9 Ways Sports Develop School Children
Not every child is academically gifted but most have bodies that can move and that's why sport has a vital role to play in young people’s development and should be given greater importance in all schools too
Sport in school helps make young people better adults.
Here are 9 ways how sport lends to the development of young people in schools:
1. Young people like fun and sport is a fun occasion for them to look forward to.
Especially if they are cooped up all day in school.
Because school concentrates on training young people’s brains into learning and studying academic pursuits yet instead sport can be a welcome distraction to the pressures of it all. As not every young person loves to sit and read for a prolonged period and sport give s them something that they can look forward to instead.
Some young people like to be in school and learn from their teachers all day but others prefer to play with a ball or move their body. Sport gives them that alternative to a classroom option.
Because sport is a performance young people like to see their peers attempt to play and in doing so they can support them. They also like to see how good they are because they are curious to find out their level of ability.
And similarly to adults who often like live events school sports give young people the option of performing in front of their peers to showcase their physical talents.
2. Sports are important for young people as it develops their social skills.
As being in a classroom can limit the interaction due to the importance of them having to focus on their schoolwork. Whereas watching or playing sports allows for a more open conversation to occur for young people. And by playing a sport young people have more cause to be louder and more expressive to other young people.
Unlike the classroom which can often have a set of strict rules sport is all about competing and doing things quickly and this opens a different social platform for young people to interact with.
3. Sport allows young people to work as part of a team.
And learning how to be a team member is a vital life skill. In doing so a young person is learning how to take the lead and to use their ability for the good of others and not only themselves.
Although playing sport is a fun activity for young people there is vital learning from being able to work alongside others and work on their behalf too.
Because many workplaces in the adult world demand that employees have the ability to work in a team.
4. Playing a sport for young people gives them a sense of responsibility for their position in the team.
Because every young person has a different ability and every position on a team requires different attributes. By being able to have different people who have different abilities in different positions it allows for a stronger team unit to develop.
From here young people begin to understand that everyone has something to offer.
5. Sport is a place for young people to channel their aggression in a healthy manner.
Because growing up can be a challenging time as there so many changes in young people’s lives. From physical developmental changes to becoming more independent young people, life can present frustrations. But sport is a place to use this aggression positively and to turn frustrations into opportunities.
6. Young people have a lot of energy and sport gives them a place for them to use that energy up positively.
Because without it there can be a lot of excess movement in classrooms and this disrupts the flow of academic work being taught to other young people. As a result of this, there can be trouble for teachers, annoyance for students, and a more boisterous learning environment that limits young people’s ability to learn calmly.
7. Young people have lots of ambitions and playing in a sports competition gives them a place to plan to compete and do their best.
Because let’s face it not every young person is gifted academically. But some are better at using their bodies than their brains and sport give them a healthy outlet to achieve this.
8. The development of motor skills is so important throughout people’s lifecycles and by playing sport young people get rewarded for their advancement in practicing their skills.
Because without the opportunity to continue developing and practicing their learned skills young people can become unmotivated. So it’s important to have something to aim for so that young people will continue to learn new skills.
And sport gives this opportunity to young people.
9. Not everyone wants to play sport as some are happy to be involved as an organizer, a referee, a coach, or as an administrator.
And that’s fine.
Because all of these positions need to be filled for a competitive sporting environment to be in place. And even though not every young person may be attracted to playing sport by being involved in some way they are learning how to socialize, develop new skills, and are lending their abilities to organized performances for which they can help to control the outcome.
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