Physical education and athletics are a part of education that provide opportunities for children and challenge their skills or knowledge in the sports field. This aids them to apply this knowledge to be physically active and develops habits of living a healthy life. Regular participation in such kinds of activities allows your children to develop potential skills that will enhance and reward their future life and they can become a healthy member of the society. The main goal of such activities is to appreciate their creative and expressive talent in the field of sports.

There are a lot other ways your child could gain benefit from these sport activities, such as:

• It leads to general life achievement
  By participating in different athletic activities your child will develop qualities of good sportsmanship. These qualities can ultimately help your child in classroom and lifelong achievements. By facing different sports challenges, they help them to face classroom challenges more easily and they get trained for living in this highly competitive society.If your child is a good athlete then he’ll try to achieve his goal till the end even if he seems to loose apparently. He’ll lean that he has to lose some and win some. This teaches him patience and discipline. To be a good sportsman, he needs to be consistent and extremely hardworking. By the time these practices become his habits and help him to succeed in all his life challenges.
• A best way to fill their leisure
  Sports activities are best to utilize the free time of your child. Engaging in such kind of activities not only keeps them fit and healthy but also keeps your children away from indulging in other inappropriate things. They use their leisure time in enjoying physical recreation and ultimately develop good emotional, mental and physical state.
• A way of having fun and building confidence
  Well, athletics is a great source of fun for young children. They spend hours on playing their favorite sport. It gives them discipline and confidence in themselves and develop a sense of improvement and achievement. Competing and gaining success adds a boost to their self-confidence and they start setting higher goals for them which ultimately become their routine practice.

Sports and athletics are equally beneficial for both girls and boys. Never think that field games are just for boys. Encourage your children regardless of their gender and help them to grow and develop to their full potential.