Kate S. Seriña
English 27- Z
Engaging in Physical Activities can Improve Cognitive Performance Background on Physical activity Physical activity is known to be the movement of the body that practically uses energy, like walking, running, jogging, hopping, gardening or any form of exerting effort and energy. Physical fitness can be an important role in our lives since it keeps us healthy and avoids us from getting sick. According to Quentin (2012), students who engage themselves more on physical activities are those who are mentally healthy. Engaging to physical activity like engaging in different sports can be an outlet to anything you have been going through, it’s either stress on work, school or at home. Many
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Exercising can increase focus and concentration, in 2009 a Canadian School for learning took part of the experiment by making the students do the treadmill and exercise bikes before their math class, it is said that teachers noted a marked improvement in students’ ability to concentrate, participate and retain information during the class after they have done the exercise, also the inappropriate behavior also improved in the grouped that had the exercise as well, according to Evans (2011), students who engage in exercising can significantly reduce their disruptive behaviors. Irisin, an exercise hormone is being produced by the brain when you engage yourself in daily aerobic exercise, if you are able to insert exercising in your daily routine; you can live drug-free and can improve brain health. Irisin has many different health benefits; it has the ability to maintain body weight, slow the aging process and improve cognition which leads to the growth of neurons. In October 2013, Dr Bruce Spiegelman PhD, a cell biologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and his team stated that “when Irisin is released during endurance exercise it improves cognitive function and protects the brain against degeneration.” When Irisin is elevated …show more content…
Engaging to physical activities will help you to focus more and they have the skill of being versatile. According to Taylor (2007), the best student athletes are also versatile, with an ability to improvise when things don’t go to plan. Not only will that, engaging to sports enhance your communicating skills. Student athletes have better ability in communicating with other people. (Treharne, 2009). They are so used on dealing with other people, they tend to develop the skill of communicating more than the others, and they have the ability to use their ability to communicate to succeed on their own sport. Many studies have proved that students who engage more on physical activities tend to be more focus in class, with all the benefits shown in engaging in such, everyone is encouraged to exercise and engage to something that might help the body and the mind to be healthier. Inclined with this, it is also advisable that students will always find time to engage and be on the outdoor since it helps the mind to be relax for at least some time in a week, since being a student requires a lot of working and studying to do it is best to make time for your body and mind to relax, for it really helps us to be more efficient in our work. With our body reacting to the exercises that we do, certain hormones are being produced which helps the mind to
This notion is supported by Dr. Daniel Gould, who believes that “Children who participate in sports have increased educational aspirations, closer ties to school and increased occupational aspirations in youth” (1). People against the funding of high school sports think that parents and society are placing more emphasis than ever before and, “[P]ressures athletic personnel to deviate on winning from the athlete- centered educational and personal development mission” (Gould 1). However, athletes strive to do better in class. Michael Lorenc, a high school basketball coach believes that “those who seem to have an overwhelming schedule where they’re playing maybe multiple sports, and high academic schedules, they tend to do better than those who don’t do anything extracurricularly” (Gray). Balancing sports and school makes athletes put more effort into keeping up grades while playing the sport they love.
Additionally, sports are extremely important in building one’s character through hard work, learning to work with others on a team and by learning how to cope with the joy of winning and the inevitability of losing. One thing to know about any sport is that there is no free ride. You earn recognition, all your playing time, and a starting position through hard work. I grew up playing all kinds of different
I have participated in volleyball, basketball, track, and cheerleading. These activities have taught me teamwork, which will play an important role in the real world.
Even though sports taught me many things, it was academics that I truly excelled in. Even in sports, my main use was my mind, as coaches selected me to learn complex positions that required proper execution, or they gave me material to mesmerize on the fly. It was never my dream to play baseball forever although, besides it was one of my worst sports growing up, but it was the diverse skills needed that made me love the sport. This was not all either, while in high school I developed a habit early and often in taking the hardest classes available, especially if they were college courses,
Some people use sports to get away from stressful situations. In the article Pro/Con: Academic eligibility requirements, author Phillip Allen states, ” What if, hypothetically speaking, a student suffers from abuse at home and cannot focus in school? Sports may be one of the few constructive outlets for this student. But then again, how can they be expected to consistently maintain their grades in such a hostile circumstance?”(Allen 2). In a classroom, children sit all day and don't get exercise.
The wellness of a human being has been broken down into five sections. These sections are: emotional wellness, intellectual wellness, physical wellness, social wellness and spiritual wellness. I think my strongest section for my personal wellness is my emotion, intellect and physical wellness. However, my weakest sections are social wellness and spiritual wellness. I believe that my emotional wellness is my strongest section.
Movement and practice in different activities will allow you to strengthen different muscles groups and reduce the full time strain and potential overuse of muscles associated with one sport. The factors can decrease the risk of injuries in young athletes. By playing multiple sports your body learns how to move and function in different ways. “Playing different sports teaches your body to move in different ways and reinforces competitiveness. ”(Watt
First, I will describe the relationship between exercise and academic performance. Many studies have been conducted to explore this relation, one being a University of Illinois study in which students age 9 to 10 were tested on their endurance by running on a treadmill. After
2.1 Assessment What does physical activity mean to you? To me physical activity is doing anything that involves moving the body eg. walking, jumping ,playing sports. I feel that it is very important to be physically active as it helps with your health and stress levels,looks and many more benefits.
A study shows that “The exercise programs may actually enhance the development of specific types of mental processing known to be important, for meeting challenges encountered both in academics and later in life.” Also, the athletes are improved since high school. The kids that play sports have a higher chance to be smarter, and be physically well. The best part of sports is that you can improve major parts of your life, which is physical health, psychological health, social skills, and academic
It has been a topic, often discussed about amongst students and school all across America. “ Should P.E be mandatory?” students and teachers often debate on whether to make physical education mandatory. Although many students claim that P.E is a fun way to exercise, some students think otherwise. A high number of students say that P.E is a waste of time, and is more torture than it is education.
According to the article How Physical Fitness May Promote School Success, children who take part in physical activity absorb and retain new information more effectively than other students who are out of shape. This suggests, that to help students do better in school and in the classroom, they should make physical education mandatory. With physical activity present in a young students daily routine, they tend to have better grades. The article Physical Education Should be a Mandatory Class all Four Years of High School informs the reader that, According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, physical education doesn’t just lower the risk of diseases later in life but also improves focus in the classroom. In other words, P.E doesn’t just lower the risk of obesity and heart failure, it helps students in the classroom which is an even better reason to keep it around because it has multiple
Sports provide opportunities to explore and develop young athletes. Young athletes can identify themselves apart from playing sports through connecting with others and building new relationships
Everyone likes to stay fit and healthy, but not everyone is. Staying healthy is important to ensure a happy life without worries about the health as it helps the human steers clear of diseases. Additionally, at these times, high proportions of people are suffering from obesity, which is being overweight and unhealthy. To be healthy, it is necessary to know how to, so there are three main tips that people have to follow in order to stay healthy.