Trophys Should Not Be Allowed In High School

Imagine practising or a sport every hour of the day weather its batting in a cage shooting baskets or rehearsing a ane routine. You put every ounce of energy you have in to what you do. When the day comes for awards to be handed out you get the same reward that the kid who never practised or even tried. All they did was show up and sit on the bench and they get the same recognition as you. How does this make you feel mad maybe infuriated.

My soccer team’s season just ended. We won our game 6-1 and I scored 5 of them. I got handed a trophy, everyone else who really tried got one too . Then, they handed one to Timmy. Timmy showed up to three practices and stinks.

Do We Give Our Children Too Many Trophies? A trophy symbolizes a win or an achievement, but does it mean anything if you get a trophy just because everyone else did? If you are awarded a trophy and you know that you have not done anything to deserve it then you might feel bad about yourself. If you know for sure that you are going to get a trophy, then why would you go to practice, lessons, or even competitions or games?

You walk into an eight year old’s room, which belongs to a kid name James, and you see trophies stacked in his room everywhere, almost as much as the amount of people there are on the earth. What surprises you is the labels or the purpose of those trophies, like a trophy for “Participation” and a trophy for “Playing a game”, and even a trophy for just Showing up. Realizing that the amount of trophies he has is outweighting his ability in that sport he is in, you realize that the kid is getting so many trophies that are unnecessary and invaluable in terms of the purpose of that trophy or why he got it. Trophies should not be given to everyone involved in that sport because if everyone gets a trophy, they have no value. Also, Sports organizations

Back in the day, winners were winners and losers were losers. Nowadays kids get trophies for participating. One time a nfl players son got a trophy for participating in a event and the boys dad made the kid return the trophy because he said he did not work for it. This ties in with why competitive sports are harmful because when the kid got the trophy he probably felt good about it and he also felt that he actually did something that is until the dad made him return the trophy which probably made him feel worthless and that he sucked. On the other hand some people think that competitive sports are beneficial because they teach life lessons.

For many years, people have been debating about whether sports teams for kids should have selective tryouts. Although some parents claim that their child has felt so defeated by an unsuccessful tryout that they don’t want to continue with the sport, this is not always what happens. I believe that exclusive tryouts should be held for children because they are extremely good for their mental health in three ways: tryouts teach kids humility, in that they aren’t always going to be selected, they help kids learn to work harder, and they boost kids’ confidence. The first reason why tryouts should be held is because they teach kids how to be humble, and that they are not always going to do everything as well as they want.

Cheerleading isn’t a real sport When people think of sports they think of homeruns being hit, touchdowns being thrown, goals being kicked, hockey players beating each other up, and hearing the swish of the net. Not a bunch of girls running back and forth doing flips and tricks. I believe cheerleading is not a sport for one of many reasons. First of all when a sport is being played whether it’s Baseball, Football, Soccer, Hockey, or Basketball there’s always periods, halves, quarters and the game usually takes about 3 hours. With cheerleading, they perform for about 3 minutes to a song in front of a couple judges.

Should a person get paid just for showing up for there a job and not actually doing anything? Should they also get paid the same amount even if another co-worker is better at their job? Just because someone shows up and participates, doesn’t not mean they deserve the same treatment as everyone else. Some parents and athletes believe equal playing time for all sports and activities is deserved all through their middle school and high school careers. However, earning your position, being undeserving of playing time, and coaches trying to win in their respected program are all issues that need to be thought of before people begin fighting for equal playing time.

The Sport is a devastating road to heartbreak and failure. (I suggest, To experience sports, you have to experience heartbreak and failure - sounds a bit awkward to say “the sport”). It is the definition of it. Don't get me wrong, sports can lead to success, fame, and many other glorious things that others can't imagine. Like the money, land and the "acquaintances"

There are many ways of staying out of trouble. You can stay home, hang with the right crowed, just do not do dumb things. One way that has been proven by many would have to be playing sports in or out of school. Around 1852 when Massachusetts became the first state to require all kids to go to school, in 1917 the final state passed similar laws. In 1903 new york created an athletic league for boys, later on in 1910 17 other cities across the U.S. followed creating their own leagues.

Should youth athletes receive participation trophies? According to the " Trophies for All" policy, youth athletes are being rewarded with participation trophies. This isn't fair to youth athletes. An athlete that only does what is required shouldn't be rewarded the same as an athlete that helps the team much more. Another reason why participation trophies are unnecessary is because after being given so many participation rewards, the eventually begin to lose their value.

Should all athletes receive a participation trophy? According to "Trophies For All," athletes are being rewarded with participation trophies. Participation trophies do not give kids the right idea about earning things in the real world. They are also not the best use of ball club's limited amount of money. Additionally, trophies can start to lose their meaning.

The use of participation trophies in the past couple years has proved to not be beneficial for the children receiving the trophy. Instead this trophy has raised kids into thinking that losing is okay. This in result has made it so kids do not try as hard or put forth as much effort, which is why we have been dropping every year in the global rank in education. Participation trophies have been used for years to try and encourage participation in sports.