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Sports activity has great educational potential. It will be important for the physical, mental, emotional and social formation of children.
Upon reaching the stage of adolescence, the spaces where possible social exchanges will take place and in the search for independence, and identity the reference that the family assumed in early childhood will be weakened.
So, the practice of sport in adolescence will be of great relevance since it will facilitate the acquisition of values and the necessary skills at this stage so that young people know how to relate socially.
Sports practice should be encouraged from childhood by the school and from home. It plays a very important role in the development of children and will be essential to live with the stage of adolescence. There are many benefits that physical activity can bring:
- Whoever practices a sport will have fewer health problems when I am an adult.
- Physical exercise helps you rest better and have a better quality of sleep, since practicing it will release tension and promote relaxation.
- It will help you exercise motor coordination, endurance, muscular strength and flexibility, in addition to fighting obesity.
- Psychologically it helps the child to realize the value of effort, and learn to fight for long, short and medium term goals. It makes them more consistent and disciplined.
- Sport helps you get a emotional stability.
- Increase self-esteem. You have a greater sense of well-being and optimism. His mood is more positive which makes him face problems with a different attitude.
- Helps to develop your personality.
Adolescence is a time when young people are independent, autonomous, with continuous changes of character and do not accept advice easily. So how parents can help. Here are some tips:
- Be an example. Adolescents, like the little ones, imitate what they see. If no one in the family engages in physical activity, it will be very difficult to convince them to do it.
- Be informants. Parents have to provide all possible information to their children so that they see all the benefits of playing a sport. It will be healthy, it will help them to relate to new equals, if the sport is as a team they will be part of another reference group.
- Do not press. Parents often make the mistake of pressuring teens to play sports. Let them go at their own pace.
- How to choose. Bear in mind that when choosing a sport there are two ways to do it: rotate through different sports until you find the one that best suits your preferences or specialize in a specific one.
- The choice is yours. It will be the young person who chooses the one they like the most, but it will be the parents who guide them if the child does not know which one to choose. Parents should be guided by their child's preferences, character, and abilities to help him.
- Effort of parents. The effort of parents will be essential when you need equipment, or to be taken to games. At this age, it is still important that family members go to see them play. It makes them feel important.
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