Being a Part of a Team

Being on a team can benefit an individual physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Physically, being part of a team can keep a body healthy and benefit certain areas of playing a sport such as one’s endurance. Being a part of a team emotionally, can develop many skills that one player must possess to be successful. Psychologically, being a part of a team can boost one’s confidence and give them the right attitude to benefit the team. Although the psychological aspect of being on a team is very important, the most important benefit from being a part of a team is the physical aspect.

Being a part of a team can benefit an individual by being physically fit and helping your endurance. Having a physically fit body not only is a major benefit for people but it also helps there emotional state of mind. By playing sports you keep your body in great shape. Ones muscles will become much stronger and as they grow, they will stay healthier. Sports helps in keeping people at a desirable weight. Some of our countries weight problems are mainly targeted at non athletes. When a person plays a sport they are always active, so even those with huge appetites can burn off all the calories simply by playing a sport like soccer. It has also been found that those who keep there body in shape are more healthy. Ones body will become stronger because of the strenuous work that is exerted during practices and events.

Endurance is another very important part of physical fitness that sports plays a role in. Some may argue that certain sports require no endurance and are easy. However this is far from the truth. In sports like soccer, basketball and lacrosse there is constant motion or running which can help one’s endurance. Even in sports where there is little running, like baseball, the athletes still do a lot of running in the sport to make their muscles and body stronger. Having good endurance helps out heart rate which is very important as people grow older. Athletes also have the drive to run to stay in shape. Running is a very good way to keep your body healthy and maintain physical health throughout your life. Many adults who are active and do a lot of moving around tend to live longer just because there body is in a lot better shape.

Emotionally, an individual that is part of a team can develop leadership skills and confidence. Sports, above all things, are the best way to develop important skills that are essential for success in the future. Athletics can relate to working inside a business. A person will learn to work well with other people and will be faced with many conflicts during their life. Learning to work with others to achieve a major goal is a key element in sports. If a person can be successful guiding a team to victory, then they will most likely be successful when they are older. It’s important to understand how certain individuals act and respond to situations and as a leader in sports you develop skills that help to recognize how people respond differently. Another leadership skill that is learned deals with communicating with other people. Sometimes the hardest thing in life to do is communicate, but sports allows for one to easily communicate and get a point across, hopefully helping the team.

Confidence is the most important emotional factor that one could get out of playing a sport. In life, people with confidence will always succeed. It is so hard to go far in life if you aren’t confident in what you do. If people can’t be confident in themselves, how can anyone else be confident of them? During sports there are always time when people will need for a player to come through in the clutch. When one is successful in sports, they will have more confidence when