Violence And Bloody Sport
I read in the news about the students from Victoria and Siglap in a soccer match that turned violent. The guy in Siglap got angry afterĂ‚Â sliding tackle from the VS guy (that led to a penalty, mind you), and promptly went up and socked the VS guy in the face. Ok, first thoughts, that isn’t surprising. Second thoughts, the guy who did wrong on the field was the VS guy. And then, of course the Siglap chap shouldn’t have done it, but here’s my thinking again.
First, if you want to get into a game that runs your adrenaline high, get ready for some violence! Your physiology takes over, and it’s hardly something you can control. If I started to pump you high on adrenaline, let’s see what you can do, if anything, to prevent aggression.
The stupid thing is the school actually thought that caning the guy will help him improve his behavior. What’s worse is that you cane him, THEN counsel him. I mean… what the heck?! Just think about it - I smack the crap out of you, and then proceed to process your feelings? I think the counsellor might just get another broken jaw! Shouldn’t the emotional management thing be done first BEFORE getting involved in sport?
I read also that similar things have happened. The pre-requisite is, if you want to join in sports, get ready to be bloody, intentionally or not. If you aren’t willing to, then you should learn martial arts to prevent yourself from being whipped, and learn to defend yourself or something. If all else fails, send all sports CCA students to go through some emotional management training, so that games will once again be safe to play…
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Deep Thought, Emotions, General, Human Tendencies, Humor
April 16th, 2006 at 12:37 am
Interesting. I suppose we can base it on a knee-jerk reaction that guy had when he got tackled. Heh, as rodney dangerfield once said.. “i went to a fight and a hockey match broke out.” IMO, i agree that it’s all part and parcel of being in a game. Caning the kid is pretty stupid though. They should have made up on the field and everything could have fizzled out by game end.
April 16th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
If all competitive sports required their players to be trained black belts in aikido, I think things will be different…
April 18th, 2006 at 6:47 am
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April 18th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Hi Dr. G,
Good to see you here! You’ve got a real pretty site going there! I think the conditioning of the minds of players needs to be done a whole lot more rigorously. Especially to develop control mechanisms for self control and calm. Whether they believe it or not, it is actually going to increase their performance. :)