ummmm yeahhhh... have you ever worked in youth sports? :-)
parents = eeeeviiiilllll On 8/24/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know. I think an awful lot of that onus is on the parents. Can you > help your child keep everything in perspective? When ESPN cameras and huge > crowds seem to suggest to the kid that this is some life or death > tragedy...can you keep it in perspective that it's "just a game"....that > what you've accomplished is incredibly special, no matter the final > outcome...that sportsmanship and fair competition and camaraderie with your > teammates and even your opponents...that these are the things to be valued > and treasured. > > If they can do THAT, then this would truly be a wonderful experience. > > On 8/24/07, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Man, I just wonder if these 11 year old kids can really handle that > > type of pressure and subsequent defeat. I know sports is great but > > losing the local district and losing at the international level is a > > huge difference. I saw it on ESPN and yeah I just wanted to reach out > > and hug the kid. > > > > I'm curious if anyone has done any studies on the psychological > > effects of things like this. > > > > J.J. > > > > On 8/24/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So anyone catch Curacao's victory over Venezuela yesterday? Kid hit a 2 > > out, > > > 2 run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning to win the game. After > > > watching the ball sail over the wall, ending his season, the right > > fielder > > > just sat against the wall and bawled for several minutes....it was heart > > > wrenching man. > > > > > > Trying to find some video of it....i'm tellin ya, the Little League > > World > > > Series is where its at. > > > > > > -- > > > It was dark all around > > > there was frost on the ground > > > when the Tigers broke free. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
