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P A R T 2
Sport for Children

It is no longer a secret that sport contributes a lot to children's development and mental health. For both
girls and boys, sport helps to maintain a strong and healthy body and develop a strong personality.
Through sport children learn faster and easier what teamwork is all about.
This is true for both girls and boys! By doing sport, children work with coaches, teachers and especially
with other children. In this way, little ones learn to cooperate, work together and work as a team.
By learning to work as a team at a young age, they will find it easier to get along and talk to their
schoolmates.
Sport also plays an important role in children's lives.
It helps them maintain good health and an optimal weight. By exercising, young children are active and
thus burn calories and strengthen their immune system. In addition to the immune system, sport helps
young children to have healthy and strong bones.
Sport helps children develop self-confidence.
When little ones observe their performance, they see how through exercise they get better and better
results and their self-confidence grows. Moreover, sport helps children to keep fit and thus have a
beautiful figure, and they are less likely to develop various complexes.
Sport in children's lives is also a method of relaxation.
There are adults who practice sport as a method of relaxation, and this is also true for children. For
example, if the children are encouraged to practice the sport they like, it gives them a sense of well-being
and helps them to relax, calm their mind and get away from physical and mental pressure.

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