Children have to play sports only for fun; they shoul not play sports in competition or in contests.

Some people might say that a good competition is the power of improvement for individual, and therefore teaching how to make a good competition for children is very important. However, when we think of children’s mental stress and physical development, they should not play sports in competition or in contests.

First, playing sports is commended to children as the way of reducing stress. These days, many children are more stressed out due to the heavy burden of having stress and competition among peers. They are having a hard time in school. The moment that they can laugh and feel happy is when they kick the ball and run on the playground. They can ease the stress by running, laughing, and sweating healthy with their friends. However, if they play sports in competition or in contests, they will be pressed by another stress. They have been already exhausted because of the competition of classwork. Let’s take my friend’s little brother’s case for example. He is 10 years old and the captain of soccer club. He was preparing both mid term and the soccer match with other school. However, as a result, his hair fell out due to the stress of preparing both at the same time.

Second, when it comes to the children’s physical development, they should not play sports in competition. In a sense, it is true that competition can motivate children to exercise hard and teach the pleasure of the first prize. However, it could make them to do exercise extremely hard, and excessive physical activities can be the cause of incomplete development or serious injury. Many research of the development of child claim that doing too much exercise at the age of 6 to 12 is harmful for the advancement of child’s muscles, and even it can be impediment of the growth of height. Therefore, competition in sports is not beneficial for children, and it is good for them only when they do exercise in a proper level.