The only thing more important than engaging in some type of athletic activity is to receive your children to take part in sporting activities.
Enrolling children in competitive sports has a lot of benefits. It can teach a lot of fundamental life skills and expose kids to secure learning scenarios, while at exactly the exact same time ensuring they get some exercise.
START HEALTHY. All parents know that good habits start young. In the modern-day and age when the most exercise a few kids get is of the thumbs – texting their friends at worst, or enjoying Wii sports in their living room in the best. The number of empty calories that the average child consumes can’t compete with the absence of movement. This causes obese, unhealthy, and finally, unhappy children. Encouraging children to attend normal sports activities is among the best ways to prevent adolescent obesity, and also to begin your child on the road to a healthy lifestyle.
SELF CONFIDENCE. Among the best ways to promote self-confidence and self-awareness in children is through participation in competitive sports. Children are given the chance to do their part and take responsibility for their actions. Every child of the group is given their turn to shine, which is a true eye-opener to a kid who might not have had the chance to excel in different parts of his life. A child also learns to take criticism and take chances to grow.
TEAM SPIRIT. Kids that compete in sports as part of a group have the opportunity to learn all the skills that go along with team building, such as responsibility and trust. Each child learns to promote and comfort others in addition to receive the same. The team can work as a secondary family to a child who may need additional support from peers. Friends made on the area can become friends for life, providing social stability to children that will last their entire lives. Learning how to deal with disappointments, and how to take care of others when they do, are life lessons that will stand by your child for years to come.
FUN. Kids like to play. They love to play with other children. Supervised, regularly scheduled, sports activities are the way for kids to gain all of the skills listed above, but above all enjoy themselves at exactly the exact same time.
Rafi participates and is active in various staff and personal sports. He trained for and ran a marathon, and lately even made the change from shod running to barefoot running.
