Summer Sports – Time to put the fun back into it
We all want our child to grow up to be the next (insert favorite sports icon here) but sometimes we forget ….ahemm.. that means you mom and dad.. what the whole darn point is to begin with. FUN. That’s right sports are supposed to bring people together through good times (wins) and bad (loses). I know putting expectations on children pushes them to excel but it can be a very slippery slope when your driving the expectation bus and suddenly the child wants to get off. What do you do then?
Being able to gauge you’re child’s level in the sport is a very important piece to the parenting puzzle. Let’s say your kid just stinks at baseball/softball and is the worst player. Not really a big deal unless it starts to wear and tear on the child and he/she is not having fun anymore. That’s not good.
Here is a game that Marlene F. Byrne invented for her softball team – “at the appointed hour the girls show up with their entire families and wagons of treats. Instructed to dress outrageously rather then wear their uniforms, they arrive decked out in shirts worn backward, wacky hair colors, and mismatched shoes. To kick off the proceedings, we hold water- ballo0n batting practice. The rules are simple, there really are no rules.”
Be as creative as you want and invent silly things that they have to do like wear clown shoes from first to second base or pop a balloon when they reach third. The point is well she took a sport that wasn’t fun and put the fun back into it.
It’s things like these that coaches need to practice from time to time and who knows you may just keep a child interested long enough for them to be the next (insert your child’s name here)
Let me know of other game inventions that put the fun back into it.
Hope that helps = )
Mark
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