With the growing concern over the effects of competition in youth sports programs this summer, many Canadian soccer associations eliminated the concept of keeping score. The Soccer Association of Midlake, Ontario, however, has taken this idea one step further, and have completely removed the ball from all youth soccer games and practices.
According to Association spokesperson, Helen Dabney-Coyle, "By removing the ball, it's absolutely impossible to say 'this team won' and 'this team lost' or 'this child is better at soccer than that child.'"
"We want our children to grow up learning that sport is not about competition, rather it's about using your imagination. If you imagine you're good at soccer, then, you are."
To ensure every child 'wins', Ontario athletic association removes ball from soccer | This is That with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring | CBC Radio
Really? Really? There is nothing wrong with healthy competition. It makes people better. What's wrong with people?
To ensure every child 'wins', Ontario athletic association removes ball from soccer | This is That with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring | CBC Radio
Really? Really? There is nothing wrong with healthy competition. It makes people better. What's wrong with people?
There's nothing wrong with HEALTHY competition. The problem is we have too many Lombardi wanna-bes in pee wee level athletics who don't teach kids what really matters.Really? Really? There is nothing wrong with healthy competition. It makes people better. What's wrong with people?
There's nothing wrong with HEALTHY competition. The problem is we have too many Lombardi wanna-bes in pee wee level athletics who don't teach kids what really matters.
Sports at the school age levels should not be about winning and losing. It's a means to an end, but should never be the end.
There's nothing wrong with HEALTHY competition. The problem is we have too many Lombardi wanna-bes in pee wee level athletics who don't teach kids what really matters.
Sports at the school age levels should not be about winning and losing. It's a means to an end, but should never be the end.
To ensure every child 'wins', Ontario athletic association removes ball from soccer | This is That with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring | CBC Radio
Really? Really? There is nothing wrong with healthy competition. It makes people better. What's wrong with people?
Surely this is from The Onion or something.... that can't possibly be right! HOW is it even soccer if there is no freaking ball!!??
:damn
Insanity. I mean what do they do, just run around purposelessly for half an hour???
Surely this is from The Onion or something.... that can't possibly be right! HOW is it even soccer if there is no freaking ball!!??
:damn
Insanity. I mean what do they do, just run around purposelessly for half an hour???
To ensure every child 'wins', Ontario athletic association removes ball from soccer | This is That with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring | CBC Radio
Really? Really? There is nothing wrong with healthy competition. It makes people better. What's wrong with people?
It's not ONN. I checked the site and it had real news like
Harper offers Obama climate plan to win Keystone approval - Politics - CBC News
Obama and Putin no closer on Syria intervention - World - CBC News
So I guess it's pretty valid. I tried to find an alternative source for the info but I don't speak moose so I stopped trying
It looks like the program "This and That" which this was under is a satirical program run by CBC though.
To ensure every child 'wins', Ontario athletic association removes ball from soccer | This is That with Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring | CBC Radio
Really? Really? There is nothing wrong with healthy competition. It makes people better. What's wrong with people?
No it's not. The best moments in life have nothing to do with winning and losing. They do, however, have much to do with cooperation, teamwork, learning, working together to achieve a desired outcome, etc.Life is about winning and losing
High school sports and below should be about far more than wins and losses.Depends upon the age level.
Oh well, damn canadians and their press. But just because it's a satirical program doesn't mean it's made up. You can make satire out of real life events too.
Funny. I like the audio clip of what a corner kick sounds like...lol. But more seriously, how are you going to teach your child not to be a sore loser, or a braggart when they win, if you don't' keep score? Kids are programmed genetically in my limited experience, to HAVE to win and HATE to lose. You play games to let them express this, and try to coach them out of it. Although I think you can only really coach it when they get older, my kid still freaks out if she loses maybe 25% of the time. Just goes crazy. I didn't teach her that. Other kids didn't teach her that. It's a survival instinct. She didn't learn it because her school soccer game kept score, sheesh.
No it's not. The best moments in life have nothing to do with winning and losing. They do, however, have much to do with cooperation, teamwork, learning, working together to achieve a desired outcome, etc.
High school sports and below should be about far more than wins and losses.
Heh, that's what losers say. Kinda like the guy who says size doesn't matter. :mrgreen:
Only to people who want it to be. For those of us who know how to appreciate and enjoy life for what it is, it's not a competition at all.Life, from out of the gate is competition.
No it's not. The best moments in life have nothing to do with winning and losing. They do, however, have much to do with cooperation, teamwork, learning, working together to achieve a desired outcome, etc.
High school sports and below should be about far more than wins and losses.
I feel I've done very well in life thus far.Since you're posting, I'll assume you have won a bit in life
Everyone is not equal. I do not agree we should teach everyone is equal. I'm not equal to LeBron James in basketball, never will be and never had the potential to be. I'm not equal to Albert Einstein in intelligence, never will be.but teaching that everyone is equal
But what if the other person works hard too? Are you a loser now because you work just as hard as the next guy?and that by working hard you can get ahead of the competition should not be a foreign concept to anyone in this country
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