Why Competitive Sports Are Good For Kids

Remember that time that your sports team or your high school team won a game, made it to state or even became state champions? That has to be one of the best feelings in the world. Some people don’t want kids to play sports because they think that it does more harm than good. Competitive sports are great for kids because of these 3 reasons. It can get kids into better shape, teach them necessary life skills, and helps them develop of a better character.

One reason competitive sports are good for kids is that they can get into better shape. In an article by O’Connor, it said that if kids were playing 2 sports a year. The amount of obesity would decrease by 26%.Why is this important? Well it’s obvious that almost a fourth of the kids that
When I say character I don’t mean that they are making up a fictional character. I mean they can become better as a person. People have said that sports can stop negative behaviour, because they will know the consequence. They also learn integrity. When they are following strict rules, they learn that they need to always be following those rules whenever and wherever. A final reason is that I know if I do something that I know I’m not supposed to do, I know the consequences, things like a school suspension. A game suspension things like that. Those do not sound fun.

Some people think that sports are not right for kid. They think that injuries are the main reason why sports are terrible for kids. They do bring up a very good point but, the CDC says the ½ of the injuries that occur in sports are preventable. So if they get hurt from something, they might have been able to prevent it by fixing up what they did wrong. For an example, think about football. If a player tackles leading with their head, they have the risk of a neck injury. If they do get hurt, they would know that they could’ve saved themselves the pain by correcting their tackling