You are so right, Orchid. I benefited from being a tennis player in school, a volleyball player and a swimmer, all varsity. It taught me SO much and I learned the lesson of staying with something and striving to be better. It teaches you to get along with others and to always do your personal best.

When I was an athlete in school, there were no academic requirements that athletes had to meet so I could take three of my six periods in P.E. instead of academic work. It is an improvement that now athletes are required to keep a grade average and to take academic classes more.

although I was an A student, it was not required of me, all I had to do was win to win approval of the whole school.

Still, I am so happy to have the experience of team sports that you play one on one as well. The mental discipline and the self confidence are things that one can keep for a lifetime.

I'm happy that this young man was benefited from sport. It can keep them straight, that's for sure, it did me.

Dancer9