing that sport. In these recreational games for the elementary kids, everyone is considered winners no matter who actually won or lost. The kids who participated in this event all get a reward. As these kids get older and are in middle and high school, they start to see who are the real winners and losers. They see that everyone cannot be a winner; someone has to win and someone has to lose. School shows that everyone cannot win all the time. If someone happens to lose they just have to see it as minor setbacks for a major come back. This lost should make them want to go out and do better so the next time they can be better prepared to win. These win or lose scenarios just do not happen in sports but also in real life situations and they have to be able to understand and not let a lost keep them down. Having a winner or loser also creates
Almost all kids play a form of sports throughout their childhood. Sports teach kids how to be competitive and work hard for what they want to accomplish. When a kid outworks and hustles they become better at the sport and they become winners. When a kid becomes a winner they are rewarded with a trophy to show how hard they have worked. However, sometimes there are kids on the same team as the kids who work hard, that do not put forth nearly as much effort.
What I am going at is that when kids have a poor performance they feel they let down the team. It is this feeling of a team mentality that drives them to be better the next time. It really shows how pressure in sports can lead to skill
Healthy competition can drive people forward. Allowing a kid to doing what they want because they enjoy it can open them up socially by allowing them to reach out and teach others that don’t have that same niche. If we force a child to be overly competitive, this decreases the child’s ability to grow in other areas in life because they are too focused on being the best. If they don’t live up their standards of being the best, this will cause the child to be insecure about their abilities and they will constantly seek approval. Unhealthy competition can detrimental later on in life when trying to get into a great school, find a partner or in getting a job.
Competition produces anxiety, which can interfere with learning and disassociates with one’s own body. It is not instinctual because it is taught and it damages people and creates stress in their life. Competition teaches people to give their worst while they only focus on what their fellow mate is doing. I agree with Rubin that “competition limits people’s ability to lead happy and satisfying lives”, for I am assured that competition is destructive to children’s self-esteem, it interferes with learning, sabotages relationships, and isn’t necessary to have a good time.... ...