As a kid I was introduced to many sports from a young age; I didn't like them all but through them I was able to determine what felt right, was interesting, what I was good at and those I wanted to pursue with more focus. I discarded many, I was terrible at soccer for instance, and applied myself to those I was more interested in and that meant I put in more effort and became better at those.
Looking back, I can see how important it was to try things out, gain the experiences across many sports and other activities as well.
Sport is a great teacher. We learn how to lose and work harder for better results, to focus on the things that will bring improvement, apply ownership and discipline, how to be a gracious winner, to take instruction, how to deal with adoration (for those who attain high standards) and how to cope with declining skills. There's so many more advantages to sport and I believe every kid should be exposed to various forms of it.
I was speaking to my brother last week about my nephew @mrbonkers and how he's going with the various sporting endeavours he is currently engaged with and was so pleased to hear how he's progressing, that he's picking up on the lessons and gaining life skills that playing sports bring. He's doing really well and it makes me feel proud and also happy because I know he'll carry that forward as he gets older. He is such a great little kid and is building on that.
He's currently racing BMX (now an Olympic sport), playing rugby, soccer, tennis, doing down hill mountain biking and has started on boxing. It's the bike he loves the most and a close second is boxing and he's great at both. Of course, he's not yet six years old so the boxing is more about exercise, not getting into the ring and punching on with others. It's all designed to give him experience in a broad range of things and as he gets older there's others he'll gain exposure to.
So many kids spend their time on computer games and other wasteful activities, something that is beginning to cause issues with sporting clubs due to a lack of interest and declining numbers, and I think that will affect the quality of sport and sporting skills moving into the future - not to mention people's health. Playing sport was such a big part of my young life and all the way through into adulthood and I valued that opportunity; it wasn't just the exercise, the strength I gained, it was the enjoyment, the camaraderie and social aspect, and the valuable lessons; there was a great reward on my investment.
What part has sport played in your life, I mean the sports you have personally played. How have you gained, what did you learn and if you have kids have you encouraged them to do the same? Feel free to comment below if you'd like to.
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Sports are an absolute necessity for developing as a happy and balanced adult in my strong opinion.
Not only do those activities challenge us physically, they engage and meld with the mind as a unit. Besides that, it teaches us to be coachable, progress without perfection, work with a team who are also learning, and the solid gold skill of having fun while sucking at something.
I used to think that moving on from 1 sport to the next was just failing our way to success which is a good thing. Now I see it differently. When we try something for a while, there is a barrier that is broken and it is easy to get back in years or even decades later if interest and lifestyle permit.
Try everything, learn to enjoy not being good at something, stay active, work as a team explore and experience. Sounds like a good life to me!
Getting up and doing something that stimulates the mind and body can't be a bad thing, especially in a world where people are more sedentary due to automTion, technology and laziness.
As a child I was quite restless and my dad is a sports fan, so the best solution was to occupy my hours, so I practiced baseball, soccer and martial arts (judo, karate). Baseball was my favorite, being a team sport I was developing skills that would serve me as I grew up. If there are any parents reading this, the best advice would be, that you do sports, early ages are the best, it not only helps the development of the body but also the mind.
The sports I practiced taught me discipline, perseverance and above all continuous improvement, because I could stay on the bench or not play, so I tried my best, but above all I enjoyed each of those sports, I prefer real action to being in front of a computer, no matter how much technology advances, the feelings and emotions of a real sport cannot be reproduced.
Discipline and perseverance, two of my favourite steps to greater results; it's nice to hear you learned them (through sport) and I think you'd probably also confirm that they have been pivotal elements to your life so far right?
Well done.
I was shit at soccer, well, sort of ok but not that good. I was better at baseball, liked playing it. I played so many sports though and enjoyed most of them just for the reason I was active. I was most good at American Football though, loved it, and wish my body wasn't broken from having played it (and having done other things) so I could still play it!
Hi Galen, the first thing I'm going to do is thank you: thank you very much.
And now I go to the sport. The only sport in a formal way that I have practiced is Soccer. I federated when I was 13 or 14 years old and practiced it seriously for two years. In soccer it is a team sport, even if the media emphasize the individualities (Messi, Ronaldo,...) and you learn to work as a team. Teams work thanks to the automatisms that are acquired through work and effort. I believe that in this, team sports are an opportunity to learn to work as a team, including accepting secondary roles for the success of the team. Individual sports are also team sports, and I think you also learn the same thing: discipline, effort, perseverance and humility are the keys to achieving goals.
In bad times, sport is also a great teacher. When I was 17 years old, I quit soccer because of a knee injury. An operation and two years of physiotherapy could not fix what was broken. And a simple meniscus injury ended up being an ordeal of pain. And that was also an apprenticeship.
Have a great day
Thank me? For what? I'll take it no matter what it's for. 😁
You've said it rather well about sport I guess and I don't disagree at all. It's such a great teacher for many reasons and I think those who experience the ups and down of sport will develop better, more completely, than those who do not. These things can be gained elsewhere of course, but through sport is one of the best ways as it comes with other strong benefits as well (Health and fitness for two.)
Anyway, I've had a super long day. I drove for a client meeting a round trip of just under 800 kilometres and have come home to three hours of work on my laptop. I've just finished that and turned off the work laptop and, if I'm honest, I don't want to see another computer for the rest of the night. Lol.
I hope you're well.
I'm fine, today is a holiday in Madrid and I'm in Hive. I will be in front of the screen for a while.
Have a great end of the day.
Happy holiday!
Thank you very much!
I was a better than average downhill skier and passable tennis player in my younger days and a very mediocre hurdler (typically coming in fourth or fifth in 8-man races) in high school.
My son played basketball, baseball, and soccer growing up. As an adult, Muy Thai until he nearly died because of it. Now he’s a yoga instructor and personal fitness trainer.
I can tennis at slightly above average skill but skiing...nope. I did some track as a kid and early teen which I was ok at, but I was never going to threaten the top step of the podium. Lol.
It sounds like you instilled a good ethos into your son which is great, so many parents just don't take much of an active role these days. Society spiralling downwards (I'm my opinion.)
Thanks for commenting.
I think it is great that your nephew is involved in theses things. Before you said it, I was thinking about all the young folks that are stuck in the electronics now instead of moving around and experiencing making real people friends and learning to work as a group.
I think more folks will be physically old before their time with the lack of real childhood play. I'd like to be wrong about that,
They say, sitting is the new smoking, and I agree. So many kids (adults too) are not active. Not a good thing.
Basketball has been a significant part of my life growing up. Without access to gaming consoles due to my family's limited means, I am actually grateful for it. Basketball taught me many valuable lessons, but most importantly, it helped me build genuine relationships with teammates, coaches, and even opponents! 😁
It sounds like you've had similar experiences to me with sport, it's a good thing. Basketball though, never was my sport; when I was playing it needed to be called shitsketball because I was shit at it. 🤔😉
I used to be involved in alot more when I was younger.
Badminton, Swimming, Table Tennis etc.
Until I found it difficult to cope with balancing everything at once and was then force to make a decision to only focus on basketball!
But yeah, no regrets ever picking up sports over any form of digital gaming! 😁
#digitaltimewasting
Lol.
My dad isn't really a sports fan, so I never played them when I was growing up. I kind of wish I had picked up something during high school just to keep myself active. I was in other organized activities, so I gained some of those skills, but it's never quite the same as being on a team.
Being active in sport is a good thing although as you point out there's other ways to socialise and interact. I did some of both, wanted to be active and was encouraged to be. Like @mrbokers I had a nice balance of sport, free time to go on adventures, s hooking and music. It helped me develop.
Team environments are good places to learn though right?
I agree with that. They are good places to learn. I think sometimes too much emphasis is put on sports though. Especially in the public education system.
I'm really out of the sport right now, and it's a big mistake, in fact I'm not feeling well seasonally, spine, knee, shoulder...a mess.I must get back to it somehow.
Sport was always with me, my father was a big soccer fan he encouraged me, but I used to be too shy to be able to take the ball away from someone 😂, so I started to explore my tastes and discovered athletics and volleyball..... I still have friendships in those mediums...I must say they helped me remarkably in my personal ego...especially with volleyball, the teamwork was one of the nicest things that ever happened to me, and the training although hard, strengthened us in many ways.
I honestly liked athletics very much, I ran very fast and that excited me, but I think my parents didn't, although they never forbade me, they had their personal tastes on the subject.
I have a sister that I raised as my child and I tried during her childhood to motivate her but it was a resounding failure at that time, today she goes to the gym for the whole stage that was not, and with an incredible discipline and I will imagine that I have some merit in it...😄
It seems you've had some positive experiences through sport as most people have also. Of course, as one gets older what we are physically capable of changes but I think the lessons and concepts we learn from having played sport stays with us and can help us move forward towards better outcomes.
Hey there ;)
Your nephew is so cute. Sports are great, they shape the character and strengthen the body.
I really enjoyed riding my bike when I was a child, then I played tennis and badminton, and I had some success with the latter. Now I've taken up biking again. It's very relaxing and my body was really craving it.
Hugs, G.
I played badminton in my teens, played for my highschool actually. I was ok at it, not the greatest and not the worst. It's a good sport though, enjoyable.
Bike riding is good too, good for the health and a cheap mode of transport.
It is very healthy in many ways to ride a bike. I also have to be very careful in the city.
Yep, you don't want to get run over by a car. That would ruin your day.
Well, sport didn't play such an important role, but I did have sports at school. I practiced rhythmic gymnastics, volleyball and basket ball, in the latter I was very good and as I was one of the tallest girls in the class I was in the defence section and I loved it!
Then my mother sent me more to artistic subjects than to sports, but there I also learnt those great values.
Experiences come from many places, the trick is picking up on them and moving forward with the lessons learned.
That's right, and I learned as much from school as I did from my drawing and painting classes, which I loved going to!
Sports had a very big impact in my life. I met a lot of my good friends playing basketball, and I got closer to others while playing constantly with them. I think sports teach people a lot of life lessons. How hard work pays off, the bitterness of defeat, and the motivation one gets after coming up short. I don't have a kid, but if I did, I would definitely want them to play some sort of sport, and that could also be our bonding.
You've hit the nail right on the head with your comment and I've nothing to add really. Nicely said.
Way back in high school, it was compulsory to be part of at least one sport so I chose soccer. Then there was a particular match that had me writhing in pains, followed by a disjointed ankle and that was it. It was fun while it lasted and apart from some routine exercises, I have never involved myself again. My son loves soccer and plays it so well, but not on a professional level.
Sports teaches one teamwork, resilience and then the spirit of sportsmanship where you win some and loose. This is generally what life is all about 💯.
Pain comes with sport, physical or emotional, but that's all part of the growth and development, the lessons, that come from being involved with sports. Life's like that, as you say.
"Joy Stick" had a different meaning when We was kids. No video games. No do overs. When we crashed we burned and bled.
Glad your nephew is living a "reality based life."
Our joy sticks were ball bats, or shifter levers on an old beat up car. The game of life. I wonder if the virtual worlder gamers will ever realize how much they are missing out on..?
I highly doubt it...
Haha! Yep, indeed.
Oh yeah man, I think maybe not...they get so trapped in the game and the 'world' it creates and eventually I believe it becomes 'real' for them, something that matters when, of course, it does not.
Also, if you have Netflix check out Fool Me Once (Michelle Keegan is a hottie and it's worth a watch) and also Designated Survivor. Also worth a look.
You're absolutely right G. The kids have focused so much on computer games on PC, XBox and PS that they barely know the real stuff.. it's impressive that you and your relative are this versatile in multiple sports.. indeed sports really does teach us about winning and losing.....
Sports are an important things I think, for health and development plus other things. I was fortunate to have access to a wide variety of things and are better for it.
Yes G... You're very fortunate... Nowadays the access to some of this sports is even limited... People are focusing more on making the next video game
I think that's true in many facets of life, not just in Sports.
Sports bring contextualization and real-life applications in our life. Most of the things we learn when we are pushed into real-life instances, and we learn from the impulses and instincts that we get from our immediate environment. Such instincts and impulses are very strong, profound, and fleeting in Sports, that is where our instincts and intuition get stronger. For instance, a driver has to maneuver in split seconds, a footballer has to score a goal in split seconds or for that matter cricketer to hit a ball in split seconds.
Thank you.
Have a great day.
🙏🙏🙏
It seems like we agree on this matter.
Yes....of course.
My hobby is playing football, I used to work in the morning and had time to play football in the afternoon, but now I rarely do it because I have to work day and night, this is the life I have to be enthusiastic about living. If I have a child, I will ask my child what sport he likes, then I will support him.
because forcing a child's will with our will is useless, every child has their own choices and hobbies. that's all from me friend.
That's a good sport and if done properly is a good way to keep fit.
Not a fan of sports. But, true. It's really nice that a kid is exposed to so many sports and have a free time of online games.
Not everyone likes sport, doesn't make any sense to me, but that's how it is.
I agree.😊
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