Why Do Children Need To Play Not Compete By Jessica Statsky

Summary

In “children need to play, not compete” writer Jessica Statsky stresses upon the negative effects of organized sports on children. She claims that when all the “adult standards” are imposed on the children they are not valuable. She also states that these sports are developmentally inappropriate for the growing bodies of the children and also affects them phycology. These sports emphasize on the winning aspect that is pushed further by the parents and the team coaches who expect more from the children in the result of which children are pressurized.in most of the cases the children who lack self-confidence are neglected and are left behind because of the coaches preferring the children with more developed skills. Moreover, these sports

As the writer explains the organized sports have many negative effects on a child’s development and growth. The way Statsky explains her ideas on the basis of facts and examples that it is hard to overlook them. Sports activities are designed to promote teamwork and cooperation but if adult standards are imposed on a child it might ruin the physical health as well as affect the child mentally.

The basic aim of sports is to encourage the teamwork spirit and to emphasize fitness, self-esteem, and sportsmanship but if the children are forced to follow the adult principles they may hurt themselves physically and psychologically. The coach may be trying to make the child strong but the rules are made for the adults to practice because they are already physically strong. The growing bodies have a negative effect of it. I agree with Statsky that may children back out because of the stress and the constant degrading. When I used to take part in any sports I had to face the same problem. I was physically weak so my coach used to mock me in front of other players. This resulted in me backing out of every single sport I took part

This may be true in a way that the child is not happy to perform his task and he thinks of it as a duty. During the game, the child only thinks about winning the game. The main aim of the sports it buried under the stress of winning. The mind of the child is altered and he constantly thinks of his victory in every case so this may result in the wrong development of his brain. This may make it a child’s habit to consider everyone his rival and will teach him not to cooperate with anyone in the future. So if the coach emphasizes on the teamwork and teaches the children how to have success in a team it would be healthy for both the child and the