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Connecting people with nature resulting in improved

The growing popularity of computer, video
games and television make the children very
inactive in their lifestyles. The time spent in
these things may be spent in some physical
activities. Children should have a life in which
they are not only physically versatile and
energetic rather they develop agility and flexibility of mind and body. The
importance of sports in the life of a young student is invaluable.
Sports play a pivotal role in the makeup of a young
athlete, especially in the middle school to high school
years where student athletes are much more mature
and mentally developed. Where else can a young,
impressionable youth learn values like discipline,
responsibility, self-confidence, sacrifice, and
accountability? When students are physically fit, they
will achieve more academically.
environmental education, awareness and behaviour is a
further key benefit that outdoor sports was shown to
provide.
There are more than hundred of games that are played
outdoor on a field all over the world. Like cricket, football, lawn tennis, golf, etc.
Many such games proudly call India their birthland like wrestling, kabbadi, kho-
kho etc.
The fusion of physical activity and being
in nature is recognized as providing a range of
significant benefits. Sports played on a field or
a particular ground are also associated with
social benefits including the intra and
interpersonal development for young people,
better communication skills and active
citizenship as they provide rare opportunities
within the natural and social environment.

Field Sports
Outdoor Sports
Field
Outdoor sports are very sports are outdoor
important for the sports that take
combination of physical place in
activity and being in the wilderness or
nature. It is recognised as sparsely
providing a range of populated rural
significant benefits. Generally, outdoor sports are accessible, in many cases are low areas where there
cost or free at the point of use and can be participated in without formal structures are vast areas of uninhabited greenfields. Field sports are
or facilities. They also facilitate the increasing trend for self-organised activities. considered nostalgic pastimes. Some of these field sports or outdoor activities are
Being active in the natural environment significantly improves mental health as Hiking, Trekking (Trail) Running, Walking Triathlon, Adventure racing,
well as overall wellbeing, quality of life, happiness and life satisfaction. Positive Orienteering Cycling/Biking, MTB, Road biking, Horse riding, Cross country
effects are shown for various affective states such as increased mood, resilience, skiing, Swimming Canoeing/Kayaking, Rowing, Sailing, (Wind) Surfing, Diving,
positive engagement, feelings of revitalization as well as restoration for people Rafting, Mountain and Rock climbing, Mountaineering, Paragliding, etc.
living in cities.
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In many cases the facilities are also temperature-controlled, something

Benefits of Playing Outdoor Sports impossible when playing sports outdoors. When people play sports outside, they
• Playing with other people is a potent mood elevator as it secretes feel-good are often limited by the daylight hours. Once it gets hard to see, things can start to
hormones known as endorphins. Outdoor sports enhance the positive become dangerous. Indoor sports, however, offers expanded playing times, thanks
outlook and also maintain mental health. to enhanced lighting capabilities within the facilities and domes.
• Besides indulging in outdoor sports, gaming skills and activity also Some of these indoor games have become favourite of the
develop a better body image. households like ludo, chess, snakes and ladders etc. Chaturang
• Indulging oneself in the outdoor sports neutralize these feelings and help or chaupad has been played in Indian subcontinent since
in generating positive self-esteem by changing the mental and physical prehistoric times. There is mention of them being played by
attributes. Gods and Goddesses in religious texts as well. Even the land of
• The harder our bodies work during the day, the more soundly we sleep at origin of Chess and Snakes and Ladder is India.
night, allowing an individual to rest in order to repair our cells.
• Community playing in fields, parks allows one to develop friendship and
good relations with others. This helps in developing a positive attitude
and creates a healthy mental state.
• A healthy body is the key to a healthy and disease-free life. Prime benefits
of indulging self in field sport result in inducing a feeling of happiness and
well-being.
• Regular playing promotes healthy ageing, although ageing is an invariable
quality of life. Hobbies
Many people have started to take up different
Indoor Sports sports as hobbies for example yoga. Starting as a
series of conventional body-weight movements
and postures to boost flexibility, agility and
Many people are flocking to strength, Yoga is a years old practice which now
indoor sports simply because of falls into various categories, based on what their
the variety of options available results are. Yoga helps in boosting energy levels
to them because they need not and thus it is helpful for those who are usually too lazy to exercise or workout.
worry about the temperature Some other popular hobbies with the
outside. Indoor sports facilities citizens of new millennium are Bowling,
are well maintained, whether it Kick boxing, Cardio workouts, Pilates,
be a field of fake grass, a Tai-Chi, camping, Paintballing, Parkour,
groomed ice hockey rink, or a basketball court. Scuba Diving, Jiu-Jitsu, Kite surfing, Go –
Karting, Off-Road Driving, etc.