November 26, 2003
Why Do Young Boys Play
Football
by John Cheneler
Boys ages 5 through 12 every year participate in the Colleyville
Pee Wee
Football program. As a father and coach I want to share
with others what
entices young boys to engage in such physically demanding
activity.
Is it the medals? NO! Boys continue to play season after season
without
championships. Make no mistake the boys are
aggressive and want victories;
it is part of the psyche of the boys to be competitive.
There is much more than that for the boys and the fathers who
volunteer the
countless hundreds of hours to work together. A boy who
plays football
understands at an early age the value of teamwork and sacrifice.
In no
other sport does a young boy need to understand the commitment
of teamwork.
Boys learn that pain is real, but it does go away. Boys
learn respect-all
players understand the coaches are the ultimate authority and
control. Boys
learn that through constant positive repetition you get better
(practice),
not by simply wanting to be better. There is a price to be
good and
successful. To be a "player" a young boy
learns you must commit to many
days and hours for success. Boys learn that even with all
the preparation
sometimes you simply do not win. Life has no guarantees
that effort always
equals success. The football field is brutal in this
regard. The adage of
the ball takes funny bounces is true. Football prepares a
young boy for the
rigors of life.
So what is it that makes young boys give up so much for a once a
week game?
It is being part of a team. Boys that play football bond
with each other.
They forge friendships that last their entire lives. This
is not the case
for any other sport. Great coaches expand this connection
to the coaches
too. Colleyville Pee Wee Football is fortunate to have the
volunteer
coaches and leaders for the program. Coaches who strive to
get better every
day and see the long-term picture influence young boys in so
many positive
ways beyond handing them a Super Bowl Medal. We in
Colleyville are
fortunate to have a program in place, which emphasizes so many
quality
attributes.
In a recent movie a soldier asks his commander if being a father
makes him a
better soldier. The response is poignant "I
hope being one makes me better
at the other."
As a coach and father I know being one makes the other better .
. .
Colleyville Pee Wee Football camp starts in late June.
John Cheneler
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