ENGL 110 Composition, Literature, and Critical Thinking
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Running head: WHY SPORTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KIDSWhy Sports should be encouraged to KidsNameCourse NumberDateFaculty Name
Running head: WHY SPORTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KIDSAbstractPeople have become reluctant on doing physical exercises in the current society and thishas increased the risks of health conditions such as heart attacks and obesity among others. Thispaper focuses on outlining the importance of physical exercises on kids and how they can beencouraged and motivated to maintain the practice in their future days. Sporting has beenoutlined as one of the factors which improve children’s social and academic life. Several healthadvantages have also be outlined. All these issues have been discussed in this paper. Finally, avisual table has been represented at the end of the paper to help parents in determining whetherphysical exercises impose positive impacts on their children.
WHY SPORTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KIDS 3Why Sports should be encouraged to Kids1.IntroductionSports is among many ways that are quantified into a general term, ‘Physical Activity –PA’. The human body requires substantial physical activity engagement for several reasonsamong which most of them are health-related. In the contemporary world, life-threatening healthconditions such as diabetes, health failure among other pulmonary diseases have been linked todiminishing societal engagements on physical activities. Various research finding has stated thatpeople who completely or at minimal frequencies engage into physical activities have greaterrisks and odds of being diagnosed with various conditions such as obesity, high cholesterollevels and they are also at the risk of having cardiac attacks. Based on these health concerns, it isimportant to encourage kids to be involved in sporting activities to have better and healthylifestyles now and in the future (Stricker, 2009).There are several ways to encourage a person to engage in preferred activities. Theconvincing power depends on various factors such as age, environments, and the mode ofcommunication among other considerations. For instance, the response of a 5-year child will bedifferent compared to a 15-year pupil because of the differences in mental states, theirsurroundings and emotional interferences. Therefore, parents and guardians should developschemes to be used in encouraging the children to participate in physical activities and sports byproviding the relevant information. Children tend to trust on things that the parents or theirnearest guardian participate in, hence directly learning and being inspired by the dedications andthe perceived benefits. It is also important to educate the kids on the importance of sports usingthe most relevant language they can understand and appreciate.
WHY SPORTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KIDS 4External players such as the health organizations both national and international such asCentre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shown interest in encouraging parents topass information and sporting skills to their children. This has been perceived to one of the mostresponsive methods of creating healthy generations in the future (Freeman, 2013). Thisdetermination is based on the assumption that if the children enjoy sports among other physicalactivities, the skills will also be passed to their children. Therefore, this paper is focusing onhighlighting the key reasons as to why kids should be encouraged to participate in sports andoutline ways that should be used effectively to transform their mentality towards physicalexercises.2.Reasons for Encouraging Kids to SportsParticipation in physical activities has various advantages to the children to both theirsocial and academic life. These important points should be outlined to the children so that theyperceive intrinsic motivation towards engaging in sports. Personal motivation would be moreeffective than forcing the children to participate either in sports a child does not like or becauseof other personal reasons. Based on the instilled information on the importance of sports andengaging on physical activities, children should be left to make personal decisions orparent/guardian/tutor/coach assisted decision on the best games based on physical ability andwillingness. The importance of encouraging kids to do sports are discussed below. 2.1Health and WellnessParticipating in sports and/or other physical activities promotes good health. It does notonly benefit children but also throughout the lifetime of a participant. Therefore, kids should beeducated and informed that being a regular participant in sports of vigorous physical activities
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