causes of violence in youth athletics
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Causes of violence in youth athletics
Ideally, youth athletics should be exciting, contribute to their physical and mental well-being, help develop social skills, and create a desire to continue involvement with physical activity. Unfortunately, young athletes today are being pressured more and more to be something they are not. More frequently, cases are surfacing that have to do with children and teens starting fights and causing problems we have never seen in the past. Although there are not actual statistics pinpointing an increase in youth violence as far as athletics, but many people involved in sports are noticing a sudden increase.
Fred Engh, president of the National Alliance for youth Sports, which advises recreation programs around the country, says he is hearing of more and more cases all over the country. There has been a tremendous upsurge in violence in the last five years. We are beginning to see the trickle-down effect [from adults misbehavior] where children that are involved are becoming part of the bad behavior, Engh says. Far too often, we tell [kids] it's OK to cheat in order to win, to taunt the players on the other team, to criticize officials. (James and Ziemer p.1) Also Bob Still, the public relations manager for the National Association of Sports Officials, thinks the same way...