Keep my Teen out of Trouble
I'm nineteen years old, I'm still consider a "teen". But unfortunately I'm not in High school no more so I can't no longer join a sport. When I was in Middle School I was a troublemaker, the counselor will call my house everyday. My mom was always disappointed at me because I was the one starting all the problems.
When High school came along, I joined Volleyball. Volleyball was during Fall and Spring season, so when school started I had to focus on school and volleyball. Since then, my mother never got a phone call from my school counselor again.
The first sport I tried out in High School (Freshman year) was volleyball. When volleyball season was over, I wanted to still be part of a team, so I joined Softball and during spring. Then during summer I joined the swim team. This was only during freshman year. Through out my High School years I joined different sports like track, waterpolo, basketball, cross country,soccer and even cheer(senior year).
So Why Do I Say School Sports can Keep Your Kid Out of Trouble?
My Experience on Joining School Sports
Well I say School Sports can keep your kid out of trouble? Well I say that because it kept me out of trouble and many other students from my school. How? Well my school didn't have no sports, that made teens have more time afterschool and during weekends enough to cause trouble. Now that the school has more than 5 sports, teens become interested and join. Now they have less time to cause trouble.
Here are the benefits I got when I joined a sport and your teen will get also
- Keeps you busy after school.
- Pushes you to get good grades in school, if not you usually receive a warning or get kicked out of the team.
- Your coaches connect when your teachers, they'll find out how you doing in class.
- Be in shape.
- Build confidence
- Build self esteem
- positive mood
- meet new friends
- become more social
With all these benefits I got by joining a sport, I didn't have time to cause no more trouble. And not only myself, many students from the school stopped causing trouble. According to the school more than 83% of the students are one or more sports. Now our community looks peaceful.
So what do you think?
School Sports Keep you Out of Trouble?
I think it will keep my teen out of trouble
Writer Jolene Belmain says "I think that sports definitely would be more efficient with keeping children out of trouble. It occupies their mind, and sets goals for them (especially if they are very passionate about that particular sport). The coaches are usually very good for showing a long term goal for them as well."
Writer Otto Phillips says "Teaches them to better interact with teammates as well as discipline to rules of the game they play."
Writer Sharon says "Great article Daniela! As a teacher, for one year, I taught a split day between middle and high school. By doing so, I was teaching high school students I had taught since 6th grade which was great. Without making my comment too pointed, I will say that you hit the nail on the head. I agree with tvjunkie's point also. Something very important regarding sports also is the attitude and consistency of the rules of the coach and school. If they make it clear that all players must follow the rules and maintain high standards to stay on the team and represent the school well, it works. It helps the teachers, the team, and the individual player. If a coach and school let the star players get by with poor behavior simply because they want that player to be in the game in order to win (since the star might, if he / she had the propensity to get in trouble and have the "you can't touch me" attitude which, of course, not all do), it not only causes troubles for teachers, but it also gives the player the wrong message since life down the road won't always excuse them. The coaches I've known did enforce the rules, and like you said, it helped the players stay out of trouble ... and it definitely helped the teachers! You probably have a few good coaches in your past to whom you are grateful. Then again, they were fortunate to have you, because you were smart enough (and dedicated) to follow the rules when you got into sports (and to represent your school well as a good example). Some day you might consider a career where you can help students / children and teens ... since you obviously know and appreciate how lives can be changed!"
Writer tvjunkie says "Good stuff Daniela! I think that sports are great for kids. Unfortunately, not all kids are into sports so I think it is important for schools to have other activities to like drama, a newspaper, and stuff like that."
