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As a father with kids in sports, I want them to: - Learn to play well with others, even under stress - Figure out where they can help, and through that, ident
by aantix 5y ago
As a father with kids in sports, I want them to:
- Learn to play well with others, even under stress
- Figure out where they can help, and through that, identify their strengths/weaknesses
- Know that they can demand more from themselves, especially under time constraints and can rise to meet those expectations
It's about them seeing things through, be committed to their friends, showing up for themselves and the group.
The drama of losing will happen, probably a lot, but it's OK, because the sun still rises again in the morning and you get a chance again to play and redeem. Such is life.
- borroka 5y agoThis way of thinking, which is very legitimate, largely comes from the mythical idea of "sports teaching life" or "the English army came from the fields of Eton". But I have to say that apart from the extremes of the distribution, I have yet to see, after a life in sports, that much of a difference in personality, attitude, "values" between people who did sports extensively and people who did not. Physically, yes, there are huge differences, and it is more than enough and what I like for my kids. It is all part of the discourse that sounds good in theory and in fact it is value-driven (it sounds good and it must be good), but empirically it does not come up as solid as expected.