Athletics For A Majority Of The Student Population

Athletics in Education Athletics, for a majority of the student population, provides a very meaningful experience in education. People that participate in athletics will have better self-esteem, social confidence, and more academic achievement. Participating in an athletic program will help the student contribute to the school community, which will help them identify with school values. One factor that may be overlooked in the participation of sports is that it helps students have better physical health. Students who participate in sports learn to respect their health and they will try to stay healthier than students who have never participated in a sport. There are so many numerous reasons to get involved in athletics in the school†¦show more content†¦Coaches are able to work with students and change their lives. In my career I have coached many young students, but the one thing that puzzled me was the barriers causing some students not to participate. What are the barriers for students to not want to participate in athletics or other physical activities? This was the question that I ask myself when I look at some students that don’t participate in sports. I understand that sports are not for everyone in the student population, but why are some students so hesitant to exercise? Some students are not participating in physical activates because there are too many barriers for them. I started my research by doing an online search for barriers to physical activity. After numerous searches I found a website that featured many reasons people don’t participate in physical activates. The biggest break in my research was when I found an article titled â€Å"Male Adolescents Reasons for Participating in Physical Activity, Barriers to Participation, and Suggestions for Increasing Participation†. This article provided me with a variety of information about why male students choose to not participate in sports. Through further r esearch I was able to locate an article on why females choose not to participate in sports. Armed with very useful tools I was ready to start diving deeper into this topic. When I was researching my topic I tried to narrow my results for the barriers of sport participation into three