Jackson Barnes Oral Communications 12/8/16
General purpose: To persuade. Specific purpose: To help show people that playing sports as a child is an important activity and it brings many benefits for your body, mind, and social cooperation throughout your lifetime. Thesis Statement or Central Idea: Parents should have their children play sports when growing up because sports help to create social and mental skills for a child and also helps build a determined character. Introduction: I. Attention-Getting Device: Statistics on how many students have played sports between the ages of 5 and 18. II. Reveal Topic/Thesis: Parents should have their children play sports when growing up because sports help to create social and mental skills for a child and also helps build a determined character. III. Show Relevance to the audience: This topic is relevant to you because sports are a big part of our social life now and most people in this classroom likes or have played a sport before. IV. Establish Speaker Credibility: I played three sports while I was growing up. Still motivated to play in college and to never give up which my coach as well as my parents taught me. V. Preview of the Speech: In my speech I will cover three main points: the benefits of youth sports, the benefits of the coach, and the number one rule, to have fun.
I) Benefits of youth sports A) Social Benefits 1) Youth athletics help a child feel a sense of belonging as a member of a team which leads to a sense of group cooperation in different areas of life. Quoted by Kiki VanDeWeghe from his article In youth sports, fun is key in USA Today Magazine he says, “Youths participating in sports have opportunities to enhance self-esteem, socialize with peers and improve general health and fitness, setting the stage for an active adult lifestyle.”
2) Youth athletics helps kids learn discipline, learn from their mistakes and realize that you will lose in life but that you must have the will to get back up and fight for your goal. B) Physical Benefits 1) Youth sports help to prevent childhood obesity and helps kids maintain their weight. 2) According to National Alliance of Youth Sports, participation in youth sports promotes physical fitness that may lead to healthy patterns later on in that child’s adulthood.
II) Benefits of the coach A) Development 1) Coaches play the most important role in youth athletics because they are the ones instructing the players. They are role models that provide positive attitudes that help mentor these children on the right path. 2) Coaches teach about teamwork and adversity which help kids learn life lessons. B) Parenting 1) According to the article The Perks and Pitfalls of Youth Sports these coaches help to make the parent’s job easier by reinstating positive lessons that children have also learned from their parents. 2) Coaches serve to reinforce important skills that can help children with a lot of future life activities. (The Perks and Pitfalls of Youth Sports 2014)
III) Number one rule, have fun A) No fun in competition 1) In this generation and society today there is a trend of sports being more competitive instead of focusing on the fun purpose of the game. 2) Kids should also be able and encouraged to participate in multiple sports instead of just one. This helps develop fundamental skills, athleticism, and increase the love for the game. B) Fun is key 1) According to the national survey commissioned by i9 Sports (Youth Sports League) for kids ages 8-14, when asked the number one reason for playing their sport 56% answered to have fun. 64% answered that they still had fun even if their team lost. 2) Quoted by Simon Hollingsworth from the article MORE TO KIDS’ SPORT THAN JUST DOG-EATS-DOG COMPETITION, “Kids start and stay in or opt out of sports for a variety of reasons, but a key motivation is the social and fun aspect of sport.” Conclusion:
Summary: In this speech I have explained how youth athletics is key in a child’s life because of the great benefits it brings such as leadership, facing adversary, winning, and losing.
Closure: I hope that this speech has given you an insight into how important youth sports are and encourages you to introduce your kids to a sport in the future.
Sources:
Cary, P. (2006). Coach Your Kid's Sports Team. U.S. News & World Report, 141(24), 76.
Issitt, M. (2014). The Perks and Pitfalls of Youth Sports. Points Of View: Reference Shelf- Sports Culture, 1.
Kiki, V., John, D., & @KikiVanDeWeghe. (n.d). In youth sports, fun is key. USA Today.
Simon, H. (2015, February 21). MORE TO KIDS’ SPORT THAN JUST DOG-EATS-DOG COMPETITION. Australian, The. p. 22.
KIDS CRAVE MORE FUN IN YOUTH SPORTS. (2012). USA Today Magazine, 141(2806), 9.
