In the competitiveness of today’s world, many people believe that losing is absolutely not an option, and that competing is meaningless without a solid win. However, this is not the case. Although it does feel good to always win, only winning does nothing to shape us into understanding people. It is a good thing to win; winning means that the efforts of the team have paid off, and it builds confidence. However, if no one loses, then there is not a game to begin with.
First of all, winning is not everything because if a team never loses, then they will never learn to become better. No team is perfect, and there is always something to learn, something the team can better themselves in. For example, if a baseball team has a fantastic pitcher that throws strikes all the time, but their outfielders are horrible, the latter fact will never come to light. Then, when challenges arrive and the outfielders must play their position, they will not be prepared because they will have never thought they needed preparation in the first place. Losing is necessary so teams can strengthen their weaknesses. Losing is necessary so that teams are able to learn from their mistakes.
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Then, when a game comes when they are bested by the other team, they will take it badly. Constant winning inflates the ego. It creates narcissists. Humbleness is an important trait, not only in sports, but also in life. If an individual never learns that he or she is not perfect, then the second they enter adulthood, the world will smack them across the face, knocking them to their knees. Now, this happens with almost all young adults, but the blow is lessened if the person learns to lose with dignity and grace
Soccer is inherently a team sport, and in contrast, Running is more or less a solitary sport. What this means in terms of the importance of winning or losing is ultimately that a team sport is able to take defeat as a group of people while in a sport like running, the defeat is endured by a single individual. In “Next Goal Wins”, American Samoa is able to come back from a history of consecutive losses with their first win against Tonga, whereas in “Chariots of Fire”, Abrahams at one point makes the assumption that he cannot win based on a couple of past races. With the help of the coach Thomas Rongen and each other, the players in American Samoa are able to share the consequences of defeat and move on. In particular, is the feeling of guilt that one has caused their own defeat and the hopelessness that comes with it. Because this guilt is held by the ‘team’, each player is able to recover quickly and improve themselves. Since this function of team sport is absent in “Chariots of Fire”, losing, in comparison, is portrayed as relatively inconsequential in “Next Goal
a sport with no pressure to do better than anyone else, there are no winners or
To illustrate, Ashley Merryman, the author of the article “Losing is Good for You” states, “ However, when it comes to rewards, people argue that kids must be treated identically: everyone must always win. That is misguided. And there are negative outcomes. Not for just specific children, but for society as a whole.” This explains that when kids get trophies, they think that they are always going to win, no matter how poorly they did their job. This can cause major problems in the society, such as companies not improving. In addition, Ashley Merryman also states, “ Having studied recent increases in narcissism [having an excessive interest in oneself; an over inflated ego often due to parents’ overvaluation] and entitlement among college students, she [Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me] warns that when living rooms are filled with participation trophies, it’s part of a larger cultural message: to succeed, you just have to show up.” This shows that even young kids are starting to be egoistic, and that can stick with them their entire life. When kids will go into the real world, it would be too late to realize that winning is not important. As a result, narcissism increases in the kids and makes them
It is ok for children to lose and for them to learn from it. Merryman says, “It’s teaching them it can take a long time to get good at something and that’s alright” (Merryman). Children learn from failure, it teaches them that it takes time and patience to get good at something. Merryman also says, “It’s through hard work and mistakes that we learn the most. We must focus on process and progress, not results and rewards” (Merryman). It takes hard work to win, Children should focus on getting better, not on rewards. Children need to learn that to win it takes hard work and time, they should focus on improving, not on getting participation trophies.
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