Sports activities all have flaws, however children can nonetheless discover ones which are good matches

No recreation is ideal. For instance, I really like baseball. For me, the sport has dramatic moments, flashes of stirring motion and an unequaled historical past that connects it to america.

However I admit that baseball is sluggish. There are too many strikeouts and instances when nothing is occurring. Come on, play ball!

I additionally watch (and play) golf. Watching Lydia Ko or Rory McIlroy line up an extended putt makes baseball look positively hectic. I watch golf as a result of the most important tournaments are often shut and dramatic. The tournaments are additionally attention-grabbing as a result of they’re performed on lovely programs reminiscent of Pebble Seaside in California and Augusta Nationwide in Georgia.

Soccer is the preferred sport to observe. Seventeen of the 20 most-watched tv exhibits of 2021 have been Nationwide Soccer League (NFL) and faculty soccer video games.

I can see why the video games are in style on TV. Most are hard-fought, and the gamers who throw, catch and run with the soccer are superb athletes. The sport, nonetheless, is violent. Particularly on the NFL and main faculty ranges. The gamers are so huge and quick that many find yourself hurting their our bodies, together with their brains.

Hockey is tough too. I really like the pace of the sport and the wondrous issues gamers can do with the puck. Hockey, nonetheless, could also be too quick. I virtually by no means see how the aim was scored as a result of the puck is transferring so rapidly.

Possibly that’s why I like basketball. I can see the ball because it strikes across the court docket and goes by way of the online. There’s loads of motion, and the gamers are superb athletes.

Basketball, nonetheless, has a giant downside. You must be huge to play the sport on the highest stage. The common participant within the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation is 6 toes 6 inches tall. That’s about 9 inches taller than the typical American man.

It’s the identical story with girls’s hoops. The common Girls’s Nationwide Basketball Affiliation participant is about 5-foot-11 or 6 toes tall. That’s seven to eight inches taller than the typical American lady. It’s arduous for a regular-size individual to play hoops.

I’m complaining an excessive amount of. There are such a lot of sorts of video games for teenagers. And I haven’t talked about lacrosse, swimming or many others.

So discover some sports activities you want to observe and play. These are those which are good for you.

Fred Bowen writes the sports activities opinion column for KidsPost. He’s the creator of 27 sports activities books for teenagers. His newest e book is “Hardcourt: Tales From 75 Years of the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation.”