Sports and games

All school and colleges organize extra-curricular activities like plays, drama, debates, sports and games for their students. Extra-curricular activities are those activities which are outside the regular course of studies.These activities are good and healthy for the mind and body. Mere literay and academic life not necessary. The students should know the realities of life as they axist. The ideal of a good and perfect life is to have a sound mind in a sound body. Body and mind should work their best and they cannot do their best unless both are in good order. The proper end of games is bodily health and physical fitness. Greeks were the earliest people who introduced the marathon race and many other sports. In the past, hunting and fishing used to be mainly utilitarian in purpose. These sports were used to get food. With the Greek Civilization sports came to be looked upon as a means of building up the body and mind. The Greeks excelled in shaping the human body. The famous Olympic Games held every fourth year are proof of the importane of sports and exercise. Sports and athletics are now considered an essential feature of human activity. While sports give shape and strength to the body they also instill the is gained in games makes for a life of co-operation and team work which in turn are important in society and in nation building. Apart from making the body, limbs and muscles strong, games and sports teach how to use the energy in the right way. There are different kinds of games for different age groups. Children play running, hide and seek or they play on swings, merry go round or slides. The school going children have P.T. classes in which they are taught easy exercises to keep the young bodies flexible. Young boys play basketball and volley-ball. Girls play net ball, which is played on school courts. These games make the body muscles strong. Some of these games and sports are played at national level.Some players qualify to play at international level. One thing must be kept in mind that the spirit of games and sports is not to win only. Games also teach us to practise patience, tolerance, honestly, dignity and other moral values. With Best WishesYOUR REGARDS,ABDUL SAMAD