SL415 Understanding Sport Development: Benefits of Sport Participation

This essay delves into the multifaceted benefits of sports participation in the United Kingdom, examining its positive impacts on individuals, communities, and the nation as a whole. It begins by highlighting the significant increase in sports participation within the UK, referencing data from the Department of Human and Health Services. The essay explores the individual benefits, such as improved physical health, reduced obesity rates, and lower risks of diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as the development of valuable character traits like honesty and teamwork. It then broadens its scope to discuss the community-level advantages, including increased social cohesion, the creation of role models, and the fostering of a sense of national identity, referencing David Cameron's 'Sporting Future' strategy. The essay also incorporates relevant case studies, research findings, and theoretical frameworks to support its arguments, concluding with a call for collaborative efforts from individuals, organizations, and government entities to further promote and regulate the sports sector for the continued well-being of participants and the nation.

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Benefits of Taking part in Sporting Activities in the UK
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Benefits of Taking part in Sporting Activities in the UK
Sports are one of the most important activities in our lives where it has got the capability
of making our lives either comfortable or happy (Bahaziq 2016). Way back in 2012, the
department of human and health services that are based in the United Kingdom reported that the
participation of sports records within the boundaries of UK has scaled up to the expected record
levels. Moreover, during 2010 and 2011, an approximation of 55% of the number of high school
students was able to take part in quite some sporting activities. Besides, sport is an important part
of the value system for any given individual. At the same time, it mainly consists of one of the
most distinct kinds of an organization with the potentiality of clearly representing one of the
unique form of social activities, and at the same time, it is also capable of coming up with a
reasonable basis associated with some forms of social identities. When compared to the recent
years, it is clear beyond any reasonable doubt that sports have gained huge popularity across
nations and it is still capable of scaling up to even greater heights in the coming future. A good
percentage of individuals in this modern society value various sporting activities where some of
them have developed the interest in taking part in the activities while some are interested in
watching how their participants are performing in the sporting events (Perez et al. 2017).
Additionally, sports is known to have the potential of positively impacting on both the children
and adults thereby providing them with some of the best opportunities for them to go through
various exercises and be able to spend a good number of their time with their peers specifically
in a more advanced healthy environment. At an individual level, participating in different
sporting activities is known to have the capabilities of making an individual much stronger and
even healthier in terms of their body performance thereby contributing to lower cases of obesity
rates (Harriss and Atkinson 2015). On the other hand, nearly all athletes are known to be having

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lower body mass as far as their indexes are concerned, regardless of all these, the non-athlete
performers will still be able to benefit from developing muscles together with quite some burning
calories. The active individual tends to have lower diabetes rates together with high blood
pressure within their body systems. On the other hand, carrying out appropriate exercise in a
regular manner through quite some sports programs have got a higher probability of contributing
towards a better functioning of both the heart and the lungs within the body system of a given
type of participant (Close et al. 2016). According to research, coming on board and being able to
learn how to engage in various sporting activities as a child might lead to the emergence of a
more active kind of an adult. According to research, some types of sports are capable of having
some lasting impact that will be felt right from childhood way up to adulthood (Myer et al.
2016). The United States Department of both health and human services postulated that those
individuals who are known to be engaging in quite some sporting activities are less likely to
consume various types of drugs or even fall into smoking activities. At the same time, those
adults who engage in sporting activities have got one of the best opportunities for developing
friendships that are centered on an active kind of lifestyle. Moreover, issues regarding team
practice together with competitions provide participants with one of the best and adequate
socializing options that tend to be healthier and even more active most so when compared with
different conditions of regular sessions that are related to sedentary forms of activities (Reis et al.
2016). Interestingly, sports have got the capability of benefitting some of the low-income
personalities within the society, most so the ones who might not acquire either money or
resources with the aim of socializing outside of playing different types of sports. Sports also play
one of the essential roles when it comes to building character values where it can contribute
towards the development of honesty, group work, and even fair play. Learning on how to follow

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the rules and regulations and even going as far as respecting all the teammates together with the
opponents can also be one of the most courageous decisions that any person who engages in
sports can make. Sports also extend its benefits to the surrounding community in quite some
ways (Wankel and Berger 2016). First of all, it gives the community a little opportunity to come
together as a result of brotherhood and be able to share quite some issues that are attached to the
sporting activities. The success that has been attained by every persona taking part in quite some
sporting activities both at the national and international level is capable of boosting the morale of
various personalities within the surrounding society (Berendt and Uhrich 2016). The sportsmen
normally act as role models for various young personalities where most of their performances
together with achievements are capable of inspiring the coming generation through appropriate
encouragement of sports participation that takes place at the local level (DeCloux and Decloux
Richard 2016). Nearly every individual has been able to experience the feel-good factor that
some of the major sports events have been able to bring on a given nation. David Cameron once
said that sports are one of the national identities that is associated with the UK (Thomas, Erdman
and Burke 2016). Any given event with the capability of encouraging more people to get
involved in any given type of sporting activity can only appear to be a real issue when it comes
to the development of sports. Moreover, Moreover, the program that David Cameron came with
in the UK was clearly able to support a good number of sporting programs thus encouraging
large number of participants within the society to take part in specific sports, this is because they
believed that it was one of the core pillars that could be used to adequately recognize the UK at
the international platform. Events that are related to sports can build quite some community
relations and be able to deliver a better form of understanding together with respect related to the

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rights and traditions for every individual and at the same time being able to contribute towards
the building of a more cohesive kind of society.
As various sporting activities are growing more into a business, the cooperate model is slowly
coming into various organizations of every sports entity together with several other governing
bodies. Every athlete is therefore encouraged to provide their respective services just for the
entire object (Winnick and Porretta 2016). Coaches, on the other hand, David Cameron came up
with quite a number of new strategies that aimed towards scaling up the nature of sports within
the boundaries of the UK thus making the entire nation to be more active since it will be
polishing its reputation as a result of the good results they will be showing in most of the
sporting events. Cameron, through his program, he was able to change the perceptions of various
personalities in the UK thus making them to develop positive attitudes towards the
implementation of sports in the daily lives.
In conclusion, it is therefore clear beyond any reasonable doubt that participation in
sports is one of the best activities that aims towards bringing various forms of development both
at the community level and even at an individual perspective (Wilson, Ellison and Cable 2016).
It is a high time that various individuals, organizations and even government entities come
together to formulate multiple rules and regulations that can govern the entire sports sector. This
will ensure that all the needs of those who are taking part in sporting activities are adequately
addressed in real time to enable them to attain most of their future goals. Additionally, quite
some coaches should also be brought on board for them to appropriately get engaged in training
all the athletes and be able to inform them about what they are required to do and what they
should avoid in most of their activities. In as much as various individuals continue to engage in
quite some sporting activities, they are likely to benefit from the operations over a reasonable

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period in their lifetime. All those countries that have given sports their first priory have emended
up succeeding in most of the events thus making for themselves some of the best reputations so
far. Individuals who have taken part in the sporting events too have ended up being recognized
as the legends for their respective societies as a result of the excellent work that they have been
able to show.

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