education education is an extremely
important word when I said education a
thought an initial primary feeling went
through your minds what was that thought
was it math science English let me ask
you another question how many thought
sports
how many thought physical education
almost none do you think that sports are
part of education or do you think it’s
for the athletes the professionals it
should be limited to a pastime or a
hobby
why shouldn’t sports be a part of
Education did you know that only 2% of
high schools in the United States offer
physical activity every day or its
equivalent at a czar were lucky to share
the same as that 2% conventional
education includes sitting and schedules
classrooms and desks because that’s
where people learn right what if I told
you that you can learn as much if not
more from sports and from a conventional
education there’s a reason that colleges
and universities look for sports on your
applications because they teach don’t
believe me I used to procrastinate a lot
homework and projects were motivated
only by what I call LMB or last-minute
panic
when I joined my swim team the mantarays
my evenings were taken away from me not
to be replaced with practice I no longer
had leisure to do nothing all day and my
work at the last second I learned to do
my work early on time and well looking
back I realized I stop procrastinating
just by joining the team
I also learned perseverance when I
submit a project or a test I always
think is this my best work did I make
the most of my time and how can I
improve this thought process came from
swimming if I miss the time at a swim
meet I would always reflect on my race
and see what was lacking was in my
technique my aggression my stamina this
thought process of reflection applies to
my studies and they go through this
mental procedure every time I submit
something important
I also learned resilience if I’m
stretched out and doing too many things
I learned to snap back to what matters
and prioritize my work most importantly
I learned that not every effort results
in victory and sometimes victory can be
achieved without a lot of effort these
are just small snapshot of how one sport
helped me mentally but what about
physically I learned to respect not only
others but myself my body days are
physically stressful especially after an
after-school sport and swim I realized
that my body was not getting the
nutrition it needed on daily basis
I started making better choices where
ice cream was replaced with apples and
cookies were replaced with protein my
body was getting the nutrition it needed
now and I make those daily choices on a
habitual basis I play a lot of sports
competitively for fun as a hobby one of
them is bad
I realize that the more I play badminton
the better I get at shooting a
basketball throwing a frisbee at serving
a tennis ball because of playing
badminton
my overall motor skills developed this
is how one sport not only helped me
mentally but it also helped while other
sports in fact every professional
athlete plays one supporting sport to
build their muscles sports have taught
me so much the experiences that I’ve
gained playing sports have built until I
process my own perception of the world
from them can you tell me now that
sports are not an integral part of our
education as children childhood obesity
has tripled in the last 30 years
tripled if a child is exposed to sport
at a young age they play it develop a
passion for it and grow at it I assure
you
that childhood obesity wouldn’t be half
the problem that it is today I want you
to imagine a coin that coin is on the
ground and you can only see one side of
it that side is a conventional education
your job is to put that coin on its side
so you can see the other side of it
which is sports sports teach as much as
anything else and it’s about time that we acknowledge it thank you
important word when I said education a
thought an initial primary feeling went
through your minds what was that thought
was it math science English let me ask
you another question how many thought
sports
how many thought physical education
almost none do you think that sports are
part of education or do you think it’s
for the athletes the professionals it
should be limited to a pastime or a
hobby
why shouldn’t sports be a part of
Education did you know that only 2% of
high schools in the United States offer
physical activity every day or its
equivalent at a czar were lucky to share
the same as that 2% conventional
education includes sitting and schedules
classrooms and desks because that’s
where people learn right what if I told
you that you can learn as much if not
more from sports and from a conventional
education there’s a reason that colleges
and universities look for sports on your
applications because they teach don’t
believe me I used to procrastinate a lot
homework and projects were motivated
only by what I call LMB or last-minute
panic
when I joined my swim team the mantarays
my evenings were taken away from me not
to be replaced with practice I no longer
had leisure to do nothing all day and my
work at the last second I learned to do
my work early on time and well looking
back I realized I stop procrastinating
just by joining the team
I also learned perseverance when I
submit a project or a test I always
think is this my best work did I make
the most of my time and how can I
improve this thought process came from
swimming if I miss the time at a swim
meet I would always reflect on my race
and see what was lacking was in my
technique my aggression my stamina this
thought process of reflection applies to
my studies and they go through this
mental procedure every time I submit
something important
I also learned resilience if I’m
stretched out and doing too many things
I learned to snap back to what matters
and prioritize my work most importantly
I learned that not every effort results
in victory and sometimes victory can be
achieved without a lot of effort these
are just small snapshot of how one sport
helped me mentally but what about
physically I learned to respect not only
others but myself my body days are
physically stressful especially after an
after-school sport and swim I realized
that my body was not getting the
nutrition it needed on daily basis
I started making better choices where
ice cream was replaced with apples and
cookies were replaced with protein my
body was getting the nutrition it needed
now and I make those daily choices on a
habitual basis I play a lot of sports
competitively for fun as a hobby one of
them is bad
I realize that the more I play badminton
the better I get at shooting a
basketball throwing a frisbee at serving
a tennis ball because of playing
badminton
my overall motor skills developed this
is how one sport not only helped me
mentally but it also helped while other
sports in fact every professional
athlete plays one supporting sport to
build their muscles sports have taught
me so much the experiences that I’ve
gained playing sports have built until I
process my own perception of the world
from them can you tell me now that
sports are not an integral part of our
education as children childhood obesity
has tripled in the last 30 years
tripled if a child is exposed to sport
at a young age they play it develop a
passion for it and grow at it I assure
you
that childhood obesity wouldn’t be half
the problem that it is today I want you
to imagine a coin that coin is on the
ground and you can only see one side of
it that side is a conventional education
your job is to put that coin on its side
so you can see the other side of it
which is sports sports teach as much as
anything else and it’s about time that we acknowledge it thank you
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