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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't know about you guys, but when I got into my teenage years where winning and losing meant something, I would both look forward to and dread those big games that we're almost all or nothing.
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But I learned from both experiences. I learned when I won that you had to respect the win, and you had to be grateful for the win because they don't come everyday. I learned in losses that there were things that I could do better, and there was maybe that extra effort that was lacking.
But a day after the loss, just like the win, life went on.
I can't imagine a game without scores, it would be pointless and useless, and a little boring.
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you also learned these things as a teenager, when you were mature enough to deal with winning and losing games of such importance. They have no scoring in hockey until age 8. Then they keep score after that.
No one is taking scoring out forever, just until the kids are ready to actually play the sport and learn how to win and lose. What's the point of those lessons in bumblebee hockey when chance and luck have more to do with winning and losing at that level than skill and determination.