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Another thing children can learn from sports is teamwork and how to work well with others. This happens when parents and coaches commend their young athletes for unselfish play and congratulate them on their team's efforts as well as their own. One more thing that a child learns from sport is how to cope with difficulty. Children learn how to live with losing and the fact that there are not always going to get thing their way. They also learn how to turn these defeats into positive things, by learning from their mistakes. Communication skills can also be developed by participating in sports. Children learn how to talk to their parents about what happened in their games (Billich, p.1). .
Physical activity is very necessary for children and teens. To effectively develop the oxygen transport system in the body, it is important that these young people participate in physical activity. If children do not participate in aerobic activities when they are young, they can possibly suffer as an adult. It can be very difficult to repair later in life what has been neglected during childhood. Physical activity is essential for preventing children from becoming obese. Physical activity regulates obesity because it increases energy expenditure, suppresses appetite, increases metabolic rate, and increases lean body mass (Willox, p.1-4).
Sports also have many social benefits to those that participate. They let children experience a sense of bonding with teammates and friend ships can be formed that last a lifetime. Children learn tough skills that start out very difficult to them and then proceed to get easier. Through this children value their accomplishments more and make them feel like they can achieve anything. Sports also allow children to take leadership roles and step out into the forefront. All this skills are very important in the development children socially. Physical education classes are excellent places for the teaching of cooperative values and skills such as communication, honesty, sportsmanship and teamwork.
