present the counterviews on "sports should be optional in schools" you can use the following points from the view section. (views) 1.More failures at S.S.C occur in subjects like maths and english. 2.Difficult syllabus. 3.Very little time for activities other than study. 4.This causes stress and tension. 5.Students tend to give up schooling altogether . 6. Students have little sports background in schools.
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Counterview Sports Should Be Optional at Schools
I strongly believe sports should not be optional at schools; they should rather be compulsory. Who is there who may not have heard the sayings ‘A healthy mind lives in a healthy body’, and ‘All study and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. Sports and games are undoubtedly the building blocks of the health and character of children. Their importance in the over-all and holistic development of children cannot be denied.
Games and sports give children the right environment for physical exercise. While playing them children run, sprint, bend, and exert healthy pressure on their muscles, organs, and systems. This healthy exertion is a must for optimal physical growth.
Games instill in students many values and virtues. The first is a sense of discipline. All games are time bound activities. They start at fixed time, continue for a specified amount of time and then there is always ending time. The player has to do his best within the given time to win game. This time-limit makes him aware of the value of time. He prepares himself keeping the time in mind.
Secondly, games teach us focus and concentration. The player focuses on strategies to win a game. For example in order to score the target in a cricket match, he keeps the target in mind and plays accordingly. This enhances his focus.
Thirdly, games teach us teamwork, camaraderie, and cooperation. A player has to play in coordination with other team members. He learns how to adjust and adapt in relation with others. This ability to work in a group and team is very essential in the current times. Later on I life one has to work always in a team, at work, research projects, or any type of work, it is all team work. So team work one learns the best at play ground.
Fourthly, games teach us sportsmanship. We learn good etiquettes and polite behavior with our opponents. Games also teach us how to accept defeat and further self-improvement. So games are essential in building a strong character. We must encourage young children to play at least one game regularly.
So, keeping in mind all the above mentioned benefits, sports should be compulsory for all students at all schools.
Sports should be optional in schools
Counterview: Sports are important in shaping up the overall personality of a pupil. The reasons for which sports should be made compulsory at school level are as follows:
• Sports make children more active and help in their physical fitness and we all know a healthy body gives rise to a healthy mind
• There are many children who might be excellent in sports but do not get the opportunity to enhance those skills. Making sports mandatory in schools will help those children prove themselves as sportsmen or sportswomen
• Having separate periods for sports removes boredom from their mundane studies and rejuvenates their mind and body