Exercise helps reduce anxiety and depression – You’ve probably heard that exercise increases endorphins, but it also increases many more brain chemicals that make you feel happy. “When you exercise, it increases endorphins, dopamine, adrenaline and endocannabinoid – these are all brain chemicals associated with feeling happy, feeling confident, feeling capable, feeling and stress and even less physical pain,” McGonigal says.
Exercise is also shown to help some people with, which experts say could be to due in the brain that happens when you exercise.Another chemical that is shown to help relieve stress and boost happiness is, which your body creates when your muscles contract.”These myokines begin to change the function and structure of your brain in ways that make you more resilient to stress and can help people recover from depression and even anxiety disorders,” McGonigal said.
When you master something difficult – like a yoga pose – it gives you a confidence boost.
What sport makes you the happiest?
Brits have revealed that yoga, cycling and lifting weights are some of the sports that make them happiest, and leave them with a post-workout glow for the longest 
Yoga leaves people with a post-workout glow for longest, lasting almost an hour and a half after exercising ( Image: John Keeble/Getty Images) Yoga, cycling and lifting weights are among the sports which make Brits happiest, according to research. A study of 2,000 adults found the average person has a glow for up to an hour and 25 minutes after yoga, and one hour and 21 minutes after cycling.
- And lifting weights sees them feeling happy for an hour and 15 minutes.
- It also emerged adults believe they need to exercise for around 40 minutes to feel the benefits afterwards.
- Walking was the most popular exercise for 54 percent of respondents, who then feel great for around an hour and a quarter afterwards.
Lifting weights gives over an hour of happiness after the workout ( Image: Leon Neal/Getty Images) Other popular sports Brits turn to when feeling low include running and HiiT workouts, according to the study by Snap Fitness. According to neuroscientist and psychology lecturer Dr Ben Webb, any cardiovascular sports – such as running and cycling – which are paired with periods of high intensity, will get mood boosting endorphins flowing.
- He also claims yoga is great to combat anxiety and depression.
- But Dr Webb says all exercise – regardless of how difficult it is or what type – will change the brain in a positive way, by promoting the growth of new brain cells and chemicals that affect mood, memory and energy levels.
- It also reduces chemicals which put you in a low mood.
And the very best exercises are those which you enjoy and will therefore stick at as well as those which offer a feeling of accomplishment. Dr Ben Webb said: “It’s fair to say that all exercise is good compared to no exercise, 100 per cent. It’s going to be beneficial for your physical and mental wellbeing.
“But perhaps the most important thing is to pick something you actually enjoy – cardio is great, but if you hate swimming, you might not stick to it. “For many, group exercise is also beneficial because it boosts bonds and connections within those people, which can elevate mood and aerobic exercise helps strengthen and improve those connections more deeply.
“Music is also good to work out to as most people have an instinct to synchronise their movements to the music, which will come out during exercise.” Half of people who work out said that walking was their favourite activity ( Image: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images) The study found 83 percent feel happier after exercising, while 47 percent say it clears their head and improves their mental health.
- A further 73 percent feel better in themselves after exercising, but just under two in ten feel anxious before they start their workout.
- While eight in ten adults polled, via OnePoll, said listening to music while exercising lifts their moods even more.
- Pop music is the most popular choice for a boost (54 percent), followed by rock (36 percent) – but the mellow tones of folk proved to be the least popular (11 percent).
Jon Cottam, CEO at Snap Fitness said: “It’s fantastic to see that adults across the country get a happy boost from exercise. “Our findings revealed that despite lockdown seeing a rise in home workouts, one in four still prefer a gym environment to do their exercise.
Cycling gives a post-workout glow for about 80 minutes afterwards ( Image: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images) “The results really show how good an exercise can make us feel. It’s interesting to see that cycling and yoga are amongst the nation’s favourite workout as they are all so contrasting in nature, but that shows different people get happiness from different sports.
“Music can be great for motivation and happiness as you can tailor your workout to the beat, so it’s no surprise people love listening to pop music to spur them on. “An active lifestyle will get you looking great, but we like to focus on the more important aspect of feeling great, that’s why we’re focused on helping move our members’ moods as well as their bodies.” The findings mark the launch of the Happy-fit-ness experience, which consists of a reinvention of the HiiT workout focusing on Happy intensifying interval training and a playlist, designed to boost your workout mood.
Why sport is so fun?
What Makes Sports Fun? Setting & achieving goals, playing well, being active. Supporting teammates, playing well as a team, showing good sportsmanship. Having a coach who is a positive role model, allows mistakes and listens to player’s opinions.
What sport is the smartest?
STUDY: BOWLERS ARE THE SMARTEST ATHLETES THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Sunday, May 7, 1995 TAG: 9505050226 SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 19 EDITION: FINAL SOURCE: Bill Leffler LENGTH: Medium: 91 lines
- Did you ever wonder who are the smartest athletes?
- A researcher recently completed a four-year study of 58,000 athletes in the United States, involving virtually every sport.
- And guess what he has concluded?
- America’s smartest athletes are bowlers.
The researcher, William Daley, says bowlers averaged 129 on a series of standard I.Q. tests. Some other average scores included 109 for tennis players, 105 for basketball players, 103 for football players, 101 for baseball players and 97 for golfers. Daley himself expressed a little shock at the findings.
- “Quite frankly,” he said, “this wasn’t what we expected to find.
- But we can’t ignore the overwhelming evidence.
- When you look at bowlers on an individual level, you discover a whopping 88 percent of them have above-average intelligence.” Now maybe Daley can conduct another survey among bowlers only.
Are the best bowlers in that above-average 88 percent or in the other 12 percent? Many contend they “think” themselves out of consistent strike pitches or converting spares. One of the sport’s finest, pro Mike Aulby, believes “building the mental game” enables bowlers to better their performance on the lanes.
- Says Aulby: “You are limiting your potential if you spend all your time working on your physical game.”
- So, let’s draw upon our superior intelligence and see if our bowling scores go up.
- Bowler of the Week honors go to Philip Penny.
The No.6 pin refused to fall on his last pitch, costing Penny a 300 in the Sunday Nite Mixed Tenpin League at Pinboy’s of Norfolk. Penny’s 299 was a league record. A steady shooter in the high 180s, Penny chalked up a 713 series. He followed his 299 with games of 198 and 216.
- TENPIN TOPICS: Remember the days when a 700 series was guaranteed a high spot in the Top Ten of the week? The past week there were 28 series reported over 700 and a 735 didn’t even crack into the 10 best.
- This week scores tapered off and, for only the third time this season, no 300 games were registered.
Ed Pitcavage smacked a 298 game, leaving the 6-10 on his last pitch, en route to a 716 series in the Saturday Nite Live League at Plaza Bowl. Oliver Edwards fired a pair of 279 games after an opening 178 for a 736 series in the Tidewater Men’s Masters at the Naval Base.
Other gems of the week: Steve Boesdorfer’s 290 in the Lucky Strikers League at Plaza Bowl; Mike Starling’s 285 in the Federal Mixed League at Pinboy’s of Norfolk; Danny McDermott’s 279 in the Monday Scratch Doubles League at Pinboy’s of Chesapeake; Sam Lanier’s 278 in the Playmates League at the same center; Robbie Smith’s 277 in the Pioneer Mixed at Pinboy’s at the Beach; Roosevelt Clark’s 276 in the PA Keglers League at Pinboy’s of Military; and Gary Viens’ 275 in the Tuesday Nite Mixed League at Pinboy’s of Chesapeake.
Debbie Odyke had the thrill of hitting her first 200 with 201 in the Ladies Night Out loop at Pinboy’s of Chesapeake. Youth bowler Kristi Richards backed up games of 171, 266 and 202 for 639 in the Big/Little League at Indian River. In the same league Mike Dupew, who averages 155, rolled a 581 series.
The Virginia state qualifying for the National Amateur Bowling Championships will be held July 15-16 at Fredericksburg. Each state will qualify one male and one female for the finals at Reno, Nev. Aug.27-Sept.1. and all qualifiers will receive expenses-paid trips to Reno. Area youth bowlers might be interested in applying for a free copy of the YABA Scholarship Listing.
More than $1 million in scholarships are given each year and the listing provides scholarship amounts and contact numbers. To get a copy, call YABA Scholarship Coordinator Ed Gocha at (414) 423-3343. DUCKPIN DATA: George Smith finished in second place in the men’s division of the $15,000 Duckpin Classic, losing out to Richmond’s Bruce Mabe.
- Linda Amaral of Rhode Island won the women’s title.
- Local bowlers Martha Rush and Lynette Narciso finished 11th and 24th, respectively.
- Donnie Long has posted 496 series for two weeks in a row in the Tidewater Pro League.
- Johnnie Colley tiptoed down the ladder with 111, 110 and 109 in the Industrial League.
Joe Koon had the thrill of hitting his first 400 series in the Sunday School League, pounding out games of 161, 130 and 127 for 418. For the second year in a row Henry Neal has won the Mary Crabtree Memorial Singles League championship. He defeated Denny Jackson in the rolloff of division winners.
- The Ledger-Star and will be the final regular Around the Alleyways
- column of the season. The annual All-Metro teams will be announced the
- following week. by CNB
: STUDY: BOWLERS ARE THE SMARTEST ATHLETES
What is the fittest sport?
– To compete at an elite level, players need a well-developed aerobic engine. They cover incredible mileage, running non-stop for 90 minutes in a combination of intense, short bursts of speed, quick change of direction and conducting skilful actions while moving at high very speeds.
Is it OK to not like any sports?
7 Things You Will Relate To If You Hate Sports 31/05/2022 | Offshoot Books All of us have played sports as a child, be it willingly or forcefully. While some were so involved in sports that they chose it as their career and others stuck to it to lead a healthy lifestyle, there was a group that did not wish to be associted with it at all.
While the former category consists of sports enthusiasts who rigorously follow a sport and support their favorite team, the later consists of people who do not want to mention the word ‘sport’. Others may gasp in disbelief but yes, it is normal to not like sports or even hate them. We don’t judge you for this (nor should anyone).
The commentator’s energetic voice, and the audience’s loud cheers and extreme levels of dedictaion to their teams (wearing the team’s jersey to mark their support, or painting their faces) are a few things that the people find weird which often makes them wonder “Why do they do that?” With some weird things that all sports fans do or the activities they indulge in, we bring you some points that you will completely relate to if you dislike sports.1.
- You don’t understand the hullabaloo: Whenever there is a World Cup or any other tournament, you fail to understand why people are so excited about it.
- It is during these events when you feel that the entire world has gathered at the sports stadiums.
- You don’t understand why people are so emotional that they are ready to get into arguments to support their favorite teams or sportsperson.2.
You detested attending physical education classes: When you remember your childhood days, you are reminded of those strenuous physical education classes when you were asked to cover 10 laps, and do exercises and play games that you never found interesting.
- And, you can never forget moments of excruciating body ache you had to suffer from after those classes.3.
- You hate it when you hear sports terminologies: Imagine being in a group of sports enthusiasts where sports-related terms are throw at you at the speed of light.
- It may boggle your mind and give you a headache.
It is something that you find difficult to appreciate – a sport fanatic suddenly creating a storm by bombarding terms that you fail to understand or never want to understand in the first place.4. You can’t watch your favorite shows: This is a common phenomenon in households where you have sports lovers.
- Till the time the game is on, you have to constantly fight with your family members or friends to let you watch your favorite show or something (reasonable) that the entire family can enjoy watching together (and not let you bore to death).5.
- You have some painful memories: When you see a match, you are constantly reminded of the times you had hurt yourself because you were not good at sports.
You then remember the pain and the scars that were etched in your memory. Oh! What a fail you’d been.6. You get a headache during tournaments: Special tournaments and sports events are enough to make you feel sick and give you a headache as everything around looks so ‘sport’y to you.
- People everywhere discussing about the events, and news and social media sites filled with updates from the events, force you to look for peace.7.
- You fail to impress your friends/colleagues: When you have a chat or discussion and everyone enthusiastically talks about sports, you fail to impress others with your limited knowledge.
While others know the history (geography, biology, chemistry) of the sports, you end up announcing the victorious team’s name or the color of their jersey, much to the embarrassment of others. : 7 Things You Will Relate To If You Hate Sports
Is sport a mental game?
Do You Need Help With Your Mental Game? – This is a very important question because sport performance is largely mental. Every component of practice, rehab from injury, and competitive performance is strongly impacted by your mental game.
Why do humans love sports?
There’s something special about a winning team – 
Freaks! Studies show that self-esteem of sports fans, like these watching the World Cup final, is bound up in their team’s performance. (Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos) T his summer was tumultuous for the mood of nations, as you may have read in the sports section.
- In Argentina, Reuters reported, a “weary nation” was able to find “rare joy” in the achievements of its beloved World Cup team.
- In Spain, with its economic problems and Catalan secessionist rumblings, The New York Times found World Cup elimination hangover: a ” mist of mourning ” over the country that “spoiled” the arrival of a new king.
And Brazil. Before the World Cup, a Bloomberg Businessweek headline wondered, “Have Brazilians lost their love of soccer?” Apparently they still loved it sufficiently for an ESPN writer to find winter rain a portent from the gods as the team crashed out of the tournament.
Or maybe not? Fans took to Twitter and the comments to declare themselves glad that the team was losing; four days later, the Times discovered a bunch of Brazilians who seemed just fine—”pleased,” according to the lede, about the outcome, and focused “as much on domestic politics as the event’s final match.” The gods, and the Brazilians, had quickly chased away their emotional trauma.
The World Cup and other major sporting events, like the Olympics or LeBron James returning home, turn sports journalists into travel writers, assigning them the challenging task of describing the character of millions of people based on a handful of interviews.
- The takeaway of stories becomes, unsurprisingly: Sports exercises a lot of power over some people.
- But how? And how much power? And which people? These narratives of fans, identity, and meaning underlie some testable hypothesis about how sports affect people but offer little in the way of empirical backing.
Perhaps that’s because numbers would challenge the hypotheses. On the subject of national narratives and soccer, for example: One poll conducted before the start of the World Cup by YouGov and the Times asked people in 19 countries how much they cared about soccer.
- Now, soccer is a big deal around the world, but of the countries surveyed, only in Colombia did 50 percent say there were “very interested” in soccer.
- In Brazil, 40 percent said they were very interested, while 47 percent said they were “slightly or somewhat interested,” and 12 percent didn’t care at all.
Twelve percent of Brazil’s 200 million people means that there were 24 million people in Brazil who did not weep with the gods over the World Cup results, a Texas-size gap in the narrative. It’s entirely possible, in other words, that the narrative of sports fans and national identity is based on a minority of a country’s people—like the myths of “real” America based around a heartland ideal, resonating somewhere with someone, yet utterly ungrounded in math or reality.
When sportswriters turn inward, “we” and “us” replace “them,” but the form tends to remain the same: broad generalizations based on an n of 1. “As fans, we, . .”; “There’s nothing we love more than, . .”; “Sports fans like to, . .,” You can find dozens of these in any given month, in publications big and small, from writers brilliant and otherwise, in longform and in listicles.
Almost all of it is guesswork, narrative simplification that underlies a complex reality. What really lies in the hearts of sports fans? Multitudes, of course; these are human beings and human beings are complicated. But that is a tough narrative to write.
So writing about sports fans, like writing about politics, becomes the kingdom of writers remaking the world in their own image. Bill Simmons, one of the most influential American sportswriters, once wrote after his team lost the Super Bowl, “I have never been able to answer the question, ‘Why does this matter to me so much?’ That’s just the way it’s always been.
Ever since I can remember.” “Why does this matter to me?” is a scientific question. “That’s just the way it’s always been” is a nifty dodge. These reed-thin forays into pop psychology would seemingly be better informed with a scientific understanding of what motivates sports fans, and therein lies the problem.
- If there’s one charitable excuse for Simmons and his fellow sportswriters’ failure to ask a scientist, it’s that most researchers don’t know, either.
- In fact, given all the interest in sports and their fans, there is precious little research on fan behavior.
- The guy described by most of his colleagues as far and away the leading sports-fan psychologist in North America, Daniel Wann, works out of a small liberal arts college in Murray, KY, receives no grant funding, and never intended to do research, anyway.
When I first met him, at an annual sports fan-psychology symposium he hosts with Western Kentucky University’s Rick Grieve—which in 2012 had about 20 attendees, including graduate students (a sign, Grieve suggested earnestly, of the event’s soaring popularity)—I told Wann I was surprised at how few sports-fan researchers there were out there.
- Very few,” Wann joked.
- Here we are! You’ve met us!” Psychologists like Wann who have tried to zero in on why people love sports have settled on, at the most reducible level, eight different motivations.
- Some of them are more common, but none is any more significant than any of the others.
- People like sports because they get self-esteem benefits from it.
People like sports because they have money on it. People like sports because their boyfriend or girlfriend or family member likes sports. People like sports because it’s exciting. People like sports because it’s aesthetically pleasing. People like sports because, like the theater, it is a venue for emotional expression.
People like sports because they need an escape from real-world troubles. People like sports because it provides a sense of belonging, a connection to a wider world. In other words: There is no single answer to why people watch sports, because the answer doesn’t lie in the game, it lies inside the individual.
So it’s complicated in the same ways all our relationships are complicated. Even on the rare occasions when sportswriters do attempt to push beyond the platitudes, it is difficult to squeeze an answer into a single narrative. In 2011, for example, Simmons’ ESPN-sponsored site Grantland published ” This is Your Brain on Sports, ” a long story about the discovery of “mirror” neurons that mimic action in others and underlie our sense of empathy.
Before his plagiarism and quote-fabrication scandals, the enormously popular science writer Jonah Lehrer once covered the same territory in his Frontal Cortex blog, writing, “I’d like to propose a cellular mechanism for fandom: mirror neurons.” (Lehrer returned to the ” Why Do We Watch Sports ” question more recently, in March of this year, writing that he was “most intrigued by the so-called talent-luck theory,” which attributes the appeal of a sport to how well it balances skill and randomness.) Mirror neurons undoubtedly play a role in interpreting the action you see on the field.
They may be the mechanism, but they are nonetheless a small part of the answer: Mirror neurons can explain why you put yourself in the shoes of the players on the field. But as Lehrer hints at in his original post, they cannot explain why you put yourself only in the shoes of precisely half the players on the field—your favorite team.
And yet that’s the puzzle we really want an answer to—not just why we care, but why we care so much about one particular collection of athletes, and why that caring seemingly blinds us to so much else. The New York Times has published dozens of stories in the last few years alone that make me question the entire endeavor of sports fandom: the reluctant police investigation into the rape charges against a famous college quarterback; the corruption of governing agencies from FIFA to the NCAA; the links between concussions and contact sports.
And yet, I’m still a fan. So what do scientists know about sports fans that journalists might use to inform their stories, or to understand their subjects? We know one thing definitively: Sports fans are people. They are subject to all the quirks and frailties of human nature.
There is no sports-watching part of the brain, so what the brain does, confronted with this thing running around in front of it, is resort to what it knows. One of those quirks, maybe my favorite, is that the barrier between the self and the outside world is much less defined than it seems. Studies of people in close relationships show that the brain is reliably confused about whether achievements or characteristics belong to the body it inhabits or to another person it is in a relationship with.
There is reason to believe that watching sports engages this connection: We connect to our teams, to the players on our teams, to the other fans of our teams. We bask in reflected glory because there is some actual point of contact, at the neural level, between a team’s performance and our own self-esteem.
- Fans’ identity, self-esteem, and pride are on the line to some degree in every game.
- Brazil is an impossibly complex country of 200 million people; you cannot describe it in a single narrative.
- But it is true that a lot of Brazilians—of all classes and races—care about soccer and are emotionally invested in the national soccer team.
And for all of those individual fans, the semifinal loss to Germany caused a wobble in their identity. Like a divorce, or a retirement, something that they had known for years, had adopted as a part of themselves, had collapsed. In a more collective way, we also know from psychology that people divided into groups behave differently toward, and even unconsciously think differently about, in-group and out-group; sports provide an easy and arbitrary group division.
- It does not follow, though, that sport is sublimated war—even though one of the most popular narratives about fans is that they’re merely channeling that same my-people aggression, if in a (slightly) more constructive manner.
- Humans are competitive and oriented toward thinking about the world in groups, but there’s no evidence that sports are a way for us to slake our warlike natures.
We know from endocrinology that our hormones engage when watching sports, as they do in the presence of any competition: testosterone, adrenaline, cortisol, and oxytocin are all active in fans, with some connections better understood than others. Testosterone, the hormone we think of most in relation to sports fans, is a surprisingly complicated hormone.
(Interestingly, the definitive testosterone study, which shows that in male fans winning increases testosterone while losing decreases it, comes not from sports but from the 2008 presidential election.) We do not know that testosterone fuels fan riots and violence—although to be fair, we also don’t know that it does not.
(I went to a hockey game with a researcher who studied fan violence. So far, he said, there was only one major takeaway: “The thing that really prevents celebratory violence, the thing that solves it,” he said, “is to have your team suck.”) The evidence, after all, suggests that testosterone drops in losing fans.
But from other studies we could reasonably point the finger at a number of non-sports factors: alcohol, expectation, and context. Crowd psychologists say that interaction between fans or protesters and authorities is critically important; police who arrive in riot gear and with batons at the ready tend to get the event they plan for, whether they’re dealing with English soccer hooligans or the Occupy movement.
Between the lack of media and scientific curiosity, though, is a missed opportunity not just to better understand sports fans, but to better understand people. Fans are not monolithic; they are not in thrall to something beyond our understanding, or even acting irrationally: They are just humans being human.
- Yet writers often suggest fan behavior is something extraordinary, when the evidence suggests that really, it’s not.
- Partly what that means is the behaviors so many identify as undesirable in sports fans are malleable.
- Context and culture matter, immensely, as they do in all human passions.
- Brian Phillips, who wrote some brilliant columns earlier this year about fans and sports for Grantland, made the point in an essay about the NFL and locker-room bullying.
At the time, network analysts and former players were on the air almost daily talking about how there was a locker-room code inspired by male biology, and that to suggest otherwise would go against human nature. (Miller Lite, which has probably done more to inform popular views of sports fans than all of science and journalism on the subject combined, once created a famous series of ads featuring former football players and assorted manly men deciding on “Man Laws.”) “There are boundaries in locker rooms, same as anywhere else, and those boundaries are culturally conditioned, same as anywhere else, and they change with time, and they can be influenced,” Phillips wrote.
“There will always be locker-room assholes. They should be curtailed.” Fighting fans, rape culture, warrior-male culture, anti-gay culture—these are specific expressions of upbringing, education, and socialization. They may have some biological component to them, but they are not inevitable. In a separate column wrapping up the World Cup, Phillips turned to art,
“Sport is like music or fiction or film,” he wrote, “in that, for a predetermined duration, it asks you to give it control over your emotions, to feel what it makes you feel.” The art comparison is a good one. Athletes reflect us, and occasionally provide insight into the human condition, and their work is judged by the response to it as much as by its quantitative character.
- Their work inspires, suggests, provokes.
- But the science also says that sports speak a different truth to each observer.
- Each of us puts our self into the story, incorporates the event and its ups and downs into our own narrative.
- Sometimes, tens of millions of individuals care very much about the same event, and their individual stories collide to create something larger.
Whether that collision occurs over Starry Night in the Museum of Modern Art or Michigan football in the Big House, some people thrive on swirls of pure, violent energy and some people just like blue. Assigning them a collective narrative, like assigning a collective narrative to a billion soccer fans, obscures rather than defines the nature of their passion.
Why do I prefer sports?
Valentine’s Day is the time to reflect on all the things we love in life. At Kids in the Game, our love for sports is pretty darn high on that list. Between summer camps, sports clinics, travel teams and school programs, we feel super lucky to be immersed in sports on a daily basis.
To celebrate today’s day of love we wanted to share some stories of why our coaches love sports not only today but everyday. Michael Murphy- Kids in the Game Co-Founder Why do I love sports? Let me count the ways.I love sports for all the amazing doors they have opened for me in my life. Playing sports have allowed me to travel the World, make new friends and experience new cultures.
I have run a road race in Sweden. Played basketball in Fiji and Australia. Coached basketball in Belgium, France and The Netherlands. Played soccer with kids in Denmark. And most recently experienced shooting hoops while wearing flip-flops in The Philippines.
All of this because of a bouncing ball and a desire to have fun playing the sports I love. I love sports for everything they have taught me about teamwork, leadership, community, hard work, the pursuit of excellence and achieving goals. All of these positive skills helped me to make sports not only a passion, but a career.
My career in sports is not a job, it is a passion. I love to coach, teach and inspire student-athletes around the World. Sports inspire all of us to do great things. All while cheering positively for our favorite teams. All while having fun in a safe environment.
I love sports. They are a true love of mine. Matt Murphy- Kids in the Game Co-Founder Sports taught me work ethic, goal setting, leadership, teamwork, and how to handle things when they don’t go your way. Sports taught me how to be humble, as I went through periods where I was a starter, scoring points, and winning games and times where I sat on the bench, played terrible, or lost a heartbreaker.
Why is that important? Because those are all lessons you need to develop in life to be successful. Life isn’t easy! On top of that, sports naturally develop deep relationships. A majority of my best friends, even today, are those I grew up with playing sports in elementary, high school, or college.
That’s why watching our King Kids play sports is so inspiring for me – I know they’ll keep learning those lessons through sport and developing friendships that last forever. Tatum Boehnke- KING Staff Not to sound pessimistic but the world’s reality is often a far cry from always wearing rose colored glasses.
However, there is this one thing that no matter what seems to bring people of all ages, all races, all genders, and all different backgrounds together: sports. Everyone can identify with that anxiety, that excitement, that pit in their stomach when going for it on 4th and 1.
- Cities can rebuild their identity with one swing of the bat.
- Nations can unite and inspire the world in just two weeks.
- We can all rally behind that unranked tennis player taking the world’s #1 to a 5th set.That is what I love about sports.
- I love that the reach of sport is far beyond the basics of a win/loss column.
Fan bases become families and everyone can just agree that summer nights are for baseball, March is for basketball and no one should have to work the day after the Superbowl. Paul O’Connor- Director of KING Hoops I think what I love most about sports is getting a group of individuals to come together as a team.
Instilling the confidence in young kids and then being able to watch them do what they thought they would never be able to is the best feeling. Cara Hudson- Program Coordinator and UWS Summer Camp Director I love sports because they teach everyone about sportsmanship and how to work as a team. These are two very important things to learn throughout life to help people grow into strong and respectful human beings.
I love that sports bring people together for all over the world. Sheryl Katz- Director of Marketing Movement has always been a major part of my life from gymnastics to playing soccer (being slightly scared of the ball still counts, right?) to dancing.
- My passion for all-things music combined with my intent to express a feeling through movement makes dancing my ideal outlet.
- It’s during this time that I can let all of myself go and live in the moment.
- Every time I do, I leave feeling stronger – mentally and physically.Dancing requires us to focus on controlling all parts of our bodies while thinking about applying the emotion we’re meant to exude.
The combination of sport and art evolves into a multi-faceted pastime. Bonus: I’ve discovered some of my favorite songs while watching dance performances! Katherine Higuera-McCoy- Sr. Program Coordinator and KING Spikes Director Ok, what do I love about sports? To be honest, the competition and training.
I love watching athletes compete and do the best they can to excel in their particular sport. As a former college athlete myself, I know what it takes to push your body to the limit. I respect and admire others in every sport for pushing and testing their bodies to the fullest capacity. I love seeing the drive in people and the want/urge to win, or in some cases just trying their best.
Working with KING just further pushes my love for sports as we get to see the beginning of prospective athletes. We get to train the future and teach them what we know and love about sports. Our staff really makes it great for each child to excel and learn a new passion at such an early age.
- I love sharing my expertise in volleyball to the student athletes I coach because I am passing on everything I know to them.
- Plus, as an added bonus I get to learn new skills from other former collegiate athletes and get to continuously push myself to new limits.
- Frances Niduaza-Murphy- Director of Performing Arts Even though my training is in classical music (finished my doctoral studies in Collaborative Piano), I have always loved sports, fitness, and the great outdoors.
I was a volleyball player from grade school until my senior year in high school, not to mention being actively involved as a church pianist and choir member. Also, I’m still brushing up on my swimming skills. Music and sports have a lot in common: they both teach and enable one to study, to listen, to manage time, to organize, to resolve conflict, to manage stress, to collaborate (being a team player), and to be willing to learn.
- Adam Garrison- KING Staff I love sports because it has provided me the foundation for the development of many lifelong friendships.
- Sports can also provide a link between generations and strengthen family relationships.
- Ramsey Freeman- KING Coach Working with kids has always been so rewarding.
- With KING, there are countless opportunities to make an impact on the children that we work and play with.
I love the chance to make the kids happy. Seeing them smile and making them laugh is a great perk to the job!
Why do people prefer sports?
Katie Howard, High School Writer – Palo Alto Medical Foundation Playing sports helps you stay in shape, teaches you how to organize your time, boosts friendships, and builds relationships with your peers and adults. Through athletics, you gain skills that can best be acquired on a court, track, or field.
What’s the hardest sport ever?
We sized them up. We measured them, top to bottom. We’ve done our own Tale of the Tape, and we’ve come to a surprising conclusion. Pound for pound, the toughest sport in the world is, Boxing. The Sweet Science. That’s the sport that demands the most from the athletes who compete in it.
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But don’t take our word for it. Take the word of our panel of experts, a group made up of sports scientists from the United States Olympic Committee, of academicians who study the science of muscles and movement, of a star two-sport athlete, and of journalists who spend their professional lives watching athletes succeed and fail.
They’re the ones who told us that boxing is the most demanding sport – and that fishing is the least demanding sport. We identified 10 categories, or skills, that go into athleticism, and then asked our eight panelists to assign a number from 1 to 10 to the demands each sport makes of each of those 10 skills.
By totalling and averaging their responses, we arrived at a degree-of-difficulty number for each sport on a 1 to 100 scale. That number places the difficulty of performing each sport in context with the other sports we rated. On the grid below, click on each sortable category to find out how our 60 sports rank in each skill.
| Degree of Difficulty: Sport Rankings | ||||||||||||
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| SPORT | END | STR | PWR | SPD | AGI | FLX | NER | DUR | HAN | ANA | TOTAL | RANK |
| Boxing | 8.63 | 8.13 | 8.63 | 6.38 | 6.25 | 4.38 | 8.88 | 8.50 | 7.00 | 5.63 | 72.375 | 1 |
| Ice Hockey | 7.25 | 7.13 | 7.88 | 7.75 | 7.63 | 4.88 | 6.00 | 8.25 | 7.50 | 7.50 | 71.750 | 2 |
| Football | 5.38 | 8.63 | 8.13 | 7.13 | 6.38 | 4.38 | 7.25 | 8.50 | 5.50 | 7.13 | 68.375 | 3 |
| Basketball | 7.38 | 6.25 | 6.50 | 7.25 | 8.13 | 5.63 | 4.13 | 7.75 | 7.50 | 7.38 | 67.875 | 4 |
| Wrestling | 6.63 | 8.38 | 7.13 | 5.13 | 6.38 | 7.50 | 5.00 | 6.75 | 4.25 | 6.38 | 63.500 | 5 |
| Martial Arts | 5.00 | 5.88 | 7.75 | 6.38 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 6.63 | 5.88 | 6.00 | 6.88 | 63.375 | 6 |
| Tennis | 7.25 | 5.13 | 7.13 | 6.75 | 7.75 | 5.63 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 8.38 | 6.75 | 62.750 | 7 |
| Gymnastics | 5.38 | 6.13 | 6.63 | 5.00 | 6.38 | 10.00 | 7.50 | 6.88 | 4.50 | 4.13 | 62.500 | 8 |
| Baseball/Softball | 4.63 | 5.75 | 7.63 | 6.50 | 6.75 | 4.75 | 5.13 | 5.63 | 9.25 | 6.25 | 62.250 | 9 |
| Soccer | 7.75 | 4.50 | 5.13 | 7.25 | 8.25 | 4.75 | 3.63 | 6.25 | 6.50 | 7.50 | 61.500 | 10 |
| Skiing: Alpine | 5.13 | 5.25 | 6.00 | 7.38 | 6.13 | 5.63 | 8.38 | 6.00 | 5.13 | 5.63 | 60.625 | 11 |
| Water Polo | 7.88 | 6.63 | 6.88 | 5.38 | 6.38 | 5.00 | 4.25 | 6.38 | 6.25 | 5.63 | 60.625 | 11 |
| Rugby | 6.75 | 7.00 | 6.38 | 5.88 | 6.00 | 4.13 | 6.50 | 7.88 | 4.38 | 5.63 | 60.500 | 13 |
| Lacrosse | 6.63 | 5.13 | 5.75 | 7.00 | 6.63 | 4.75 | 4.38 | 6.13 | 7.13 | 6.88 | 60.375 | 14 |
| Rodeo: Steer Wrestling | 4.00 | 7.00 | 7.88 | 3.88 | 4.88 | 5.00 | 7.88 | 6.88 | 5.13 | 4.00 | 56.500 | 15 |
| SPORT | END | STR | PWR | SPD | AGI | FLX | NER | DUR | HAN | ANA | TOTAL | RANK |
| Track and Field: Pole Vault | 3.38 | 6.88 | 7.25 | 6.13 | 5.38 | 7.00 | 6.63 | 4.25 | 5.25 | 3.75 | 55.875 | 16 |
| Field Hockey | 6.75 | 4.50 | 5.38 | 6.00 | 5.75 | 4.63 | 3.75 | 5.00 | 6.63 | 6.50 | 54.875 | 17 |
| Speed Skating | 7.63 | 7.25 | 7.38 | 8.88 | 4.00 | 4.25 | 4.50 | 4.63 | 2.88 | 3.50 | 54.875 | 17 |
| Figure Skating | 6.38 | 5.25 | 6.63 | 5.13 | 6.88 | 8.25 | 4.88 | 4.00 | 3.13 | 4.25 | 54.750 | 19 |
| Cycling: Distance | 9.63 | 6.38 | 6.25 | 5.13 | 3.75 | 2.63 | 5.88 | 6.88 | 3.00 | 4.88 | 54.375 | 20 |
| Volleyball | 5.13 | 4.88 | 6.63 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 5.13 | 2.88 | 4.63 | 7.25 | 5.88 | 54.375 | 20 |
| Racquetball/Squash | 6.13 | 3.75 | 5.00 | 5.50 | 7.25 | 5.88 | 2.38 | 2.88 | 8.38 | 6.50 | 53.625 | 22 |
| Surfing | 4.63 | 5.00 | 4.13 | 4.25 | 6.63 | 5.50 | 8.25 | 5.50 | 4.38 | 4.88 | 53.125 | 23 |
| Fencing | 4.63 | 3.75 | 4.25 | 5.13 | 6.13 | 5.63 | 4.88 | 4.25 | 7.25 | 6.88 | 52.750 | 24 |
| Skiing: Freestyle | 4.13 | 5.13 | 4.88 | 5.13 | 6.63 | 6.88 | 6.63 | 5.13 | 4.13 | 3.88 | 52.500 | 25 |
| Team Handball | 4.88 | 3.88 | 5.38 | 5.50 | 6.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 3.88 | 7.88 | 5.88 | 50.750 | 26 |
| Cycling: Sprints | 4.25 | 6.13 | 7.88 | 7.50 | 4.00 | 2.88 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 3.63 | 4.50 | 50.000 | 27 |
| Bobsledding/Luge | 3.50 | 5.50 | 6.50 | 6.75 | 4.13 | 3.25 | 7.75 | 3.50 | 4.13 | 4.25 | 49.250 | 28 |
| Ski Jumping | 3.50 | 4.50 | 5.75 | 4.63 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 4.63 | 4.38 | 3.50 | 48.875 | 29 |
| Badminton | 5.25 | 3.25 | 4.00 | 5.63 | 7.38 | 5.25 | 1.25 | 2.63 | 7.25 | 6.13 | 48.000 | 30 |
| SPORT | END | STR | PWR | SPD | AGI | FLX | NER | DUR | HAN | ANA | TOTAL | RANK |
| Skiing: Nordic | 9.00 | 5.75 | 4.38 | 5.13 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.75 | 5.50 | 3.63 | 3.88 | 48.000 | 30 |
| Auto Racing | 5.88 | 3.50 | 2.63 | 1.63 | 2.75 | 1.75 | 9.88 | 4.38 | 8.00 | 7.50 | 47.875 | 32 |
| Track and Field: High Jump | 3.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 6.13 | 5.63 | 6.63 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 2.88 | 47.750 | 33 |
| Track and Field: Long, Triple jumps | 4.00 | 5.63 | 7.13 | 6.75 | 5.00 | 5.75 | 2.75 | 3.25 | 4.00 | 3.13 | 47.375 | 34 |
| Diving | 2.88 | 5.13 | 4.63 | 3.00 | 3.50 | 8.50 | 8.38 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 47.000 | 35 |
| Swimming (all strokes): Distance | 9.25 | 5.25 | 4.63 | 5.50 | 3.63 | 5.50 | 2.63 | 4.63 | 2.88 | 3.00 | 46.875 | 36 |
| Skateboarding | 4.13 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 4.13 | 6.13 | 5.13 | 6.50 | 5.25 | 4.88 | 3.13 | 46.750 | 37 |
| Track and Field: Sprints | 3.50 | 5.13 | 7.25 | 9.88 | 4.63 | 5.13 | 2.00 | 4.13 | 2.63 | 2.38 | 46.625 | 38 |
| Rowing | 8.13 | 7.75 | 7.13 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | 1.75 | 4.38 | 2.88 | 3.63 | 46.125 | 39 |
| Rodeo: Calf Roping | 3.13 | 5.38 | 5.00 | 4.25 | 5.63 | 3.88 | 4.88 | 3.75 | 6.38 | 3.75 | 46.000 | 40 |
| Track and Field: Distance | 9.63 | 5.25 | 3.75 | 6.00 | 3.25 | 4.38 | 2.00 | 5.75 | 1.88 | 4.13 | 46.000 | 40 |
| Rodeo: Bull/Bareback/Bronc Riding | 3.25 | 5.38 | 4.00 | 1.75 | 3.63 | 4.25 | 9.50 | 7.38 | 3.63 | 3.13 | 45.875 | 42 |
| Track and Field: Middle Distance | 6.00 | 5.13 | 5.13 | 7.75 | 4.00 | 4.88 | 2.00 | 4.75 | 2.13 | 3.75 | 45.500 | 43 |
| Weight-Lifting | 4.13 | 9.25 | 9.75 | 2.63 | 2.50 | 3.38 | 4.00 | 4.75 | 2.25 | 2.38 | 45.000 | 44 |
| Swimming (all strokes): Sprints | 4.13 | 5.25 | 6.25 | 7.88 | 3.63 | 5.50 | 2.50 | 3.25 | 2.75 | 3.00 | 44.125 | 45 |
| SPORT | END | STR | PWR | SPD | AGI | FLX | NER | DUR | HAN | ANA | TOTAL | RANK |
| Water Skiing | 4.63 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 4.25 | 4.75 | 5.88 | 4.63 | 4.13 | 3.25 | 44.000 | 46 |
| Table Tennis | 3.50 | 2.50 | 4.63 | 4.13 | 5.88 | 4.25 | 1.38 | 1.88 | 8.88 | 6.00 | 43.000 | 47 |
| Track and Field: Weights | 3.25 | 7.88 | 9.13 | 3.00 | 3.13 | 3.00 | 2.25 | 3.63 | 4.00 | 2.88 | 42.125 | 48 |
| Canoe/Kayak | 6.75 | 5.25 | 5.63 | 3.50 | 2.75 | 3.88 | 3.63 | 3.25 | 3.13 | 4.25 | 42.000 | 49 |
| Horse Racing | 4.00 | 3.88 | 2.88 | 1.38 | 2.88 | 3.75 | 8.00 | 4.50 | 3.88 | 6.50 | 41.625 | 50 |
| Golf | 3.25 | 3.88 | 6.13 | 1.63 | 1.75 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 2.38 | 6.00 | 6.38 | 37.875 | 51 |
| Cheerleading | 3.63 | 3.63 | 3.38 | 2.25 | 4.13 | 7.50 | 3.63 | 3.38 | 2.50 | 2.25 | 36.250 | 52 |
| Roller Skating | 4.75 | 3.38 | 4.00 | 5.13 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 2.63 | 3.38 | 2.88 | 2.63 | 36.250 | 52 |
| Equestrian | 3.38 | 3.25 | 1.75 | 1.25 | 2.50 | 2.88 | 6.00 | 2.75 | 2.88 | 5.13 | 31.750 | 54 |
| Archery | 2.88 | 4.50 | 3.13 | 1.13 | 1.63 | 2.63 | 2.75 | 2.13 | 6.63 | 3.25 | 30.625 | 55 |
| Curling | 2.25 | 2.63 | 2.50 | 1.50 | 2.25 | 2.63 | 1.75 | 1.50 | 4.88 | 5.63 | 27.500 | 56 |
| Bowling | 2.25 | 2.75 | 3.38 | 1.00 | 1.88 | 2.38 | 1.63 | 1.25 | 4.75 | 4.13 | 25.375 | 57 |
| Shooting | 2.25 | 2.50 | 1.38 | 0.88 | 1.13 | 1.75 | 2.38 | 1.88 | 6.75 | 4.00 | 24.875 | 58 |
| Billiards | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 2.63 | 1.63 | 0.75 | 5.25 | 5.75 | 21.500 | 59 |
| Fishing | 1.38 | 1.63 | 1.25 | 0.63 | 1.50 | 1.13 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 2.38 | 2.88 | 14.500 | 60 |
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Are high IQ people good at sports?
Pearson correlation test was used to test the relationship between IQ and sports performance. There was a significant correlation between IQ and sports performance (p= 0.047, n= 120, and r= 0.581). Also, a significant positive correlation was observed between EI and sports performance (p= 0.000, n= 120, and r= 0.821).
Why do I get so emotionally invested in sports?
Why do people get so passionate and emotionally attached to Sports teams and competitors? Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray — The Telegraph Since a young age, I have been fascinated by sports. The competitive appeal and the admiration of skill, talent and professionalism has rarely grabbed me in anything as it does in sport. Whether it is Football, Tennis, Formula One, Snooker and a reluctant admission to Golf, I am one of the billions of fans across the world that watch, listen to and participate in the sports that inspire and excite me.
In terms of playing sport, having toyed with and played a few in the past, I have to reluctantly admit yet again that the only sport I seriously play is Golf. But the main appeal of sport for many people is watching the top athletes showcasing their talent. For example, in the summer of 2018, the whole of England was washed away by the rapids of the football world cup.
On the 13th of July, 26.6 million people tuned in to watch England crash out of the world cup in a tense and heart wrenching match against Croatia in the semi-final.- (statistic from ITV). Just to put that into perspective that is 39.7 percent of the entire population of the UK.
When writing an article about the emotional attachment and intrigue towards sport, that statistic makes my eyes beam with joy (it’s always the small things right?). The whole country became obsessed with football at that time and it happens with all sports. Another example of this is when England won the Cricket world cup a couple of weeks ago the whole country went mad for cricket.
Even I was glued to it and I find watching cricket apocalyptically dull (in reality, it isn’t that bad but I have to exaggerate to sound more interesting). England’s defeat to Croatia at the 2018 Fifa World Cup — The Mirror This age old obsession with sport and more importantly alliance to a certain athlete or team is more down to identity and family. Personally, I am a Derby County fan because I live there and it is not a long standing family alliance, however, most sports fans will have teams that their family has supported for decades and this is where the unconditional love spruces.
That feeling of identity and community with people alike is what makes us so attached to sport and so connected to it. Each team or athlete is different and the competitive euphoria of watching your favourite one win or succeed can not be beaten by many feelings and for some people, by any feelings. Sport has been around as a popular form of entertainment since the ancient Greeks and it has just grown and grown and grown.
The viewing figures I discussed earlier epitomizes this growth and development over the years. Sport has gradually become more accessible due to innovations such as real-time news, television, radio and the internet. This growth will only continue and the number of people crying, cheering and screaming because of one small success in the grand scheme of a season or tournament will ever increase and I cannot see this appeal of sport dissolving.
- I decided to write about this topic as I just witnessed Derby County win their first game of the season and it got me thinking about why that can change my mood and then looking at the wider context in how it changes everybody’s moods.
- It is an unusual phenomenon by that we get emotionally connected to something or somebody that most of us have never met before, yet we still feel like we are close to them.
This is usually more prominent in single athlete’s. For example, earlier this year at the Masters golf tournament, Tiger Woods completed his comeback from dark days to win his first major championship since 2008 at the US Open. At the time, it seemed like every golf fan almost knew him and had felt the struggles that he experienced even though they did not have any idea how difficult it may have been for him. Tiger Woods’ victory at the 2019 Masters Tournament That is how sport grabs us. : Why do people get so passionate and emotionally attached to Sports teams and competitors?
Why do I like sports so much?
Why Do People Love Sports? April 16, 2017 The running back zigs and zags, duking past his opponents and charges into the end zone. Thousands roar and applaud, while others scream and curse. All of this from sports, why? Many people love athletics, and few things bring people closer together than sports.
The largest television event in the world is the Super Bowl. Every four years the globe converges to a single destination to compete in numerous athletic events during the Olympics. Eight million high school students participate in at least one sport, and best friends often play on a team together. There is more between sports and the way humans interact than meets the eye.
People love sports because they give them goals, a sense of accomplishment, creates unity, is a fun way to stay in shape, and there are sports with varying levels of intensity. Sports are a healthy, and often fun, way to spend time with people you enjoy; that’s why we love them so much.
- One reason why sports are loved is because athletes set goals for themselves.
- Sometimes the goal is to make it to state, do their best, or even to play collegiately.
- When people have a stated goal, they are more likely to follow through.
- Many people have the goal of graduating high school.
- A 2012 study in Kansas showed that 98% of student athletes graduated high school, compared to 90% of non-athletes.
People naturally enjoy reaching their objectives and setting new ones, pushing themselves to better and better things. To achieve these goals athletes often need to live a more responsible lifestyle. In high school there is the Athletic Code that must be followed in order to achieve the goals athletes have set for themselves.
- It helps prevent drinking, smoking, and bad grades in those serious about achieving their goals.
- This better lifestyle leads to happier, better functioning people.
- Sports lead to people setting and striving to achieve goals, often leading to more success in all aspects of life.
- People enjoy the success that comes from sports.
Another reason people like playing sports is the sense of accomplishment they get. Do you love the feeling of getting work done, doing something right, or helping others? Athletes get that feeling a lot. Every time they score, make a good pass, hit a good shot, return a hard ball, or make a defensive play, players feel like they did something important.
I once scored a tough shot in a soccer game. We were down by one. I ran down the left flank, and I shot from 25 yards with my off foot. The ball carried. The goalie rose up, and it looked like he had it, but it slipped between his hands. My teammates ran and hugged me. My heart was thumping, I felt great.
That goal resulted in a tie, which the team ended up needing for the conference champion title. In team sports, teammates know they helped each other and may lead their team to a win. Every little thing matters in sports, so every little thing done right gives athletes satisfaction.
- After a loss, and especially a win, athletes can look back at their own game and say, “I’m proud of what I did.” Sports lead to times of immense gratification from doing good things.
- These moments are why people love sports.
- Another one of the reasons sports are so fun to watch, cheer for, and play, is that it creates a sense of unity.
People love watching our high school’s sports just to be a part of the Dawg House. People like being part of a group, and cheering for the same team is an easy way to establish connections. People love attending games at stadiums even though the view isn’t as good and the weather can be bad.
- People will tough out these conditions, crammed together with thousands of strangers because they enjoy being part of the crowd.
- Not everyone needs to go and watch the events to feel part of the action.
- Every Olympics, our whole nation unites behind the fact that we want Team USA to prevail in their events.
Many people will watch sports during the Olympics that, at any other time, they couldn’t care less about. They watch them because a whole nation is doing the same thing. It makes them feel like they aren’t alone. People weren’t created to live by themselves, but rather in communities.
- The unity that sports create, gives people a sense of belonging.
- Playing team sports also unites the players together.
- When young children decide to play on a team, they create connections with the other kids on the team.
- Those connections can turn to friendships.
- When those kids start to grow up, they will have created countless memories with the others on the team, in games, practices, and outside of sports.
Many students’ best friends are in a sport with them. Athletics create strong bonds between teammates because they see each other at their bests and their worsts. People like the links sports create with others. Sports are also loved because it is a fun way to stay in shape.
Imagine being in a room for 2 hours, mindlessly running in place on a treadmill, every single day. That is not nearly as fun as getting together with friends and competing in an engaging, strenuous activity. My friends and I often go to a park and play pick-up basketball. It is a great way to spend a weekend afternoon.
Sports, unlike some ways to stay healthy, involve thinking and quick reactions. It is never the same, and that is what makes sports so entertaining. Every time an athlete steps out onto the field, rink, or court, he doesn’t know what to expect. The aspect of thinking creates a further challenge.
- He still works hard, he still stays fit, but he also engages his brain.
- Challenges are fun.
- When people don’t have anything to be challenged by, they get bored.
- When people get bored, they will often quit or won’t give their full effort.
- One can’t stop exercising because exercise is essential for a long, healthy life, and quitting leads to numerous health problems like obesity and heart disease.
Sports take the boring aspects out of exercise, and make it so people actually enjoy becoming and staying healthy. The final reason many people love sports is that there is a wide range of intensity in sports, at every level. There is the super intense sport of soccer, where multiple fans are killed each year at games.
Fights break out constantly in the crowd, people storm the streets, and players are regarded as symbols for their fans. For some, this sport is too intense to play or cheer for. Then there is the hardcore, physical football where players will hit each other at full speed and use strength and strategy to gain the upper hand.
Fans get rowdy and cheer loud. Occasionally, fights do break out in the fan sections, but deaths are unheard of. There is also hockey, another physical sport, with rowdy fans. In the professional games, fighting takes place both on the ice and in the crowd.
- Then there is the medium level intensity of basketball, volleyball, and track.
- The players try hard, but it is less physical, and the crowd is slightly more subdued.
- These sports have very loud close sections and more laid back ones further away.
- These sports are calmer than football and soccer but more intense than golf and tennis.
Sports like golf and tennis feel more laid back, and require more skill than athleticism. In these, technique and mental preparation are key. This laid back atmosphere is also brought into the crowd. In these sports, the smaller crowds are often quieter and cheer for a good game, rather than a blowout win as in team sports.
- In all sports, the fans’ intensities vary within the sport.
- This wide variety in sports creates different atmospheres for fans and players.
- Whether watching or playing sports, there is an intensity that will match a wide variety of personalities.
- Many people can find a sport for them, and that is why sports are loved by so many.
Sports have cemented their way as a fixture in global culture. Many people enjoy watching, cheering, and playing for their teams. People are drawn to sports because it allows athletes to set goals, provides people with a sense of accomplishment, creates unity between both fans and players, is a more enjoyable way to stay in shape, and because there is a sport for nearly every person.
- Sports have been around since ancient times; they are something that people have grown up with no matter where or when they lived.
- Sports bring people together and are enjoyed in town, state, national, and even global events.
- Sports combine mental and physical aspects together to create the most entertaining way to stay in shape.
: Why Do People Love Sports?
Why do people get so passionate over sports?
Three – Sports fandom is how you were raised – Many families are as passionate about their sports teams as they are about politics or religion, so cheering on a team is part of everyday life. As adults, then, we often have fond memories of watching games together, and want that emotional feeling to continue. 