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G o th Ha k #9: Tea hi g Kids to Lo e Spo ts

Sports can teach children many important things – fitness, discipline, motivation, socio skills

and team work. Indeed sports have so many advantages and can help our kid grow healthy,

physically, emotionally and socially. If you are looking for an after school activity for your kids,

you will probably go for sports, but not all kids are fond of sports. How do you teach your kid

and able them to try sports? This post will give important pointers on how to make kids love

sports.

Start Early

To start early is to determine which sports our kid will love. Parents and kids should get

i ol ed ea ly i spo ts, ay it e s i i g, asket all, a tial a ts kids’ t yi g out spo ts is not a bad idea. This could later on give your kids options on whether to go strong and specialize

on a particular sport or be good and have extra options when getting involved at sports.

Studies show that kids who specialize on a single sport are at risk on injuries. While kids who

can work on 2 o 3 sport can avoid too much physical fatigue, burnout on which may cause

sports injuries.

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For Late Starters, Outline the Benefits of Sports

Kids who are on age of 5 to 6 can already understand life lessons, and to share them the

benefits of sports is to entice them to get involved and work on a sport.

Sport is fitness – To work on a sport is to be more physically fit and healthy.

Sports give you more friends – To play sport is to make a kid grow emotionally and have

better socio skills on dealing with other people.

Respect – Is the most valuable lesson that your kids can learn when playing sports.

To play sport is to work – Practice and in game activity is work.

To play with a team is to have a second family whom you know you can count on

Sportsmanship – Winning and losing is a natural thing, it happens in a game and it

happens in real life. It teaches our kids to become better and understand real life

situations.

Take Off the Pressure

P ofessio als suggest that kids play spo ts e ause they a t to eet e f ie ds. They do ’t care about winning and losing, they only care about playing with the team and having fun.

Parents should learn to take the pressure to their kids shoulder and let them enjoy their time

when playing sports.

The ai easo hy kids uit o spo ts is e ause they a ’t ha dle the p essu e that the game and their supposed to be supportive parents are giving them. They quit sport due to the

embarrassment and humiliation that their parents put them on.

To encourage our kids to love sports, parents should be the first fan that will always be at their

backs cheering them and supporting them win or lose.

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