I can remember my childhood activities vividly well, sport time was one of the most exciting time. While the teacher is yet teaching, we’ll be watching the time to inform the teacher of break time. Break time for what?, For sports of various kinds.
Sporting to kids is like Heaven on Earth. Kids can play all manner of play all day long, without complaint.
Kids love what makes them excited, what keeps them joyful and happy, etc. hadly would a kid complain of playing.
By loving sports, kids learn vital skills, discipline, motivation, commitment, cooperation, etc.
TOP REASONS KIDS LOVE SPORTS INCLUDE:
• To have fun
• To do what they’re good at
• To improve their skills
• To stay in shape
• To exercise themselves
It might be surprising that winning is not in the above. Studies have shown that winning is not really the primary reasons for kids to engage in sports. Their primary reason is to derive the fun of sport.
For your kids to engage in sports, ensure that the have fun each time they play.
BENEFITS OF SPORT TO CHILDREN
• Sport enhances the physical and mental wellbeing of the children.
• It stimulates growth and leads to improved physical and emotional health.
• It’s stress relieving activity to the children.
• It reduces the kids’ risk of obesity
• It increases their cardiovascular fitness
• Gives the healthy growth of bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons.
• It improves their coordination and balance.
let's take a look at the statistic below:
For starters, the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), which employs tens of thousands of online interviews, tallies how many kids between 6 and 17 are regular/frequent (or what it calls "core") players of different sports. These "core" numbers make a decent stand-in for kids who play on organized teams, even though that's not the question asked; what's asked is whether a kid played that sport a minimum of 13 times a year in a sport like ice hockey or 26 times a year in a sport like soccer. SFIA gave ESPN The Mag custom data totaling up its 2011 participation. Statistics below
Competitive sports look bigger in a survey of students done by Don Sabo, a longtime youth-sports researcher and a professor at D'Youville College in Buffalo. He queried a research sample of 2,185 students in 2007 for the Women's Sports Foundation and found that 75 percent of boys and 69 percent of girls from 8 to 17 took part in organized sports during the previous year -- playing on at least one team or in one club. Do the math on the 39.82 million U.S. students ages 8 to 17 in 2011 and that would be 28.7 million of them playing organized sports, more than the population of Texas today plus most of Oklahoma. This chart shows the participation rate of Sabo's sample. (source)
Indeed, Sabo's WSF data paints a distinct picture of suburbs where swaths of kids in elementary and middle school, especially boys, play on three, four or five teams, and the culture revolves around their practices, tourneys and getting to their games. In contrast, childhood in cities and rural areas isn't as intensely sports-focused.
The suburbs clearly aren't alone in their obsession: Kids all over America play sports, which means a large portion of families focus on youth sports. Ninety percent of parents with children on a team attend at least one of their kid's games a week. And with youth players mostly at the age when they'll still talk to parents, you can guess what the subject of conversation often is: 68 percent say they talk at least every other day about games and practices.
As involved as they are, though, parents aren't necessarily driving the sports ship. Sabo asked kids whether sports are "a big part of who they are," and the results reinforce just how deeply most American kids care about sports.
HOW TO MOTIVATE KIDS IN SPORTS
1. Acknowledge the Importance of Motivation
When motivated, kids put in their best of performance
2. Discover each Athlete’s Unique Motivators
Some kids are motivated by their parents. Get to know their parents and ask about what motivate their kids
3. Explain the “Why”
At times kids make mistakes. Gently communicate why they made such mistakes and how to avoid
4. Encourage Teamwork
Teach them to work as a team. Tell them the importance of teamwork
5. Commend Successes No Matter the Size
Ensure you cheer and appreciate the kids' performances
6. Set Achievable Goals
This is very important. The kids may get tired when the goals you set are not achievable.
KIDS WHO ARE MOTIVATED:
They Love to practice and compete
They Like to work on weaknesses so they can improve
They Get excited about competition
They Want to win and hate to lose
They Have high expectations for their performance
They Are dedicated to their sport
They Stay committed even when challenged
They Go after their goals with intensity
Kids love what makes them excited, what keeps them joyful and happy, etc. hadly would a kid complain of playing.
Catch them young and train them. When they are motivated about sport early in life, they'll become legends later.
Thanks so much for reading. I am Hanniel!
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