High School Sport

I think that the objective of high school sport is to provide a sense of being on a team and what teamwork is. To have to work hard and push themselves to achieve that goals that they want to achieve. It can also be a way to promote pride in their school. After reading the Demetrius Walker article, it seems that his coach was more concerned about the individual and how well he could promote them rather than promoting teamwork. The talent of this individual exceeded what the views of the team were, and it seemed as though the coach thought he would get a reward for this player. Accross the country, these objectives are being met by most schools, but when they get a superstar player who is bigger than the team because of media and the coach promoting his skills, takes away from the objectives of high school sports.One of the problems is that when you have a talented student athlete the pressure that gets put on them by the school, family, and the media can take the fun out of the sport and force the student to do things that are uncharacteristic of them. For example, cheating on a test on school that they have to pass, but because of bad time management and concentrating more in sports they do not exactly study for it and feel pressured to do well. One solution for this is encouraging high school coaches to help their students to succeed in both.
Neira Ortiz-Ruiz