Thoughts about school sports.

Critics argue that, although sports programs allow children to be active and develop greater gross and fine motor skills, children are being forced into win-at-all-costs atmosphere driven by extreme pressure for figure heads such as parents, teachers, and coaches. When the sport starts to become the main focus of the child’s life then their development is especially at risk to these factors. Prevention from these highly stressful environments while still gaining the benefits of the athletic lifestyle would be to make sure the organization emphasize the right aspects of playing a sport. The emphasis must not be placed on winning while losing must be a positive learning experience to the coach. Parents must also make sure that they are not overly involved in the activity and express to their healthy outlets such as free-time if they seem overly stressed by the recreational activity.