Introduction Games and sports are the source of enjoyment, amusement
and pleasure. No other living being but man needs games and sports for
his mental recreation. All other living beings need only the ways and
means of living and surviving, because they strive for food to satisfy
hunger. Men are rational beings and they need to develop their faculties
to expose themselves in various fields. So they require soundness of
body and mind for which games and sports are necessary. Games and sports
are not only the sources of pleasure and amusement but also the means
of keeping physically fit and establishing a relation between two rival
groups by eradicating the conflicts and strafes. Various kinds of
sports: There are various kinds of sports and exercises like swimming,
boating, running, jumping and games like football, cricket, hockey,
tennis, badminton, volleyball, basket ball and exercises with the help
of instruments. Significance Sports have a great significance in our
individual as well as our collective life. It builds our body and gives
us more energy in work. It gives us skill, discipline, sense of
cooperation and team-spirit. Some games call forth courage and presence
of mind. Sports and games are joyful activities too. A true sportsman is
frank, generous and free from petty spite. These are sportsman like
qualities. Games should be compulsory for school boys: There is no doubt
that many outdoor games. Such as football, hockey arid cricket are very
good for growing boys. They provide physical exercise, so necessary for
health, in an interesting form. Moreover, such games, by training boys
to work together in a team, teach corporate discipline and so promote
what is called esprit de corps. Games form a valuable part of school
education. They help in the moral training of boys. They teach certain
necessary moral lessons, and in a way boys can understand, that the
playing of games promotes co-operation, sense of fair-play, sporting
spirit, obedience to rules, self-control, pluck and sacrifice of self
for the good of the whole. Conclusion The proverb says, All work and no
play make Jack a dull boy. The sports can refresh and supply fresh vigor
to our body and mind. A Latin proverb, Mens sana in corporesano, that
is, a sound mind exists in a sound body.
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