The 14th video in the series #noseashooligan of BRAFA Foundation shows how a child writes a letter in which he announces his retirement from sports and apologizes to his parents for not living up to their expectations.
“I’m not having a good time. I do not want. I fear. “I get in trouble when you yell at me in the band.” They are the explanations the main character gives to his parents to justify his withdrawal. The pressure got the better of him.
The video shows images of the father reading his son’s letter while recalling his behavior in matches, giving instructions, shouting, reprimanding the referee. Attitudes that, unfortunately, are repeated every weekend at youth sports football matches.
“I’m sad,” said the boy. “You want it to be the best. “I’m sorry for disappointing you,” he concluded, taking responsibility for a failure that many parents should be thinking about.
He 40% of young people abandon sportsas indicated by many studies and, in this case, the one conducted by University of Pablo de Olavide of Seville and University of Huelva. Abandoning physical activity is a real epidemic that destroys sport, because sport is one of the spaces where children can still play, experiment, make decisions, make mistakes, and learn. And we steal it from them.
The causes of this high dropout rate are diverse, but they have a common misconception of educational sports on the part of parents.
“In grassroots sports, we run too much and that’s dangerous. In Spain, federated soccer competition begins at the age of five. There are technicians, clubs and institutions that live off their results. Early specialization, excessive competitiveness, the imposition that only winning is worth it and the pressure exerted by many parents cause many children to suffer from anxiety and stress. The result is that many leave the sport early.
In the training categories there is too much focus on success, on winning a certain championship, and that causes discomfort,” he pointed out to El Mundo. Jesus Portilloprofessor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and psychologist of the Spanish field hockey team.
“The higher the parents’ expectations, the greater the possibility of the children’s disappointment. And all for confusing the needs: those of the parents with the children,” he tweeted. Pep Marisports psychologist.
As Marí points out, many parents confuse their needs with the needs of their children. What does my child need from sports? How will it help your growth and training process? These are some questions to ask to prevent kids from getting “burned out” in sports.
Grassroots sports make a lot of money: sales of sports equipment, federation licenses, soccer academies for minors, training camps, tournaments, talent scouting agents… And the the biggest victims are the children.
Why don’t we know what it’s like to be on the sidelines of a field enjoying the game regardless of the outcome? Why do we value winning and success? Why don’t we learn from the deadly consequences of this attitude on children?
Source: La Verdad
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