Dodgeball Argumentative Essay

Various groups of young children all around the world are wasting their time and even money on certain, nonessential games that aren’t worth it. Not all games are worth playing because, they lower some of the students’ confidence levels, encourage the stronger players to pick on the weak, leaving them without any chance to play, and the weak can’t defend themselves through all of it. Article, Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education by NASP and television clip from Freaks and Geeks both address/display the unimportance of one of these games, dodgeball. These reasons provide more than enough proof to eliminate these useless games for good. Most of these unnecessary games lower other's’ confidence in themselves. The main point of a game is to make you feel good about playing it; if you aren’t feeling that way- why should the game exist? As stated in Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education by NASP, “Many times these students are also the ones with the least amount of confidence in their physical abilities.” Playing these games make these children feel

Thus, never giving the weaker kids, who actually need the physical activity, a chance to play. “The students who are eliminated first in dodgeball are typically the ones who need to be active and practice their skills,” as stated by Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education by NASP. This shows that the more vigorous players will never allow these frail students to ever have a chance at practicing their skills. In addition, the article also says, “ Activities such as relay races, dodgeball, and elimination tag provide limited opportunities for everyone in the class, especially the slower, less agile students who need the activity the most.” This means that these less agile students are not getting the amount of physical activity they need when it comes to these games. As long as this keeps going, the weak will never be able to defend