In Science Daily, it
explains a couple researches on playing sports and one of them concludes,
“Taking part in sports is good all round for young teens: physically, socially,
and mentally.” This means that sports can benefit teens in school, when they are
with friends or just wanting to stay fit. And these benefits can help when they
are adults and are experiencing more serious situations. But there are some
parents that are hesitant to put their child on a team to play sports. This is
because there have been many reports on the news that there are more kids that
are getting injured on the field. But what these parents don't know is that
there are ways to avoid these injuries. And these ways are techniques that can
be easily taught by parents and coaches before the kids play the game. These
safety measures can reduce hard hits and horrible injuries like concussions.
And when the injuries are reduced, parents will see that sports can keep their
children healthy and can also teach important lesson that they can be used on
and off the field.
Competitive sports can benefit young teens by helping them stay healthy physically but also mentally and socially. In the article “Should Children Play Competitive sports?” Lisa Bigelow says, "Even though most young athletes won't compete at the collegiate or professional levels many are more likely to continue exercising as a way to stay fit and mentally awake. Athletes generally stick to healthy diets, are less likely to smoke or engage in destructive actions and tend to maintain these behaviors.” Lisa Bigelow is explain playing a sport can help you stay healthy now but most importantly it can help you stay like that later even if you’re not as committed in a sport as you used to be. This is why kids like teens should play a sport. They would learn to exercise and eat right and it will become a habit. So when they get older, laziness will not be able to keep them away from exercising and eating right. Lisa also explains that playing sports keeps kids away from smoking and bad behavior. Not smoking gives you a low risk of lung and heart disease which means a longer and happier life. It's always a benefit to have good behavior especially for school, maintain a criminal record and social reputation. Also supporting this idea is Springer Science in the article “Young teens who play sports feel healthier and happier about life.” They said, “Our findings suggest that sports team participation may enhance school connectedness, social support and bonding among friends.” This is concluding that if children are happy but also doing well in school playing a sport, parents should definitely let their children play. It also says sports help kids have a closer relationship with their friends. It’s always fun to hang out with friends but its better when all your friends are really good ones and know a lot about you. Sports are beneficial to keep you physically healthy for your entire life but it also helps to keep up good grades and a good social life.
Competitive sports teach lessons to teens that can help them outside of sports. Joseph De Sena explains the importance of competitiveness taught in sports saying, “The balance is how to take instinctive desire to compete and fuel it while also teaching how to recover from failure. It's impossible to do that when everyone gets a medal....The sooner kids know winning matter, the better.” She is explaining being competitive is always healthy. When you have the mind set to win, it always pays off. In sports, they show this by saying the winners gets the trophy and are called the champions. When these kids that played sports grow up, they will continue to think like this and try to do their best. They understand in adulthood the winners get the condo and are called the boss. In the article “The Value of Sports” it explains another important lesson taught by playing sports. It says, “Youngsters can also learn how to deal with failure—not winning the competition or accomplishing particular athletic goals. They can be taught that any failure is just a temporary setback from which lessons can be learned in order to improve and have a better chance of success the next time.” This is saying that kids will fail at some aspect of sports but they will learn how to cope with it. This idea can carry outside of sports like school or just playing a fun board game. When they lose or get a bad grade, they won’t have a mental break down but instead try to move on and do better the next time. Sports can teach us lessons that can help us in both our child and adult hood.
On the other hand, competitive sports can be dangerous to young underdeveloped teens. Jane E. Brody explains this in his article saying, “Every year more than 3.5 million children under 15 require medical treatment for sport injuries, nearly half of which are results in simple overuse.”Jane Brody uses the word “overuse” which is serious injuries that hurt the bone, ligament and tendons which can affect growth. This is an understandable reason why parents are hesitant to let kids play. 3.5 million is a big number and it can be anyone’s child. No one wants to see their own or another child get hurt or even maybe die on the field. And when they get hurt playing the game, the medical treatment can be expensive which can affect the whole family financially. But there are ways to avoid all these problems that can happen because of an injury. Kate Carr explains safety tips on an interview saying, “... the parents, coaches and kids get together and set the ground rules. Say that we're going to teach kids to speak up when they're injured so they don't hide an injury. That we're going to work to prevent injury by educating kids and coaches in a better fashion. And that will put an end to late hits, those dirty hits that just don't belong in the game.” The game can be a lot safer for the kids if parents and coaches talk to them about it. Parents are the ones that are scared that their child will get hurt. So if the parents themselves teach the kids how to be safe, they will feel more insured and less hesitant to let them play. And all they have to do is give them some rules like no late hits or no dirty plays. And if the kids understand that these rules are for the safety of them and others, they will listen to their parents. These small little lessons before the game can decrease the statistic of 3.5 million kids going to the emergency room every year. Sports can be a fun game that can be beneficial to young teens only if the game is played with safety first.
Sports can give you knowledge of lessons and how to stay fit in many ways that can be used throughout your life but only if you play it. If more kids play sports the safe and fun way, it can make a positive effect in our future. Yes, a current problem in sports is that many children are having serious injuries on the field that can affect their lives off the field. But there are rules and safety gear while the kids play which really help. The parents and coaches can also help by setting ground rules like no hard hitting and to speak up if they have an injury. There will always be injuries in the game but if everyone including the parents, coaches and teens always keep safety in mind, we can definitely minimize the amount of injuries these young teens are having.
Competitive sports can benefit young teens by helping them stay healthy physically but also mentally and socially. In the article “Should Children Play Competitive sports?” Lisa Bigelow says, "Even though most young athletes won't compete at the collegiate or professional levels many are more likely to continue exercising as a way to stay fit and mentally awake. Athletes generally stick to healthy diets, are less likely to smoke or engage in destructive actions and tend to maintain these behaviors.” Lisa Bigelow is explain playing a sport can help you stay healthy now but most importantly it can help you stay like that later even if you’re not as committed in a sport as you used to be. This is why kids like teens should play a sport. They would learn to exercise and eat right and it will become a habit. So when they get older, laziness will not be able to keep them away from exercising and eating right. Lisa also explains that playing sports keeps kids away from smoking and bad behavior. Not smoking gives you a low risk of lung and heart disease which means a longer and happier life. It's always a benefit to have good behavior especially for school, maintain a criminal record and social reputation. Also supporting this idea is Springer Science in the article “Young teens who play sports feel healthier and happier about life.” They said, “Our findings suggest that sports team participation may enhance school connectedness, social support and bonding among friends.” This is concluding that if children are happy but also doing well in school playing a sport, parents should definitely let their children play. It also says sports help kids have a closer relationship with their friends. It’s always fun to hang out with friends but its better when all your friends are really good ones and know a lot about you. Sports are beneficial to keep you physically healthy for your entire life but it also helps to keep up good grades and a good social life.
Competitive sports teach lessons to teens that can help them outside of sports. Joseph De Sena explains the importance of competitiveness taught in sports saying, “The balance is how to take instinctive desire to compete and fuel it while also teaching how to recover from failure. It's impossible to do that when everyone gets a medal....The sooner kids know winning matter, the better.” She is explaining being competitive is always healthy. When you have the mind set to win, it always pays off. In sports, they show this by saying the winners gets the trophy and are called the champions. When these kids that played sports grow up, they will continue to think like this and try to do their best. They understand in adulthood the winners get the condo and are called the boss. In the article “The Value of Sports” it explains another important lesson taught by playing sports. It says, “Youngsters can also learn how to deal with failure—not winning the competition or accomplishing particular athletic goals. They can be taught that any failure is just a temporary setback from which lessons can be learned in order to improve and have a better chance of success the next time.” This is saying that kids will fail at some aspect of sports but they will learn how to cope with it. This idea can carry outside of sports like school or just playing a fun board game. When they lose or get a bad grade, they won’t have a mental break down but instead try to move on and do better the next time. Sports can teach us lessons that can help us in both our child and adult hood.
On the other hand, competitive sports can be dangerous to young underdeveloped teens. Jane E. Brody explains this in his article saying, “Every year more than 3.5 million children under 15 require medical treatment for sport injuries, nearly half of which are results in simple overuse.”Jane Brody uses the word “overuse” which is serious injuries that hurt the bone, ligament and tendons which can affect growth. This is an understandable reason why parents are hesitant to let kids play. 3.5 million is a big number and it can be anyone’s child. No one wants to see their own or another child get hurt or even maybe die on the field. And when they get hurt playing the game, the medical treatment can be expensive which can affect the whole family financially. But there are ways to avoid all these problems that can happen because of an injury. Kate Carr explains safety tips on an interview saying, “... the parents, coaches and kids get together and set the ground rules. Say that we're going to teach kids to speak up when they're injured so they don't hide an injury. That we're going to work to prevent injury by educating kids and coaches in a better fashion. And that will put an end to late hits, those dirty hits that just don't belong in the game.” The game can be a lot safer for the kids if parents and coaches talk to them about it. Parents are the ones that are scared that their child will get hurt. So if the parents themselves teach the kids how to be safe, they will feel more insured and less hesitant to let them play. And all they have to do is give them some rules like no late hits or no dirty plays. And if the kids understand that these rules are for the safety of them and others, they will listen to their parents. These small little lessons before the game can decrease the statistic of 3.5 million kids going to the emergency room every year. Sports can be a fun game that can be beneficial to young teens only if the game is played with safety first.
Sports can give you knowledge of lessons and how to stay fit in many ways that can be used throughout your life but only if you play it. If more kids play sports the safe and fun way, it can make a positive effect in our future. Yes, a current problem in sports is that many children are having serious injuries on the field that can affect their lives off the field. But there are rules and safety gear while the kids play which really help. The parents and coaches can also help by setting ground rules like no hard hitting and to speak up if they have an injury. There will always be injuries in the game but if everyone including the parents, coaches and teens always keep safety in mind, we can definitely minimize the amount of injuries these young teens are having.
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