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Depends on the age/sport. 5-year-olds playing T-ball don't need to keep score.
on 760 they were talking about some leagues no longer keeping score for kid's sports leagues... i think that is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. what is the point?
I think a kid needs to learn how to be a good loser as well as a good winner...
Depends on the age/sport. 5-year-olds playing T-ball don't need to keep score.
This has been going on at the YMCA since I was a kid.
My son plays Y basketball. While they don't 'officially' keep score, if you ask the parent that's keeping the stats, they can tell you what the score is and who won the game.
My son is in Alamo Heights Little League, machine pitch (7 & 8 year olds)....and they don't keep score.
They start keeping score in the 9/10 year old division...
No biggie for me....they are still learning the game at this point.
Are we turning into France?
Not keeping score is for losers. Are the Lakers still keeping score?
Not keeping score probably has as much or more to do with keeping the parents from going beserk.
My girls play soccer with AHFSH. They don't keep score at the recreational level (little kids)but once you go compe ive or are older you have to keep score.
Parents ing scare me. Half of them start foaming from the mouth at a gym or field. They need to hand out ing valium before these events.
maybe these parents never kept score when they were little and didn't learn to play to be good winners or losers!
teaching kids there are no losers is dumb to me... and why would that group keep stats if they weren't keeping score?
What do score keepers for these leagues get paid? anything? Cuz if they have to pay the score keeper that might have a little to do with it, even though i think its really stupid, you might as well save the money and just let your kid play with neighborhood kids
In Little league my team NEVER finished higher than 3rd place, except one season. I know that I do not just speak for myself as my former teammates would agree, that by us losing a lot at the younger levels, only motivated us to work that much harder to have success on the baseball field in high school.
Losing is a part of life and to act like there are no losers makes no sense.
What makes keeping score such an incredible learning experience for 5-year-old T-ball players? Or 4-year-old "herdball" soccer players?
At that age they are there to get exercise and have some fun.
You start getting up around 8/9 or so...then yeah, keeping score has value. They are old enough to be getting fundamentals of the game in question in addition to just being out there having fun.
That sounds like loser talk to me!
We got our asses handed to us in little league all the way up from 7-8 year old division all the way til 13-14 year old division. We worked our asses off and in high school, we had gotten better and were successful.
It teaches kids that losing and not getting your way is part of life. You can teach your kid from a young age the difference between a good loser and bad loser.. Also, the difference between a good winner and someone who gloats.
At that age they don't know enough about the game to understand winning and losing.
Yeah, get up to 8 or so and I'm with you 100%.
But 4-5? Even 3 for some sports? Unh-unh...
Little ASF played in a girls soccer league in Pleasanton that by rule didn't keep score. At least the adults didn't. Those little 6, 7, and 8 year old kids KNOW what the freaking score is, believe me.
The Cheetah girls finished in FIRST PLACE with ONLY ONE LOSS! (Not bad for a no-score league...
When I was 5 and first started playing t-ball I remember winning and losing. I knew the difference.
Me too.
Yes, those kids know EXACTLY who won the game.
After a few years of my children's participation in organized sports, I have discovered that in baseball at least, the younger players are still developing skills to eventually become compe ive. If you've ever seen a game of little ones, most of them can hit okay, but they can't catch or throw worth a crap. Do you have any damned idea how freaking long that makes an inning?!?!
don't they have time limits on the games?
Yes, those kids know EXACTLY who won the game.
After a few years of my children's participation in organized sports, I have discovered that in baseball at least, the younger players are still developing skills to eventually become compe ive. If you've ever seen a game of little ones, most of them can hit okay, but they can't catch or throw worth a crap. Do you have any damned idea how freaking long that makes an inning?!?!
I played baseball for 16 years. I was a 3 year letterman in high school and know exactly what it takes to win. The younger players are obviously still develpoing skills and there is time limits in the games, but, I think if you are going to do something, you should do it right. And keeping score and tracking winning and losing is part of that, I think.
I agree. Even when I played softball when I was five years old, they kept score. I think that's how it should be.I think if you are going to do something, you should do it right. And keeping score and tracking winning and losing is part of that, I think.
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