Due to modern life style today sports and games is being sidelined in many vocations. In modern times parents as well as teachers seem to give importance only to studies. This is because they want their children to become either doctors or engineers. They do not think that development of a sound body is needed. They tend to forget all study and not to play would affect the shaping of the child’s personality. It is well known only a sound body can boast of a sound mind. In order to reach these sports should be included in school curriculum.
Physic training
It is fact that physical training and exercise help to include discipline. Every game or a sport has its own set of rules. One has to follow them scrupulously. Further sports and games give the youngsters an opportunity to lead as well as be lead. Thus sports help to bring out and nurture the qualities of leadership. It also keeps health and mind fit.
Sports should be given importance
As Vivekananda said that we can reach heaven by playing football than by reading the holy books. What he wanted to stress was the need for physical development. It is a pity that the second highly populated county in the world has never performed well in the sports and games and athletics. This is because sports have not been given sufficient importance in our education. If we want only men with muscles of iron and neryes of steel. It is needless to say that sports should be made part of school curriculum. Otherwise we could produce only book worms and world champion.
So parents, teachers and students must understand that sports and games are very important for healthy living. It creates new energy within when it is done regularly. Though marks and credits are important for getting into reputed job profile one must understand that good health and body will make human life more effective and happy.
As parents never discourage children playing every day and encourage them to do physical excersie daily so that so learn to make a better living.
