Competition, Good or Bad?

For some people competition is considered natural and healthy, and it is essential to shape personality. They say that this is a valuable means to socialize children, an important force to motivate actions, and it is very enjoyable. For others, competition is considered harmful, psychologically harmful, and considered to be harmful to cooperative activities as well. It is claimed to be destructive, irrational, and quite counterproductive. These are obviously very contrary views

Competition is effective and counterproductive, and adults (trainers, coaches, parents, etc.) may determine the impact of competition on children. For young athletes, the focus must be based on pleasure, encouragement and success. Vince Lombardi said, "Victory is not everything, this is all." He said that it is very important to withdraw the statement just before the death and make the necessary efforts to win, not to win. Discard values ​​and ethics

Unfortunately, many adults still retain this attitude and tell it to children at high prices. When interviewing some young athletes, the main reasons for participating in sports are having fun, making friends, and arranging physical condition. Victory is close to the bottom. Many coaches are unaware that if they build relationships and first meet the athletes' emotional needs, the chances of winning are higher.

Competitive sports are considered harmful to children, but it is clear that competition is an important part of our child's life and has been here for a long time. With this in mind, regardless of whether we like it or not, we must make the most of it to create a positive experience for our children. We need to praise every effort through individuality, self-esteem, competitiveness and fair competition.

We all agree that we will be very proud of our parents if our children show all of the above attributes in their lifetime.

I do not think whether the competition is good or bad. That's right. Instead, it is a way to deal with us to think about it and make it better or worse. We emphasize the importance of competition and provide more space than we deserve. In addition, competition is toxic if victory is considered the most important goal of youth sports. I do not think that competition will make the children experience the "real world". According to my experience, competition is not widespread as people think about in the "real world" world. Success is not a zero sum game. There is ample room for one or more people, products or companies to be considered successful, and the truth is that "highest" is usually more subjective than objective. In addition, the most useful competition I experienced in my life is my own competition, and it will be my own best version. You do not need to keep score for me to measure my progress.

Competition can be good or bad, depending on the adult involved. In the "professional sports model", competition is defined as a struggle between two opponents, one winning and the other suffering "failure to fail". In this sports mode, the main purpose of the competition is to win and avoid failure. As this struggle to become a winner seems to be intense and sometimes seems to be related to the failure of a young athlete that is difficult to deal with, many parents are forbidden until all competition is harmful and until the child reaches a more appropriate age I believe it should be. Although the competition harms the psychological and emotional well-being of young athletes, they are in the hands of "excessive enthusiasm" (I am very kind), so there are some rotten apples that can not participate in all the competition So it's a little extreme.