Sports in school - Just a game?
I guess most of you still remembered the rugby incident betweeen Anglo-Chinese School and Saint Andrews Secondary. I will like to use this incident as an example to dscuss about sports and competitions in schools.
What exactly is a competition and what are its aims? I feel that sports are actually games which train you up physically. This builds up our competitiveness and in team sports like soccer and rugby, it builds up our teamwork. These are further enhanced by competitions. Competitions also let us have a gauge on our level of skill in that particular sport we are competing in. For example, if we are competing in a competition, we can know roughly where we stand among the whole nation. However, is the sense of competitiveness going too far as people strives for the win?
What makes sports in schools different is that it is relatively smaller scaled as compared to professional sporting competitions like the Olympics. I do feel that the experience that we gain from competitions is more important than winning. Achieving a result is definitely not more important than the character we develop while learning the sport.
I think that rules and regulations should be stricter in competitions to promote sportsmanship among the athletes. For example, if a deliberate foul is committed which causes injury to the opponent, the person should be banned for a period of time. This teaches the player to respect his or her opponent and not to try and win the match using these means. Schools should not encourage the wining of medals just to bring glory. Instead, they should educate the sportsmen about teamwork, and to win fairly, not to use unscrupulous ways to win. These acts should be condemned.
Electronic devices can be used to film the whole match, and in any case of argument about unfair-play, the footage can be used for post-match analysis.
In conclusion, sports should be casual a casual affair. Competition is good, but too much is not. Therefore, the number of competitions should be reduced.
What exactly is a competition and what are its aims? I feel that sports are actually games which train you up physically. This builds up our competitiveness and in team sports like soccer and rugby, it builds up our teamwork. These are further enhanced by competitions. Competitions also let us have a gauge on our level of skill in that particular sport we are competing in. For example, if we are competing in a competition, we can know roughly where we stand among the whole nation. However, is the sense of competitiveness going too far as people strives for the win?
What makes sports in schools different is that it is relatively smaller scaled as compared to professional sporting competitions like the Olympics. I do feel that the experience that we gain from competitions is more important than winning. Achieving a result is definitely not more important than the character we develop while learning the sport.
I think that rules and regulations should be stricter in competitions to promote sportsmanship among the athletes. For example, if a deliberate foul is committed which causes injury to the opponent, the person should be banned for a period of time. This teaches the player to respect his or her opponent and not to try and win the match using these means. Schools should not encourage the wining of medals just to bring glory. Instead, they should educate the sportsmen about teamwork, and to win fairly, not to use unscrupulous ways to win. These acts should be condemned.
Electronic devices can be used to film the whole match, and in any case of argument about unfair-play, the footage can be used for post-match analysis.
In conclusion, sports should be casual a casual affair. Competition is good, but too much is not. Therefore, the number of competitions should be reduced.
posted by Lame Guy @ 9:20 PM
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