Importance of Physical Education in High School

Physical Education or Physical Training (also known as PE or PT) not only develops students’ competence but also enhances students’ confidence. Most importantly it inculcates a habit of participation where they are encouraged to take part in a variety of physical activities.

With the growing importance of a well-balanced curriculum in school, schools nowadays are focusing on dedicating some special time in the day for PE/PT. It not only gets the students smarter but also gives them a sense of joy and accomplishment. Additionally, students exposed to the right amount of PE develop a wide range of skills and the ability to use tactics, strategies and compositional ideas to perform a sport successfully. Example: While you enroll to learn a sport, you learn how to perform it, you also have to sometimes analyze the situation and take critical make or break decisions in the sport. As a sports player you also seldom have to sit back and reflect on what went wrong and try not to repeat the same error henceforth. This gives a sense of responsibility and reflection. Just not that, as a sports learner you also understand the criticality towards health.

Most schools currently have a plethora of PE options from dancing to sports and much more. At school, you also have to discover what you’d like to pursue the various options available.
It is also reported that students who are proportionately involved in sports have higher aptitude. With sports you are also exposed to hand-eye-leg coordination techniques, decision making in times of pressure, feeling responsible for your moves, etc. As a whole PE or PT enhance your personality as well as your social skills. You become a team player in certain sports and learned the art to perform as a team. Additionally, you develop sportsmen ship and understand the concepts of fairness and of personal and social responsibility. They take on different roles and responsibilities, including leadership, coaching and officiating. Through the range of experiences that PE offers, they learn how to be effective in competitive, creative and challenging situations.

Top 8 noteworthy Benefits of Physical Education in School:

1. The undeniable benefit of PE is that it develops the children’s motor skills and strengthens their muscles.
2. Students who play sports are better able to concentrate and maintain focus, which proves to have a positive impact on their academic life. This skill of being focused boils down to various subjects taught in school.
3. Obesity is a major drawback of today’s generation and that’s where PE comes into play. Regular exercise will not only keep you away from Obesity but also make you feel confident in your own skin. Childhood is the right time to inculcate such life long habits.
4. Did you know, students who exercise regularly have a better quality of sleep? They channelize all their energies towards a sport or an activity at the end of the day they are left with no energy. They hence have a sound sleep in order to recover for the next day’s challenges. Additionally, good sleep also makes them more alert at school and have higher levels of concentration.
5. Physical exercise is the best stress buster for children. Young people today are possibly under more pressure than before, so it is important for them to have an outlet for this pilled on stress.
6. Some life long skills a child inculcates while playing a sport is teamwork and leadership skills. It helps them to be social as well as confident.
7. Would you agree if we say If you workout you feel and look better? Its similar for children, Physical activity promotes positive body image in teenagers, especially in girls. In this highly technologically dominant period children are getting lazy day by day. Outdoor play has been replaced with mobiles and TV series.
8. Children who learn a sport are exposed to both achievements and failure making them competitive in nature.

At Shri. Harshad C. Valia International School in Mumbai we know the many benefits sports can bring and we give Physical Education classes the priority they deserve. Not just sports or activity learning we also know the importance of co-curricular activities in school and hence we are known to develop all-rounders.