General Discussion

Children and teens need to learn that failures to make a sports team, or loses in competition, are parts of the process. This is true in grade school, junior high, and high school. It is part of life after leaving school and becoming part of the adult world.

In the great sport of boxing, there are those who are crushed by a lose, and never regain confidence. That is likely due to the expectations that others have burdened them with. When I trained fighters, I taught that a loss is only a loss if one does not learn from it. I actually lost a few fights, and that always resulted in my preparing for a re-match. And I always won re-matches.