Like any activity that brings people together with others, team sports especially help develop character. Because you are participating with other people from different ethnic groups and different religion, and you are learning how to work together with people that are different from you. Therefore, you are more inclined to think about working together, and less inclined to be selfish. You also gain respect for these types of people based on what values they could bring to the table, or just based on what character they have already. It provides one of the best oppurtunities for children to learn about different sets of rules and social values. It teaches you to get along with others and to be accepted as …show more content…
If you don't learn these values when you're younger, and do not have time to build on them, then you will become what everybody calls a "poor sport." Sometimes the child can let competition or performing towards expectations cloud the overall objective behind sports. So it also depends on the leading adult figure on the team and whether or not that responsibility, and the job of maintaining that healthy focus on learning, understanding, and enjoyment is in the right