Post by Oneback on Dec 22, 2021 7:44:10 GMT
Many values can be derived from playing football - values that are going to help make the young athlete a better person and a better citizen.
First, football teaches the value of work. The football player not only learns how to be part of a team, but he also learns how to work on his own. Each individual is soon aware that he improves in direct proportion to the amount of work that he does, no matter how much natural ability he has.
The football player also learns the importance of sound preparation. a football team must prepare for the coming season in a very short time and must make weekly game preparations during that season. Knowing the value of sound preparations can be put to good use later in life.
And of course, the football player learns the value of giving - the giving of himself and the giving of his time. He soon begins to realize the many sacrifices one must make in order to do well.
If football does not have these values, if the only importance is in winning games and in the amount of money that is put into the program or gotten out of it, then football cannot be defended as a worthwhile part of an educational institution.
NOTE: This is one of several handouts given to the parents, etc.
First, football teaches the value of work. The football player not only learns how to be part of a team, but he also learns how to work on his own. Each individual is soon aware that he improves in direct proportion to the amount of work that he does, no matter how much natural ability he has.
The football player also learns the importance of sound preparation. a football team must prepare for the coming season in a very short time and must make weekly game preparations during that season. Knowing the value of sound preparations can be put to good use later in life.
And of course, the football player learns the value of giving - the giving of himself and the giving of his time. He soon begins to realize the many sacrifices one must make in order to do well.
If football does not have these values, if the only importance is in winning games and in the amount of money that is put into the program or gotten out of it, then football cannot be defended as a worthwhile part of an educational institution.
NOTE: This is one of several handouts given to the parents, etc.