Caltrops - Peter Molyneux's The Movies





	[quote name="Horrible Gelatinous Blob"]And you're <b>still</b> wrong. Amazing. [quote name="fabio"]Self improvement through competition and teamwork. What message does it send for a parent to tell their kid to enroll in a sport they could excel in, then throw every game? He's The Flash at running, joins a solitaire sport that's nothing but running, then is told he can never win. Downright psychotic parenting. A good movie would have shown the kid working with normals in a team sport with minimal running like baseball, trying his best on a level playing field.[/quote] The self-improvement offered by team sports for those who are gifted with amazing ability is minimal because they don't face the adversity and challenges that everyone else does. Rather, they're treated differently, pampered, deferred to. You've played sports as a kid, right? You should know this. This is why sports stars act out to the degree that they do; they never learned the lessons of failure and insufficiency that normal people learned in high school and college. How much can Yasiel Puig improve personally playing T-ball against six year olds? The only things reinforced are how much better you are than everyone else and how little you need other, "normal" people. This is the "fitting in" part that Elastigirl mentioned. It's the whole reason we have golf handicaps and why <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3073902">we impose special rules when playing games with people who are much, much better than everyone else.</a> The last time I played Trivial Pursuit at a party (in 2004), I ran the board when my turn came up. It kind of put a damper on the evening! Sure, I tried my best, but I ruined everyone else's good time in the process. Surprisingly enough, that doesn't endear people towards you nor does it foster a sense of belonging. Speaking more practically: are you fucking insane? Have you never seen a baseball game? Dash bats 1.000 because he has an eternity to hit the ball and all he has to do is put it in the dirt. He steals second, third, and home. He's a guaranteed run every time he comes to bat. True, if there are runners ahead of him, he can't pass them, but the fact still remains that he'd be a dominating, highly notable force. Football is worse; give the ball to Dash, score. Basketball: the other team can't keep the ball long enough to score. There's no team sport that his powers allow him to participate in at full speed. Track really is the best sport for him (next to golf); easy to pace himself, less likely to accidentally lose control in the heat of the moment and show off.[/quote]