Re: The demise of Indoor FF

From: Thomas <parkreation_at_msn.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:20:01 -0000

Mark,
 Agreed. The issue of #3 just morph's if #1 and #2 are achieved. When this sport achieves higher ranking importance in a student's life, their "time & energy" will increase to maintain their own #1 & #2.

Incidently, as much as our society has attempted to water down brains, skills and competition, at no time in one's life are these more important than between the ages 11 and 21. Sparring for position is a given. So is getting attention. Yes, I speak from my experience as a parent of 4 competitive kids, Science Olympiad, Ex-TSA official, Scouts and being on School Board, I have witnessed this scenario many times over.

Stepping Off,
Tom Sanders

  

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark F1diddler" <f1diddler@...> wrote:
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> > 1) Youth involvement is directly proportional to "bragging rights" (ie: does my involvement raise my status with my peers, my girl/guy friend?)
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> > 2) Is this activity something that will get me into a good college, is there any money to earn?
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> > 3) How much time does my involvement consume? I have lot's of homework, band, sports, Science Olympiad, Choir, etc. etc.
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> Tom, I think this "adolescent psychological" approach is wiser than our intuitive surmising, even in the order of importance above. #1 and 2 seem accessible for us to exploit, not so much #3, short of implementing RDI (Really Dumb Indoor) which would seem to work against #1 and 2.
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Received on Wed Oct 13 2010 - 17:20:13 CEST