As obesity rates increase in the USA, sports help kids stay healthy and fit throughout their childhood, and adult years.According to “The Positive Effects of Playing Sports in School”, it states, “Kids who are active in school sports …show more content…
As shown in “The Positive Effects of Playing Sports in School”, “Participation in school sports provides a sense of belonging and being part of a team or group. You interact with your peers in a friendly manner. You learn to consider the interests of your teammates and to practice mutual respect and cooperation. You work together, share time and other resources, take turns to play and learn to cope with success and failure as a team. These interactions facilitate bonding and lasting friendships with your schoolmates, which can help make children more sociable and outgoing as they grow.” Explain, how sports could help them with communication and respect which can be used in both the classroom, and outside world. But many would argue that many athlete meryl only get a competitive moral from these sports, as explained in “School Should Be About Learning, Not Sports”, “Competitive sports is not about exercise. If it were, we’d have the fittest kids in the world. It’s about a fantasy with a short shelf life. If we want to build school spirit and teach kids about grit, hold a pep rally for the debate team. Those kids are training to rule the real world.” While one could believe this, many students don’t have the idea of going pro, many are pleased with a scholarship to a college or even just a extra activity to be busy on.As showed in “Sports: How Much is Too Much”, “It’s very important, because I’d like to go to a good college; have a good life, get education when I get older” Showing, that playing on a sport team will help develop communication and teamwork skills and help have a better