Games and sports have an important role in the life of a young man.They are those activities which we pursue for the sake of pleasure.They are different from work or daily duties which we perform to earn money.There is a slight different between games and sports.Sports and Games have an importance in education. Games are played by groups of players or teams,such as football, cricket, hokey,etc
On the other hand, sports are played by players in their individual capacity, such as races, jumps, athletics,etc.
Source of recreation:
Games and sports are a very cheap and popular source of recreating one self.Recreation is an important requirement of human life.No human being can afford to remain busy day and night earning money like a machine .Over work has adverse effect on human health.Such a man becomes aged too soon.Human life becomes dull and boring .
Every worker needs some leisure after performing his daily duties.He must get time to feel free and enjoy himself in any way he likes.There are people who want to go to sleep or gossip,wander or play cards or enjoy music during leisure.But is not a healthy use of this time.If a man remains sitting at his house ,he will go on thinking about his tired mind and body his problems and responsibilities.His mind will not get relief from the burden of painful worries .The best thing for him would be to go out and play some game.It will refresh his tired mind and body.When a man is busy in playing come game or witnessing some match, he is lost in its excitement.He forgers his painful thoughts for the time being, and this is very useful for mental health.
Useful for health:
Games are also useful for physical health.It is said that human body is just like a machine .If a machine remain out of action for a long time ,it becomes rusted.
Similarly if human body is kept idle and inactive for a long time, it also gets out of order.An idle person falls an easy prey