To learn new skill 10. To win Y oung children are more concerned with mastering their own environment and developing skills than with beating others at least until some tells them that it is important to win. Children play sport because it makes them feel good. They need to feel wanted, valued and joyful. But if he or she is suddenly benched or pulled from the line-up because the team needs to win, a child might feel incompetent and rejected.
Children don t join a team to sit around and do nothing.
Sport is not enjoyable if they don t get much opportunity to play. Studies have shown that children would rather play for a losing team than be members of a winning team and sit on the sidelines. If they re not playing, they ll lose interest very quickly. T he reward comes from competing against your own potential and goals, not from a competition over which you have little control. While parents and coaches may dwell on the result of a competition, a child will go home and forget about it.