There’s a lot of studies that disprove your belief, however there’s good and bad ways to praise second place, third, etc.
What you’re suggesting is praising results and in this instance kids that don’t get results start stoping to try and now you have kids that don’t care because you have teach them that only the endgame is important
Mounted Police Trampling people is real funny since every video on the internet disproves it … and show « freedom fighters » throwing kid in front of them as shield
Ho don’t know this two