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Opinion: Keeping the Score

Now more than ever, coaches of young athletes are not keeping score in elementary school recreational sporting events.

The reason behind this trend in athletics is no child leaves with a broken spirit. Supporters of this concept believe that children should not be told if the result of their game is a win or loss in order to spare feelings and keep every child wanting to play the game. The logic behind this is pretty clear — if you never lose a game it is hard not to love every minute of it. However, this can create problems for today’s youth.