Nobody likes a ball hog. Being a good teammate means passing the ball to somebody else. If they score a goal? Their success is your success and everyone celebrates. And if they miss the net? You pass it to them again next time. Knowing how to congratulate others and celebrate their wins is as vital as forgiving them for their losses, and negotiating the divide between these is an essential life skill.
Risk is concomitant with reward. No matter where you go in life, the principle holds that in order to achieve great success, you must take risks. On both micro and macro levels, sports teach us about the value of failure.
Whether practicing or competing, athletic pursuits are built out of moments of triumph and moments of defeat. Becoming paralyzed by loss is not an option. The same holds for life.
Thanks for reading it! I would say you hit it right on the mark, as far as what can be learned, but at the end of the day we have to put in the work to get out the benefits you listed. Yes, all of the things I wrote about I realize I struggle with. My youngest niece is good at everything. I hear ya! I, too, know a lot about this. I agree with you … learning to lose gracefully at a young age is so important.
You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.
You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. As I was watching my daughters play soccer this weekend I started thinking about the spirit of competition and how organized sports help mold individuals into lifelong leaders. So, what do sports teach us about life?
Obviously, one of the first things learned is how to lose and how to win. A competitor should be graceful when he loses as well as when he wins. For, the goal is to come out on top; to perform well; to enjoy a victory. Often times; however, despite our best efforts, we lose. In these moments it is important to remember the bigger picture.
To remember that a loss should not deter us from continuing to work hard for what we want. It is important during losses to continue to honor the spirit of competition; to respect your opponent and to allow them to make you better. Conversely, sports teach us to win gracefully. Nobody likes a gloat. The truth is, as trite as it sounds, we win some, and we lose some. Besides, if we did win every time, would the victories be as sweet?
I think not. How to handle criticism. Perhaps one of the most beneficial things one learns from playing sports is how to handle criticism. This is something that I, to this day, struggle with. It is important to realize that it is not humanly possible to achieve perfection. We all have things we need to work on. If a person criticizes the way we do something, it does not mean that we are not good. It simply means that someone has made an observation about the way we do something and offered their opinion regarding it.
An opinion. It may or may not be relevant to us, but people are entitled to their opinions. In a sports situation, if a coach offers an opinion regarding the quality with which we are performing, the opinion is relevant to us. It is not as if we are perfect; we have coaches nearby observing things about the way we perform that we might otherwise never have realized.
If a coach takes the time to articulate an observation he has regarding our performance, we should take that as a compliment. How to persevere. In short, sports teach us to persevere. These qualities are obviously necessary in athletics, and they certainly spill over and apply to the rest of our lives.
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