Summary Of Life Changed After Two Concussions By Hayley Hodson

“Hayley Hodson was very good at the sport of volleyball and played for Stanford University. Even though she was a star, her life changed when while doing a drill she got a concussion. This later changed her game because it made her not able to play her favorite sport anymore.” (How Volleyball Star Hayley Hodson’s Life Changed After Two Concussions) This topic is important because it helps parents understand and kids too about the risks of playing these sports at such a young age. Other people may think that this topic is controversial and have other opinions such as that these sports are very beneficial. In my opinion, I think that some aspects of these sports cause harmful actions to kids and sometimes their parents. Competitive sports for

can cause kids mental and emotional trauma which affects them in many different ways. In the article “Intensive Participation in a Single Sport: Good or Bad for Kids?” By Lerner Children's Pavilion it states that “Coaches may push kids to train intensely in a sport, and parents may see specialization as a ticket to a college scholarship” This quote means that coaches are pushing kids to get a college scholarship which may cause stress and peer pressure from the coaches. This statement helps people understand more about the peer pressure caused by coaches and the desire for a good season and peer pressure by pushing kids to get a scholarship, even when they are so young. In this statement from the article The Pros and Cons of Youth Sports by Marika Lindholm Ph.D. it is said that “Our society’s obsession with sports puts a premium on athletes and athleticism, which can imbue young athletes with an inflated sense of self” This quote means that our society emphasizes sports and pushes the athletic community to be their best and puts peer pressure, sometimes it can get to kids making them nervous. The significance of this quote is that our society puts pressure on everything, but sometimes it can get the community of just kids playing sports and learning how to play before they start playing in better leagues or in high school. In the article by Alfie Kohn called “The Case Against Competition” it talks on how “Competition leads children to envy winners, to dismiss losers (there’s no nastier epithet in our language than “Loser!”)” This anecdote means that kids when they win, they are gonna say something or do something to taunt the loser. This quote means a lot because it shows that some kids may be the influence in mental and emotional trauma because of the way they act to other players along the field. These quotes all show how coaches, mentors, or parents can cause mental or emotional