Why Children Be Encouraged To Play Soccer
- Date: 2007-06-26 - Word Count: 633
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In today's media we are constantly being reminded of a health time bomb that is about to explode as children today are not active enough.
There are so many competing distractions for our children's attention, video games, endless channels to watch and these can all lead to sedentary lifestyle if they're not kept in check.
Soccer is the beautiful game, played by millions of young girls and boys (aged 6 to 18) across many continents; whether it's on the beaches of Rio, the back alleys of a major city or the local park you'll find someone kicking a football around.
In today's society there has been a shift to more organised soccer practice for our youth players. Gone are the days of jumpers for goal posts as streets are littered with cars and grass verges now have houses built on them.
Having a more structured approach is both a good and a bad thing.
On one hand young players get structured development and education through willing volunteers who show them how to warm up correctly, develop their technical ability with the ball and progress this into skill development where decision making and skill execution are required. Plus, organised small sided games wrap everything up together to provide a total learning experience.
On the other hand, time is often limited and maybe an hour or two is devoted to structured soccer practice during the week, what happens when practice is over?
Getting your child to participate in an organised soccer school or club can bring tremendous benefits to you and your child. Soccer can help increase your child's self esteem that feeds their self talk which ultimately drives their performance.
Soccer isn't the only winner, quite often academic performance can increase too!
Studies have shown that getting young children involved in soccer at an early stage promotes a real healthy attitude towards the game and this attitude continues with them into adult life.
The number one reason why children play soccer is to have fun; if soccer is fun and enjoyable then players will want to continue playing. This benefits their overall fitness and reduces their health risks considerably.
In today's world, Soccer is made fun by coaches worldwide who willingly give up their time to organise youth soccer practice and coach teams.
Gone are the days when soccer was an 11 a side game for the really young players with offside rules and no touches of the ball for massive periods of the game. Youth soccer from the age of 6 to 11 is typically about having fun, playing small sided matches such as 4 v 4 with no goal keepers, promoting lots of touches of the ball and player interaction on the pitch.
Through playing soccer, and encouraging children to take regular exercise, many of the risk factors that are associated with heart disease such as obesity and diabetes can be reduced significantly. It is stated that childhood obesity has increased by more than 50% since 1976, which is a really scary fact.
Getting your child involved in soccer doesn't just improve their health.
Social benefits, such as mixing with others, having to work as a team, contributing through individual effort to a collective goal, experiencing the highs and lows, picking each other up, competition, striving to be the best, aiming to win, supporting and helping others are all by products of playing soccer.
Many of the life skills that the players learn through soccer are beneficial in later life such as how to form and build relationships, developing a sense of co-operation, how to lead people, how to handle adversity, what commitment means and punctuality all of which are key qualities and will benefit the players in adult life.
Although soccer is the ideal team sport for youngsters to be involved in encouraging youngsters to play any sport will be beneficial to them, now and in later life
There are so many competing distractions for our children's attention, video games, endless channels to watch and these can all lead to sedentary lifestyle if they're not kept in check.
Soccer is the beautiful game, played by millions of young girls and boys (aged 6 to 18) across many continents; whether it's on the beaches of Rio, the back alleys of a major city or the local park you'll find someone kicking a football around.
In today's society there has been a shift to more organised soccer practice for our youth players. Gone are the days of jumpers for goal posts as streets are littered with cars and grass verges now have houses built on them.
Having a more structured approach is both a good and a bad thing.
On one hand young players get structured development and education through willing volunteers who show them how to warm up correctly, develop their technical ability with the ball and progress this into skill development where decision making and skill execution are required. Plus, organised small sided games wrap everything up together to provide a total learning experience.
On the other hand, time is often limited and maybe an hour or two is devoted to structured soccer practice during the week, what happens when practice is over?
Getting your child to participate in an organised soccer school or club can bring tremendous benefits to you and your child. Soccer can help increase your child's self esteem that feeds their self talk which ultimately drives their performance.
Soccer isn't the only winner, quite often academic performance can increase too!
Studies have shown that getting young children involved in soccer at an early stage promotes a real healthy attitude towards the game and this attitude continues with them into adult life.
The number one reason why children play soccer is to have fun; if soccer is fun and enjoyable then players will want to continue playing. This benefits their overall fitness and reduces their health risks considerably.
In today's world, Soccer is made fun by coaches worldwide who willingly give up their time to organise youth soccer practice and coach teams.
Gone are the days when soccer was an 11 a side game for the really young players with offside rules and no touches of the ball for massive periods of the game. Youth soccer from the age of 6 to 11 is typically about having fun, playing small sided matches such as 4 v 4 with no goal keepers, promoting lots of touches of the ball and player interaction on the pitch.
Through playing soccer, and encouraging children to take regular exercise, many of the risk factors that are associated with heart disease such as obesity and diabetes can be reduced significantly. It is stated that childhood obesity has increased by more than 50% since 1976, which is a really scary fact.
Getting your child involved in soccer doesn't just improve their health.
Social benefits, such as mixing with others, having to work as a team, contributing through individual effort to a collective goal, experiencing the highs and lows, picking each other up, competition, striving to be the best, aiming to win, supporting and helping others are all by products of playing soccer.
Many of the life skills that the players learn through soccer are beneficial in later life such as how to form and build relationships, developing a sense of co-operation, how to lead people, how to handle adversity, what commitment means and punctuality all of which are key qualities and will benefit the players in adult life.
Although soccer is the ideal team sport for youngsters to be involved in encouraging youngsters to play any sport will be beneficial to them, now and in later life
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