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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Thoughts on Children and Soccer from Claudio Reyna, Former US Men's National Team World Cup Captain:

"For some reason, adults - some who can't even kick a ball - think it's perfectly okay to scream at children while they're playing soccer.

How normal would it seem if a mother gave a six-year-old some crayons and a coloring book and started screaming? "Use the red crayon! Stay in the lines! Don't use yellow!"

You think that child would develop a passion for drawing? Most important, parents must realize that playing sports is a way for children to express themselves."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Although I haven't always been teh "right" kind of parent, I was never mean and I thought that what I was doing was encouraging. However, over the last few seasons since my daughter started playing CBFC, and now my son, I have learned that the coaches know more than I and ultimately those kids know what they are doing out there, and most importantly, it is a MUCH different picture when you are the one on the field and not the sidelines! Thanks for posting this as a reminder to everyone!!!