Even in preschool, the dribbling of a basketball has to be spot on. The sports curriculum is also being adopted across China because in the future the sports grade will play a greater role in admissions to better schools. The fact that jumping rope, dribbling a ball, or practicing kung fu could now help kids to move up the social ladder is prompting more and more parents in the cities to enroll their children in soccer or swimming classes instead of just math tutoring. But the fact that the pressure to perform should actually be taken off the shoulders of youngsters is often forgotten.