Aaron Machbitz
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Something For Everybody · Snippet 048: Norway's Secret to Youth Sports Success · 16 Aug 2026
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First of all, coaches only play the biggest, fastest kids to secure a useless third-grade championship trophy.
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But by banning the scoreboard, Norway keeps kids engaged longer.
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It maximizes fun, learning, and fundamental skill growth.
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Yes, the kids know who scored the goals, they aren't stupid, but the system refuses to validate it as the ultimate goal.
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The objective isn't to win today.
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It's to make sure you love the sport enough to come back tomorrow.
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That is the golden nugget.
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The objective isn't to win today.
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It's to make sure you love the sport enough to come back tomorrow.
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That's focusing on the process.
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And then the next thing we want to focus on is the great cultural debate about participation trophy.
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Trophies.
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In Western sports culture, there's a m there's like this massive anxiety that if you give everyone a trophy, you're breeding a culture of snowflakes who will lose their competitive edge.
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Norway's response they give trophies to everyone.
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Whenever trophies or medals um are awarded to young kids in Norway, every single child gets one.
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Their philosophy is beautifully simple.
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If getting a little plastic trophy makes an eight year old feel good and encourages them to sign up again next season, why on earth wouldn't you give it to them?
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And for the critics who claim this destroys grit and competitiveness, look at the results because that's all you people really care about.
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Norway's elite athletes are famously some of the toughest, most resilient competitors on the planet because they kept coming back and they focused on the process of loving what they're doing.
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Here's a fun fact: the Olympic Games themselves.
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