Six ways that sports benefit the human mind

The special guest is Dr. ___________ from the Sports Science

Center.

• Tom Wilkins

• Robert Wilkins

• Mike Wilkins

• Goerge Wilkins

We know that people were playing

and watching sports ____________ years ago in Egypt and Greece

• 4,000

• 3,000

• 2,000

• 5,000

So, why do humans enjoy sports so much? What are the benefits? The first important benefit of doing sports is because it helps us stay healthy, so it is important for us to be

• active

• healthy

• awake everyday

• sharp

Another way that doing sports is helpful is that it can ________________ our learning.

• improve

• brain

• concentrate

• skills

Exercising and moving our bodies “wakes up” our _____________, so it is active and ready to learn.

• brain

• skills

• lower stress

• active

We can ________________ and learn better.

For example, my study showed that children who do some kind of sports usually do better in school

• concentrate

• skills

• brain

• lower stress

Being part of a team and working together are important ______________ for life, for example, at school or at work

• brain

• skills

• active

• lower stress

Many people enjoy watching their favorite team play soccer, so watching sports is fun and relaxing, so it helps _______________________.

• lower stress

• brain

• active

• concentrate

One more important thing that sports do is bring people ___________________.

• together

• apart

• mad

• upset

Many sports that are still played today began thousands of years ago in ________________.

• Japan

• China

• Great Britain

• Germany