Importance Of Physical Exercise

Across the country schools have been cutting out gym or recess from their daily schedules. Teachers and school districts desire better test scores from their students. Therefore, they want to have their students study and practice more. But in fact, studies suggest that adding a physical activity program or increasing the amount of time students have physical activity may be more beneficial to students and their test scores. There have been thousands of studies on this topic. Some involve recess, others gym, and new studies are centered around taking breaks in class. All this research has shown that activity can help kids with their test scores. In most studies, more than 50% of students’ test scores were positively impacted by increasing the amount of activity during the school day (“Association” 6).

Medical Conditions: Medical conditions are a barrier in sport and exercise participation as they usually reduce someone’s ability to compete in a sport at either to a required level or even completely leave them unable to participate in a sport. Medical conditions could apply to people with either a physical or mental disability which includes for example people with amputated limbs which is a physical disability and also cerebral palsy which is a mental disability. Medical conditions stop participation in sport in many ways, whether an individual can compete at a certain level of a sport or any form of the sport at all really depends on the type and severity of their

Athletic trainer can be on the side line but cannot get on the field unless called on by referees or during timeouts for water. Coach may take a player out and instruct to the side line and see athletic trainer. Athletic trainer must clear the athlete after an injury before they are able to go back into the game.

Mr. Wolff encourages sport managers to take more steps to promote a courtesy environment to welcome the disabilities to join with them, such as educating peers, raising awareness, and finding the possibilities. Education is a very key point to the promotion of disability sports, not only to understand the needs to difficulties and solutions but also being an active pusher to create opportunities for those sports desirers. Enhancing the leadership of the sport manager himself is also an effective way to increase the involvement of disability sport. Although the sport industry is usually lack of actions, however, if sport managers are willing to break the norms and atmosphere to develop a friendly environment to attract potential disabilities

In the article, “Baseball a Hit for Special-Needs Kids,” author Vikki Ortiz Healy uses examples and evidence to portray the message that coming generations are slowly becoming more understanding and inclusive of those with disabilities. Healy first uses evidence to prove this as she writes, “Specific Olympics Unified Sports, an international program… has grown to include 115,000 people in the U.S. and 700,000 around the world since the mid-1980s, according to Amie Dungan, director of marketing and communications for Special Olympics North America” (Healy para 6). Here the author describes the increasing number of people who are joining disabled-inclusive programs. Healy then uses exemplification to illustrate the message and writes, “...the

I believe that every single kid should play a sport no matter whether they have a disability or if they are a boy a girl. Sports can be very important in kids developing as mature adults and also having a very healthy lifestyle. I don’t care if it is chess, baseball, football, volleyball, or skating. Kids meet other kids and everyone can always find a friend, all they have to do is be their self. As a strong believer of this, when I was a kid I played football, baseball, and basketball, meeting some of my best friends along the way. It doesn’t matter if you’re good or not just if you’re having fun while you’re doing it. Many kids see how good the pro’s are and that they hardly make a mistake. When these kids see these they never think they

The key aspect discussed on the concerns about models on disability, which shows that there has been a interest on the promotion of inclusion through sport ( Thomas and smith, 2009). It is stated that inclusive sport not only benefits physical, health, psychological and cognitive factors but also offers a variety of other benefits. These additional benefits consists of opportunities to develop friendships with peers with or without disabilities, opportunities to develop social skills in order to communicate with others, decreased isolation as participation and evolvement with people will increase, attitude changes among the peers and increased acceptance.

Group exercise is conducted by a nationally certified instructor. They offer a wide range of various, such as yoga, spin, water aerobics, and cardiovascular endurance. Although group exercise carries many benefits for those participating, it is not for everyone, I can attest to that. Is it possible that people who do not enjoy group exercising have experienced a session at a level that was too high. A person must have a positive memory of an activity to gain physical and physiological benefits. We have learned earlier how essential positive experiences are to remain motivated to partake in physical activity. If a person enjoys certain physical activity,

The American Association of Adapted Sports Programs received a letter from a parent whose son had a stroke at seven months old and left him paralyzed on his left side of his body. They were told that he may never walk and his intelligence may be affected. Her son loved to watch sports on TV and wanted to play on a team, he was inspired by the famous top athletes. When he was in 5th grade, they signed him up for the local recreational basketball team. He loved being on the team, but the other kids never passed him the ball, so they decided to not sign up the next year. When she heard about the AAASP and how they have wheelchair basketball, she didn’t know what to think. They went to a game and was amazed. She was taken back when she saw a lot

Physical activity and exercise are both key factors in maintaining good fitness and overall physical and mental health. Research confirms that physical activity has numerous physical and mental benefits on the human body including regulation of body weight, reduction of chronic disease, improved mental well-being and prolonged lifespan. In recent years there has been a large decline in the general society’s physical activity due to the sedentary nature of individuals work, lifestyle choices and the increase in technology and screen time. This change in society is associated with the increase in mortality associated with several diseases. In terms of burden of disease and injury from risk factors, physical inactivity is ranked only second to Tabaco. It is important to know the full extent of what physical activity and physical inactivity can have on the human body and solutions to how individuals can steer away from a sedentary lifestyle, to reap all the benefits for life long levity.

Exercising is beneficial for health and for longer life. Physical inactivity is considered to be the fourth most common cause of deaths, approximately 3.2 million deaths annually (Giles & Koehle, 2014). Regular exercise decreases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, respiratory function and stroke. Many of the least expensive form of exercise such as walking, running, cycling are performed in an outdoor setting, in urban environment most likely close to automobile vehicles (Sharman, Cockcroft & Coombes, 2004). Approximately 78% of the people live in urban areas within a developed world (Giles & Koehle, 2014). Automobiles emission is the single greatest donor to urban air pollution leading to various

As a human with no physical or learning disabilities, I was relatively unaware of the culture and lifestyle of those with disabilities until I watched Murderball, a documentary that focuses on the U.S. quadriplegic rugby team. I was happy to find out that there are still many opportunities for disabled individuals to participate in sports. Through dedication and training, the athletes seem able to accomplish anything they set their mind to. Unfortunately, according to Lauren McKeon’s “Why Won’t You Let Me Play?”, which focuses on the discrimination that takes place within the Special Olympics, those with mental/learning disabilities are apparently not presented with such equal opportunities for success in sports. After looking at the Paralympics and Special Olympics through the lenses of Murderball and “Why Won’t You Let Me Play”, I have realized that people with mental disabilities do not have equal opportunities in sports and that this issue is not only prevalent in sports. Special Olympic athletes seem to have more difficulty defining their athletic pursuits in a coherent way, and to face far greater exclusion compared to Paralympic athletes in athletics, daily life, and American culture.

Physical activity can be one of the most important routine for veterans. As veterans get older they face many challenges related to health and exercise can prevent many health issues. The more physical activity on a day to day basis is better than no physical activity at all, which can be bad for adults. Research and studies support regular physical activity that will decrease obesity, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, the risk for developing depression, and heart disease. Veterans leaving the military find life different and perplex, however it is not the same for everyone. While on active duty, the military gives a structured physical fitness program and not much freedom or choices. Once you leave the military you find yourself with

Ask any teacher what the most valuable part to their day is and they will say time. There is truly never enough time in the day to complete all the necessary tasks brought forward by the educational system. Teachers are urged to maximize their teaching time as much as possible with little to none physical activity breaks. Even though there are many unanswered questions about physical activity, the one that continues to present itself is, “what is considered the optimal amount of time for physical activity during the school day?” In the current study where Howie, Schatz, and Pate investigate physical activity and academic achievement, findings have suggested that when physical activity breaks are incorporated into the school day, there is an improvement in cognitive ability, however they did not state the amount of time spent on physical activity (Howie, Schatz, &Pate,2015). Although these findings are quite convincing, educators are still expected involve more curriculum that focuses on standardized testing and decrease physical activity breaks throughout the school day.

Playing sports gives the body much needed exercise, as well as having a positive effect on mental and emotional development to greatly increase quality of life. The increased number and formalisation of specific associations, federations and regulations for adapted sports makes them more appealing to people with disabilities. They now have access to sports from amateur all the way up to competitive levels.