Comment Re:Sports! (Score 1) 1319
The trouble is that most kids don't think in terms of "nobody is born knowing how to catch a baseball." They think only in terms of "why does this uncoordinated goof have to be on our team."
Sticking an asocial child in a team sport he is unskilled at is a recipe for disaster. Some children will overcome it, and they will certainly be better for it, but most, I feel, will just find themselves further ostracized.
A sport where the child is a member of a team, but is not competing with the team (tennis, track, swimming, etc) is a much safer choice, and the benefits can be just as great. IMHO
Besides, do you think members of a tennis team don't congratulate each other on good matches?
Sticking an asocial child in a team sport he is unskilled at is a recipe for disaster. Some children will overcome it, and they will certainly be better for it, but most, I feel, will just find themselves further ostracized.
A sport where the child is a member of a team, but is not competing with the team (tennis, track, swimming, etc) is a much safer choice, and the benefits can be just as great. IMHO
Besides, do you think members of a tennis team don't congratulate each other on good matches?
