I was listening to Geoff Boycott yesterday, giving advice on how Holland can improve Cricket standards, and he was suggesting that they need to get it played at School level.
Well, for sure it would help, but Schools have their own pressures. I think involving Kids in Sport is down to the parents.
Sport is good for Kids. It teaches so much:
- How to work hard for achievement
- How nothing comes without effort
- That effort IS rewarded
- That sometimes you need to lose
- How to handle defeat
- How to play in teams
- How to accept advice and help from the coach
And that's just a short list. In short, I think every parent has a duty to help their child develop by involving them in playing sport. Not just by joining a club, but by making sport a part of home life too. Play ball in the Garden. Get a cheap Cricket set for holidays. Play Catch. Take them swimming on Sundays, or even get an Above Ground Pool for the garden and swim on hot days.
Whatever it is, children gain so much from sport, and some of them will fall in love with the sport, and go on to achieve at an elite level and inspire the next generation.
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