The Drawbacks of Pushing Children in Sports

According to statistics collected by youth sports organizations, "In the United States, 50 million children participate in youth sports competitions, 73% of children are beginning to participate in sports under the age of 13" (Bins). Children do not like the disappointment of failure, or they may have retreated because they are too tired from their parents. But parents have reasons to let their children participate in sports. "Studies show that children participating in sports are unlikely to reduce obesity, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, or school performance" (McCormick).

The youth movement is an organized sport for children under the age of 18. Researchers in this field are concerned about the strengths and weaknesses of participation in youth sports and how their parents affect children's sports experience. In this era, more and more young people are influenced by sports idols that they see on TV. Therefore, it is not uncommon to watch a 7-year-old game in a soccer game. It is influenced by the social influence seen on TV.

There is no clear explanation about the sudden increase in youth sports cost. Is it because they are promoted to specialize in sports when they are young and young? Parents want children to enter college through sports scholarships and major leagues and they think they are willing to pay more money to their children to get places in the competition Is it? Regardless of the reason, one obvious thing is that as youth sports costs rise the children are forced to quit the game.

Sports brings many benefits to student athletes, but they also have many drawbacks. Sports has created such a high injury hazard and parents began to take their children out of contact sports at a young age. Www.stanfordchildrens.org discovered that more than 775,000 children under the age of 14 are being treated annually in hospital emergency rooms due to sports related injuries. In contact and non-contact sports, the rate of injury increases every year. Even with Pentaxette alone, there have been more than 17 concussions, about 9 sprains of the ankle, 8 brachial splints, 5 knee injuries, and 2 nose injuries. Students remember that being knocked down in a coma during her hockey game and need to accept sutures on her lips when she receives a bullet and concussion