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Why it is important to participate in a sport. Kyonn Keith Devante Gray. Promoting Health. The most obvious benefit . By keeping people fit and healthy, sports is a form of preventative medicine, physically and mentally.
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Why it is important to participate in a sport Kyonn Keith Devante Gray
Promoting Health • The most obvious benefit . By keeping people fit and healthy, sports is a form of preventative medicine, physically and mentally. • Children who are involved in sport are generally fitter and much more alert, this has health benefits as well as helping with the child’s academic studies.
Lesson for Life • Children need to learn lessons that will stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives • A process in which sports can play a key role. Its teaches people the benefits of self discipline, team work, mutual respect and fair play.
Community Safety • Sports reduces the chances of young people slipping into lives of crime. • There is reduced risk of a person re-offending if he or she can be encouraged to participate in sports.
More info • Athletic people is less likely to smoke or get involved with drugs and they perform better in school.