Is competitive sport good for children?

We're told sport is good for physical and mental wellbeing but what is the effect on children if it's too competitive? Does it teach them vital skills to deal with the rough and tumble of life or cause life limiting self-doubt?

Joining us at the Roundtable is Mike Selvey, who has played cricket for England; Emily Reynolds, Head of Sport at the Youth Sport Trust; Montell Douglas, the first British woman to be selected for both summer and winter Olympics; and Adam White, from the department of Sport and Health Sciences at Oxford Brookes University.

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[michaelglk]

Mr Grey Hair Guy, stop interrupting the people you are interviewing.

[NRWFISHER]

They needed a phscologist on the panel

[winstonjen]

"Oh my goodness! Our 10-year-old son has brain damage! How on Earth did that happen?"

"Well, you forced him to practice football since he was eight years old. He's lucky to be alive."

"Oh my goodness! Our son barely graduated from high school! How on Earth did that happen?"

"Well, you forced him to waste 20 hours every weekend on sports instead of studying and sleeping. What did you think would happen?"

[maxfactor]

Competitive sport is great. It teaches children how to lose and deal with it