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One reason for not banning dodgeball is kids get excited when they play. this activity is great for children. When children get excited in a physical activity they start to work out more and more and get more exercise. Working together is good because they can work as a team to succeed on taking down the other team. The reason why working together is good because you can have good relationships with those children and maybe later hang out with a person you probably never saw before and make more friends. Another reason is kids let out their aggression in dodgeball like they might get mad at a kid they hate and hit them with a dodgeball, and so while the other kid starts throwing at each other with dodgeballs they can let out their anger on
Dodgeball is a game of many facets. On one hand, it is a game that encourages everyone to stand up for themselves since everyone is on their own team, while on the other hand, it is a game where you aggressively pummel others with balls and pick on the weak. As a result of the varying possible viewpoints of opinion, some schools ban it, and others do not. The logic of some schools is that it labels others as human targets. On the contrary, it can encourage people to figure out who is weak and strong and how they could deal with these personalities. Although a solid case could be made for each side, dodgeball should not be banned in physical education classes due to the benefit of being able to let out aggression and the need to learn the ways of healthy competition.
Finally, it’s all fun and games. The kids don’t mean to hurt each other and if they did, it doesn’t hurt that much. Plus I personally looked forward to playing dodgeball in middle school because it looked like such a fun game that tested you reflexes and agility. Even though there are other games similar to dodgeball none of them have the same feeling as the original game. On top of that, if they think dodgeball is inappropriate don’t ban a whole group of games such as tag and gymnastics, just ban dodgeball.
Dodgeball is a fun game that can teach children life lessons; Dodgeball should be played in schools. Dodgeball can teach children that life isn’t fair, it allows children to let out their aggression and stress, and banning dodgeball could result in banning many other games. Without dodgeball and games like it the children of today could end up being overly sensitive, overly stressed, and deprived of fun games that are an important part of
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.
I believe that Little League is a terrific “coming of age” growth experience. It teaches kids organizational skills, division of labor, cooperation and competition. By organization I mean nine kids have to function like one unit working under one main coach. In division of labor those same nine kids must perform different tasks and responsibilities. They must cooperate with each other in order to defeat the opposing team in competition. Varga’s Drugstore versus Kiwanis is a small-scale version of Compaq going up against IBM or General Motors taking on Ford. That’s what makes Little League so uniquely American and why it helps to perpetuate this country’s unparalleled “free enterprise” value system.
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.
In class discussion we talked about how in today’s age younger kids do not have the same interest to get involved in sports as they used to. It seems that today younger kids are more interested in playing video games, then to take part in a sport and learn the team aspect of life and how to get along with each other and work as a team. Learning in sports is something people do not understand unless you are a true athlete. In the game of baseball there is so much silent communication not everyone knows about. You have nine men on the field who have the same mind set and that is to do anything you can to win this game and help your teammates. If a kid can learn this at a young age and carry this on with him through life, he will become that much of a better worker when he is at the office or wherever they might be.
The first part of the series of articles The Physical Education Hall of Shame lists childhood games which are considered inappropriate for physical education classes. The author argues that some games are potentially unsafe, have minimal participation time factors, they are potential to embarrass the student in front of their classmates, and focus on eliminating students from participation. One of the harmful games is Dodgeball. Even though the game involves teamwork, strategy, and motor skills, the game might be dangerous, and also includes the highly skilled students. Another game mentioned by Williams is Duck, Duck, Goose. It is a game of a minimal participation, where generally five students
One drawback that a lot of kids face is when they make an error well in the article it says " Being competitive and able to ignore naysayers is key to success. Sports give kids a chance to try and fail and keep playing. Picking themselves up after a bad play." in other words if you make an error in a game "don't let it get in your head" as my Dad always says. `
In conclusion, dodgeball should not be banned. While some say it should be banned because of kids getting picked on, however, dodgeball enhances physical skills and teaches life skills; dodgeball is also a great stress reliever. If we allow dodgeball in our school, we will have a world with athletic kids with good life skills and many friends. If we don’t, we will have a world with obese people that have no life
Sports teach kids to learn many life lessons, lessons that will be important such as working in a team or working hard toward a goal. Parents are far too involved in youth sports. In our current time, kids have no independence in sports, everything is parent run, with the intentions of the parent trying to have their kids win and become elite superstars. Atkinson writes in an article that in his home town of Methuen Massachusetts he and all the other kids in his town used to organize all the sports, and parents would help cover the financial part, but the sport itself was directed by the kids, the way youth sports should be run, for the interest of the kids. Kids should determine what goes on; kids should be able to experiment with different sports in a non hostile environment in which they can fun. Having fun is most important in youth sports along with learning life lessons. Kids who enjoyed youth sports growing up were more likely to go onto play high school sports (Atkinson). Of course there are exceptions in which some kids will want to be pushed in a sport; however, it must have the child's desire to be pushed not the parents’(Hatter). Lastly, as important as sports are in society in the 21st century especially in the U.S. kids need to be able to have a life outside of sports. Kids should be able to have fun away from sports (Katen). Kids should be kids, very few kids will be going professional in sports, and it is important kids
Football, one of the most popular sports in the U.S., is also the most dangerous; it holds an astounding half a million injuries nationally due to the sheer violence and brute strength used against another player in the sport, and, although it is believed that these injuries can be prevented, there is nothing stopping another player from recklessly hurting another except their will-power, this is why football should be banned from high schools.
Can I ask you a question? Do you enjoy recess and lunch? Well, I do. The reason why I'm asking you this is because some school has very small amount of time for recess and lunch, and school may not have recess nor lunch. That's why I want to make our recess and lunch longer. Also people can be more healthy. If you don't why it's healthy to play let me explain why it is.
Some pros of this model to start with is that with this model being able to be used at the upper elementary level, if students haven’t already participated in sports, this is a way to introduce to them a positive traditional sport experience. Through working as a team throughout practice routines, game play, and playoff experience, it helps the students learn values of playing a team sport such as responsibility, leadership, team work, and hard work. Another pro of the sport education model is that because it’s so team oriented, student-centered, and every student has a certain job to contribute to the success of their team, it provides a lot of socializing between classmates and overall fun for everyone. As many pros that come with this curriculum, some cons consist of that the teacher must rely on students to hold up their end of their roles by showcasing responsibility and maturity throughout the season. Some students lack in this area and sometimes this issue can become problematic. Another potential con of this model is during gameplay, some teammates may feel biased toward a certain teammate that shows more skill in the sport than others on the court. Not every student will be great at each sport and some students make excel in certain sports than others so it’s the teachers job to evenly split up the teams by skill level and make sure every player is getting even opportunity and playing
Even though impact sports can toughen kids up and can give kids a lot of talent and impact sports can cause kids or young adult lifelong injuries, if keeping impact sports you could be putting a lot of kids or young adults at risk of traumatic life long injuries but not keeping it, you could have non people talented and not making money and not having some of america's sports today