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1.) Summary

Summarize in 150-200 words the article your instructor has chosen from the assignment: "Children Need to Play, Not Compete,"

In this summary, you should relay the article’s main points, completely and accurately, in your own words. If you find yourself in a situation in which the author’s words needed to be quoted directly (perhaps for emphasis), you must make it clear that these words are the author’s by using quotation marks appropriately. You will not want to quote anything over one sentence in length, and you will want to limit yourself to no more than 2-3 direct quotes, if you use any at all. Remember that the whole point of this portion of the assignment is for you to restate the author’s points objectively in your own words.

In general, I recommend you structure your first sentence something like this:

In "Children Need to Play, Not Compete, Jessica Statsky…

This will function as the thesis statement of your summary, so this first sentence will need to convey the main point(s) of the article to give your reader an overall view.

2.) Response

Write a 1 ½ to 2 page response to "Children Need to Play, Not Compete." Before you even begin drafting, you will want to decide on the terms of your response. Once you decide on the terms (or grounds) of your response, you’ll want to figure out how you can support your points—using logic, outside evidence, examples from your personal life—whatever is appropriate.

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250 CHAPTER 6 Arguing a Position Readings Jessica Statsky To see how Jessica Statsky developed her response to readers’ likely objections, see A Writer at Work on pp. 292–94. If you could have given Statsky advice in a peer review of her drafts, what objections would you have advised her to respond to, and how do you think she could have responded? Children Need to Play, Not Compete THIS ESSAY by Jessica Statsky about children’s competitive sports was written for a col lege composition course. When you were a child, you may have had experience playing competitive sports, in or out of school, for example in Peewee Football, Little League Baseball, American Youth Soccer, or some other organization. Or you may have had rela tives or friends who were deeply involved in sports. As you read, consider the following: 2˜ m˜¨p£˜F§zFaFm3F˜!m=˜p)’F¥!šapm:˜¦!’˜¦ammamV˜£m=£d¨˜Fhz^!’aªF=˜p˜¦!’˜hpF˜ value placed on having a good time, learning to get along with others, developing athletic skills, or something else altogether? 2˜ ^F˜„£F’šapm’˜am˜š^F˜h!Vam9˜p£˜am’š£3šp˜h!¨˜!’c˜¨p£˜šp˜zp’š˜¨p£˜!m’¦F’˜šp˜!˜ class blog or discussion board or to bring them to class. Basic Features A Focused, 8FMM1SFTFOUFE*TTVF 1 “Organized sports for young people have become an institution in North America,” reports sports journalist Steve Silverman, attracting more than 44 million "8FMM4VQQPSUFE1PTJUJPO youngsters according to a recent survey by the National Council of Youth Sports An Effective Response to Opposing Views (“History”). Though many adults regard Little League Baseball and Peewee Football A Clear, Logical Organization as a basic part of childhood, the games are not always joyous ones. When overzealous parents and coaches impose adult standards on children’s sports, the How does Statsky present the issue in a way that prepares readers for her argument? result can be activities that are neither satisfying nor beneficial to children. 2 I am concerned about all organized sports activities for children between the ages of six and twelve. The damage I see results from noncontact as well as contact sports, from sports organized locally as well as those organized nationally. Highly How does she qualify her position in par. 2? organized competitive sports such as Peewee Football and Little League Baseball What reasons does she forecast here, and in which paragraphs does she dis cuss each reason? Do her reasons appeal primarily to readers’ intellect (logos), to their sense of fairness and what’s credible (pathos), or to their feelings (ethos)? for children and can be both physically and psychologically harmful. Furthermore, are too often played to adult standards, which are developmentally inappropriate because they eliminate many children from organized sports before they are ready to compete, they are actually counterproductive for developing either future players or fans. Finally, because they emphasize competition and winning, they unfortunately provide occasions for some parents and coaches to place their own fantasies and needs ahead of children’s welfare. Statsky 3 Children Need to Play, Not Compete GUIDE TO READING GUIDE TO WRITING A WRITER AT WORK THINKING CRITICALLY 251 One readily understandable danger of overly competitive sports is that they entice children into physical actions that are bad for growing bodies. “There is a growing epidemic of preventable youth sports injuries,” according to the STOP Sports Injuries campaign. “Among athletes ages 5 to 14, 28 percent of football players, 25 percent of baseball players, 22 percent of soccer players, 15 percent of basketball players, and 12 percent of softball players were injured while playing their respective sports.” Although the official Little League Web site acknowledges that children do risk injury playing baseball, it insists that “severe injuries . . . are infrequent,” the risk “far less than the risk of riding a skateboard, a bicycle, or even the school bus” (“What about My Child?”). Nevertheless, Leonard Koppett in Sports Illusion, Sports Reality DMBJNTUIBUBUXFMWFZFBSPMEUSZJOHUPUISPXBDVSWF ball, for example, may put abnormal strain on developing arm and shoulder muscles, How does Statsky try to establish the credibility of her sources in pars. 3–5 (ethos)? sometimes resulting in lifelong injuries (294). Contact sports like football can be even more hazardous. Thomas Tutko, a psychology professor at San Jose State University and coauthor of the book Winning Is Everything and Other American Myths, writes: I am strongly opposed to young kids playing tackle football. It is not the right stage of development for them to be taught to crash into other kids. Kids under the age of fourteen are not by nature physical. Their main DPODFSOJTTFMGQSFTFSWBUJPO5IFZEPOUXBOUUPNFFUIFBEPOBOETMBN into each other. But tackle football absolutely requires that they try to hit each other as hard as they can. And it is too traumatic for young kids. (qtd. in Tosches A1) 4 As Tutko indicates, even when children are not injured, fear of being hurt detracts from their enjoyment of the sport. The Little League Web site ranks fear of injury as the seventh of seven reasons children quit (“What about My Child?”). 0OFNPUIFSPGBOFJHIUZFBSPME1FFXFF'PPUCBMMQMBZFS explained, “The kids get so scared. They get hit once and they don’t want anything to do with football anymore. They’ll sit on the bench and pretend their leg hurts . . . ” (qtd. in Tosches A1). Some children are driven to even more desperate measures. For example, in one Peewee Football game, a reporter watched the following scene as a player took himself out of the game: Why do you think she uses block quotations instead of integrating these quotes into her own sentences? 252 CHAPTER 6 Arguing a Position “Coach, my tummy hurts. I can’t play,” he said. The coach told the player to get back onto the field. “There’s nothing wrong with your stomach,” he TBJE8IFOUIFDPBDIUVSOFEIJTIFBEUIFTFWFOZFBSPMETUVDLBGJOHFSEPXO his throat and made himself vomit. When the coach turned back, the boy pointed to the ground and told him, “Yes there is, coach. See?” (Tosches A33) 5 Besides physical hazards and anxieties, competitive sports pose psychological dangers for children. Martin Rablovsky, a former sports editor for the New York Times, says that in all his years of watching young children play organized sports, he has OPUJDFEWFSZGFXPGUIFNTNJMJOHi*WFTFFODIJMESFOFOKPZJOHBTQPOUBOFPVTQSF practice scrimmage become somber and serious when the coach’s whistle blows,” Rablovsky says. “The spirit of play suddenly disappears, and sport becomes joblike” (qtd. in Coakley 94). The primary goal of a professional athlete — winning — is not appropriate for children. Their goals should be having fun, learning, and being with friends. Although winning does add to the fun, too many adults lose sight of what matters and make winning the most important goal. Several studies have shown that when children are asked whether they would rather be warming the bench on a winning team or playing regularly on a losing team, about 90 percent choose the latter (Smith, Smith, and Smoll 11). How does Statsky try to refute this objection? 6 Winning and losing may be an inevitable part of adult life, but they should not be part of childhood. Too much competition too early in life can affect a child’s development. Children are easily influenced, and when they sense that their compe tence and worth are based on their ability to live up to their parents’ and coaches’ high expectations — and on their ability to win — they can become discouraged and depressed. Little League advises parents to “keep winning in perspective” (“Your Role”), noting that the most common reasons children give for quitting, aside from change in interest, are lack of playing time, failure and fear of failure, disapproval by significant others, and psychological stress (“What about My Child?”). According to Dr. Glyn C. Roberts, a professor of kinesiology at the Institute of Child Behavior and Development at the University of Illinois, 80 to 90 percent of children who play competitive sports at a young age drop out by sixteen (Kutner). How effective do you think Statsky’s argument in par. 7 is? Why? 7 5IJTTUBUJTUJDJMMVTUSBUFTBOPUIFSSFBTPO*PQQPTFDPNQFUJUJWFTQPSUTGPSDIJM dren: because they are so highly selective, very few children get to participate. Far Statsky Children Need to Play, Not Compete GUIDE TO READING GUIDE TO WRITING A WRITER AT WORK THINKING CRITICALLY 253 too soon, a few children are singled out for their athletic promise, while many others, who may be on the verge of developing the necessary strength and ability, are screened out and discouraged from trying out again. Like adults, children fear failure, and so even those with good physical skills may stay away CFDBVTFUIFZMBDLTFMGDPOGJEFODF$POTFRVFOUMZ UFBNTMPTFNBOZQSPNJTJOH players who with some encouragement and experience might have become stars. 5IFQSPCMFNJTUIBUNBOZQBSFOUTQPOTPSFE PVUPGTDIPPMQSPHSBNTHJWFNPSF importance to having a winning team than to developing children’s physical skills BOETFMGFTUFFN 8 Indeed, it is no secret that too often scorekeeping, league standings, and the drive to win bring out the worst in adults who are more absorbed in living out their own fantasies than in enhancing the quality of the experience for children (Smith, Smith, and Smoll 9). Recent newspaper articles on children’s sports contain plenty of horror stories. Los Angeles Times reporter Rich Tosches, for example, tells the story PGBCSBXMBNPOHTFWFOUZGJWFQBSFOUTGPMMPXJOHB1FFXFF'PPUCBMMHBNF " "T a result of the brawl, which began when a parent from one team confronted a player from the other team, the teams are now thinking of hiring security guards for future games. Another example is provided by a Los Angeles Times editorial about a Little League manager who intimidated the opposing team by setting fire to one of their team’s jerseys on the pitcher’s mound before the game began. As the editorial writer commented, the manager showed his young team that “intimidation could substitute for playing well” (“The Bad News”). 9 Although not all parents or coaches behave so inappropriately, the seriousness of the problem is illustrated by the fact that Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, offers a sports psychology workshop for Little League coaches, designed to balance their “animal instincts” with “educational theory” in hopes of reducing the “screaming and hollering,” in the words of Harold Weisman, manager of sixteen Little -FBHVFTJO/FX:PSL$JUZ 4DINJUU *OBUISFFBOEPOFIBMGIPVS4VOEBZNPSO ing workshop, coaches learn how to make practices more fun, treat injuries, deal with irate parents, and be “more sensitive to their young players’ fears, emotional frailties, and need for recognition.” Little League is to be credited with recognizing the need for such workshops. In criticizing some parents’ behavior in pars. 8–9, Statsky risks alienating her readers. How effective is this part of her argument? 254 CHAPTER 6 Arguing a Position How effective is Statsky’s use of concession and refutation here? 10 Some parents would no doubt argue that children cannot start too soon prepar JOHUPMJWFJOBDPNQFUJUJWFGSFFNBSLFUFDPOPNZ After all, secondary schools and colleges require students to compete for grades, and college admission is extremely competitive. And it is perfectly obvious how important competitive skills are in finding a job. Yet the ability to cooperate is also important for success in life. Before children are psychologically ready for competition, maybe we should empha size cooperation and individual performance in team sports rather than winning. 11 Many people are ready for such an emphasis. In 1988, one New York Little League PGGJDJBMXIPIBEBUUFOEFEUIF"EFMQIJXPSLTIPQUSJFEUPCBOTDPSJOHGSPNTJYUP FJHIUZFBSPMETHBNFT — but parents wouldn’t support him (Schmitt). An innovative children’s sports program in New York City, City Sports for Kids, emphasizes fitness, TFMGFTUFFN BOETQPSUTNBOTIJQ*OUIJTQSPHSBNTCBTLFUCBMMHBNFT FWFSZNFNCFSPO BUFBNQMBZTBUMFBTUUXPPGTJYFJHIUNJOVUFQFSJPET5IFCBTLFUJTTFWFOGFFUGSPN the floor, rather than ten feet, and a player can score a point just by hitting the rim (Bloch). I believe this kind of local program should replace overly competitive programs like Peewee Football and Little League Baseball. As one coach explains, significant improvements can result from a few simple rule changes, such as including every player in the batting order and giving every player, regardless of age or ability, the opportunity to play at least four innings a game (Frank). How effectively does Statsky conclude her argument? 12 Some children want to play competitive sports; they are not being forced to play. These children are eager to learn skills, to enjoy the camaraderie of the team, BOEFBSOTFMGSFTQFDUCZUSZJOHIBSEUPCFOFGJUUIFJSUFBN*BDLOPXMFEHFUIBUTPNF children may benefit from playing competitive sports. While some children do benefit from these programs, however, many more would benefit from programs that avoid the excesses and dangers of many competitive sports programs and instead empha size fitness, cooperation, sportsmanship, and individual performance. Are Statsky’s sources adequate to support her position, in number and kind? Has she documented them clearly and accurately? Works Cited “The Bad News Pyromaniacs?” Editorial. Los Angeles Times 16 June 1990: B6. LexisNexis. Web. 16 May 2008. Bloch, Gordon B. “Thrill of Victory Is Secondary to Fun.” New York Times 2 Apr. 1990, late ed.: C12. LexisNexis. Web. 14 May 2008. Coakley, Jay J. Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies. St. Louis: Mosby, 1982. Print. Unit 8: Assignment ‐‐ Summary & Strong Response, Part 1 Major Paper #3: Summary & Strong Response Essay We will be working on this assignment for the next three units. In this unit, we will focus on the summary. In Unit 9, we will focus on the strong response. Unit 10 is designed to provide time for revision. The paper will be due at the end of Unit #10. Purpose: Most of us use critical reading strategies everyday to effectively process all of the information we are consistently bombarded with. This assignment allows you continue to explore ideas of reading and writing rhetorically, as you will use different strategies to write your summary and your strong response. The Assignment: This assignment will have two parts: 1.) Summary Summarize in 150­200 words the article your instructor has chosen from the assignment: "Children Need to Play, Not Compete," on pages 236­241 of your 11th edition textbook (or pages 250­255 of your 10th edition textbook).** In this summary, you should relay the article’s main points, completely and accurately, in your own words. If you find yourself in a situation in which the author’s words needed to be quoted directly (perhaps for emphasis), you must make it clear that these words are the author’s by using quotation marks appropriately. You will not want to quote anything over one sentence in length, and you will want to limit yourself to no more than 2­3 direct quotes, if you use any at all. Remember that the whole point of this portion of the assignment is for you to restate the author’s points objectively in your own words. In general, I recommend you structure your first sentence something like this: In "Children Need to Play, Not Compete, Jessica Statsky… This will function as the thesis statement of your summary, so this first sentence will need to convey the main point(s) of the article to give your reader an overall view. 2.) Response Write a 1 ½ to 2 page response to "Children Need to Play, Not Compete." Before you even begin drafting, you will want to decide on the terms of your response. Once you decide on the terms (or grounds) of your response, you’ll want to figure out how you can support your points—using logic, outside evidence, examples from your personal life—whatever is appropriate. (We will discuss how to determine the terms of your response in Unit 9.) Please Note: The sample summary for this unit is included on the "Lecture Notes" page. Please be sure to review the Submit Your Assignment of Unit #10 section for specific instructions on how you should turn in your work for grading. The Summary & Strong Response Essay with both required sections is due at the end of Unit #10. ** Note for those with older textbooks: "Children Need to Play, Not Compete" is on pages 270­274 of your 9th edition textbook, pages 276­279 of your 8th edition textbook, or pages 287­291 in your 7th edition textbook. Unit 9: Assignment ‐‐ Summary & Strong Response, Part 2 Write a full, rough draft of your strong response to "Children Need to Play, Not Compete." This response should be at least 400­500 words (roughly 1.5­2 pages) in length. Please keep in mind the following: Before you even begin drafting, you will want to decide on the terms of your response. Once you decide on the terms (or grounds) of your response, you’ll want to figure out how you can support your points— using logic, outside evidence, examples from your personal life—whatever is appropriate. Please Note: The sample Strong Response section for this unit is included on the "Lecture Notes" page. Please be sure to review the Submit Your Assignment of Unit #10 section for specific instructions on how you should turn in your work for grading. The Summary & Strong Response Essay with both required sections is due at the end of Unit #10. Summary of “Sticks and Stones and Sports Team Names” Part 1 In “Sticks and Stones and Sports Team Names,” Richard Estrada argues that sports teams should not be allowed to continue using ethnic-based names and mascots. Estrada claims that teams such as the Braves, Indians, Seminoles, and Redskins—no matter how established or popular—should change their team names and mascots, which are degrading to Native Americans. He further suggests that the stereotypes accompanying these mascots, such as “tomahawk chops and war chants,” dehumanize and single out Native Americans, setting them aside from the rest of society. “Nobody likes to be trivialized or deprived of his or her dignity,” Estrada asserts, and yet allowing ethnic-based mascots enables—and even promotes—such trivialization. What makes matters worse, according to Estrada, is that such mascots target one of our nation’s least politically powerful ethnic groups. He provides examples of other possible team names based on other ethnic minorities (such as the “New York Jews”), which would never be tolerated in our society. As a result, Estrada concludes that Native Americans should be treated with simple human dignity, just like everyone else. 178 Words Part 2 I strongly disagree with Richard Estrada’s article, “Sticks and Stones and Sport Team Names.” As a Native American myself, I have no real problem with the use of ethnic mascots. In my opinion, this is the least of our problems. Further, I feel Richard Estrada has no authority whatsoever in writing about this subject. First, allow me to discuss my own Native American heritage. I am only one-quarter Native American; my father is half. My adopted brother, Reeve, is also half Native American. In other words, our family has a strong sense of heritage when it comes to our respective tribes. (My father’s side is Cherokee; my brother’s tribe is Cheyenne Arapaho.) All three of us are registered with our tribes, and we still occasionally attend tribal events. So I am sensitive—and actively engaged with—Native American issues. Unappealing mascots, however, are the least of our problems. Most of the Native Americans I know have a sense of humor about the whole mascot issue. They’re surprised people even bother to talk about it. Who cares if a bunch of white people want to flap their arms in public and pretend they even know what a “tomahawk chop” is? Who really cares what goes on at a football game? Who really believes that a bunch of beer-drinking ball-following hicks are seriously capable of demeaning us? The answer is simple: Not Native Americans. At least not any of the Native Americans that I know. Our tribes face must bigger problems in the real world. We have been pushed to the corners of this country, environments and economies unsuitable for sustaining our livelihoods. We have sought solace wherever we could get it through generations—including in the bottle. What does Richard Estrada have to say about this? Nothing. Estrada would claim that mascots are a symbol of cultural appropriation—white society taking what it wants from Native American culture. I agree that the appropriation of our culture is a problem. However, once again, unappealing mascots are the least important aspect of this phenomenon. How many white people own dream catchers, turquoise necklaces, trickster figures and the like? How many of those people know anything about the traditions that are behind all of these “cute little trinkets”? How many of those people know anything real about Native American heritage? But this, again, is a minor problem in reality. The real problem we as Native Americans face is the appropriation of our voices. How many Native Americans have been asked if they are offended by mascots? How many articles on Native American issues are actually written by Native Americans? The answer is practically none. Instead, the Richard Estrada’s of the world are doing all of the talking. Is Richard Estrada a Native American? I highly doubt it. As a Native American myself, I’m tired of the false concerns of all of the non-NativeAmerican liberal do-gooders. If you really want to know about the problems of Native Americans, stop talking. Try listening. Sticks and Stones and Sports Team Names BY RICHARD ESTRADA When I was a kid living in Baltimore in the late 1950s, there was only one professional sports team worth following. Anyone who ever saw the movie Diner knows which one it was. Back when we liked Ike, the Colts were the gods of the gridiron and Memorial Stadium was their Mount Olympus. Ah, yes: The Colts. The Lions. Da Bears. Back when defensive tackle Big Daddy Lipscomb was letting running backs know exactly what time it was, a young fan could easily forget that in a game where men were men, the teams they played on were not invariably named after animals. Among others, the Packers, the Steelers and the distant 49ers were cases in point. But in the roll call of pro teams, one name in particular always discomfited me: the Washington Redskins. Still, however willing I may have been to go along with the name as a kid, as an adult I have concluded that using an ethnic group essentially as a sports mascot is wrong. The Redskins and the Kansas City Chiefs, along with baseball teams like the Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland Indians, should find other names that avoid highlighting ethnicity. By no means were such names originally meant to disparage Native Americans. The noble symbols of the Redskins or college football's Florida State Seminoles or the Illinois lllini are meant to be strong and proud. Yet, ultimately, the practice of using a people as mascots is dehumanizing. It sets them apart from the rest of society. It promotes the politics of racial aggrievement at a moment when our storehouse is running over with it. The World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves re-ignited the debate. In the chill night air of October, tomahawk chops and war chants suddenly became far more familiar to millions of fans, along with the ridiculous and offensive cartoon logo of Cleveland's "Chief Wahoo." The defenders of team names that use variations on the Indian theme argue that tradition should not be sacrificed at the altar of political correctness. In truth, the nation's No. 1 P.C. [politically correct] school, Stanford University, helped matters some when it changed its team nickname from "the Indians" to "the Cardinals." To be sure, Stanford did the right thing, but the school's status as P.C. without peer tainted the decision for those who still need to do the right thing. Another argument is that ethnic group leaders are too inclined to cry wolf in alleging racial insensitivity. Often, this is the case. But no one should overlook genuine cases of political insensitivity in an attempt to avoid accusations of hypersensitivity and political correctness. The real world is different from the world of sports entertainment. I recently heard a father who happened to be a Native American complain on the radio that his child was being pressured into participating in celebrations of Braves baseball. At his kid’s school, certain days are set aside on which all children are told to dress in Indian garb and celebrate with tomahawk chops and the like. That father should be forgiven for not wanting his family to serve as somebody’s mascot. The desire to avoid ridicule is legitimate and understandable. Nobody likes to be trivialized or deprived of their dignity. This has nothing to do with political correctness and the provocations of militant leaders. Against this backdrop, the decision by newspapers in Minneapolis, Seattle and Portland to ban references to Native American nicknames is more reasonable than some might think. What makes naming teams after ethnic groups, particularly minorities, reprehensible is that politically impotent groups continue to be targeted, while politically powerful ones who bite back are left alone. How long does anyone think the name “Washington Blackskins” would last? Or how about “the New York Jews”? With no fewer than 10 Latino ballplayers on the Cleveland Indian’s roster, the team could change its name to “the Banditos.” The trouble is, they would be missing the point: Latinos would correctly object to that stereotype, just as they rightly protested against Frito-Lay’s use of the “FritoBandito” character years ago. It seems to me that what Native Americans are saying is that what would be intolerable for Jews, blacks, Latinos and others is no less offensive to them. Theirs is a request not only for dignified treatment, but for fair treatment as well. For America to ignore the complaints of a numerically small segment of the population because it is small is neither dignified nor fair. Summary and Response "Children need to play, not compete", Jessica Statsky Summary Jessica Statsky highly opposes the idea of competitive sports among children in "Children need to play, Not Compete''. She supports her arguments emphasizing on how competition has affected the development of most children in the United States. She uses different perspectives to show how competition, especially in sports has hampered the wellbeing of children. First and foremost, children just like any other people have different abilities. There are those children that lose a and others that prevail in sports. The idea of competition brings about discouragement among children who lose to the others in sports. This dejection later affects the child by discouraging the child from having interest in any non-sport activity in the future. Children have standards set for competitive sports that are beyond their age. This affects both their physical and psychological perspectives negatively. Children under the age of 10 are the ones most prone to these kinds of experiences. Additionally, competitive sport exposes the children to the intense physical activity that brings about injuries. To protect their children's well-being, parents are asked not to enroll their children in competitive sports. (183 words) Response The article is very beneficial in the design and development of children's play programs. The author talks about how high-level organized sport is to any individual under the age of 16. The shortcomings of the competitive sport among children are many and highly affect them even in adult life. The article, however, doesn't discourage sports. Children should be enrolled in sports by adequately being enlightened about the value of having sports. Secondly, competitive sport hampers a child's spirit for play hence hindering them from developing proper sportsmanship or any at all for that matter. Consequently, children should be taught about the different aspects winning and losing since negative impacts of the later can affect them in their future lives. This is evident because most children and adults prefer to be on the sideline watching than actually participate in the play. This trend is becoming extensive due to a lot of emphasis on competitive sports. According to Statsky, children are supposed to be taught how to embrace both the winning and losing in sports. However, most coaches discourage the losing in sports among children which hampers their play spirit from a distance. The motivation of sports has been the fear of losing. Parents are very influential on the attitudes developed by children for sports. The parental intrusion that pushes children to maximize on sports is strongly discouraged. Statsky talks of an inadvertent incident where 75 were embroiled in a brawl as a result of the dispute in a football game. Such kind of parental intrusion is highly discouraged as it creates a negative impression on the child in sports matters. Also, the intensive pressure is another disadvantage associated with competitive sports among children. Children across the United States are subjected to a lot of extraordinary pressure in sports to steer them towards victory. This is highly undesirable as the child's psychological wellbeing is tampered with. Moreover, this kind of pressure subjects the child to the risk of multiple injuries which is not healthy for developing individuals. Lofty targets and expectations are the causes of the intensive pressure. Statsky continues to argue that these expectations and targets should only be restricted to adult games. Aspects of sports like training, practice, and coaching require high devotion regarding time and energy employed. Children shouldn't be subjected to such at a young age. This is mainly because it can interfere with the concentration in studies hence weakening their performance. In conclusion, playing should be the only aim for any child to enter into the sport. This is because the moment children become playful they not only develop their sportsmanship skills but also promote their physical well-being. Also, playing highly contributes towards the emotional developments and developing positive attitudes towards people. All these merits cannot be achieved using competitive sport among children as they are still young to make certain decisions. The economic well-being of most families in the United States is strained by the demand for resources to support competitive sporting. This is because of the requirements needed for instance in the form of equipment and other facilities. Parents should be given a chance to spend within their financial capabilities while investing in their children.
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