Basketball is a wonderful sport, a lot of people would wonder why choose basketball over some other sport. In my opinion,basketball not only not only helps a person improve physically, also emotionally and mentally. It also improves hand and eye coordination while thinking of a play. Looks hard though, but once you get the hang of it it's easy breezy. My first article for this blog post is written by Mike Krings in "Researchers publish article illustrating benefits of sports psychology in youth programs," from The University of Kansas. According to all the research that he has gathered, the environment heavily affects the child's perception of things. When they see that they are being cared for and being involved in tasks it seems that they get to have more fun. Additional to that they are adjust better and show less depression. But if placed in a stressful and pressured environment, it is destructive to the child. It also "The lack of physical activity can translate to all manner of negative outcomes, both physically and mentally," says Mike Krings. Doing something different besides academic work can keep you sane. Addition to that it can give you a different sight of everything, which in my opinion a good thing. I say this because I don't do drugs, I am not an Alcoholic …show more content…
According to Elle Paula, playing sports boosts the self esteem of a child, since he is awarded and rewarded for the good things he does while playing the sport. Other than that, she then added that organized sports require children to work together which helps them develop team work. Another thing that a child learns is respect for elders especially if a coach is present and he shows signs of a good leader. And lastly, according to her, at an early age, the child learns that it's not always rainbows that sometimes there could be rain and