Young Athletes
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T he relationship between children and athletic activities is a critical factor in psychological, physical, and emotional growth. Tremendous benefits can evolve from youth sports participation, during which socialization patterns are being established and musculoskeletal growth and development are occurring. Likewise, bad experiences at these stages can be devastating to vulnerable personalities, leaving scars for a lifetime. The unfortunate episodes often point to a lack of good coaching and mentorship at the entry levels of athletics. A teacher, coach, or parent who can identify strengths and weaknesses in developing personalities can provide mentorship that is invaluable. In today's world, too often it is the strengths that are emphasized and nurtured at the expense of ignoring the weaknesses. Many of the traits developed early in life in sports, both good and bad, can be traced into adulthood. Kids who learn early to respect and help their teammates usually develop the foundation for cooperation, trust, and good interpersonal relationships. This is a fundamental aspect of personality development. It goes far beyond the team concept of working together to their attitudes toward everyone around them, including family, friends, and society in general. Unfortunately, poor behavior is often tolerated from those with athletic prowess, which bodes poorly for those athletes later in life. While team concepts can be helpful in the development of interpersonal relationships, individual sports can also provide many personal benefits to the athlete. Self-reliance, discipline, self-confidence, and self-assessment become ingrained in those who can only depend on themselves in the pool, on the track, or on the mat. There is no one else to blame when the commitment or effort is unsatisfactory. Likewise, individual accomplishments often solidify the factors that generated the positive result. Both types of athletic endeavors—individual and team—have their advantages and strengths, which leads to the question: Which type of sport participation best prepares children for today's world? Actually, both offer unique challenges to kids and provide many opportunities for personality development. That is why the best scenario for a young athlete may be participation in both types of sports. Beyond the psychosocial, the physical benefits of early childhood sports participation can also pay great dividends. Growing healthy bone, tendon, ligament, and articular cartilage structure requires repeated physical stimulation to develop stronger, healthier bodies. As long as the rate of skeletal force transmission is appropriate for the age and increased in a manner to allow adaptation, the results …
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