58 PHYSICAL TRAINING 



Not only so, but the trainers do not seem to be 

 aware of the fact that a boy who has grown very 

 large and strong for his age, generally has a heart 

 a little small in proportion to his size — a heart 

 which should be given opportunity for normal 

 growth, and which should not be called upon for 

 the great exertion needed in football or in some 

 of the more wearing track sports. Thus it is that 

 many boys are injured, and thus it is that many a 

 boy, who in time might have become a first-class 

 athlete, has found it necessary to go quietly and 

 carefully all the days of his life. 



If you are going to have a football team of 

 growing boys, see to it that they are all given a 

 physical examination by an expert, and that they 

 are as nearly as possible of one age and weight. 

 After all, winning the game is not the important 

 thing: the cultivating of team-work is more 

 important, and the encouraging of boys to take 

 interest in out-of-door sports. Generally speak- 

 ing, regular football had better be left for boys 

 and young men who have attained their growth 

 and who are in first-class physical condition. 

 There are other sports equally valuable. Fur- 

 thermore, do not make the school team the object 

 of all your interest, but see to it that all the chil- 

 dren in the school are interested in outdoor sports 

 suitable for them. 



Track sports again need great attention, for it 



