Sports in education

Sport is a tool for the formation, development and improvement of the physical capacities of a person, allowing the interaction of social, emotional and physical aspect of human well-being.

Sport is a good tool to teach to the young people valves and virtues as justice, loyalty, overcoming, coexistence, respect, friendship, teamwork, discipline, responsability and tolerance.

Childre who practice a sport tend to have higher self-esteem and suffer less depression and anxiety.

In my oponion, the subject of Physical Education is one of the most important, since aspect that are not mencioned in other subjects are taught in PE. In addition children need to move and do exercise, because childhood obesity is very present in the school of our country.

Sports should be done outside school hours, with friends or family, doing activities such as soccer, basketball, tennis, cycling, hicking, etc.

The sport in school is not sufficient for children who are in ages of growth, but there are children who like physical activities and enjoy with them. However, others do not like it, therefore parents must
encourage each child make them, since they can have problems of overweight in the adulthood.

Ramírez Perdiguero, F. J. (2004). Los Valores del deporte en la Educación. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Deportes.

Vázquez, B. (2001): Deporte y educación, bases educativas de la actividad física y el deporte en B. Vázquez y cols. (eds.)  Madrid: Síntesis.