"I wouldn 't be here if it wasn 't for my parents always pushing me," said Michael Jordan is his Hall of Fame induction speech in 2009 ("Michael Jordan Hall of Fame Speech"). With that being said, this line was used in twenty four of the twenty five Hall of Fame induction videos I have watched. In one video where the line wasn 't used, Julius Erving said "I couldn 't have done this without you mom." What would have happened if their parents let them quit when they didn 't want to wake up for practice, or when the going got tough? Parents should force their kids to be involved in extracurricular activities because they help development, decreases health concerns, and teach commitment. Extracurricular activities lead to developmental milestones
To commit to physical activity directly teaches children that once they decide to do something, they should follow through before they decide to quit. Jim Valvano, also known as Jimmy V, is a former NC State men 's basketball coach, but he is also known for his famous quote "don 't give up, don 't ever give up". Mr. Valvano was battling cancer at the time but he was expressing the importance of never giving up, love, and hope. Mr. Valvano was committed to giving back to his team and to stay strong for his family, he know that he could give an excuse to give up, to roll over and ask for pity. Instead, he decided to fight cancer while still being there for his team, the ones who were relying on his guidance to become better men. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity completed a study on the importance and effects of committing to extracurricular activities, which concluded that engagement in extracurricular activities causes students to have less time to be led astray and get contract bad habits. One student was even compelled to say that if a child who cares enough about their goals, they won 't throw it away getting involved with the wrong activities or with the wrong people (62). Furthermore, when a student commits to a team, they commit to a group of people who need them to become successful as a team. Commitment is taught by a parent making their
Parents not being involved in their child 's extracurricular activities teaches the kid that they don 't matter as much as the parent 's wants or needs. Teaching a child that they can quit a team when they get tired of it or when it gets hard teaches them that being a quitter is okay. A child isn 't going to resent their parents because they wanted them to become the best person they could be. In fact, being involved in recreational leagues is a low-cost alternative to being on a travel team or something of that nature. Recreational leagues generally cost between 35 and 75 dollars, compared to the hundreds of dollars monthly that travel teams require. Recreational leagues supply children with the equipment that is needed to compete. Lastly, extracurricular activities, in high school especially, require a specific grade point average to even be on the team. Most schools even let the student have a study period to focus on their grades to be able to compete. Recreational leagues generally have one practice a week lasting about an hour and a game or two a week which last about two hours. School teams have practice for at least an hour right after school lets out and leaves enough time for kids to go home and get their homework done after
The amount of unnecessary behavior by parents at youth sporting events is increasing rapidly and is ruining the kid's experiences and their passion for the sports. Parents in the United States are becoming more involved in their children's sports than the kids themselves. The reason that so many young American athletes are quitting at such an early age is because their parents are making the sports a joyless experience and are placing too much pressure on the kids to win and to be the best. Parents have become out of control at youth sports and it seems that the kids are showing more civility than the parents these days. Parents need to get back to teaching their kids that sports should be played for fun and not just for showing who's the best.
Due to this belief system, the other valuable aspects of the sports are left behind like sportsmanship and teamwork. I own view are aligned with Satsky that these competitive sports are the cause of inferiority complex in many children. This starts right at the beginning when the children are selected to be a part of the team or not. The method of selection is extremely brutal and inconsiderate of a child’s age and their physical and mental capacity. The selection criteria are so demanding that most of the children give up the idea of even trying out in the first place. The ones that somehow manage to gather up the courage to do try out are left heartbroken when they fail to meet the exaptation of the coaches. Only the ones who are trained beforehand and know every skill are selected to join. Even if someone is showing potential and can become better with a little help are sent home. This kind of attitude leaves the children devastated and they give up on sports altogether. Their potential remains buried. Statsky rightly stresses about the pressure the children are put through in the name of tough love. The children sometimes face horrible injuries in the field and get afraid to ever set foot in the game again. They avoid playing because of the fear of getting hurt q they quit the sports to protect themselves. Children come up with all sort of excuses to get
More specifically, children are also increasingly pressured--again, usually by parents and coaches--to specialize in one sport and to play it year-round, often on several different teams (Perry). Now, if sports specialization is such a great idea, then why are kids being “pressured”? As stated before, sports specialization can result in severe injury or even retirement from sports all together. Evidently, parents would not want to risk their athlete’s entire athletic career just because of an overuse injury. Knowing this, a diversity in sports activities is the solution to the problem. Additionally, a specialization in sports can lead to the young athlete not experiencing a sport that he or she may truly enjoy in their life. If a parent already makes a child decide on a sport to play, how will the child know if that is the sport they truly want to participate in? As the child ages, they could realize that the sport they play now is not one that they love anymore, so they could just quit. Deciding at such a young age is not only a hasty decision, but also a terrible one. Finally, this specialization can also create social problems. If a child is already so competitively involved in a sport, then their social lives and relationships with friends are at risk. The clear choice here is to let the child live a normal life by allowing them to make friends and play, rather than taking over their lives with competitive
The National Baseball Hall of Fame is an American history museum dedicated to only the most elite baseball players to play the game. It’s whole reason for existing is to preserve the history of the game, honor its outstanding contributors, and connect generations of fans. The Hall of Fame is the home of baseball history. As of now, there are 312 members, all of which have excelled in playing, managing, or serving the sport in one way or another (“BBWAA ELECTION RULES”). One of the rules for being inducted into the Hall of Fame is that the votes should be based on the player’s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played. In order to be inducted, candidates must be
I have been playing sports for as long as I can remember, from taekwondo to swimming to basketball to everything. Every time a game or tournament came up I knew that my parents would be at those events, criticizing every one of my moves. I vividly remember one time, I was at my taekwondo tournament, after performing I looked over to my parents at the sidelines to see their reaction on my performance and I remember them being upset and angry at me. At that moment, I was not looking forward to the car ride back home because I knew that I was going to get an earful. The rest of the event was ruined for me because I simply did not have any interest left due to what was going to happen later on. Needless to say, parents should skip out on attending their kids’ games/events unless they can be supportive and quiet.
Youth sports parenting can be very impactful for children depending on the parenting style. In the article of “Why Kids Quit Sports” the author discusses the major roles that parents play in their kid’s youth sports life. He discusses a personal experience that he had before with a young player from his little league discussing a conversation with one of his team players. He says that a young athlete had told him that she did not want to do sports anymore because her dad kept on coaching her in the car and sidelines of each game. She stated, “I can’t play when he is around, and he insists on coming to every game, every road trip, you name it. It’s like it’s more important to him than it is to me” (“Why Kids Quit Sports”). Parents are the main
They don't think about paying for the sport they are going to play. This can make students second-guess themselves about playing and make them not want to play their sport. Schools should want more and more students to play sports. These reasons are terrible for students to stay in active and not play any sports. “Taxpayers are saying, ‘Let’s get rid of sports. We don’t have to pay for them,’ School boards are saying ‘Hey, it’s not mandatory to offer these programs.’ What we’re saying is, ‘Well, we still have something to offer that is very important in this country.’” (Popke, 2007, p. xx). Sports teach to students a lot in their life, it's a great deal of responsibility. So when students aren't playing sports they can be missing out on important lessons in their life. “While these programs are important to the students’ educational growth, the bills inevitably add up.”(Cerling & Herman, 2007, p.
Growing up, my brothers participated in many sports activities. They played hockey in the winter and baseball in the summer. Practice was held once a week and a game was scheduled for the weekend. The coach was usually a volunteer teacher or a parent of a teammate. In my brothers’ free time, they simply played whatever sport or game they wanted to play. Youth sports have changed in the pas...
As a parent, all you ever want your kids to do is grow up and be something great. Parents expect their kids to have dreams of becoming a lawyer or majoring in topics like business and medicine. They don’t realize that some kids have goals like playing baseball in the major leagues or becoming a great fisherman that is on television. Not all kids have the same mind-set. People of all ages, all around the world, enjoy either watching or playing sports.
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
These days, there is too much pressure on children who participate in organized sports because of the unnecessary parental involvement they experience. A growing concern amongst those involved in youth sports is that certain aspects of parental involvement become detrimental to the development and experiences of young athletes. Early emphasis on winning, making money, and the disruption of education can exceedingly affect ones desire to further participate in a sport later on in his/her life.
It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for Tony Irwin for The James Worth Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) Hall of Fame. During the summer of 2015, Tony was selected as an intern at Johns Manville in Richland, Mississippi. The selection process was highly selective and he was selected from a very capable group of his engineering peers. The contributions he made during his tenure as an intern were exemplary. One of the projects assigned to Tony was to develop a procedure for a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) that would yield a statistically acceptable repeatable and reproducible test method for nonwoven fibers. Tony was able to work on this project as he had developed this unit himself. Tony had limited time
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.
According to statistics gathered by youth sports organizations, “Up to 50 million kids play youth sports in America, and 73 percent who begin playing a sport quit before they turn 13” (Binns). The children could have quit because they did not like the disappointment of losing, or because they are exhausted from their parents pushing them too hard. But parents have their reasons for pushing their children into sports. “Studies show that kids who play sports are less likely to become obese, abuse drugs or alcohol or to perform poorly in school” (McCormick). If children are not active, then they will most likely become overweight, and if they have nothing to do in their pastime, they may turn to drugs and alcohol, which usually leads to a decrease of grades in school. A parent putting his/her child in sports gives the child something to do and keeps them fit. Parents also put their child in a sport hoping that he/she will get success out of it “Eager to nurture the next A-Rod or Michelle Kwan, parents enroll their 5- or 6-year-olds in a competitive sports league or program” (Stenson). While not all parents are pushing for future Olympians, the fight for a sports college scholarship is competitive and parents may feel that their child will have a better chance of gaining one if he/she starts competitive sports early. Parents push their children to succeed, and children--not wanting to disappoint their parents--push themselves, sometimes harder than they should. If done right, pushing a child into sports can have a positive effect on the child’s interaction with other children while teaching them commitment and healthy competition. However, focusing on winning and earning a scholarship versus having fun may backfire, because the cons...
Organized sports help keep teens out of trouble, give them an opportunity to meet positive influences, provide an opportunity to develop a higher self-esteem, and enables students to set goals. Staying with sports through school helps teens stay on the right track. Students should be interested in their sport and enjoy participating and always should try to have fun!