Sports

I have aching knees and hurting shoulders. I skied for the first time yesterday. With good snowfall couple days ago, it was a perfect time for it. My buddies and I made the plan the previuos night and set off at 8:30 in the morning. Reached there, put on the ski gear and stumbled on the white to learn by falling. After a few skids and falls we knew how to fall. Then we had our hour-long training lesson. It was helpful. Picked up the basics - balance, wedge and edge. That followed by tougher slopes and more (worse) falls. A few friends gave up, couple tried harder and one pushed the envelope. With every descend from the slope I was getting better (or atleast I thought so). End of the day all the falls were worth the fun.

Well, whats the point? It highlights the beauty of sports. I believe that sports is the best teacher. Any sport - group or individual has the ability to better our skills and general attitude in life. Try hard, fall, learn and acheive. Team sports instills decision making ability, strategy-making skills, compassion, leadership and teamwork. All so important and yet so hard to teach. These are the elements that comes in most handy in life. Yet, sports is a miniscule part of most education systems around the world.

Respect and promote sports. Push kids to the playground and let them learn the essentials on their own. Kids of all ages can learn from sports.