| A grassy field, two nets, a soccer ball and some | | | | experience of learning team development.I've been |
| playful youth is the ideal setting for a little league | | | | to many sporting events and observed the common |
| soccer game. You may have recalled yourself of a | | | | procedures for games, but watching these children |
| time when you observed these little league events. | | | | play soccer was interesting. Little leagues develop |
| You enter a spacious field of green, housing | | | | more than just growing children and their interests; |
| numerous miniature soccer fields all lined up next to | | | | they build a foundation for team development. The |
| each other, and young athletes running after a ball. | | | | little league organization provides a chance for children |
| You may have been more overwhelmed by the | | | | to develop athleticism and surround themselves |
| abundance of children playing, rather than the actual | | | | among their peers. While sports teams at the higher |
| soccer game itself. But what you can appreciate | | | | level (high school, college, professional) focus more on |
| from this is the sight of children utilizing their endless | | | | winning, little leagues seem to focus more at |
| energy and their parents and relatives rooting for | | | | fostering team development by giving youth the |
| them from the sidelines.I attended my young | | | | opportunity to participate in teams.Team |
| nephew's soccer game and was amused by the | | | | development influences. Children are easily influenced. |
| organization of the event. The parents of both | | | | When parents put their children in little leagues or |
| teams were the main figures of managing the game | | | | other organizations where it involves being with their |
| as being the referees, coaches, and fans. His | | | | peers, they are educating them to become good |
| teammates were not just boys, but girls, all of whom | | | | team members. Perhaps it is evident that parents put |
| were the same age. The young athletes played a | | | | their children into sports when they are young. By |
| first-time role of being on a team and practicing the | | | | the time they are older and in their prospective |
| basic fundamentals of soccer; getting the ball into the | | | | sports, they will have the experience.If you reflect |
| opposing team's net. Sporting the same color jerseys, | | | | back upon your own childhood, were you ever on a |
| his teammates were easily identified as those he | | | | little league team? Can you recall your team's name, |
| should ally. The view of the game included a hoard of | | | | or remember the color of your jerseys or all of your |
| young athletes following the ball back and forth, their | | | | teammates' names? You probably cannot recall those |
| fans cheering closely from the sidelines, and coaches | | | | little things and it's irrelevant now. What might have |
| rotating players in and out of the game. When the | | | | been a lasting lesson of your little league stint would |
| game was over, the players showed sportsmanship | | | | be the experiences you have gained of the |
| by slapping hands with the other team. No matter | | | | importance of team development.Stephanie Tuia |
| who won or lost, the young athletes seemed more | | | | specializes in internet marketing for CMOE.For more |
| interested in seeing what treats they would get | | | | information about CMOE's Team Development inside |
| afterwards. Overall, this condensed version of a | | | | organizations, contact one of their Regional Managers |
| game was more than just a scene of young children | | | | at (801) 569-3444. |
| exhibiting their soccer skills. It demonstrated their | | | | |