Youth sports and teaching kids the rules of the game
Real Name: Sarah Stewart Member Since: December 16, 2005 Last Signed In: February 03, 2007 Profile Views: 222 Blog Views: 426 Should schools be banned from NOR for unsportmanslike conduct? February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 
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Should schools be banned from NOR for unsportmanslike conduct?
Today my daughter played in a basketball game that is part of the after school program run by NOR. The team they played began throwing elbows and kicking some of the girls, many of the girls became so intimidated by the other team they would just stand there and allowing the other team to take the ball out of there hands. The ref, who I hold responsible along with the supervisor at green acres facility, was not calling the fouls or even stop the girls and warning them from inappropriate behavior. This behavior went so far as to carry over in th after game handshake where on girl slapped the hand of my daughter so hard that it swelled and became red, it was clearly a retaliation for what ever was going on during the game. The worst part of the game were the parents and the coach encouraging the girls to play this way. I pride myself on teaching my daughter the rules of the game and conduct herself on the court as she does in school. How far do we go as parents to stop this behavior? Should NOR be held responsible? Should teams like this be banned if the behavior continues?
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posted by
LisaW
on Feb 6, 2007 at 12:58 PM
This is why I don't like sports.
posted by
travisfam
on Feb 7, 2007 at 04:00 PM
Sports lessons are life lessons. This is why sports are so critically important for children and adults. Through them we learn not just how to win but also how to lose. (This is why I think eliminating wins for younger players in sporting activities does them a disservice) It sounds as if the problem is not as much with sports as it is with sportsmanship combined with the difficulty with playing "Mashketball" at the lower levels. For all the parents out there, your children reflect you. For every child that continuously cries because they cannot get a hit, a basket, play in a game, or a child who cannot play as a teammate, etc. I will show you a parent who has not taught that child sportsmanship and I can usually predict they are also that way in class and elsewhere. Sstar78, I know that your daughter must have been hurt by the poor display of sportsmanship but after having 3 kids (soon to be two more) playing in Bakersfield sports, your story would have to be the exception to the rule. (For our family anyways) But, you have a wonderful opportunity. You get to praise your daughter for her non-retaliatory behavior and for pushing on in a game where children were not playing by the rules. If she did that, she learned a valuable lesson because those players go on into the world and she will also have to deal with them there. If you show her how to cope with them, she won that game. Like I said, sports lessons are life lessons.
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