Posted by Billy NY on June 05, 2013 at 11:12:47 from (72.226.79.200):
In Reply to: Sports posted by jhilyer on June 05, 2013 at 10:03:00:
We have seen the discussion here, it gets poofed, maybe its just tone that evolves from same, but I hear ya, rock and a hard place.
On one hand, I hate to hear of sports bashing, what purpose does it serve, and on the other, under the right circumstances there is also a lot of benefit and potential benefit from athletics just the same.
There are so many aspects of this, I can see my own post getting too long winded about it LOL.
You are only young once, you only get the chance at these opportunities once, maybe you make it to college level and rarely beyond, but high school sports, absolutely should not rule, but not be cast aside either.
What I see with recruiting and all this hype with coaches today, even the on field skirmishes, violence with parents, and this high priority emphasis on the importance of sports and winning, seriously detracts from the bare fundamentals of what sports really are, competition, physical fitness, attaining and striving to do ones best, teamwork, comradery and positive/beneficial things that prepare you for life, pride, poise, courage, to quote my HS football coach. Don't forget work ethic, you have to be dedicated to achieve fitness, develop ability and skills, know how to compete, know you did your best, be a role model to others, develop leadership skills, I am sorry to say, these are important things in life and a good coach will instill these things, more importantly than anything else, including family coming first, personal obligations, and figuring out how to manage ones time, when these things conflict, both coach and athlete need to respectfully work it out, without taking away from either side. Its not easy, but it can be done.
I did it, double sessions in the mid summer, hot, humid, hard physical training, then worked 4-10Pm at a large supermarket, the manager was pro sports and a real friend to me, knowing what my schedule was. This was my first real lesson as to what a long hard day was, for over a month each year. There was still work to do at home at times, but our coaches were not like today, what I said above was the main part of this, we lost quite a bit, our seasons were marginal, we paid for it in practice, we were outclassed because we were a small school competing with the largest schools, it built character, it made you grit your teeth and dig in for that big linebacker, or lineman pushing you into the quarterback, you learned to play using your brain, not your brawn, you overcame the opponent when they least expected it, smaller guys showed their heart and soul by never giving in, coach would remind you of that, smallest guy on the team, making a tackle, or taking a hit, but getting right back up and doing his job.
I don't like professional sports so much, of course I like to watch my favorite NFL team, and baseball team when I have some time, which is not often but I do enjoy it, with a grain of salt, the high salary, the fame and all the rest, I have no use for. I'd rather know about the low paid lineman who does the no glory job, many of these guys don't get the huge salary and financial security, they will have to work when they cannot physically perform, what did they do to accommodate that, stay the route with college way back when knowing all it takes is one injury.
Someone in their youth who wants to pursue sports, be it just high school or beyond should always be encouraged, but the caveat is the coaching staff, they have to be about what I wrote above, none of this crap about favoritism, not playing because a kid has to work, even if most of the time he can participate, when duty calls at home, like in your case, there has to be some slack, and it should be both ways to be honest. Once done with hay, whats a few laps around the field and what better training than this hard work ? Could go on and on here...
I played after work for years, for the health benefit, for the stress relief, for the pure fun of the game, hockey and basket ball, I stayed in top shape, around 175lbs, its a huge benefit, and unlike monotonous exercise routines, there is no routine, just friendly competition that keeps you fit. I don't like the NHL, the fighting aspect of it makes it like the WWF, its a joke and its not what the game is about at all, rather watch collegiate hockey, locally in person, or play on the pond here.
If someone in their youth has recognizable natural talent, excels at sports easily, and all the rest, they have a good chance and should be encouraged. I went to school with 2 that made to the collegiate and professional levels, one in the NHL, the other in the NFL, they followed the dream, had the ability and did not get injured, not everyone will do it, or can, some have raw talent, some have intense drive, motivation. One while in college at Syracuse, played on champion teams, the orange bowl, scored more than one TD, incredible play, and to think we played on the same field together in 2 sports. He never changed, his demeanor in life, what was learned in our youth on the field carried him through life even when the NFL was cut short, he was an unbelievable athlete in all sports, but the talent was just a hair better and he was cut, went to the world league.
I do not like how coaches and the mentality is today, and its hard to argue against so much of the way things are now, shameful, sports used to teach kids many similar things to what honest hard work does.
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