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Why Sports Play an Important Role in Schools

Active Schools Us

Boosts the health of students Your school must also invest in sports to improve the well-being of the student body. Sports can be enjoyable for students, which is why these activities can be used to increase their fitness levels. Academics can be stressful for many students.

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The Benefits of Soccer on Corporal Health

Teen Health 101

This level of interest would indicate a similarly large interest in playing the sport as well, instead of simply watching. One of the recommendations from the CDC is 75 minutes weekly of “vigorous-intensity aerobic activity” with the addition of “muscle strengthening activities” twice a week.

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In Season Strength Training

PLT4M

Time on the field is already training repetitive, sub maximal power movements, muscular and cardiovascular conditioning, as well as sport-specific energy demands. First, an “Active Recovery” session which focuses on lightweight or bodyweight training performed at low intensity. How do you choose?

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

We need classrooms to be more active and engaging like the gym! If we pause to take a panoramic view of our current landscape, we are reminded that our country has an obesity epidemic, rise in hypokinetic diseases, as well as mental health concerns. Aerobic activity essentially primes the brain for learning (and sitting does not!).