Sports in school has always been another way for teenagers to get in to collage. Most collage level athletes end up making it on to either national teams. Collages pick up athlete on major scholarships therefor relieving them form any financial burdens of having to pay for college. Of course this comes with the price of them actually getting an education and maintain a decent grade point average to actually graduate collage.
Dame Noeline Taurua is endorsing just that when it comes to young netballers. The Silver Fern coach did not mince her words when she stated that there is a need for a greater education for these young athletes. She when on to say that they should also be given a better education of the sports they are playing and not just how to win or to take a loss or to heal from an injury.
Sportsman should know in detail what the sport entails before they dedicate their future to it. These young athletes need to be given a greater education on the game is supposed to be played. The young athlete that is in the spot light right now is Taneisha Fifita. This young lady was banished to the sideline for two minutes late against the Pulse for repeated “dangerous play”. Fifita had been warned earlier by the umpires, then committed a hard challenge on Claire Kersten, leaving the Steel with six players for the final 1min, 17sec of the game.
It cannot be argued that Fifita is an amazing player and is gifted with the game. But is it possible she would not have made these mistakes if she had been more educated about it. Fifita is just one of the many young athletes that probably aren’t aware of how this sort of education could change the way they play the game.
