I don't know about you guys, but I still had fun when I lost, and had even more fun when I won. As far back as I could remember as a kid, I would check the score sheet after hockey games, and baseball games to make sure they didn't screw up my stats, way before I was 12. There is nothing wrong with tracking your success at any age.
I still have old score sheets my old man would photo copy for me where I got hat tricks, home runs...etc. He was a really good artist and would draw neat little 'Elstonesque' caricatures on them of me scoring a goal or hit a ball whatever. As a kid that was really cool, especially since my report cards usually resulted in groundings and punishment. It felt good to be good at at least something once and a while, when I was struggling so hard to do well in school.
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