The Importance of Games and Sports
Introduction: Games and sports are
excellent means of our physical fitness and mental recreation. No other living
being but man needs games and sports for his mental recreation. So games and
sports are necessary in man’s life. Games and sports are not only the sources
of pleasure and amusement but also the sources of keeping physically fit and
establishing a relation between two rival groups by eradicating the existing
conflicts and strifes.
Games and sports: Without games and
sports our youngsters may be timid, lethargic, and unsocial. Signifying their
value a wise maxim goes, “All work but no play makes Jack a dull boy”. This
proverb reveals the practical wisdom and long experience of the world. Courage,
endurance, cooperation are the qualities that can be acquired practically
through various games and sports, like football, cricket, volleyball, kabaddi,
badminton, basketball, tennis, etc. Similarly, weight–lifting, gymnastics,
swimming, logging, running, and riding are very much rewarding because they simulate
both physical and mental growth. One of the most effective and time-tested ways
to ensure a healthy growth of body and mind is to make students and youngsters take an active part in outdoor activities of games and sports. Education
aims at making all-round development of the students. Until they are bodily
fit, they can never morally be competent to do anything for themselves, let
alone the nation. It is an established fact that the development of man’s mental faculties
depends to a great extent, on the proper and timely growth of the body and its
various organs.
Advantages: Most people are not players
but viewers. They are keen to watch games and sports. People of different
castes, races, classes, nations, religions, and cultures come to watch games and
sports. Then they come closer to one another or sit side by side and watch
them. This conjugation of different people of different nations makes people forget about the past and develops a fellow feeling by lifting the curtain.
Usefulness: Games and sports provide
an excellent avenue of income for the players. The players can earn a lot of
money and a worldwide familiarity. They can form a universal brotherhood as
viewers become devotees to the players. The nation gets a worldwide identity
for games and sports. It is by taking part in games and sports right from the
school that young men and women can have the necessary physical fitness, mental makeup, and abilities to face the tough challenges, realities, and
difficulties of life when they attain manhood and womanhood. Intellectuals’
quality and manpower are equally important for the development of the nation.
Games and sports teach how to achieve intellectual maturity and manpower. Games
teach how to subordinate personal interest and ambition to that of the team.
Conclusion: Actually games and sports
provide recreation. For mental recreation, peace and harmony, relationship,
fellow-feeling and sound physical health, games and sports are essential.
