Along with shining individual and team successes, sports play a big part in the nation’s growth.
The whole of India comes to a standstill when an India-Pakistan or World Cup match is on. This is how significant a part sports play in shaping the fabric of our society. Strangers become lifelong friends in a matter of minutes. This is the power sports have to bind the community together.
Studies have proven that kids who are involved in sports show remarkable progress in other aspects of life as well. Sports inculcate a lot of positive behavioural traits apart from physical benefits. Apart from dexterity, coordination and fitness, sports also help in developing a healthy attitude and spirit towards life.
Active sports participation helps in preventing chronic illnesses. Sports also help in improving muscle strength and bone density apart from positively affecting overall cardiovascular fitness. Indulging in sports is also known to boost immunity.
Playing any kind of sport while growing up is known to benefit kids by reducing stress and experiencing a higher level of happiness. Sports help you exercise your body which helps in releasing happy hormones like dopamine and serotonin which are extremely beneficial in the short as well as long run.
Kids tend to develop better bonds with peers because of participation in sports. Sports help kids learn working in teams and also inculcate sporting spirit and a positive outlook in them. They also help in character building by improving self-esteem and social interaction.
Important skills like patience, teamwork, discipline and leadership are automatically imbibed in kids because of sports. They also learn discipline and time management in a fun way thus retaining vital values in the long run. Sports nurture important values of mutual respect, fairness and dedication in kids when they indulge in sports in their formative years.
Till a few years back cricket was the only sport in India which had an ardent and huge following. The picture is changing in the last decade or so. Sports like badminton, hockey, kabaddi and tennis are also getting a steady fan base. This is primarily because the players are successful and money is poured into the bodies that manage these sports.
Dharamsala Stadium and its economic impact. The new beautiful cricket stadium at Dharamsala has pumped in a huge boost to the otherwise slow economy. It has created many employment opportunities apart from bringing in money via tourism.
Any and every sport brings in countless employment opportunities. From referees and umpires to groundsmen and staff, many such positions require capable people. Sports also bring in requirements for positions in sales, logistics, marketing, media and finances thus uplifting the overall community in an economic sense.
Just to give a blazing example, the IPL attracts around 350 million viewers every year. While cricket still takes the lion’s share in bringing in people, nowadays other sports like hockey, kabaddi and badminton are also boosting tourism.
The country’s treasury gets hefty contributions through sports bodies and competitions through the taxes that they have to pay, thus boosting the entire economy. These funds can be prioritized and channelled according to the country’s needs at that point in time.In recent times you can observe how Sri Lanka is channelling money to improve their economy.
Sports are known to play a huge part in overall communal development. All the above-mentioned points make for catalysed community growth. Sports are a platform where people of various backgrounds interact in a healthy way. This creates a great melange and spurs unity in diversity making for a rich melting pot of cultures.