Child being 'punished' for a choice I made

Lifeisbutadream

barbarawright wrote: »

That isn't what I said. Admittedly my figures are made up but school sports do put off a lot of kids from healthy activities. It definitely wasn't just me that did nothing for years after leaving school because in my school, it was all about the teams.

Lol :rotfl:

I did nothing for years after leaving school but for the opposite reason! I was very good at sport but never encouraged, I didnt take it up again until I was in my 30's and thats why I encourage my children to work hard at what they are good at

andygb

Dunroamin wrote: »

Which highlights one of the wrongs of modern education!

(And also why the UK has such a low level of success in competitive sports as well.)

We really have to do something about this lowed common denominator attitude to education.

Maybe this applies to football, which is maybe not that surprising as most footballers seem to be less than intelligent.
However, the UK is well represented with World champions at many other sports.

toffee'n'tom

My son is an exceptionally good swimmer. He's 17 now and still going. My advice is just forget the school swimming - as another poster said - if they want to win they'll want him to swim!! I know it's good to be part of a school team but my experience of school galas is they were a waste of time. Keep training with the club and enter licensed galas and team events with them.

Person_one

Lifeisbutadream wrote: »

One of my suggestions with regards to the swimming was that they split the class by ability rather than alphabetically as they do now. I even offered to help them do it.

Sorry, but I had to laugh at the bolded. I bet they love you! :rotfl:

Lifeisbutadream

Person_one wrote: »

Sorry, but I had to laugh at the bolded. I bet they love you! :rotfl:

I did used to help out in lessons, so I knew the ability of the kids, I wasnt just being patronising

Dunroamin

andygb wrote: »

Maybe this applies to football, which is maybe not that surprising as most footballers seem to be less than intelligent.
However, the UK is well represented with World champions at many other sports.

The occasional champion doesn't make up for poor standards overall - we haven't suddenly become better at tennis as a nation just because Andy Murray won the US Open.

Person_one

Dunroamin wrote: »

The occasional champion doesn't make up for poor standards overall.

Were you the only person not watching the Olympics?

We came third, we got more medals than Russia!

Sally_A

I'm with Lifeisbutadream on this one.

Parent pays for outside lessons with a club that has a much better training schedule than a random teacher.

Child has a better technique than a "general sports teacher" could ever teach.

I applaud you for offering to help. There are too many parents that see after school clubs as a free/cheap baby sitting service.

I helped with daughters netball, from the last 2 years of juniors, and all the secondary school years.....quite frankly the teachers were glad to have me as a coach and umpire.

I had run ins with teachers that were trying to umpire in my half , but shot them down (parents in the crowd were baying for an umpire wrestling match :rotfl:) - they then did duff decisions to get their own back at "their end" :mad: My daughter played for a state school that knocked spots off of the local private schools, the private school teachers were mega miffed, as it seems their jobs depend on results - however the kids all knew each other from playing for the City Teams, so knew that good play won the game, and backed our "common" school after the private schools had been knocked out.

My only regret, is that there was one girl that would have been a superb Goal Defence, but her parents never had the money or the inclination to keep her involved - that was over 10 years ago, and despite me asking the City club if they had any scholarships or similar (no they didn't as they always pandered to the rich kids), I still feel I let her down - maybe that's why I'm not a teacher, I get too involved.

Dunroamin

Person_one wrote: »

Were you the only person not watching the Olympics?

We came third, we got more medals than Russia!

But that's what I said - a few champions (particularly of minority sports) doesn't necessarily speak well of the standards of sport as a whole.

Person_one

Dunroamin wrote: »

But that's what I said - a few champions (particularly of minority sports) doesn't necessarily speak well of the standards of sport as a whole.

Are you sure? Because to produce enough athletes at the top of their game (and there were runners, swimmers and cyclists, not exactly 'minority sports') you need a big pool of very good athletes to find them in, surely?

I'm sure there are about a thousand ways in which sport in schools could be improved, but making it all about winning all the time isn't the answer.