| I hear the point you're making here, and as a father of a 9 yr old who's been doing archery for a whole 3 months now, I can sympathise with the problem. But surely if all sports took that approach, where would the next Beckham/Henman/Wilkinson/Button all come from? The future of ANY sport is at it's grass roots. I once witnessed two old ladies (60+) playing tennis in our local club, moaning about the "raucous antics" of the juniors, when all the juniors were doing was learning the game, and trying to get the ball over the net - it wasn't until I pointed out to them that Andy Murray was probably doing EXACTLY the same thing only a matter of a few years ago, that they shut up!
Kids at pre-teen age should see it as fun, and a way to get a good grounding in the sport, not to be competing at Olympic level at the age of 10. If they enjoy it, they'll stick with it - if they dont, they wont. |