What is the ideal sport for a child? What are the advantages of doing sports? We answer some of the most frequent questions on the sports theme for children.
Why is physical activity in the child important?
The human being is an animal that is not made for sedentary lifestyle. The movement ensures adequate development of the muscle and skeletal system, regulates the metabolism and contributes to General well -being of the individual. In the child it is one of the essential elements to ensure correct growth. The movement regulates appetite and night rest.
Is there an ideal sport for children?
For younger children, to a sport subjected to rules And discipline, Pure and simple motor activity is preferable such as running and playing in a lawn. The presence of the adult should be aimed at checking that the child does not hurt himself, leaving him the decision of when to start and end.
Later, when the child is older, you should not lose sight of that the competition is more than the competition Psycho-physical well-being of the child Which will have to come first and therefore the sports in which the whole body is urgently solicited will be privileged. Practicing one individual or team sport It is a decision that must be left to the desires of the single child. However, keep in mind that group sport can help to win certain inhibitions and to resize the inevitable defeats and therefore has, especially for shy and introverted children, an unquestionable pedagogical value.
How to choose the “right” sports club?
In order not to incur the risk that sport will cause more damage than benefits, it is essential that the parent entrusts his child to prepared instructors That they guide him with wisdom and balance, on the one hand without submitting to his whims or laziness, on the other without demanding unsuitable performances from him. Precisely for this reason it becomes very important to choose a course that has the right training purposes and that theInstructor is also a good educator. Before anything else he will have to take care of the child’s health and fun, even if he will necessarily have to get used to the right effort, stopping it at the right time.
What to avoid?
It is good that until the completion of puberty the boy does not devote themselves only to sports that commit only Some parts of the bodythis to avoid the formation of asymmetries in body development or of accentuating possibly present dysmorphisms. The resistance sports they must be avoided and also thecompetitiveness It should be admitted only to pubertal development now completed (on average at 16-17 years in the Maschio and 15-16 in the female). The parent should therefore refrain from putting pressure on the boy aimed at achieving cups, medals and, one day, improbable wealth.
What are the advantages of a healthy sports activity?
- Correct psychophysical developmentmaintenance of physical fitness, habit of making efforts useful to the body, correction of any small physical defects;
- habit ofhygiene of one’s body (nutrition, sleep, cleaning);
- maturation of awareness about the damage caused by toxic substances (smoke, alcohol, drugs, doping substances);
- acquisition of self -control and self -disciplineovercoming any insecurities, ability to get closer to the victories and defeats of life;
- development of the socialization, friendship, loyalty and courage;
- improvement of the school performance.
And what are the risks of sport practiced incorrectly?
- disharmonic physical developmentworsening of any pre -existing physical defects, onset of short -term pathologies (heart disease, anemias etc.) and long -term (e.g. osteoporosis);
- state fatigue General, insomnia, anorexia, irritability and nervousness;
- asocial behavior (tendency to divism, isolation, aggression);
- dependence on the result, inability to accept defeats and the tendency to abandon the sporting activity for dissatisfaction with the results achieved;
- mental disorders (food conduct, depressive states etc.);
- alterations of menstrual cycle (amenorrhea);
- risk of assumption of doping substances to increase their performance;
- increase of traumatic pathologies;
- worsening of the school performance.
