Anger and how it affects sports
One of the common or basic things that most people really enjoy doing is sports. It is one of the funnest things to do with family and friends. It is also fun if you do it competitively. Whether it is professional or amateur it is something that people enjoy. But sometimes that competitiveness can go way overboard. Sometimes that spirit of competitiveness can actually lead to anger.In this article we are going to examine anger within sports and how it hurts or helps the people involved.
Now, there are some or various sports that are seemingly violent in nature like football or boxing. But is there really a place for anger within those sports. Some people say there is, but what I have found from my San Diego sports psychology practice is that anger is really a detriment. Even in seemingly violent sports when a person gets angry you really can't think right. And contrary to the popular opinion that most sports are actually mental game and not just really physical.
So my contention is that there is no place for anger in sports. Sometimes our competitive nature makes us angry when we lose. But if we really want to succeed in sports or in life, we should not get angry when things don't go well. That is really a recipe for failure. And for those parents that do put their children in sports and want them to succeed I always give them advice. The advice I give them as a family counselor San Diego is to teach them how to control their anger.
But sometimes to motivate themselves, some people actually do use anger. It simply works for a time sometimes. But in reality sometimes that anger boils over into personal life as they begin to lose the ability to control it. That is when I end up seeing a lot of patients in my anger management counseling services.
So in reality we all get mad at times in our lives.But we have to know how to control it in order for us to truly be successful in anything like sports.
Tags: anger management, family counselor, family therapy, sports psychology, teen therapy