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re: More Pussification in Youth Athletics
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:06 am to The Spleen
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:06 am to The Spleen
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In my experience it's usually(always?) the parents that ruin little league.
Parents are the fricking worst.
Hey, hey, hey. People in this thread won't tolerate that WINNING is the most important thing in any sport no matter what the age!
Like I said earlier: A bunch of cowards who weren't good enough when they were young and so vicariously live through their children who really don't give a flying frick about trophy or no trophy.
It's always the parents who have a problem.
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Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:12 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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People in this thread won't tolerate that WINNING is the most important thing in any sport no matter what the age!
I'd say winning is the most important thing in only college and the pros.
And maybe not even in college.
This post was edited on 3/7/14 at 8:13 am
Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:38 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Like I said earlier: A bunch of cowards who weren't good enough when they were young and so vicariously live through their children who really don't give a flying frick about trophy or no trophy.
I don't believe parents should force kids in to doing something they have no interest just because it was the parent's dream. I see it now with gymnastics and cheerleading in my area. Competitive cheerleading has been huge in this area for over 2 decades, and you see mothers already putting their 5 and 6 year olds on competitive teams. That's entirely too early, and the ones who start at a high level of competition very young usually burn out by high school.
Yes, I have my kids in gymnastics, but it's for fun, great exercise for them, and they WANT to be in it. I have no plans to let them do anything really competitive (even if they want to) until they're at least in middle school. Before then, all I really ask is that they have fun with it and progress.
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