Sports Essay: Benefits Of Sports

Benefits of sports.

Some of my best childhood memories involve playing in a basketball game as a kid with my parents watching. The lessons and experiences I gained from playing sports are invaluable. I think it should be required to play a team sport while you are child in elementary school. The skills you will receive from playing a sport is unparalleled at that age. Team sports teaches kids people skills, and how to make friends. It also provides exercise that the kids need at a young age. Finally it shows that hard work will get rewarded. Elementary school is the time in a kid’s life where he learns the basics. The child is learning math, reading, and other basic skills they need for school, however it is also a time to learn people skills.

There are two main factors going into this problem, one is that the children are not getting enough exercise, and two is that they do not a have a healthy diet. The diet can be fixed by having healthy options at school for lunch and talking to parents about providing a healthier diet. The next problem is exercise, now most schools will provide recess/PE for kids to exercise but a study has shown that recess/PE is not enough exercise on its own. Children need more time of exercise and play than the school can provide. This is where playing on an outside sports team could be of help to the children. Outside sports teams more competitive athletically and can push your child to be in better shape while providing the extra exercise the child needs. There are also research that shows that playing sports leads to a child having a healthier mind. In the article “A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport” they talked about the results showing children who play sports have better psychological health. Physical and physiological help gets provide to kids through playing on a sports