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“Health is wealth.” Those who have understood its importance will try to keep
themselves fit. Apart from a balanced diet, sports are necessary to maintain
our health. If we do not play regularly, our body does not develop. Our body
becomes weak. We may become a target for many of the diseases. Sports
are necessary for maintaining our health and physical fitness.
Sports also inculcate good qualities in us. Involving oneself in competitive
sports will encourage healthy competition. Taking up captainship in team
games will inculcate leadership qualities. Playing as a team will encourage co-
operation among the players.

We may feel that, if we spend our time in playing, when should we study?
Here is a solution- Study in the morning as the mind is fresh. After you return
home from school, play for about one to two hours as the mind is tired. Then
you can study again. So friends, always remember the proverb, “All study
and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” This proverb not only applies to Jack but
for all of us.

Sports makes humanbeing healthy and we know that health is incredible

wealth of humanbeing.If a man is very rich but he is not healthy then, his
wealth is of no use. He cannot do any work and can't eat delicious food but
on the other hand if a man is very poor and he has a good health then he has
all the comforts of the world.

True that "Health is wealth" I just found a nice write up on sports, in this
page. Also most important is "Each one Plant a sapling" to save our planet.
Take care of trees. Dont chop them down mercilessly. Games are useful in
our life. Games give us knowledge to perfom in study and in sports.

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Introducing children to sports is very important. Sports is essential not only
for the physical fitness and growth of a child, but also for his mental growth.
The importance of sports in education can be gauged by the way it helps in
inculcating values such as dedication, discipline and responsibility in children,
at the same time teaching them many relevant life lessons. Even for adults,
playing sports such as tennis or golf or the various extreme sports, has its
own set of advantages. Here is the importance of sports explained in detail.

Importance of Sports in Life

Physical fitness
Sports such as football or baseball involve lots of physical activities. Sports
and exercises help in strengthening and toning the muscles and bones in the
body. In short, the importance of sports for kids is that it keeps them in an
excellent shape.

Team Spirit
When children or adults plays team sports, be it cricket or hockey, they learn
to work in groups. They learn that if the team wins, they win and if the team
loses, they lose. This way they learn how to work in groups. Thus, the
importance of sports for kids is that they understand what is team spirit and
thus, when they grow and actually start working, it will help them immensely
in building relationships with their co-workers, and also to work in harmony
with others.

Mental Strength
Sports makes people mentally strong. Success and failure are both parts of
sports as well as life. A sportsman knows that there will be times when he
will win matches, there will also be times when he will lose them. A
sportsperson knows how to handle defeat and thus, treats success and failure
equally. This is an important life lesson too, which sports can teach a person.
Besides this, another importance of sports for children or for adults is that it
teaches them how to handle competition, and be fearless when facing the
adversaries.

Constructive Use of Time

Children and adolescents ooze with physical energy. When they are involved
in sports, their physical energies are used up in a constructive way. Teenage
is such an impressionable age, if adolescents are given free time they might
get involved in wrong activities or may fall in bad company or may also
display anti-social behavior. Thus, the importance of sports in society is that
it keeps adolescents from becoming anti-social elements, who might
otherwise disturb the delicate fabric of society.

Health
Regularly indulging in sports helps in keeping the immune system strong and
hence, prevents any kind of disease from occurring. It also increases the
appetite of the person. Thus, sports promotes good health. Read more on
healthy diet for athletes.

Confidence
Sports inculcates self confidence in a person. When a child or a person excels
in a particular sports, he becomes very self confident. Sports inculcates
discipline, dedication and responsibility in a person, which he is able to apply
in other ares of life as well. This makes him achieve success in every sphere
of life, thus, making him even more confident.

Decision Making
In sports, a person has to make quick decisions depending upon the situation
that he is in. Thus, a person who is involved in sports is able to make wise
and quick decisions in other areas of life as well.

Read more on:

• Benefits of Playing Sports

• School Sports and Leisure Activities
• Sports Nutrition
Here's hoping that now you know what is the importance of sports. Besides
being important for kids, taking up a sports career in adult life, has its own
benefits. A sportsperson often travels to other countries to play matches and
in the process, learns a great deal about the cultures of these countries. Even
the spectators or TV viewers are thoroughly entertained while watching
professional sports, making it an excellent recreational activity.

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We live in jet age. Life has become so easier than ever before. With
advancing technologies our lives have become comfortable. But in today's
world under the spell of technology we are ignoring our health. Even kids
rather than going out and playing with friends prefer watching television
,playing computer games,or surf the net.

Playing Sports keeps us physically fit and mentally alert. It keeps us healthy
which is the most important thing of all!! as it is indeed equal to all the
wealth in the world,for you may have money but if you have not got health to
enjoy it what is its use ?

We have variety of sports to choose from like Basketball, Tennis , Football,

Cricket, Swimming etc. Besides sports not only helps us to be physically fit
but it also teaches us the values of discipline, loyalty , teamwork, hard-work
and honesty which helps us to play the bigger game of life! A true sportsman
celebrates victory and accepts defeat with a smile. To him winning is not
important but giving his 100% is!

But in today's competitive world studies are given more importance. A child
doesn't get enough time to play because of constant pressure of studies and
his parents to perform better and better. Hence children ,parents and
teachers must understand the importance of sports and give the child enough
time to play as we all know very well that "All work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy! "

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IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS OF SPORTS
Have you ever thought why people do sports? Absolutely, many people seem
not to know the reasons. As a anectode, there are many people who do
sports for nothing around us. Everyday we can encounter with these people.
They regularly do sports; however, none of them realizes the benefits and
importance of sports. In fact, vice versa, some people want to be fit and
attractive, look smart. Unfortunately, these people can’t consider other
benefits of sports. In my opinion, there are several benefits of sports that
people often do not consider: sports are required to be healthy people, are
needed for enjoyment, and are great market for countries’ economies.

The first advantage of sports for people is that they help people be healthy,
and be fit. Throughout history, people can’t give up their interest at their
body. I belive that now many people love themselves no matter how
beautiful or ugly they are. Naturally, people’s first aim should be healthy and
fit with the benefits of sports. Due to this fact that Sports keep our body
healthy. As a possible example, imagine that there is a car which has not
worked for years. If you try to run the motor engine, it will not work anymore
since it has been rusted and its engine may be broken down. As a result,
people is smillar to engines and motors. If we don’t do sports, we will be
forced to rust, in other words, decomposition of our body; afterwards, we
may have some problems with our body when we even need to small walk. In
addition, sports balance our body’s blood pressure and circulation. According
to many researchs which have been done by scientists, we can prove the
importance of sports for our health because 70% middle aged people who did
not do sports in their youth are now struggling with the problems such as
high tension, trouble with blood circulation, easily become tired due to the
lack of sports.

The second advantage of sports for people is that they are required for our
daily lives and competing at the internatinal area because of enjoyment of
sports. For many years, sports have been done by people. For example, have
you ever thought why people want to play football or other games? The
answer may be easy since sports are entertaining. They are sometimes
magics as they catch our attention and give us pleasure as much as we need.
Sometimes overwhelming life conditions may be unfair and make us
unhappy. However, if there is a sport activity when we are unhappy, we will
probably be motivated and be refreshed again after the sport activity. This
should be the most important benefit of sports because many people do
sports for this reason. In addition, have you ever thought why millions of
people watch World Cup match without breathing? There might be some
reasons behind the action of watching football match. The most important
one might be the excitement and enjoyment of sport. Football match is
exhilating because it gives us pleasure to watch. In the pitch and near the
pitch, there are more than 18 men, and they are the representative of our
sport culture. Within the excitment of sports, countries are able to compete in
the international area. Due to this fact people like sports since they and their
countries are able to compete and beat opponent countries and this is the
most important reason to take pleasure from sports.

The final and least advantage of sports is that they are the huge market for
countrie’s economy. First of all, if we look at only football industry. There are
more than thousand professional team and at least these team have 25
players. If this is calculated, there are approximately 25000 players without
working staff, scouts, coaches and managers. This shoud be the largest
industry which employs many people in Turkey. In addition, countries and
clubs have to establish new facilities for sports game. Some of them are the
largest buldings in the entire country that represent countries, for example
Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey. Supplying funds for this buldings may be
the publicity of countries since constructing well designed stadiums help
country preapare or organize big competitons such as World Cup, Olympics,
and Tennis Tournaments. Finally, sports allow advertisement companies to
make publicity of strong brands. For example, sponsorship is one of the best
publicity of one company. Everyone watchs thier favourite team or atlethe,
and audiance will probably see the sponsor of team or atlethe. For example,
in England, Manchester United which is one of the most powerful clubs in
international area has a sponsor called Vodafone. I am from Turkey, and I
even know its sponsor. This will probably show the effectiveness of
sponsorship in sports.

All in all, we can conclude that there are several advantages and benefits of
sports. First, sports are required by people to be fit, smart, and good looking.
Second, sports are entertaining due to many facts. Third, sports are the huge
market for countries’ economies. In my opinion, despite sports’ advantages,
many people can’t believe that sports are useful and beneficial. I hope that in
the future these people will tend to be more optimistically to sports since
they are the neccessity of our lives.

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Importance Of Sports
The Importance of Sports
Sports are an important part of just about every society, every country,
every part of our planet. In one way or another, everyone is involved in
sports or some sort, whether they're playing or watching or just know
someone who does either.

The importance of sports in the life of a young student is invaluable and goes
much further than the basic answer that "it keeps kids off the streets." It
does in fact keep kids off the streets, but it also instills lessons that are
essential in the life of a student athlete. Sports play a pivotal role in the
makeup of a young athlete, especially in the middle school to high school
years where student-athletes are much more mature and mentally
developed. Where else can a young, impressionable youth learn values like
discipline, responsibility, self-confidence, sacrifice, and accountability?
Sports come in many varieties. There are individual sports such as golf or
team sports such as football and hockey. Court sports include badminton and
squash. Other categories are gymnastics, martial arts, racing for example the
F1 races, obstacle sports such as skating and indoor sports such as chess and
card games.

Football, hockey and basketball are team sports. Teams of eleven or six
players square off against each other, with team members helping each other
to win as a team.

Sports are played for fun or for money (or sometimes both). Just about every
sport has both professionals (those who compete for money) and amateurs
(those who compete not for money but for fame or for the sake of
competition itself). Many amateurs who are really good at their sport become
professionals.

Health is wealth.” Those who have understood the importance of health will
try to keep themselves fit. Apart from a balanced diet, sports are necessary
to maintain our health. If we do not exercise regularly, our body does not
develop the muscles as well as bones become weak.