Child_Sports

Child Sports Children Need to Play and Compete Jessica Statsky’s, “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” raises controversy about children ages six to twelve and sports. “Highly organized competitive sports such as Peewee Football and Little League Baseball are too often played to adult standards…”(Statsky) According to Statsky, these children are too young to participate in contact sports such as Peewee Football or Little League baseball. Sports educate little kids with the necessary social skills that they will use for life. Physical activities for youngsters play both a positive and negative psychological role teaching the necessary roughness to succeed later in life. Ultimately, sports tutor children to succeed in life at all levels. Sports participation: “Builds an appreciation of personal health and fitness; Develops a positive self-image; Teaches how to work as part of a team; Develops social skills with other children and adults; Teaches both how to manage success and disappointment; and, Teaches how to respect others.”(American Sports Data, Inc.) Statsky touches on some psychological dangers, but Statky also fails to mention some of the benefits that competitive sports play in children’s lives. Psychological advantages, such as the strength to be a leader, should far outweigh sports, children, play, statsky, competitive, child, young, winning, success, skills, parents, little, life, adult, team, teaches, should, scoring, psychological, positive, people, out, need, league, individual, grading, games, field, compete, because, about, work, teachers, succeed, social