The primary object of sports is, of course, exercise, but sports have a far greater impact on the wellbeing of many besides physical health. Introducing new opportunities for youth, sports create unbreakable bonds, build athletes’ characters, unite communities, and promote teamwork. Undoubtedly, sports can positively impact many children of all ages. As children grow older and become more athletic, parents and athletes may consider specializing in one sport to maximize the athlete’s chance of earning a scholarship for college; furthermore, almost every youth athlete, myself included, dreams of becoming a professional athlete one day, so they will do anything to achieve that goal. On the contrary, specializing in one sport may have the opposite effect. Depriving themselves from diverse environments, specialized athletes are excluded from valuable lessons that are beneficial for sports and life. Specializing in one sport today is not merely playing one season of a sport, but specialization is intensely concentrating on one sport year-round. For this reason, athletes should play multiple sports because focusing on one sport all year does not produce the same benefits as playing multiple sports throughout the year.
There are five facts you may find interesting about sports in general
- 1) There are over 8000+ sports played around the world! Despite this, there were only 33 sports played at the Olympics 2021.
- 2) Alcohol is considered a performance enhancing drug in most shooting sports as it calms your body down and allows you to shoot straighter.
- 3) There are only eighteen minutes of action in the average MLB game.
- 4)Winners in the Olympics were not originally awarded with gold medals. Winners were given a silver medal and an olive branch instead.
- 5) NFL referees also receive Super Bowl rings, though they aren't as large or impressive as the rings received by the players.
Here are 1 image for each of the sports that you will be shopping for...
