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Rick Geddes (Jgigs)
Junior Member
Username: Jgigs
Post Number: 3
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 4:48 pm: |       |
To keep score or not has become a big deal in recreation leagues and elementary sports/games? I believe keeping score is a good thing but am interested in other ideas or opinions. Thanks |
Michelle Homan (Michelleh)
Junior Member
Username: Michelleh
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 6:21 am: | |
I believe that keeping score is necessary at a young age. Children will encounter losing throughout their lives regardless of if they play sports or not. Losing, if addressed correctly can hold valuable life lessons such as determination and perseverence. Winning, also if addressed correctly, can teach students a great deal about sportsmanship and respect. |
deborah cadorette
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 4:15 am: | |
There are modifications one can initiate to score keeping so a larger percentage of participants are likely to experience "scoring" in the game. For example, recording # or shots, times of posession, turn-overs, LOW # of penalties or fouls, demonstrating good sportsmanship. Establish "team" goals for each game and record data that will reflect accomplishing these goals in addition to traditional scoring. |
mason babcock
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 12:08 pm: | |
Keeping score at a young age (below 10 yrs.) creates competitive enviornments for kids who are not able to handle or understand winning/losing. Instead of focusing on the skills required to play the game the kids become overwhelmed with the winning aspect of the game which fosters a win at all costs attitude as opposed to play for the enjoyment of the game and the healthy aspects associated with it. Why create 'losers' and make kids feel like failures at a young age. Many of the kids aren't focused on the 'score' anyway until an adult brings it to their attention. Games and activities can be played without keeping score in numerous ways. If physical education class is for ALL the students in physical educatioin class then ALL of the students should experience success. With the health epidemics associated with inactivity in our Nation why would we want to do something that would turn off kids to physical activity? |
michelle caldwell (Meesh)
Junior Member
Username: Meesh
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 11:31 am: | |
I think that keeping score at a young age is a good thing. I feel it teaches the kids about competition, and how to be a good sport when it comes to winning and losing. If they don't learn it at a young age, they will be behind other students when they get older |
Leo Saucier
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 - 5:36 am: | |
Try this. Set up a game with young ones...whatever age your working with. Play for awhile....keep score silently....see if kids ask about the score. This will answer the question, is scoring important. Of course scoring might be important to a few, depending on their background and parental influence. TRY IT! |
Cory Mancuso (Wrestler1808)
Junior Member
Username: Wrestler1808
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 8:55 pm: | |
I also believe that keeping score is a necessity at young ages. Children learning to lose is as beneficial as learning to win. Developing a work ethic for children at a young age is beneficial to a child as a student and athlete. |
Jon Beiler (Jdb1463)
Junior Member
Username: Jdb1463
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 9:21 am: | |
I agree that keeping score at younger ages is not necessary at all. I do believe that it does have some relevance with older students. Keeping score can potentially motivate some students to participate more and work harder during activities if a score is being kept. However, in my opinion scoring should never be used to give students grades. |
michael p spanos (Mps5007)
Junior Member
Username: Mps5007
Post Number: 5
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Monday, October 29, 2007 - 7:07 pm: | |
I believe score should be kept because it gives the game more of a competition as well as teaches students/children how to deal with the loss. Some students when told scores not kept will not try as hard. |
Shawn Valenly (Smv4447)
Junior Member
Username: Smv4447
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 6:49 am: | |
I believe that keeping score can also be a good thing. Although the students are young it teaches them early how to deal with losses. Students might become more coachable and a better teamate because the competition of not losing will set in. |
Kari Margliotti (Margliottik)
Junior Member
Username: Margliottik
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Monday, April 06, 2009 - 1:04 pm: | |
I think scoring should be kept at a young age just because at some point in their career they will encounter losing at some point. By teaching them that it is okay to lose at a young age will let them have fun throughout their career in sports. Dealing with losses will allow the athletes to become easier to coach becasue they know how it feels to lose. |
Matthew C Fontana (Mattyfo)
Junior Member
Username: Mattyfo
Post Number: 5
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Monday, September 07, 2009 - 7:04 pm: | |
Losing and winning is a part of life. For elementary kids in PE classes it is not important. I feel that you need to keep everyone interested at a young age in athletics. Jr. High and highschool kids is a different story. |
