I V • TO > • x>j^> Dads and Sports About this time of year, it seems that everyone’s attention turns to sports. Even before your child was bom, you may have dreamed about him or her as a star athlete. Today, more than ever, school age children are participating in organized sports sometimes two and three sports. There is growing concern about the impact that overly competitive sports can have upon the developing child. Studies of stress in young atletes suggest that those who are con stantly pushed by parents and coaches ran the risk of losing all interest in sports caused by the an xiety and stress associated with competition. Not only can you see symptoms of emotional stress, like nausea. $ I I RECLINERS H Reg. Price $749.95 i Available In Many Different A 't Styles and Covers wCs *299** WA I Tim \ \T\S Closeout | : *219~ g 'S PIECE DINETTE SET CWSEOUM? I f30"X60” Solid Oak Table JlKl > ENTERTAINMENT CENTER j Rtfl. Ret $399.95 f|! f £-~-j«4 I Cash Price 533M9 '_T I j Closeout | T= | I I $13095 i jQJ ■ #2 l only helping them improve their physical skills but also their atti tude and sportsmanship. Make your expectations realis tic. Too many parents expect an Olympic champion; remember very few children reach this level of performance. Instead, use sprats as a way to teach your child about limits and strengths, goal setting, and the importance of sports as a means of relaxation. Don’t use your child to relive your own athletic days or to fulfill unmet athletic goals. Instead, en courage your child to set his or her own sporting goals. Don’t assume just because you were a star foot ball player in high school that your child will enjoy the same sprat; provide a variety of sports for your child to try. Growing bodies need to develop a range of skills. Pro viding your child with a sampling of sports activities will help to round-out his or her physical, so cial, and mental development. There is always time for spe cialization later in adolescence. I spoke with a couple of fathers around the soccer field to ask their opinions of how a father can best support a child in his or her ath letic endeavors. One pointed out that he felt it was important to at tend as many of his son’s games as possible and to show an interest in all the sports he plays. This dad also pointed out, *T try to teach my Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1999-67 son not to place the olame of a loss on officials or actions of other players. He needs to accept the rulings of officials and take re sponsibility for his own actions.” Another hither felt sports was a great, place to teach a child about setting goals. Even though a child may never become a star player, he can learn to set realistic goals and work hard to achieve them; he can take a lot of pride in scoring or finishing a race a few seconds faster. 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