Sports supplement the education by all means. Here’s how!

“All Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Not many people acknowledge the fact that sports are an integral part of the education process. The process of education is always connoted with academic learning only. Though knowledge and academic learning hold a big portion of the education process, still, education is not complete until it ensures the sound development of a child.

Since childhood, kids are taught that “Padhoge likhoge banoge nawab, kheloge kudoge toh hoge kharab.” We very easily say that playing does not help children in any manner. But this statement can be seen as a little redundant if we start to rate the quality of education obtained without sports.

Sports are a part of physical education. “A sound mind is found in a healthy body.” Sitting in an armchair for hours, staring a book cannot make a healthy body. A healthy body constitutes a physically sound and mentally fresh body which sports help you achieving it.

Importance of Sports in Education

1. Keeps you Fresh and Healthy – Sports help you in staying physically fit and healthy. It helps your body staying active and agile all the time. Practicing sports regularly helps in developing immunity and protects you from unwanted disorders. It improves your physical strength and keeps mind fresh.
2. Implies moral education lessons – A sportsperson sees consequent wins and losses each day. Sports help in improving accepting both situations with grace. It makes you more social and empathetic in everyday life by developing healthy sportsman spirit.
3. Enhance Discipline – If you are undergoing a proper sports training, eventually, you will end up being a disciplined person. Sports add a new zeal in your life. It can act as a boast in every segment of your life.
4. Improved performance in education – There are studies which show that inclusion of sports in school has improved the performance in academics. Sports help in making the body holistically sound in all forms. Hence, shows better results in the academic education sector.

Conclusion

Sports are complimenting the education process in every sense. It develops true leadership, a better mindset, time management, teamwork, cooperation and other social and mental traits. To ensure quality education, it is important to give relevant emphasis to physical education and sports.

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