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Sports are very beneficial for kids as they also form an important tool in keeping them healthy. The benefits of sport are only to improves cardiovascular health and prevent obesity, there’s also the benefit and joy of making friends as sports involve other people as well.
If you’re unsure of whether or not your child should play sport, the following reasons by ThemeBoy.com might make it easy for you to come to a decision.
- Develops their social skills – when kids play sports, they are in-effect participating in a social activity. The need to communicate with both their teammates and their coaches on a regular basis will help them develop and improve their social skills.
- Teaches them discipline – all teamwork sports require commitment, dedication and discipline. There’s usually practise at least every week. The kids will learn time management skills as they will have to do their homework, chores and assignments before going to practise.
- It teaches them to deal with winning and losing – kids can sometimes be very sensitive and at times they do not handle loosing easily. Sports introduces both sides of the coin and as much as the win is usually more welcomed, loosing is also part of life and must be understood.
- Teaches them about teamwork – team sports require all members to work together towards a common goal which is winning. The kids learn teamwork through their regular practices and matches against other teams. They also learn to support, encourage and motivate each other, skills which will be beneficial to them in future as adults.
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