People may argue that some players perform better under pressure however anxiety causes stress and not only will the coach be upset if one player costs them a game, but the team will be frustrated as well. When someone signs up for a competitive sport (like football) they should realize beforehand that it will be a pretty cutthroat experience. In high school football you are competing against students for scholarships, star positions, and other highly sought after amenities. In the article There’s a Reason Why Your Kids Aren’t Playing – They’re Not Good Enough by: Bill Sepros, it states “Some kids just aren't good enough to play at any competitive level . This is not a moral judgment.
Injuries cause extreme pain, limit movements and depending on the severity, can require a large amount of time for rehab. The majority of regular people will have a negative response to any kind of injury. In the case of the athlete (especially at the professional or collegiate level) injuries can be devastating. There is no universal model as to what mental response an athlete will have when an injury occurs, for the most part these emotions are negative (Brehm, 2008). Even when an athlete returns from an injury they can still be affected by it and play more tentatively on the field or court because of fear of re-injury (Brehm, 2008).
Children under the age of 14 are mostly reckless and competitive so when you have them play football even the pros get hurt. Yes the children may play on a less intense scale of the game, but they are still vulnerable to injury. At such a young age, they have a life ahead of them. What if a child is severely injured to the point the parent will be taking care of the child for the rest of their lives because they are incapable of taking care of themselves. No parent wants that.
Jillian Palma Mr. P English 9H April 6, 2014 Football Injuries: My brother was affected by a football injury when he was in 6th grade. This was a big tragedy for my family and I. My brother broke one of the hardest bones to break in your body, which is the femur bone. A kid that was more muscular then my brother tackled him in football, which was the reason his femur bone broke into two. By breaking the femur you can loose a lot of blood because it is such a big bone so it carries a significant amount of blood in it.
“According to U.S. Department of Transportation statistics, 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 more injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011” (Herzog, 2011). This tells us that driving and texting is clearly killing and injuring people. Car accidents can cause physical and emotional distress. In the film family members were showing signs of emotional and physical distress by hitting the arm rest on the chair and when talking repeatedly about how they can’t say things that they want their child to do. It was difficult for some to tell the story of the accident because they were in so much pain and frustration.
I think people do negative things because they don’t have anything else to do. That might be one of the reasons kids join gangs, do drugs, and other negative things in life. I have experienced some negative things. And I’m pretty sure that other kids or teenagers have also experienced it too. That’s why I believe that sports could prevent kids from going in the wrong direction.
High school football players are influenced to do steroids so they may possibly earn college scholarships. The use of steroids in high school football is a problem that can be ended by drug screening, and also if coaches would care about their athletes. Young lives are even being lost because people are ignoring the
The vast majority of our youth are involved in sports but many do not know how sports directly affect those involved. I chose this topic because sports play a major role in every child’s life. Becoming a parent is one of the hardest tasks one does in their lifetime. Deciding what things are good for your child and what things are bad for your child’s development is very nerve racking and difficult. This paper discusses both the positive and negative aspects that sports can have on a child’s development.
Peer pressure. A lot of people do things because of their surroundings, ideally being their friends. If a majority of your friends play football your likely to start playing football because of the thought of you being left out. But people might grow up and yet still love football or some people leave it as it is, and pursue in another career. Gender also counts.
Some of those reasons were because sports are fun and competitive, because our friends played or because of the status that we gained from playing these sports. Most of us did not realize the intangibles that we would gain from playing sports and these traits would build self esteem. Things such as confidence, responsibility, and sociability are intangibles that cannot be taught but can be instilled by playing and experiencing sports at a young age. When children begin playing sports with 2 their peers they are put into situations where they begin to compete against one another, they begin to socialize, build cohesion and become a team. When a child learns to become a team player they build confidence in his/her ability execute their part.