Téma maturitného slohu z angličtiny 2010 - B2

I have coached beasball for many years, from t-ball up through 15 year olds. I have also coached youth soccer and basketball.As a coach, I ALWAYS instructed the parents and youth at the parents meeting before we ever held our first practice: We have two goals:1) To have fun.2) To continually improve.And if we accomplish our two goals, the winning will take care of itself. I never promised a championship.I wanted the kids to have fun, or they would want to quit. (Most youth give up organized team sports at 12 years old.) As kids see improvement in themselves, and improvement as a team, they tend to have more fun. And youth that are having fun, and can see and feel themselves getting better, tend to win. Not always, but more often than not.(By the way, my beasball teams did win championships, and I have been chosen to coach all-star teams.)In the dugout, and in the coaches box, I am oblivious to what is going on in the stands. One game, I had to come late, and I sat in the bleachers with the parents until the inning was over and I could go into the dugout. I was shocked at what I heard. Literally 5 or 6 different adults shouting instructions (all different) to the kid at the plate. It was very enlightening, and disappointing.I think as parents, we have to encourage our youth, give positive feedback AND at times CONSTRUCTIVE criticism (and that probably shouldn't be in the car on the way home.) I don't believe in 'every player gets a trophy- we're all winners mentality'. But I understand it's the way of the world in youth sports these days.Look at professional beasball players- the best make an out 70% of the time. The best make a handful of errors every year. We should expect BETTER from our 10 year olds as they are learning the game??Physical errors are a part of all sports. What I always hope to cut down on are the mental mistakes. Again, even the pros make them. 10 or 12 year olds are certainly going to make them- it's all part of the learning process.Why are you embarrassed that your son's team lost? Did your son give his best effort? Did the team give 100% effort? If so, losing is nothing to be ashamed of. Sometimes the other team is just better. Sometimes the physical or mental errors happen at the worst possible time.There is an organization out of Stanford called Positive Coaching Alliance. The founder of it has written several books that I would recommend- "Positive Coaching" and "The Double-Goal Coach", both by Jim Thompson. (And no, I'm not Jim Thompson.)In my opinion, the greatest coach in U.S. major sports history is John Wooden, the men's basketall coach at UCLA that won a bunch of titles. He did not emphasize winning- he emphasized performing at maximum effort those things he taught his players in practice, and if they did, the winning would follow, which it did. Virtually every year.As parents, it seems to me a pretty good model to follow. Focus on what your son has learned, and what he has improved on, and when mistakes are made, ask him what if he learned anything, and if so, what. Remember, physical errors are part of all sports, at all levels. And your son should NEVER, EVER feel that his parents are embarrassed, or that their love is conditional on how their team did. I realize this has been lengthy, but I hope something in this helps.

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