Finding A Sport You Enjoy
When I grew I was very fortunate as I went to a decent school that offered every sporting activity one could ever imagine. I do think this is important for every kid to experience as how do you know what you will and wont enjoy if you don't try it out first. You may be rubbish at a majority of sports, but a natural talent at just one. The chances are you will find one you enjoy if the facilities and opportunities are available.
The facilities were second to none and teachers back then actually enjoyed doing the extra activities unlike most who complain today. We had sport such as rowing, surfing, mountain climbing, shooting, waterpolo, hockey, tennis, rugby, cricket, judo, karate, squash, gymnastics, table tennis, athletics, cross country and even chess. Most schools today don't even offer half of this and if you want to play a certain sport you have to look outside by joining a club.
I hit the jackpot by attending this school and even the sports offerings have increased somewhat since I was there.
I see sailing, basketball, golf and cycling have been added since I was there. A class mate of mine went on to achieve world recognition through his sailing and possibly why it is there as he must be involved.
I recall my first game of cricket when I was around 11 using the school supplied equipment which should have come with a health warning. Manky, smelly old gloves that had been used for the last 25 years that when you took them off your hands smelled for days and needed to be scrubbed just to get rid of the odor. Forget the cricket box once I realised this actually goes inside your jocks and was originally an opaque white sort of colour and now looked like 10 000 guys had tested it out before you. I never used the cricket box on offer until I bought my own. the point is they had all the equipment for a kid to try out and see if he or she enjoyed that sport.
Thinking back to my experience and what my kids experienced are like living in two very different worlds. They were at school in England until we realised that the education system sucked and needed to get them back to South Africa as soon as possible giving them the best chance of succeeding in life. Then again it depends where you live on what sort of school you end up attending.
My daughter had a few issues and needed private education whilst my son went with the flow and having masses of people around didn't bother him. My daughter has never been sporty as she has no coordination and ball skills what so ever. Not harsh, but me being a realist on her sporting abilities having played or tried to play tennis with her once and never again. The school she was at regularly toured around the world with their sports teams and thankfully she never got involved as this would have been a bank breaker.
My son played hockey ,rugby and cricket, but even with extra coaching never found his love for sport. The era of computer games was more important than outside activities and this was the same for the majority of kids. We had Atari when I grew up, but there was never a threat to stopping me playing sport as that was my first love. maybe I should have been more involved in his sports, but then again my parents never were due to work commitments and made no difference as I enjoyed playing whatever sport I could. Maybe doing well at sport and enjoying success early on made it easier to want to achieve more.
I have always wanted my kids to love sport like I do, but you cannot live your dreams through them as it is their life to enjoy. I knew many kids who get pushed into sports through their parents and hated every minute and don't play sport any more. Many did it to please their parents and have also stopped and will most likely repeat this in the next generation which is also wrong.
I got onto this topic as what I found interesting of late is my grandson who loves computer games even though he is only 4 also likes sport. He would rather be outside than inside and that bodes well as my kids were the opposite. Maybe my genes are coming through and they skipped a generation and he finds a sport he enjoys and is actually good at it.
Yes, you are right, in the school you studied, all these activities take place but not everyone can afford to study in such a school. Maybe that's why you're saying some schools don't even have half the activities compared to these activities. Children like this kind of games very much and these games are very beneficial for physical and mental health.
My school was different as it was a regular Government school, but is well supported by the old boys who went there. Most schools don't have a quarter of what is on offer and are not supported by the old boys either.
Then you are very lucky
From where I come from its very difficult to find a school that offers ever sporting activity, the most you can find would just be 5.
I think it’s great you witnessed all the sporting activities. I for one would have loved to participate in them or maybe be a fan or something.
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We all should enroll our children in a school that has sports facilities. Sports instills confidence in a child and this is very important for his future life. Cricket is my favorite sport and I play it every weekend with my friends. Along with studies it is very important to have ports as it has a good effect on your child's mind.
Kids are still discovering the world in the early stage and while we can encourage them and point them in the right direction, we need to ask them if they really enjoy that in the end. And if not, always follow another passion or so. This is life!
For me, I'll say running was a no-brainer. I needed somewhere I could exercise and clear my head at the same time. Team sports just didn't do it
Ah you went to SACS! I went to Westerford the Co-ed School about a block away from SACS!
We had rugby, but weren't good enough to play in the league with SACS... In fact I don't even remember us being good in the Co-ed league.
For some reason, we could compete with the single-sex schools in waterpolo and athletics. We were a top academic school and I think Westerford still is doing well at that.
Yes well spotted lol. I had friends at Westerford and can only recall playing you guys at cricket during my years at school.
I got lucky as my son also inherited my love for sports. At school I participated mostly in athletics and long distance running. Also played rugby for a few years.
But my first love was boxing and I boxed at the YMCA for 12 years. Our trainer left to train professional fighters and although I was invited to follow him, I left.
We are both ambidextrous and when my son discovered that he could score with both feet, he was a natural for the football world. Did very well playing at school and he even played for a local soccer club, but then his interested faded as he met a girl. Need I say more :)
Back then government schools were still excellent and you were lucky to be at that school.
You were lucky the school you attended has all these sports facilities. My high school and college sporting facilities was wack😩. You son and daughter can still develop passion for sports ( I know of people of such)
Wow this school looks awesome with opportunity abounds. My son started his first year of school this year and unfortunately the schools going through next stages of construction (adding tennis courts, soccer fields, basketball courts, gymnasium) so there isn't anything through school at the moment.
It's costly, but I had him in 3 sports last year doing lessons - martial arts, football/soccer and tennis. Every week I'd ask him to rank his sports and his grown a love for tennis to the point where we're adding private lessons in addition to his group lessons, and scaling back on the other sports to focus on tennis.
We've got the first ever United Cup tennis tournament going on down under at the moment and just about to buy some tickets to take him to his first ever tennis game. I'd be lying if I didn't dream of watching him on the big stage of some sport some day. It's the bond that I enjoy the most with nurturing him with my own lessons, hitting the ball back and forth and counting what our best rally shot count is.
Great to hear that your grandson loves sports btw.