I was on my way to writing this terrific piece on how I recently found Alf on TV again. As ecxited as I was I stumbled upon a much better subject. Browsing some sporting channels I came across something Tony Romo said after his Friday Round of Golf at the 20th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe to the Associated Press.
As reported by the Associated Press, Tony said;
“People sometimes today are predominantly putting their kids into one sport. Age 10, they’re going to do one thing the rest of their life. I have a hard time with that because, shoot, I was like a basketball player as a kid. I would have just concentrated on one sport, soccer or something. I never would have been able to do what I’m lucky enough to do — play football.”1
In my amateur opinion, I totally agree with everything Tony Romo said. I think that when you play more than one sport, you develop different talents for each sport. Since most sports have the same basic concept, players each helping each other score a basket, goal, touchdown, record an out, etc. The new talents may overlap into each sport the child does participate in. Each sport does have its own special niche, but when you are exposed to different situations that make you adjust quickly, your reactions become more refined. Thus you may have a better ability to blend into a team atmosphere, think quicker on your feet, and also learn how to adjust to various situations. As Tony Romo also touched upon, the more pressure situations you are put into the easier it becomes to calm yourself down and focus.
“Anytime you’re in a pressure situation or something happens where you have to rely on your mental strength or discipline or all of a sudden you get nervous, blood starts racing, heart starts going, the more you’re in those situations the better off you’re going to be.”2
It is an interesting topic and if you asked 50 people, you will probably get 50 different responses to this subject.
