TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO LOSE  

TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO LOSE  

Have we ever wondered why on earth a seven year-old child does not stop to think that it is strange  that he can beat a grown man with sporting accolades and achievements at a game of one-on-one  soccer in the garden? How come such a child does not think it...
TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO WIN  

TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO WIN  

There is a gloriously ironic YouTube clip of two West Indian cricketers having a personal duel in the  2017 Hero CPL T20 tournament. In a match between Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica  Tallawahs, Kesrick Williams celebrated the wicket of Chadwick Walton...
RUN, BUDDY, RUN! 

RUN, BUDDY, RUN! 

A young boy is slogging his way round the track during the Inter-House athletics, trying to lift one  heavy foot off the ground after another, losing touch with the other runners but joylessly sweating  this torment out. But then, almost as music to his...
PACE THE RACE 

PACE THE RACE 

It is interesting that in the word ‘perseverance’ are the words ‘severe’ and ‘race’. As perseverance is  a long word, a long-distance word, this serves as a good reminder that we need perseverance when  we take part in a long, severe race.   What...
THE PROBLEM OF PRIVILEGE  

THE PROBLEM OF PRIVILEGE  

Increasingly we read in newspapers of international sportsmen and women announcing their  ‘retirement’ from international sport, usually with the explanation that it is done (“very regrettably”  they add) in order for them to be able to continue with their...