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0 ARTICLE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS IN OUR LIFE FROM

IMPORTANT INDIA MAGAZINE

Importance of Sports in our Life

Introduction: A healthy nation is always a wealthy nation. Therefore, it is necessary

to put emphasis on sports.

One can think of a healthy mind only in a healthy body. Both physical and mental
well-being are the prerequisites of great achievements in man’s life.

History shows that young men who excelled in the field in sports could prove their
worth in the battlefield as valiant soldiers in later life and get the laurels of victory.

Necessity of sports: Sports have their great utility.

1. Sports are the sources of recreation. They provide relief and a sense relaxation
in a life of monotony of routine marked by miseries, hardships and hurdles.
2. They instill or infuse a sportive spirit to take up the heavy burden of life in a
lighter vein and not to think of life either as a tragedy or a comedy but as the
ordinary business of living.
3. It is very essential to maintain health and physical fitness.
4. It encourages the growth of team-spirit.
5. Sports and games bring about various methods of diversions.

Outdoor games: Among the outdoor games football, volley, cricket, basket ball and
tennis etc. are very popular all over the world. Recently, World Cup Football Games
were the focal point of attention for all sports lovers.

Gold and Table Tennis are played in many parts of the world. The Olympic Games,
held with an interval of 4 years, foster the sense of oneness and the true sportive
spirit among nations.

Students: It is argued that sports should be made compulsory right from the primary
classes and form a part of educational curriculum.

Children from their start must realize the utility of sports and games. Drills and other
methods of physical fitness should be introduced from the beginning by well trained
teachers and coaches.

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Educational value of sports: The necessity of sports is felt to be so great in life that
there is ample justification for them to be introduced in the schools compulsorily.

 Sports and games impart a sense of discipline, fellow-feeling and

togetherness.
 They teach the value of time and how it is important to note how a minute, a
fraction of a minute and even of second decides the fate of a young sportsman
in the field of competition.
 With proper training in sports and games, students become active, sportive,
dashing, daring and adventurous capable of meeting the challenges in future
life.
 Sports and games are the right avenues to channelize the energy and vitality of
students and make their leisure hours worthwhile.
 The spirit of competition is inculcated in most cases by sports and games.
 A forum is made available for physical fitness.
 The greatest educational value of the sports and games is to provide
stimulation for study and for hard work.

Conclusion: It is not the sound and the fury that counts but effort in the right
direction to make a mark. Keeping this in view, it is high time that we spot out our
sports talents and provide all necessary facilities to train them properly so as to
enable them to compete with world champions with no feelings of diffidence.

2.0 ARTICLE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS FROM LIVESTRONG.COM

In 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that sports
participation records in the United States had reached record levels. During the
2010 to 2011 academic year, 55 per cent of all high school students participated
in sports. Sports can positively impact both children and adults, providing
opportunities to get exercise and spend time with peers in a healthy environment.

Physical Benefits of Sports

Playing sports can make you stronger and healthier, contributing to lower obesity
rates.
Playing sports can make you stronger and healthier, contributing to lower obesity
rates, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Athletes
tend to have lower body mass indexes, but non-athlete participants will still
benefit from developing muscles and burning calories. Active people tend to
have lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure. Exercising regularly
through sports programs could contribute to better heart and lung function.
Learning to play sports as a child might carry over into being a more active adult,
according to Sports and Development.org. Psych Central states that some sports
tend to have a more lasting impact from childhood into adulthood: soccer,

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baseball and hockey, for example. In sports such as gymnastics or diving,
athletes tend to peak while still young and not participate as adults.

Importance of Healthy Socializing

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports children who play
sports. are less likely to use drugs and smoke Female athletes might also be less
likely to become pregnant in high school. For children, playing sports can help
develop friendships centred on healthy, safe and enjoyable activities. Adults who
play sports also have the opportunity to develop friendships centred on an active
lifestyle. Team practice and competitions provide socializing options that are
healthier and more active compared with regular sessions of other more
sedentary activities. Sports can particularly benefit low-income individuals, who
might not have the money or resources to socialize outside of playing sports,
according to Child Fund International.

Contributing to Academic Success

People who play sports tend to perform better at school.

People who play sports tend to perform better at school, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services reports. Student athletes earn higher grades and
earn higher test scores on standardized tests. They also have lower dropout
rates and a better chance of getting into college.

Building Character Values

Sports play the important role of imparting character values.

Sports also play the important role of imparting character values, according to
Sport and Development.org. Playing sports can help teach honesty, teamwork
and fair play. Learning to follow rules and respecting teammates and opponents
can also be useful. Experiencing the role of a graceful winner and loser teaches
people about being humble, and competition in general can teach individuals
about self-respect, confidence and managing stress. Taking on leading roles
within your team can also teach leadership, according to the Palo Alto Medical
Foundation.

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3.0 ARTICLE ON NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(SPORT) FROM IMPORTANT INDIA MAGAZINE
Introduction: Physical education refers to the process of imparting systematic
instructions in physical exercise, sports, games, and hygiene. The term is
generally used for the physical education programs at school and colleges.

Education aims at the training of the body, mind, and conduct of a student. To
keep a healthy mind within a healthy body, a student needs regular physical
exercise.

The brain of students gets tired after schoolwork. His mind refuses to work.
Therefore, for diversion and refreshment of mind, he requires some organized
forms of physical and mental work.

The Need of Physical education

Physical education forms an important part of modern education. Almost every

school can boast of a playground, and one or two teams. In every modern school
and colleges, after class work, students join various sports and games. The
students generally take to all kinds of physical activities and show a great deal of
interest in them.

Various kinds of sports and games

Various kinds of games, sports, and physical exercises are taught in schools as
part of physical education program. Some of them are outdoor, others indoor.
The outdoor games include football, hockey, cricket, tennis, badminton,
volleyball, and so on. Sports include popular pastimes like swimming, boating,
athletic activities like pole jump, long jump, racing, and javelin throwing. Students
are also taught physical exercises to improve and maintain good health.

Importance Physical education to students

Physical Education is of special importance to students.

They are great sources of pleasure to them.

They build the body and refresh their mind.
They train the mind in many virtues.
They teach the players discipline and team spirit. In school sports, the players
have to obey certain rules. They have to submit to the ruling of the referee or the
umpire. Thus, they learn discipline and obedience.

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Physical education creates in students ‘the sporting spirit’. The students learn to
play fair and honorably and to keep the rules of the game.
They learn to be fair to their opponents.
They develop pluck and patience.
School sports teach them to take a defeat in a good spirit.
Physical education aims at bringing the best in the students.

Value of Physical education

Benefits to mind and body: Physical education do well both to the body and the
mind. After brainwork in schools, students generally feel fatigued. In outdoor
games in the afternoon, they inhale fresh air and feel energetic. These games
give free play to all the organs of the body. Therefore, their health is improved.
Outdoor games are played together.

Develops the sense of discipline: The players are given systematic instructions in
physical education programs of schools and other educational institutions. They
have to obey the orders of the trainer and the captain. They thus learn obedience
and discipline. Outdoor games teach us to bear defeat calmly and to respect the
winners. They also promote a spirit of good will and sportsmanship.

Forms character: Physical education teach us endurance and presence of mind.

They build up character and train us to become useful citizens. A good
sportsman generally leads others in sports. He thus acquires qualities of
leadership.

Thus, Physical education is of great value

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 Aditi Chopra,(2015, July22), The
Importance of Sports in our Life,
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Morgan Rush, (2017, 11 Sep), LIFE FROM IMPORTANT INDIA MAGAZINE 489/importance-of-sports-in-our-
The Importance of Sports, life/
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 The necessity of sports in life

- Sports are the sources of recreation
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS FROM
LIVESTRONG.COM SPORTS - Sports infuse a sportive spirit to take up the
heavy burden of life
- It is very essential to maintain health and
 MAIN IDEAS
physical fitness
- Physical benefits of sports
- It encourages the growth of team-spirit.
- Importance of healthy
- Sports and games bring about various
socializing
methods of diversions
- Contributing to academic
 The importance of sports for students
success
- Sports and games impart a sense of discipline
- Building character values
- They teach the value of time
NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL - The spirit of competition is inculcated
EDUCATION (SPORT) FROM IMPORTANT INDIA - Provide stimulation for study and for hard work
MAGAZINE - Help students for their physical fitness.

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- Various kinds of sports and games
 Physical benefits of sports
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- make you stronger and healthier
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- have lower body mass indexes
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- contribute to better heart and lung function
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- Playing sports can help teach honesty, teamwork, fair
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- They teach the players discipline and team spirit
play, managing stress and leadership.
 Value of Physical education
- Benefits to mind and body
- Develops the sense of discipline
- Forms character.
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5.0 CRITICAL REVIEW
Based on these three sport articles that have been chosen for this task, we
can conclude how sports play an important role in every aspects of our life. An
Article by Aditi Chopra that has been released on 22nd July 2015 by India
Important web which is describing about the importance of sports in our life has
clearly give us the explanation on the necessity of sports and educational value
that can be found in sports. This article gives us a clear picture on how
necessary it is to emphasis on sports because sports can be a source of
recreation which can help us to relax and manage well when facing hardships or
miseries in life. Besides, sports can help us to have a positive thought and
maintain health and physical fitness. Aditi Chopra also state that sports can
encourage the growth of team-spirit and bring various methods of diversions.
People argued sports should be made compulsory right from the primary classes
and form a part of educational curriculum and it is also stated in the articles how
it is important for the children to realize about the importance of sports for them
as sports and games can fertile a sense of discipline and cooperation between
the students. They can also learn the value of time and how it is important to
note a minute, a fraction of a minute and even of second decides the fate of a
young sportsman in the field of competition. Sports can give a good impact on
the students as they will become active, sportive, dashing, daring and
adventurous capable of meeting the challenges in future life. Sports and games
are one of the right ways to make the students spend their leisure time worthily
while practising on a healthy lifestyle which can make them have good health
and physical fitness instead of letting them to waste their time by sleeping and
couching potato. The spirit of competition can also be inculcated with playing
sports and the greatest educational value of the sports and games is to provide
stimulation for study and for hard work.
Morgan Rush also wrote about the importance of sports in our lives which has
been updated by LiveStrong.com on 11 September 2017. We can conclude that
playing sports can lead to a stronger and healthy life because it is contributing to
lower obesity rates. People who are being active in sports tend to have lower
body mass indexes, lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure. Sports can
help us to have long function and better heart by exercising regularly. One of the
main ideas in the article is the importance of healthy socializing. The U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services reports children who play sports are
less likely to use drugs and smoke. Female athletes might also be less likely to
become pregnant in high school. Children can actually get benefits from doing
sports such as getting new friends that emphasized on health, safe and
enjoyable activities. Adults who play sports also can develop friendship through
sports. Besides, sports can contribute to academic success. Student who plays
sports actually can do better at school. They can perform well, have lower rates
of drop out and high scores in examination. Other than that, sports can build
character values. Through sports, we can learn about teamwork cooperation,
honesty, self-respect, confidence and leadership.

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 An Article about need and importance of physical education by Muskan that
has been published by Important India web on 18th February 2016 has stated
that it is need to have physical education at school as it is a part of modern
education. After that, various kinds of sports and games are taught in school to
maintain and improve their health. The article also explained about the
importance of sports to the students as it is a source of pleasure to them, they
can build body and refresh their mind, train the mind in many virtues, teach the
players discipline and team spirit and The students learn to play fair. There are
also some values of physical education which are benefits to mind and body
which is physical education is proved to do well both for mind and body,
develops the sense of discipline which is they learn to obey the rules and play
fair. Last but not least. Physical education helps to form character which it
teaches us to build up character such as leadership and endurance.
As a conclusion, there are a lot of benefits that we can get from getting
involved with sports and physical education. It helps us in living a better life, have
a healthy physical fitness, good mental and mind. Sports are encouraged to the
society and citizens whether they are young, students, old or an adult because
sports can lead to a good healthy life for people who really practice it because a
healthy mind comes from a healthy body.

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6.0 REFERENCE
http://www.importantindia.com/22037/need-and-importance-of-physical-
education/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/515163-the-importance-of-sports-in-our-
lives/
http://www.importantindia.com/15489/importance-of-sports-in-our-life/