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Temple City Parks and Recreation officials backed away from a proposal that would ban Live Oak Park sports groups from using physical activity, such as running or push-ups, as punishment.

The Parks and Recreation Commission will likely consider a different proposal after hearing from leaders of several youth sports organizations.

"I'm concerned they're gong to be police watchdogs watching over us to see how we're training our kids," said Mike Wintercorn, president of Temple City Amateur Softball Association.

"Running is part of the stretching phase getting ready to play. We don't want them telling us we can't have our kids doing that because it's punishment."

Cathy Burroughs, the city's director of Parks and Recreation, said its difficult to make a determination between activities intended as punishment versus physical conditioning.

The proposal was prompted by a concerned parent. It would have required sports groups to "ensure that participants are not subject to emotional, physical, verbal or sexual abuse, including the use of any form of physical activity as punishment, during the course of any activity on a city facility."

The wording would have been included in agreements for the use of athletic fields by sports groups at the city's Live Oak Park.

Parent and physical education teacher John Lira said he was concerned that allowing kids to be punished for tardiness or for missing a play will discourage them from enjoying

Lira said he took his 6-year-old son out of the Temple City Rams, part of Temple City Youth Football, after he was asked to run three separate times last summer "as punishment" for missing a play, stretching improperly and missing part of a practice.

"My concern is for kids; I want them first and foremost to enjoy physical activity," Lira said. "When kids are running in 100 degree heat, they could get heat exhaustion, heat stroke," Lira said.

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Temple City proposal banning exercise as punishment loses steam

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