Sliding Into Fitness

Nowadays, students are less and less involved in physical activities. They eat fast food for most parts meals and that is something that is affecting their lives. The United State is 3^rd in fattest countries of the world with 66.7% of its population over-weight. That isn’t something to be proud of. We need to encourage our young children to go outdoors and engage in some sort of physical activity. I know its cliché but they are the future of tomorrow. They need to be healthy and physically fit. I not only want the children of tomorrow to be fit, but also to have fun while doing it, because it never works if you aren’t enjoying what you are doing. You have to be having fun. The children need to realize that they can’t eat hamburgers every night, and I suppose that isn’t entirely their fault, but they need to be knowledgeable of what they should and shouldn’t eat. They need to be aware that exercising isn’t bad. Yes, it’s hard but in the end it’s worth it because they are doing it to improve their lives. They need to do it for themselves.

I’ve played baseball since I was 7 years old, and I’ve always loved it. And it is one way that I keep in shape. At my local park, every year there are less and less people registering their children to play baseball in the spring. They do have a fee, but if you sell your raffle tickets then you don’t have to pay because they pay for you. But I don’t think that money is the issue nowadays, it’s that little kids are too fat to play sports: little 7 and 8 year olds will be extremely over-weight. Whose fault is that? I blame the parents. Instead of stuffing their kids’ faces with food, they should be encouraging them to play a sport. And those that think that their kids are too fat to play don’t know that it is never too late: better late than never. Coaching a little league baseball team will be difficult because I have no experience in instruct. That will be my main research for my project. What are good ways to show these kids how to play the game without being mean but too nice neither? For my local park all that is needed is a volunteer and you need to find a sponsor to give money to order uniforms for the players and to buy equipment. A bucket of balls costs $30 and usually the children buy their own bats, helmets, and cleats. So all I would need money for is balls as long as I find a sponsor but the park also helps in finding them. The most I will spend is $50 and I can always put that in myself.

Although I’ve never taught a team how to do something, I always help out my little brother. We can spend hours outside practicing how to properly throw the ball or run the bases. I’m very patient. I know things don’t always come naturally to certain people so I can’t get frustrated easily. I did play baseball for 4 years and softball for 3 so I’m qualified experience wise. I know tricks that can make it easy for the kids to understand. And since I’m sort of a little kid on the inside I will be able to comfortably bond with the players. And if I’m having trouble I can always ask Mr. 3000 himself. Craig Biggio, a former Houston Astro, coaches my cousin at St. Thomas High School and I can observe his ways of teaching and even ask him if he has any advice for me. Or also I can ask our ex-fellow, Andrew Prince. He played baseball for all his life and even in college so he out of everyone should have advice and tricks that I don’t know about. I don’t have his email or phone number but I do have him as a friend on Facebook so we can communicate through there.