BENEFITS OF SPORTS AND

TRAINING
 OUR TEAM
➢Hemant Rathwa
➢Harsh Shah
➢Rahul Vasava
➢Umang Rasadiya
➢Arpit Patel
TOPICS:
➢History of sports
➢What is sports?
➢Different kinds of games
➢Origin of sports
➢Classification of sports
➢Benefits of sports
➢General benefits of sports
➢What do we (students) play?
➢What do we gain from sports?
“Physical activity is something you do. Physical fitness is
something you acquire, a characteristic or an attribute
one can achieve by being physically active. And exercise is
structured and tends to have fitness as its goal.”
HISTORY OF SPORTS
➢“Sport” comes from the Old French desport meaning
“leisure”
➢Chinese engaged in sporting activities early in 2000
BC
➢Gymnastics appears to have been a popular sport in
China’s ancient past.
➢Sports have been increasingly organized and
regulated from the time of the ancient Olympics up to
the present century.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPORTS AND
EXERCISE
SPORTS EXERCISE
➢ It is complex, ➢ It is form of physical activity
institutionalized competitive done primarily to improve
and these very one health and fitness.
characteristics works against
moderate and rhythmical
exercise
WHAT IS SPORTS?
➢An activity involving physical exertion and skill in
which an individual or team competes with another
or others foe entertainment is called sport.
➢Examples of some of the sports that we usually play :
cricket, basketball, football, chess and many others.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAMES
➢INDOOR GAMES: The games which are played inside
a room are called indoor games. Example: chess,
snooker, table tennis, bowling, carrom, snakes and
ladders etc.
➢OUTDOOR GAMES: The games which are played
outside such as in grounds are called as outdoor
games. Example: kabaddi, kho-kho, lawn tennis,
cricket, basketball, etc.
ORIGIN OF SPORTS IN INDIA
➢The history of sports in India dates back to the vedic
era.
➢The mantra in the Atharvaveda, says, “Duty is in my
right hand and the fruits of victory in my left.” In
terms of an ideal, these words hold the same
sentiments as the traditional Olympic Oath: “For the
Honour of my Country and the Glory of Sport.”
➢Games like chess, snakes and ladders, playing cards,
originated in India, and it was from here that these
games were transmitted to foreign countries , where
they were further modernised.
HOW PHYSICAL HEALTH AFFECT OUR
HEALTH
➢The physical benefits of playing sports are numerous
➢Exercise in general controls weight by burning
calories, improves the functioning of the
cardiovascular system, placing a lower strain on the
heart, and increase an athlete’s energy level while
improving the quality of sleep.
➢It also provides longer term benefits, such as the
reduced risk of diseases like cardiovascular disease
and diabetes, reduces the level of body fat, improves
the cholesterol makeup of the athlete’s bloodstream
and makes the bones and muscles stronger.
CLASSIFICATION OF SPORTS:
Sports can be classified on the basis of :

➢Physical sports: An athletic activity requiring skill or

physical powers and often of a competitive nature are
called physical sports.
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WRESTLING
 BASEBALL

RUNNING
BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL SPORTS
➢It strengthens the heart. The heart is a muscle.
➢It helps keep arteries and veins clear.
➢It strengthen the lungs.
➢It reduces blood sugar levels.
➢It strengthens bones.
➢It helps prevent cancer.
➢It regulates blood pressure.
CLASSIFICATION OF SPORTS (…)
➢Mental Sport: A mind sport is a game of skill where
the mental component is more significant than the
physical.
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BENEFITS OF MENTAL SPORTS
➢Improves mood
➢Improves concentration
➢Sharpness focus
➢Reduce stress
➢Reduced anxiety and depression
➢Increase of self esteem
➢Better sleep pattern
➢Increase social confidence
➢Avoids distraction
CLAASIFICATION OF SPORTS(…)
● SOCIAL SPORTS: These are the games as in team
games/sports in which we meet more number of
people and increase our social network.
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FOOTBALL
BENEFITS OF TEAM SPORTS
➢It provides you with a way to meet new people and
expand your social network.
➢Team sports provide you with a sense of camaraderie
with your teammates, as you work together to achieve
victory.
➢Playing a team sport can be especially beneficial for
children. It can help teach them to set aside their
personal desires in order to help the team.
➢They can also learn that hard work and perseverance
can help them achieve their goals and dreams – a
valuable lesson that they can carry throughout life.
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SPORTS
➢Despite all the benefits that can be gained, there are
some drawbacks to playing sports.
➢The competitive nature that drives most athletes,
especially elite athletes, often leaves prone to injury
through overuse or overtraining, or by ignoring injury
to play through the pain in order to help their team.
➢Coaches can facilitate this behavior by ignoring the
issue or by pushing an athlete to continue even when
she/he is hurt.
GENERAL BENEFITS OF SPORTS
➢Increases strength and stamina.
➢Better body shape.
➢They encourages us to give best every time.
➢Increases concentration.
➢Boosts confidence.
➢They build leadership and skills.
➢Makes us happy.
➢Reduces several health risks.
GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND
SCHEMES
WHAT DO WE (STUDENTS) PLAY?
➢We children usually play cricket, football, volleyball,
chess, basketball and many more.
HOW DO WE BENEFIT FROM THESE GAMES
➢It helps in academics and also increses our
understanding levels.
➢It increases our self esteem.
➢Helps us to keep our waistline trim.
➢Increases team spirit.
➢Trust on each other when we play team games.
WHAT IS EXERCISE?
➢Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances
or maintains physical fitness and overall health and
wellness.
➢It is performed for various reasons, including
increasing growth and development, preventing aging
, strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular
system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or
maintenance, and also enjoyment.
COMMON REASONS NOT TO EXERCISE
➢I don’t have the time.
➢I don’t like the sweat.
➢I will look silly.
➢It hurts.
➢I don’t know what to do.
➢Its not important.
WHY EXERCISE?
DO YOU KNOW?
➢13.5 million have coronary heart disease.
➢1.5 million people suffer from a heart attack in a given
year.
➢250,000 people suffer from hip fractures each year.
➢ over 60 million people ( a third of population) are
overweight.
➢50 million people have high blood pressure.
DO YOU KNOW THAT…
➢Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions
in most part of the world.
➢Children are eating more and exercise less.
➢Time spent watching television or using computers.
➢This lack couples with poor dietary habits has led to
significant increases in the number of children with
Type II diabetes and predisposition to hypertension,
coronary artery disease and others.
HOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IMPACTS
HEALTH?
➢Helps control weight.
➢Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.
➢Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles,
and joints.
➢Reduces the risk of developing colon cancer.
➢Helps reduce blood pressure in people who already
have high blood pressure.
➢Causes the development of new blood vessels in the
heart and other muscles.
➢Enlarges the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
HEALTH RISK OF PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
Leading causes of disease and disability associated with
physical inactivity
➢Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
➢Stroke
➢Obesity
➢Type II Diabetes
➢Hypertension
➢Colorectal cancer
➢Stress and anxiety
➢Osteo-arthritis
➢Osteoporosis
➢Low back-pain
WHAT CAN EXERCISE DO FOR YOU?
➢Reduce the risk of the three leading causes of death:
Heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
➢Control or prevent development of Disease.
➢Enhance mental abilities.
➢Improve sleeping habits and increase energy levels.
➢Lift depression and help manage stress.
➢Control weight, improving self image, appearance and
health.
EXERCISE AND CANCER
➢Exercise helps to prevent obesity, a major risk factor
for several types of cancer.
➢ Exercise enhances immune function
➢Exercise activates antioxidant enzymes that protect
cells from free radical damage.
EXERCISE AND DIABETES
➢Increase insulin sensitivity.
➢Control blood glucose.
➢Control weight/lower body fat.
➢Reduce risk of cardiovascular disease.
EXERCISE AND DEPRESSION
➢Exercise can help prevent depression. In fact, recent
studies have shown that exercise was found to be just
as effective (despite a slower initial response) as
antidepressant medication for treatmant of
depression.
➢Exercise reduces health problems, making you feel
better.
➢Exercise helps you sleep better.
➢Exercise controls weight, enhancing self-esteem.
EXERCISE AND YOUR MIND
● SHORT TERM BENEFITS:
➢Boost alertness (possibly by triggering the release of
epinephrine and nor epinephrine)
➢ Improve memory
➢Improve intellectual function
➢Spark creativity
● LONG TERM BENEFITS:
➢Exercise has been shown to slow and even reverse
age-related decline in mental function and loss of
short-term memory
AEROBIC ACTIVITY
➢Continuous movement that uses big muscle groups
and is performed at an intensity that causes your
heart, lungs, and vascular system to work harder than
at rest.
➢Cardio respiratory fitness is built through aerobic
exercise.
➢Aerobic exercise conditions and strengthens our
heart, respiratory system, muscles, and immune
system.
TYPES OF AEROBIC EXERCISE
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INDOOR ACTIVITIES
➢ Walking ➢ Treadmill machine
➢ Jogging/running ➢ Stair climbing machine
➢ Bicycling ➢ Stationary bike
➢ Swimming ➢ Elliptical trainer
➢ Basketball ➢ Rowing machine
➢ Soccer ➢ Aerobics, boxing…
➢ Jumping rope
STRENGTH TRAINING
➢Muscle works against resistance that improves
strength and endurance.
➢Strength allows us to move, and endurance allows us
to perform work over time.
➢Muscles = 40% of our lean body mass
➢Use it or lose it : unused muscle disappears (attrophy)
EXERCISE IS FOR EVERYONE
➢There is need for awareness for physical fitness in
developing countries.
➢Exercise is not only for men bur for everyone.
➢With commitment, opportunities can be developed.
➢Even shopping malls provide opportunity for fitness
walking.
HEALTH RISKS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
➢Most musculo-skeletal injuries sustained during
physical activity are likely to be preventable.
➢Injuries sustained during competitive sports have
been shown to increase the risk of developing
osteoarthritis.
➢Serious cardiac events can occur with physical
exertion.
➢The overall benefit of regular physical activity is lower
all cause mortality.
INJURY
PREVENTION
➢ Exercise regularly
➢ Gradually increase intensity
➢ Rest between sessions
➢ Warm-up and cool down
➢ Stay flexible
➢ Don’t exercise when sick
➢ Don’t exercise when muscles
are fatigued and straining
➢ Know proper form for any
activity you do
CARING FOR INJURIES
➢ Rest : stop immediately
➢ Ice : apply immediately and
repeat every few hours for 15-20
minutes
➢ Compress : wrap injured area
with elastic bandage
➢ Elevation : raise injured area
above heart
➢ After 2 days , apply heat if there
is no swelling
➢ Gradually ease back into
activity when pain is gone
SUMMARY
➢Physical inactivity is one of the top leading causes of
death and disability in the developed world.
➢Exercise improves our body minds.
➢Even moderate exercise has many health benefits.
➢It is important to set fitness goals that are realistic
and meaningful for you.
➢It takes time to make fitness part of a lifestyle, and
we will all have ups and downs in following our
exercise programs.
WHAT IS YOGA?
➢A physical, mental and spiritual practice or discipline
which originated in India.
➢A hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which,
including breath control, simple meditation, and the
adoption of specific body postures.
➢The word “yoga” comes from the sanskrit root “yuj”, which
means “to bind” the spirit and physical body together.
➢Widely practiced for health and relaxation.
➢Interpreted as “union” or a method of discipline to unite
Body and Soul.
➢Evolved over thousands of years to embrace a wide range
of styles and discipline.
MOST WELL KNOWN TYPES OF YOGA
➢Hatha yoga : A yoga system of physical exercises and
breathing control.
➢Raja Yoga : A yoga system to achieve control over the
mind and system.
SURYA NAMASKAR (SUN SALUTATION)
➢Considered a complete body workout.
➢12 sets of Surya Namaskar translates into doing 288
powerful yoga poses in a span of 12-15 minutes.
➢Doing at least 12 sets of Sun Salutation, preferably at
sunrise, at a fast pace provides a good cardiovascular
workout.
➢ if done at a lower pace, these postures help tone the
muscles and can be relaxing and meditative.
➢Allows you to enjoy the stretch and makes the body
more flexible.
MEDITATION
➢A state of deep peace That occurs when the mind is calm
and silent.
➢Means of transforming the mind.
➢Meditation practices are techniques that encourage and
develop concentration, charity and emotional positivity.
➢Meditation means awareness.
➢Whatever you do with awareness is meditation.
➢“Watching your breath” is meditation.
➢Listening to the birds is meditation.
➢As long as these activities are free from any other
distraction to the mind, it is effective meditation.
PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF YOGA
➢ Improves posture
➢ Improves reaction time
➢ Improves balance
➢ Improves sleep
improves eye hand coordination
➢ Improves integrated functioning of body parts
➢ Increases strength and resiliency
➢ Increases endurance and energy level
➢ Increases immunity
➢ Increases breath holding time
➢ Increases cardiovascular and respiratory efficiency
➢ Normalizes weight
➢ Decreases blood pressure
PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF YOGA
➢ Improves concentration
➢ Improves memory
➢ Improves mood
➢ Improves attention
➢ Improves learning efficiency
➢ Decreases anxiety and depression
BIOCHEMICAL BENEFITS OF YOGA
➢Increases HDL cholesterol
➢Decreases LDL and total cholesterol
➢Increases Haemoglobin
➢Decreases glucose
YOGA IS NOT JUST ABOUT
WORKING OUT, ITS ABOUT A
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE