Importance of Sports and Games in Life

Introduction

There is an importance of sports and games in our life. They keep us healthy and fit. They offer us a change from the monotony of daily life. It is a useful means of entertainment and physical activity. Sports and games help in character building. They give us energy and strength.

Sports and games improve our capability. They improve our efficiency. Either study or work alone makes us exhaust. We remain no longer efficient to do any work. Sports remove our mental exhaustion. Sports are integral part of education. Education without sports is incomplete. Keeping their value in life, children are taught some sorts of games in the very early stage in school. These days’ sports are a part of academic curricula.

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Sports and games give us opportunity to grow in life. These days’ sports have been commercialized. They have become a good means of earning. The sports person who does well in sports is showered with name, fame and wealth. He becomes a hero overnight. Sports have great potential to offer career opportunities. So we should take them very seriously from the very early age of our life. Sports are good means of earnings. Sports offer opportunity to prove talents.

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Sports and games are means of mental and physical growth. During sports we come to learn many things. We learn how to maintain mental balance in the midst of hopes and despair. They make us learn how to tackle the difficult situation. Sports develop a sense of friendliness. They develop in us team spirit. They help in developing mental and physical toughness. They shape our body and make it strong and active. They give us energy and strength. They remove tiredness and lethargy. They improve blood circulation. This improves our physical well-being.

Benefits Of Playing Sports and Games

Athletes do better Academically

Playing a sport requires a lot of time and energy. Some people may think this would distract student-athletes from school work. However, the opposite is true. Sports require memorization, repetition and learning — skill sets that are directly relevant to class work. Also, the determination and goal-setting skills a sport requires can be transferred to the classroom. (Importance of Sports and Games)

Physical Fitness

Physical fitness is the most Valuable outcome of Sports for Students and Children as well. Sports like Tennis, Baseball and Basket Ball requires lot of Physical Fitness that helps in proper grooming and growth of body.

Team Spirit

Sports teach us a lesson of Team Spirit and unity. When playing Hockey or Cricket a student or   a child learns how to play and work in a Team. This thing develops a sense of team Spirit and building Strong Relations with others as well.

Improved Blood Circulation

Blood circulation gets better when you start playing sports. The body remains well oxygenated. Thus, it remains more healthy and active. Apart from blood circulation, being physically active can also increase the hemoglobin count and the volume of blood.

Constructive Use of Time

Sports help Students and Children to have a constructive use of their time. Only study cannot add to the mental and Physical fitness of a person. Usually students and children waste their time in playing games on Computer which makes them dull and Lazy whereas Playing Sports makes their bones Strong and is also very good in utilizing Spare time.

Mental Strength

Sports make a person mentally strong. A sportsman knows that Winning and loosing is a part of Sports, so maintaining a Sportsmanship is the best way of Mental Strength and Success. So a Sportsman deals with Success and Failure equally which is also a best Lesson of Life.

Importance of Sports and Games as Physical Education

Benefits to mind and body

Physical education do well both to the body and the mind. After brain work in schools, students generally feel fatigued. In outdoor games in the afternoon, they inhale fresh air and feel energetic. These games give free play to all the organs of the body. Therefore, their health is improved. Outdoor games are played together.

Develops the sense of discipline

The players are given systematic instructions in physical education programs of schools and other educational institutions. They have to obey the orders of the trainer and the captain. They thus learn obedience and discipline. Outdoor games teach us to bear defeat calmly and to respect the winners. They also promote a spirit of good will and sportsmanship.

Forms character

Physical education teach us endurance and presence of mind. They build up character and train us to become useful citizens. A good sportsman generally leads others in sports. He thus acquires qualities of leadership.