7 years ago
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
what does not sport teach......
i've been associated wid sports.. rather shud i say.. various sports wer kind enuf to associate themselves wid me for d past 12 years... n god bless.. my body was n still s pretty much fit n in shape to allow me to continue playin till now.. touch wood.. :)
volleyball,basketball,TT,cricket,athletics,badminton n chess to name 'em.. are the ones which i've been into.. n in a few of them, i'm still "in" in various capacities other than playin too.... at a slightly professional level ..
when i started out playing... i was an admirer of team games... they teach u a lott more than d individual events...they bring out the true character in you... teach u to be together,work as a team,help u strengthen ur will-power,u learn to sacrifice.. teach u to handle pressure.. u learn to share.. give n take.. n u learn to handle diff people... u learn to enjoy success n brave defeat.. look at a challenge right in d eye... u learn to be unafraid.... u learn to be happy for others doing well.... u cry together when u lose... only to come back stronger.. together.. to get back to winning ways...
what prompted me to write this post .. is again an incident.... a 16 year old's parent...in an under-16 cricket match.. advicing his son... to play for himself... be selfish n not care about the team 'coz it was his performance that'll get him to d state team.... wen this came from a parent.. shocked d hell outta me..... n the outcome was such that,this kid ran out 3 other players in that game of cric... n he did no good to himself too....scored a paltry 33 as he ran outta partners.. he he... was goes around.. come around....
we had never thot about all these thing wen we were that age,... all we wanted to do.. was to win.... n wer were my/our parents.. sitting @ home... nobody bothered to even ask me how i played on a particular day.... so it's eventually the parents who sow these seeds of selfishness into these kids... i wouldn't believe that a 16 yr old kid can be this cunningly selfish....
to hell wid these people.. next tym there's a kid to be coached... it's d parents who'r gonna be interviewed... so beware..!!!!!
Cheers..!!!
S
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well done mr's'..if i may call u that....but chaeating by a sixteen year old???? i hav seen a lot more hehe.....when the great WG Grace once put the bails back after being bowled and said to the bowler.."the crowd has come to see me bat, not to see u bowl..now go back there and bowl"....
so a kid running out 3 other fellows...sounds good
jokes apart i have been at the receiving end many times so i know how it feels...so u a coach...where and in what capacity..plz take the pains to temme...CHEERS!!!
Nice post! I didn't know parents could be this cunning, it's a sad situation :( I liked the third stanza, very well written :) Really now, parents have to be interviewed!
@ nisarg
Am based outta chennai...as for other details,gimme ur mail id n i'll mail u .. 'coz i wish to remain editorial anonymous out here... sorry dude..
Cheers..!!!
S
@ tara..
thanks a ton :)
keep coming...
Cheers..!!
S
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