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After academics, we choose to make sports a priority in our kids’ lives. Here are the reasons…
Why kids should play sports.
Life skills
Being a part of a team with a common goal helps build skills that will be useful in the years ahead. Sports teams are not singular; they help teach your child that life is not just about their own experience and showing them what it is to be selfless. And I just love hearing my kids cheer on their teammates.
Physical fitness
Not only does it help develop social and problem solving skills but it also keeps them active and physically fit. We want our kids to be healthy and playing physical games provides a fun workout.
Self worth
There’s nothing quite like seeing your child’s confidence soar when they score a goal or hit a home run. They can do anything and they can be anything. Just ask the Olympians participating in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
This is the first year that my children are actually watching The Olympic Games with us. We enjoying watching the games from our family room; It’s such a great bonding experience for our family. So far we have been following the gymnastics, swimming and tennis competitions.
After seeing Simone Biles and the rest of the gymnastic olympic team perform, Emma has a renewed interest in gymnastics. Gymnastics was her very first activity but we had taken a break to expose her to other options so that she could figure out what she liked best. Apparently this is it.
Now we’re getting ready for a fun soccer season now that both of our children will be playing one after the other with the township rec. My husband Kevin coaches soccer and baseball and I am the cheerleader on the sidelines. We play hard and we get dirty which means lots of sweaty, grass-stained clothes.
Great points! There are so many necessary life skills that can be taught and reinforced through team sports. I still communicate with and support many of my old teammates.
Kids sports is very important and when I have kids, I plan to have them involved in at least one. When I was younger, I did gymnastics and dance. It was a lot of fun and met friends I still connect with today.
I think that all the adrenaline and endorphins that get released during sports helps to clean out our systems and makes us better thinkers. That is totally opinion of course, but I feel it’s true.
My kids play sports too and I think it’s great for them too. They learn so much about team work along with meeting new friends.
I have encouraged my kids tonplay sports. However, my oldest was add when he was younger and struggled with keeping his grades up while playing sports. Now he is in high school and is playing soccer this year.
Academics always come first for us too. That’s why we took a break from gymnastics :)