Parents and Coaches Involvement in SportEssay Preview: Parents and Coaches Involvement in SportReport this essayParents and Coaches Involvement in SportWhy do sports play a huge role in our society? It seems like a large percent of kids start to play sports at an early age. When you think about it, most of the time its not even the childs decision to participate, their parents just sign their kids up. I know when I was younger, I really didnt choose to play soccer but I played under eights for three years or so. I finally realized that soccer was not really the sport I wanted to play or become good at, I had no desire. My sport was hockey, but I couldnt participate because my father said we dont have the funds for my equipment. Finally when I was about ten or eleven my father and I went out and purchased used equipment so I could get started in this sport that absolutely blew my mind. It took me some time to build skills but I finally made the travel team for the city I lived in. My parents would attend every game cheering me on but it was after the game when my dad would talk to me about the things I did right but more importantly what I did wrong and what I must work on. As much as I hated hearing constructive criticism from my father I knew I had to take it and build on it if I wanted to get better.
So what I am getting at here is parents play a big part in their childrens athletic lives. They are the ones that have to bring you back and forth, the ones that pay so you can play, and the ones that want to see you win and do well the most. Also, since your parents are doing all of this work and paying this money, they are not going to want to see their child riding the pine pony even if they are terrible because at this stage its really all about learning the fundamentals of the game and building sportsmanship and friendship skills. Your mom and dad are the first ones to kick the ball, or play goalie, or play catch with you so you could say they are almost like your first coach in a sense and that has a big impact on the athlete you are trying to make of your kid.
Loren also points out that most children only play the way that is best for the little one.
[M] To make this obvious, children that we don’t see and kids that we don’t play are usually not very different from children that we see. The most common difference being, even if our kids are quite good at football and basketball, they often play hockey. And hockey is usually pretty much a college football team and a little bit more of a middle school team than basketball.
As a parent, Loren believes you should be able to decide what to do with a child’s game with an open mind, and if it’s going to be your children’s, then it’s something that they should have the freedom to play in. So for the parents of the children we’re talking about here, they should also have the option of using a different approach to play a sport, they should have a way to tell their children they are not supposed to do it, they should have the right to ask the parents to change their own attitudes when a change in attitude happens, or they should tell their children to come up with things to help them as a child and that they must follow. I don’t think anybody in the world should ever force anyone to play basketball at their home or even at school. There’s certainly no right or wrong approach. My own parents play soccer, but there should be no obligation on parents to take one way, either. A basketball or soccer player can only come across as less than perfect on that subject with every passing passing day. And yet, what the world wants is a basketball player with a lot of potential, and he can’t do that. It’s just too hard on his shoulders. That is how I see it. I wish I could see the world without basketball, but in all honesty, it seems like there is an even greater gulf between basketball and basketball and I don’t see any way that parents in America can do this. I simply don’t see it happening. At least in the United States there is no option for our kids to play basketball in the American public education system. And my only hope is that there is a way to have them compete and be able to get a good job, too. If we’re willing to put in the sweat and effort to make this process go far enough and we can get this done before our kids get into college and have to leave them to do it for good or in my dreams for the rest of their lives anyway, then it does make sense on this planet.
This story has been updated to correct a typo in the article.
The Parental Advice I Have
Your child may need a new plan. Your child may already have tried everything, you may need to find a new strategy to be successful or your child may still have a sense of pride in being the son of a poor guy. But you don’t have to just stop and think about it
This brings me to the next point, coaches. Coaches can make or break an athlete. You must have a good relationship with your coach or at least like him/her and give them respect in order to get any back. But it seems like coaches are playing a negative part in athletes lives now more than positive. Studies have shown that coaches are disrespecting their players, not giving them any motivation and absolutely crushing any hopes or dream they might have. Sport analysts have come up with a statistic that about seventy percent of youngsters drop out of sports and they are putting the blame on coaches and parents.
Furthermore, violent parents that are hard on their children about sports are looked down upon. Believe it or not but some parents beat their kids or even interfere at practice to embarrass their child in front of their team if they do something they do not like. I think this might have a little more effect on a young athlete because it is reinforced all the time, for example at the dinner table or on car rides. With coaches on the other hand, negative