Youth Sports

On September 21 of 2017,  My American Sport in the 21st Century class discussed about everything there is to know about Youth sports in America. During class we went over the many different types of youth sponsors within the many different youth sports. We also discussed the elite sport training programs and what they focus on,  and we also went over the thoughts and feelings that most young athletes experience during there youth years in sport. The last part of our discussion was about why kids quit sports. Some issues in youth sports are... The over emphasis on winning, rather then having fun and learning the game. Another issue might come from Coaches training there athletes to much at a young age, this causing injury or soreness. Also the constant pressure in which a young athlete is put through in order to focus on winning is a serious problem.

The overemphasis on winning, Can cause youth athletes or organizations to make wrong decisions. Sometime the overemphasis on winning could cause an athlete to rethink there mood towards a certain sport, in which that could force them to want to quit the sport. As for organizations, the want to win can sometimes force them to cheat or bend the rules a little bit in order to win. Youth Sports are being run by the parents to much and this is also causing problems.

Read more:http://changingthegameproject.com/woc-29-retired-nba-player-bob-bigelow-just-let-kids-play/

In the source, Bob Bigelow stated... "When I was a child, the vast majority of my sporting activities were in playgrounds and sandlots. Now, the majority of youth sports activities are organized and administered by adults … The biggest problem in organized youth sports is very simple to explain — too many adults who want to compete through children." Through this quote you can see how youth sports have changed over the years. This source gave a great summary to the reason for which Youth Sports have so many issues. A lot of youth sports have issues because of the fact that some adults take advantage of teams and or players in order to endure the feeling of winning again in sports. Coaches or Parents are the reason for so many illegal issues going on in youth Sports. Youth Sports have changed from being based on learning the game and having fun, to winning and focuses on how to have the best team.  The overemphasis that coaches sometimes put on winning can cause athletes to have mood swings, and sometimes can even force them to just give up on that sport.