The life-long lessons and personality traits that can be acquired from playing travel sports are endless. Not only do they sculpt the kind of person a child may become, but they also provide them with quality memories. Those bittersweet memories will last a lifetime, and eventually will be told to their children someday. Travel sports play a role in both menta and physical health. They also provide young athletes with a safe environment where they can make lifelong memories. Athletic Business has drafted many great articles on the benefits of travel sports, one stating that ¨Besides learning discipline and how to get along with their peers, 56% of parents say sports give their children skills to help in future schooling and 55% say sports give …show more content…
Facing adversity in sports can look different for everyone. Adversity often feels like the whole story when it is just a chapter. Facing adversity in a sport can look like overcoming an injury or making a costly mistake in a close game and having to make up for it somehow. Though it can be tempting to give up, participating in a travel sport teaches young athletes to persevere. For an athlete to discover their full potential, they must experience adversity. Adversity not only reveals one’s true character, but it also gives that person the opportunity to improve it daily. Travel sports sculpt athletes with problem-solving skills in each practice and game situation. By facing adversity, young athletes are provided with real-life scenarios where they must recognize a problem and then figure out the best path to overcome …show more content…
At this level, players compete mentally and physically every day for a spot, regardless of the sport at hand. Nothing will ever be handed over to a player in travel sports and that is the beauty of getting the opportunity to thrive at that level. The best athletes use their passion and perseverance to outwork and outlast their competition. The people of our country are so blessed to be given the chance to challenge themselves at something they love. By subtracting entitlement from the culture of travel sports, players will be molded into hard-working individuals. An individual cannot just show up for an interview and expect to be handed the job right away over all the other