High School Sports Benefits

“High school students involvement in high school sports is on the rise for the 16th year in a row,” according to The National Federation of State High School Associations. I myself participate in two sports in high school right now and they are basketball and football. I have played both of these sports even before playing them in high school. Being involved in high school sports is only going to benefit you. You will improve your overall health by going out for a sport in high school. Going out for sports keeps you involved in your team and with your friends. You also can learn some major life lessons by going out for sports. You only have four years of high school sports so you want to get as much out of those four years. You can always

When people are involved in a sport their always at practice depending on which sport it is conditioning. Conditioning is a big part of practices in the beginning of the season. Because the coaches want their athletes ready to go and never get tired. They want their athletes in good condition for games because games are completely different than practices. Some benefits of going out for high school athletics are reduced childhood obesity and stronger hearts. Obesity is a problem in the United States. one hour of physical activity daily. According to the CDC kids should get a minimum of one hour a day doing some sort of exercise. When they reach the 6th grade, only 28.1 percent of girls and 41.4 percent of boys achieve this level of activity. This is a great time for these kids to get active because they are only in middle school. When these kids are getting up into these rates of exercise per day it will only increase their health. These kids have many opportunities to get involved in sports at their school. If these numbers increase the rate of people being obese will decline. Also being involved in high school sports will strengthen the heart. This something that learning in high school is important. After high school more than likely the athletes are not going to pursue the sport through college. Due to how hard it is to make the cut for a college team. So

Some say that going out for sports is a waste of time. According to the IHSAA Average amount of time actually practicing is about 2-3 hours a day. Which is not a whole lot considering that practice is usually held after school. It will keep students who are maybe prone to be doing stuff that they should not be doing. Also this time serves as the time people should be active and getting exercise. People are supposed to get out and exercise everyday anyways. So why not make it doing something with friends or maybe something fun. There are ways that people exercise without going out for sports, but usually the people seen out running or lifting weights did some sort of high school sport. They kept trying to get their exercise in. Another reason students do not want to go out for high school sports is because they have a job. In high school it is not uncommon for a high school student to have a job. Most high schoolers jobs though are in the summer. So they are still some sports that these people with summer jobs could participate in. So the excuse of having a job is not a very good one unless the person works everyday from after school to a certain time. Usually these people who the athletes work for will work around the athletes