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Article by Paddy Doran on Underage racing

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  • #2
    shaungil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭shaungil


    I think the Dutch have a 5-3-1 approach to sport. 5 sports at an earlier age and then reducing them as kids developing going down to 1 about aged 16.

    Obviously different ages for different sports as some you can become very good at an ealy age. For intance Marco van Basten was a national gymnastic champion in his youth.

    Everyone has a different opinion on this (Tiger woods from aged 2 as well as Rory McIlroy) but I think you should give kids the support and opportunity to do lots of sports and see what they like and roll with that. Anyway if I start coaching rugby how am I going to become a pro cyclist?


  • #3
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,779 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Great article.

    IMO, young kids should participate in sports primarily for the sake of getting exercise and enjoying themselves. The decision to compete should largely be their own, and coming second best or even last for that matter, is still a great result. For parents that want medals, I sincerely suggest they get off their lardy asses and get their own. Most kids will not grow up to be professional athletes, and most of those that do will not be world champions. That is no reason not to enjoy sports, and enjoy competition if that floats your boat. Enjoying regular sports of whatever kind that you can carry through life is a great gift, and pressuring youngsters to overachieve is likely to interfere with this. If you look at the number of overweight kids in Ireland at present, the problem is not with breeding future champions, it is about getting everyone to take part. The more that take part, the more likely the byproduct of future winners. Who knows, the next Sean Kelly could currently be sitting on the couch playing playstation.

    (gets down off soap box)


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