Sports Promotes Emotional Fitness

The physical benefits of Sports lessons in the classroom are undeniable. Regular physical activities allow students to develop a habit of doing exercises which help reduce the risk of health-related diseases.

Aside from its physical benefits, Sports also improve students’emotional fitness. Physical stimulation from playing Sports help improve a student’s well-being, thus, create happiness in them. The release of happy hormones reduce mental depression and helps students to stay emotionally fit and cheer ful .

In turn, being emotionally fit allows a student to be more sociable. It is easier for students to make friends and respect differences when they are emotionally stable. Sports sessions with teachers and fellow students expose them to the different life happenings and the ability to face adversaries with a smile. Being sociable allows students to have courage and confidence when facing whether an easy or difficult situation.

Sports lessons also teach students the important qualities of discipline which can act as a self boost in many aspects of life.

Involving in any sports activity teaches them mental, physical as well as tactical discipline.

Students learn these qualities by following rules, practicing restraint or obeying the coach and respecting decisions.

I will continue discussing the important points of having Sports in the curriculum in my upcoming articles.