The winter Olympics are in full swing, and on the field, the ice and snow athletes are passionate and fighting; Outside the arena, the ice and snow boom in the mass team is also a wave higher than a wave.
In the park and on the ice rink, there are parents and children who have broken out of their houses, and ice and snow classes of all sizes can be seen everywhere. During this time, what ice and snow projects to report to the baby, but also promoted to the top 1 topic in the parent group:
"Gu Ailing started skiing at the age of 3, it is really sports training to be early!"
"It seems that even if you are a genius, you have to start early!"
Some babies are just beginning to toddlers, and mothers are already eager to try;
Some follow the current, see others are reported, and bite their teeth and enter the game;
Some parents, who have been ignited with a burning ice and snow Olympic dream, have long paved the way for their babies and are ready to enter the professional training mode.
Although the original intention of "carrying forward the national ice and snow project" is good, I have to remind parents that the recognized professional training methods such as early specialization and year-round participation may prematurely stifle children's interest in sports!
Research shows that children shouldn't focus on a sport too early, and this view is supported by top coaches, sports medicine doctors, and even Olympic committee officials. In fact, children's early life, while participating in a variety of sports, is the right way to cultivate "Gu Ailing-style" all-round talents.
Children who participate in a variety of sports
It's easier to find out what interests you're in
"One will say to play basketball, the other will say to learn boxing, always half-hearted, in the end I can't learn anything." 」
"Last month, I just spent a lot of money to sign up for swimming lessons, and after swimming less than three times, I can't go to life, and we don't know what she really likes!"
In the process of cultivating a certain sports specialty of your baby, are you often defeated by the bear child's "half-heartedness", in fact, such "half-heartedness" may not be completely bad.
Every child has a suitable sport, for example, some may have weak running and jumping ability, but the ice feeling is very good. Especially for children before the age of 5, participating in multi-sport is good for the eye coordination and strength of the opponent, and it is necessary to let him try more to find the right sport.
Ryan McDonald, captain of the New York Rangers, won the state baseball championship and was a statewide football player in high school before focusing on hockey. And his parents were always very supportive of his decision and didn't force him to choose one.
As a beneficiary of this concept of tolerance, he decided to pass it on to his next generation: "Your child has a lot to explore, and you should let them explore it.".
While Lyra Ali was also a boxer (and the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali), surprisingly, she didn't grow up playing sports and no one ever forced her to do so. She plans to give her 7- and 4-year-olds some physical activity to try.
"It's important to keep your kids active, teach them to stick to an activity, but don't force them to get serious unless you see them really passionate about something," she says.
More know how to maintain competition in the future
Some parents only look at sports from a practical and functional point of view, believing that the ultimate destination of participating in sports lies in the two directions of professional and amateur:
Even if my child is not physically coordinated, or does not run so fast, what does it matter! My child does not engage in professional sports, and in the future, as long as he can run and jump.
In fact, this view is really very wrong, the impact of exercise on children, than most parents think is much more! Harvard University John. Professor Reddy wrote a book called "Exercise Transforms the Brain", which mentions that -
Before the age of 6, the child's physical activity is not determined by consciousness, not that I want to move, but by the body to dominate, is the body wants to move.
Through a large number of systematic sports, such as running, swimming, basketball, rock climbing and many other different dimensions of sports, children's sensory and perceptual abilities will become more rapid, comprehensive, clear, active, complete and deep, and their thinking ability and memory will also be in a positive state and continuously strengthened.
In addition, a number of systematic exercises can make children friends with the body, enhance physical fitness, hone the heart, and also give children the opportunity to explore themselves, understand themselves, and break through themselves in sports.
In addition, developing long-term exercise habits requires willpower, and group sports can exercise children's spirit of cooperation.
In the children's ice and snow training class set up by a friend, a child fell ill and insisted on coming to class. He told his mother that he must go because he was the captain, and that was the sense of responsibility.
In short, sports is not only an advance exercise of life competition, but also a happy channel for children to learn self-confidence, rules, justice, cooperation and passion, and through the tempering and baptism of multiple sports, children can deepen their understanding and love of life.
And this is the key to children's vitality and competition on the big stage of life in the future!
The future goes further in the field of sports
Someone once said that painful persistence is far less than happy love! This is especially true for professional athletes on the Olympic field, only sincere love is enough to fight against long-term boring training and constantly create miracles of transcendence.
However, in today's achievement-oriented environment, many children are forced to specialize in a sport at a younger age, whether it's tennis, hockey, soccer, or gymnastics.
Although parents want their children to get the best, they do not put themselves in the child's shoes, because of the pressure given by the coach, the child is forced to insist on doing one thing repeatedly, which leads to the possible result that the child is repeatedly injured, or worse, exhausted.
A new study of 1,200 young athletes at Loyola University Chicago found that children who participate in a sport are at least 70 percent more likely to be injured. Past studies have found that children who enter specialized training too early are more likely to burn out and give up their passion for sports.
Former Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Nastya Liukin said she "tried everything" as a child, tennis, running, skiing... Her father, Valery, was an Olympic athlete who trained her to be a great gymnast.
At first, he wouldn't let her go through gymnastics training because he knew how challenging the program was. Still, she chose it, but continued cross-training for other sports on her days off. "Expose your child to something different and then let them do what they love, not what you like or what their coach wants," she said.
For the "Ice Princess" Gu Ailing, in her growth, her training home has never been more than snow, in addition to learning, her hobbies do not fall, but also do top-notch. In school, she was the main force of the school basketball team and long-distance running team, and in life, she was proficient in equestrianism, rock climbing, good at piano and ballet, and was surrounded by various interests.
In an interview after winning the Winter Olympics, she said: "I never participated in the Winter Olympics to beat other athletes, but to break the boundaries and slide to my best. I hope that this sportsmanship can be shown to the world and inspire more people."
In short, in the matter of sports training, the biggest skill is to always maintain the original intention, give children more freedom and choice, let them ignite enthusiasm anytime and anywhere, fly with their hearts, and harvest the confidence and confidence of growth.
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