The Benefits of Physical Education: Develop Skills & Confidence

Why is physical education important? This essay discusses the benefits of physical education and its importance for children in schools.

First of all, P.E helps kids who do not have an active lifestyle at home be healthy and get moving. The United States has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity. Many kids today do not go outside to play but instead stay inside and play video games or watch TV. This kind of lifestyle is not healthy and can result in health problems such as, type 2 diabetes, certain heart conditions, high blood pressure, and many other diseases that could potentially become life threatening as they grow older. It is also fun for kids and gives them a well needed break from sitting in class all day.

Kids can also discover new sports that they have never played before and might even take it up as an after school activity. Statistics have shown that children who go to schools which don’t have P.E are more likely to have a higher rate of children who are not active out of school. Physical Education can encourage healthy and fun lifestyles in school as well as out of school. Kids also get stressed out from school work and P.E can help reduce stress and give them time to have fun and forget about it. They can also learn other valuable skills from this class such as teamwork and having good sportsmanship.

Physical education helps students develop physical skills and confidence. For example, elementary and middle school curriculum includes activities that help kids obtain and improve skills, such as running, catching, throwing, and striking, applicable to sports such as baseball, volleyball, or karate. Balancing skills could be applied to dance or gymnastics. High school curriculum should focus on lifetime sports skills like tennis or aerobic dance, with a secondary emphasis on team sports.

As you can see, the importance of Physical Education is proved in this essay. It is an extremely important class that every school should have. There are many benefits can come from P.E that can help someone become active, take care of their body, and reduce stress.

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