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Sports and Health
Advantages of playing Team Sports
Builds teamwork
Allow students to better communicate with one another
Allows students to make more friends
Help develop critical thinking skills
Teach students about sportsmanship
Develop leadership skills
Reasons for sports in school
Promote healthy lifestyles
Nurture interest
Improve leadership & team building qualities
Life skills, e.g. time management, social skills
Help with cognitive abilities
Alternative sports
Skating
Surfing
Snowboarding
Mountain biking
Advantages of making sports compulsory in school
Students may start to enjoy a sport after playing it during PE lessons
Students get time to to do some physical activity each week
There are trained teachers to teach students about sports and how to play them
Helps in physical growth and development of students-improve blood circulation, boost metabolism, etc.
Limitations of playing sports
Safe sports, where the chances of getting injured are low
Sports that do not require complicated skills to be able to play
Sports that do not take up a lot of time
Disadvantages of playing team sports
Some students may not get along with their teammates and could start a fight
Team sports increases the chances of an injury
Negative outcomes are more likely if students are chosen last or not at all for team play during PE class
Disadvantages of making sports compulsory in school
For students who are not good at sports, PE class can lead to stress, anxiety or feelings of low self-worth.
sometimes go on to develop negative attitudes toward physical activity that may prevent them from being more active later in life.
Students feel like they are being forced to do something, and may try going against the school by not participating in PE lessons