Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports   When I joined a private football league a few years ago , the sport meant everything to me . My coach (教练) said that I had lots of potential (潜力) , and I became captain of my    36   . That was before all the fun was taken out of    37      .    At first , everyone on the team got    38    playing time . Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games , and the     39     started . Some parents , who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have     40     . one – on – one training , got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our    41     . The coach was replaced .    The new coach , however , took all the fun out of the game : All we did during practice was     42     . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the              43      . Of course , all teams run drills ; they are     44     . But we ran so much that , afterwards , we had trouble     45     . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises    46     for 18 – year – olds .   I was very thin     47     I started football , but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much , because I was afraid of being too     48    to run . I feared making mistakes , and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual     49    .   Is all this pressure necessary ? I     50     up leaving the football team . Four other girls did the same , and two of them stopped playing football completely . That’s     51    , because they had so much potential . They were just burned – out with all the pressure they    52     from the coach or their parents .    I continued playing football at school and     53     my love for it . I joined a private team coached by my school coach . When I started playing     54     him , he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervors . After I     55     down , I played better . When you enjoy something , it’s a lot easier to do it well .