Are Sports Beneficial or Detrimental to Youth?
Are sports beneficial or detrimental to youth? Why and how? When and where? A lot of questions have been asked either by parents or by other people who are doing this type of research. Although the physical exercise provided by sports is essential, there are many other benefits both immediate and long-term. Some state that it gives children an opportunity to play Sports and interact with other children and form social bonds and relationships but along with that it is beneficial but from the research I looked at and my own opinion, I feel that most children drop out or do not play because of lack of interest or other reasons.
It is beneficial because it gives children an opportunity to play “Sports and interact with other children and form social bonds and relationships. It shows them a sense of teamwork and sportsmanship and allows them to gain respect towards others” (“American Academy”). It also gives them the chance to learn to manage success and disappointment. “It also allows them to have fun and to get exercise. Sport gives children the opportunity to build confidence and self-esteem” ("Pediatrics for Parents"). They play sports for the following 6 reasons which have been proven in the following years of sports. The reasons are to have fun, to improve skills and learn new ones, to be with friends and make new ones, for the “excitement of competition, to succeed and win, and to exercise and be fit” ("Pediatrics for Parents").According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, “somewhere between 16 and 33 percent of American children are obese” (“American Academy”). “But children who play sports are far more likely to maintain a healthy weight and avoid the many health risks that come with being overweight” (“Family Resource”).
It is beneficial but from the research I looked at and my own opinion, I feel that most children drop out or do not play because of lack of interest or other reasons. Those “risks multiply when a person becomes obese
It is beneficial because it gives children an opportunity to play “Sports and interact with other children and form social bonds and relationships. It shows them a sense of teamwork and sportsmanship and allows them to gain respect towards others” (“American Academy”). It also gives them the chance to learn to manage success and disappointment. “It also allows them to have fun and to get exercise. Sport gives children the opportunity to build confidence and self-esteem” ("Pediatrics for Parents"). They play sports for the following 6 reasons which have been proven in the following years of sports. The reasons are to have fun, to improve skills and learn new ones, to be with friends and make new ones, for the “excitement of competition, to succeed and win, and to exercise and be fit” ("Pediatrics for Parents").According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, “somewhere between 16 and 33 percent of American children are obese” (“American Academy”). “But children who play sports are far more likely to maintain a healthy weight and avoid the many health risks that come with being overweight” (“Family Resource”).
It is beneficial but from the research I looked at and my own opinion, I feel that most children drop out or do not play because of lack of interest or other reasons. Those “risks multiply when a person becomes obese
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