Sports in America have its pros and cons. I feel like they affect all parties involved in the games; the players, coaches, parents, fans, and officials.
Of course, participating in sports is something that everyone does as a child. Most kids play soccer or football when they're little. As they get older, they either decide to pursue their sport or move on to other things. Sometimes parents can add pressure to their child to participate in a sport, even if the kid doesn't want to be a part of it. Sometimes they don't even realize it, yet they say they will never put pressure on their kids to perform well. This can be really stressful for everyone involved in the game. Coaches can get frustrated at the kid and parent.
Coaches tend to feel a lot of pressure from everyone around them. Their job is to make sure the team wins, but also has fun. They must come up with strategies for games, drills in practice, and incorporate an enjoyable aspect, especially for little kids. This article delves into the mind of the coach, explaining how they are asked almost unanswerable questions, such as "what bowl game [they're] going to go to", in regards to a Wakeforest high school football team.
Referees, sometimes going unnoticed, can suffer from stress, as well. In the article we read, Kenny Wilcoxen made some bad calls in a high school game. He was a dedicated official, following in the footsteps of his father. Because of these horrendous calls, he was banned from reffing a finals football game in his state. Feeling heartbroken, he committed suicide. I feel like that not all reffs have felt like Kenny, but I bet some could relate if they're really into reffing sports games.
None the less, everyone involved it sports feels the pressure from other parties. It's sad because sports were meant to be a fun activity, but now they have everyone going crazy wanting more and more. They want a better performance from players, a better coaching staff, less parents to intervene, and reffs who won't make bad calls. It seems as though everyone has forgotten the true meaning of sports.
First, a couple of grammar things. 1. Watch the subject-verb agreement on your opening line. 2. You might look over when to use a semicolon and when to use a colon, and check back in on paragraph one.
ReplyDeleteAs for content, this is an OK piece. I like how you weave the final link in, and wish the earlier one were as natural. Overall, it feels like you were not comfortable writing this piece, like you were trying to shoehorn a couple of links to sites into a few paragraphs, rather than having something you really wanted to say. Do you have a true opinion on this topic? Do you have sources to support that? Would this piece look differently if you didn't have to include a couple of links? Curious.