What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Playing Sports?

#BENEFITS# :::::Those who play sports have a more positive body image than those who do not.Playing sports since an early age strengthens the bones and muscles and tones one’s body. Thus sports provide the body with a complete exercise.. It develops leadership qualities and fosters a team spirit in them. Research has revealed that people who play sports regularly can deal with stresses and strains in life in a better manner. Depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders are less probable in people who indulge in sport activities.Playing sports is very beneficial for the development of social skills in a person. Sports teach a person to interact with people, act as a team. They foster collective thinking and develop planning skills in children. Sports build confidence in children and give them a sense of accomplishment. Sports thus play a vital role in one's social well-being. Playing sports requires the children to plan thoughtfully. They need to device the best ways to score goals, the best strategies to win and plan carefully towards victory. Statistics show that kids involved in sports activities fare well in academics and their school and college activities.
Playing sports improves the Math skills in children. It develops leadership qualities and fosters a team spirit in them. Sports involve competition; they involve winning and losing. This exposes the players to both the aspects of life, successes and failures. Sports build a competitive spirit in children and teach them to be participative irrespective of whether the participation concludes in a victory or a defeat. Playing sports teaches a person to accept both successes and failures in a positive spirit. The most important benefit of playing sports is the sportsman spirit. Playing sports results in the development of a sportive nature, which is helpful throughout one’s life.

The disadvantages of playing sports is that you could make it as the center of your life to the exclusion of other worthwhile pursuits.  There is always the risk of injuring your body.  There is also the psychological stress associated with practice and competition.  The fear of failure and constant drive toward perfection are some of the mental pressures.  There is also the pressure of having to perform in front of an audience as is the case with organized sports.  Fans can be downright intolerant and even abusive.  In the case of professional sports, there are the pressures of fame and wealth.  Fans and the media will judge you based on your performance on the field, court, etc.  Coaches can inflict a lot of mental pressure by being very demanding with their athletes.  Coaches can actually sap the enthusiasm out of their players by adopting a 'winning is everything' philosophy to the exclusion of having fun.  In the case of professional athletes, their sport is their job and not their recreation.  So they will be spending the majority of their time traveling to practices and contests sacrificing valuable time spent with family and loved ones.

Advantages
-Socialize
-Fun
-Entertaining
-Thrill
-excitement
-Heart pounding clutch situations

Disadvantages
-Injury's
-loss's
-Pride being hurt during losses

Obviously the best advantage of playing sport is that you keep your self fit and healthy. You develop your physique. And more over if you become real good then you become a celeb.

disadvantage is that you might be risking your body. Some sport involve real muscle and you can get hurt but you should not back up saying it because you need to sacrifice to get something isn't it

I think some of the advantages are: Getting more physically fit, making new friend, and feeling important. But, some disadvantages are: Injuries, less homework time, and finding a ride home.

Doing sports shouldn't be about becoming a celeb... I've played soccer since I was 6 and I do it because it keeps me in shape, I meet new people and it's fun, sure I've had injuries but they heal and I always keep playing because it's something I enjoy, not because I want to be famous, you may look at it that way, but to be truly great at something, you have to love it first

Injuries and lost

Sports injuries.
Obnoxious fans, supporters, opponents.

One is that you could get mugged for wearing expensive stuff, two you could get a bad reputation, and three you could get injured.