2011年10月21日星期五
And this is where I feel the system is letting
 the youth of today down.On  average a child at school today will have two hours per week of physical  education [http://www.nike-trainers.com]. Life was simple.In these times that we  live in children have so many opportunities to try out new sports and  disciplines; this has got to be a good thing, right?I'm not too sure.For  instance, as I've Nike Requinalready explained I played soccer as a child, that was my  passion, it was all I did.I ate, drank and slept soccer. When I was a child we  played soccer in the winter and cricket in the summer. That doesn't seem right  to me.I appreciate that some pupils will naturally excel at certain sports and  will be picked to play for their school team but where does this leave the  masses?On the fringe with no real sporting goal to aim for is where.Children  like to feel part of things, to be involved and participating in something that  they feel they can improve in. Split that over approximately forty weeks per  year at school equals eighty hours per year of sport.Now divide that between  just ten of the above sports giving just eight hours per year to participate in  any sport. Every spare moment of my youth was spent playing and training for the  next soccer match. I was focussed on what I wanted to do so could train for a  specific goal.Obviously computer, video and console games have a part to play in  why so many countries are not turning out the number of sporting stars that they  previously were.For instance, in our local school of eleven to sixteen year olds  the following sports are available to the pupils;Soccer, Rugby, Cricket,  Trampolining,Nike TN Requin Plating Homme  Golf, Cycling, Judo, Dance, Wrestling, Volleyball, Badminton,  Tennis, Softball, Rounders, Hockey and Netball.Now I'm all for choice within  school and it's a great thing to see children playing sports and keeping fit but  surely the amount of choice available doesn't give the pupil the chance to excel  at any one thing and progressNike TN Requin Clear Homme  to a level where he or she feels the enthusiasm  and motivation to push themselves to the next level. The current national  sporting formula isn't allowing this to happen.If a child is de-motivated by  sport he will switch off, it's been proven in trials that people who were turned  off from sport as a child do not feel they can return to it as an adult.Sport is  either something you did as a child, enjoyed and continued into adulthood or had  to do as a child and left behind at the earliest opportunity.I don't have the  answers, as I previously said choice is a wonderful thing but for every one  child that is un-earthed to be a volleyball champion are we leaving a swathe of  disaffected youth behind?Discuss.I try to pass on my musings on life and  experiences in a way that people may find interesting to  read.www.nike-trainers.com [http://www.nike-trainers.com]You may not always  agree with my writings but I hope to inform.Harwood E Woodpecker.
  
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