But in volleyball, add money into the basket of gold in a formula, money in tennis, hockey, etc., etc. The Spanish sports medals to an amazing collection year after year.
Except for football. Soccer medals, if it would not be more than ever the bronze. Quarter-finals is the best of the Spanish national football team never arrived.
And it is strange – we call it a paradox – if you know how to support many children (and parents) to the football game. Football is by far the most popular sport in Spain. The sport is practiced in every city and there is always a sufficient supply at the source, regardless of the team regardless of the league / age group.
It is very different from the basket hockey volleyball and handball. This is not an easy task to find enough children for the most age groups to start a league. Volleyball is still difficult to find at all in the south of Spain, with the exception of beach volleyball.
The problem starts at school. Sport is often not part of physical education is simply dedicated to gymnastics. There is almost no sports team promoted at schools. After school programs, but no time to devote to sports, but not as part of a club and without the possibility of competition in the leagues.
There are initiatives to change this situation and this change is necessary. Diversity is a welcome driver for innovation.
It would also be the most popular sport (soccer) is less stressful for the children. Leagues start the first eight years and the selection seems also important for adult leagues. Parents (especially fathers) are so eager for their child to be a professional player to enter the selection of the League is an important ritual.
And only a few really good ones. Many of these children of nine years will end somewhere in the middle. Increased choice of team sports would be an improvement in good health. And by reducing the burden of good performance in soccer can positively influence the outcome. Now in Spanish football, he can.
