ari gold;340075 said:
onemoreover;340252 said:
swifty_147;340274 said:
What I can tell you is that I have been associated with the HDCA for well over ten years and have experience as a junior coach. Anyway, I think I have harrassed you guys enough, it's been fun though. I will finish with a couple of points.
onemoreover;340309 said:G'day swifty & Ari
I will make this my last post for a while and it really is not important who I am. If I tell you then I can just picture you all rolling about the floor laughing.
First, Ari, "it wasn't an insult champ" - I know, I just couldn't resist such a prize opportunity to take a shot at myself! I think I really need to get better at that a since you didn't seem to get it.
The whole point of my ramblings are that juniors play sport for many reasons. Not just to aspire to be the best or even good at it at all. Some of those kids do not have access to the same resources, opportunities and life experiences that for example someone like swifty does. I know swifty is one of the best junior cricketers in the HDCA, period. Saying that, I hope you can appreciate that some juniors are participating in sport to try and provide them with some new perspectives and confidence in their daily lives. Sport can be a fantastic tool in that regard. If you are mindful of this fact as fellow junior sportspeople, you have an opportunity to assist these kids with minimal effort, to hopfully have a better outcome in there adult years in many aspects of life, not just sport.
The Murray Whites, D. Arrowsmiths, etc etc. who are often commented on negatively may just be such people, I am really not sure. I have little knowledge of their personal circumstances. I do detect though through my contact with at least some of these boys that they have developed more outgoing personalities and general confidence than before they first started playing cricket. That can only be a good thing!
As participants on a public forum, I simply ask you to be careful and mindful of how you present your junior peers to the rest of the world. The good work that cricket has done for these kids can be undone in an instant!
Don't get me wrong though. I do enjoy the laughs and banter provided by some of the commentary, so keep that up.
Sincerely all the best to you all for your next season and the many to come.
See ya round
onemoreover;340309 said:G'day swifty & Ari
I will make this my last post for a while and it really is not important who I am. If I tell you then I can just picture you all rolling about the floor laughing.
First, Ari, "it wasn't an insult champ" - I know, I just couldn't resist such a prize opportunity to take a shot at myself! I think I really need to get better at that a since you didn't seem to get it.
The whole point of my ramblings are that juniors play sport for many reasons. Not just to aspire to be the best or even good at it at all. Some of those kids do not have access to the same resources, opportunities and life experiences that for example someone like swifty does. I know swifty is one of the best junior cricketers in the HDCA, period. Saying that, I hope you can appreciate that some juniors are participating in sport to try and provide them with some new perspectives and confidence in their daily lives. Sport can be a fantastic tool in that regard. If you are mindful of this fact as fellow junior sportspeople, you have an opportunity to assist these kids with minimal effort, to hopfully have a better outcome in there adult years in many aspects of life, not just sport.
The Murray Whites, D. Arrowsmiths, etc etc. who are often commented on negatively may just be such people, I am really not sure. I have little knowledge of their personal circumstances. I do detect though through my contact with at least some of these boys that they have developed more outgoing personalities and general confidence than before they first started playing cricket. That can only be a good thing!
As participants on a public forum, I simply ask you to be careful and mindful of how you present your junior peers to the rest of the world. The good work that cricket has done for these kids can be undone in an instant!
Don't get me wrong though. I do enjoy the laughs and banter provided by some of the commentary, so keep that up.
Sincerely all the best to you all for your next season and the many to come.
See ya round
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