Why Participating in a Team Sport Could Boost Your Child’s Confidence

Being a kid is tough, despite what us adults might think. And when a child’s confidence is low, it shows in a number of ways. If you’re concerned that your child is suffering from low self confidence, then why not enroll them in a team sport? There is so much more to team sports than winning trophies and dealing with soccer mums. Here, we’ve outlined how team sports can really boost your child’s confidence in a number of ways:

Getting physical = feeling happy

It’s no secret that when we exercise, chemicals are released in our brains that make us feel good. Studies have actually shown that exercise can ease anxiety and depression also. There’s no doubt that your child will start feeling better about themselves simply by being active on a regular basis.

Stamp out boredom and anti-social behaviour

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4 Ways to Encourage Your Kids To Help Out Around The House

When your children are babies and toddlers, it comes with the territory that you take on a LOT of cleaning work. It’s truly amazing the amount of mess a small human can put out, but of course we do it all out of love. Once children are older, however, there is no reason to continue running around after them, cleaning their messes. It’s important, both for your sanity and your child’s development, that you encourage them to help out where they can and take responsibility for cleaning their own messes. Start small, and then work your way up as children become more able to take on new jobs. It’s important to have a decent reward system in place while they get used to their new responsibilities, so whether it’s trophies at the end of the month, a sticker chart or a bit of pocket money, make sure you help them realise that hard work pays off. Here are four ways you can encourage the kids to start helping out…
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3 Ways to Make Team Sports More Fun For Kids

The benefits of team sports for kids are as well known as they are far-reaching. Physical and health results aside, the skills and qualities a child learns through being part of a team working towards the same goal can shape their entire world outlook, imbuing them with a sense of sportsmanship, ethics and team-mentality for the rest of their lives and subsequent careers. For adults, these skills are clearly reward enough for their participation, but, without the benefit of hindsight, often our kids need a little more encouragement to get involved. If you’re a coach or a parent who is trying to get kids more excited about team sports, we’ve put together a few ideas that could really help you, from individual trophies (never underestimate the power of a shiny trophy with a child’s name on it) to assigning positions of responsibility, there are several ways in which you can inspire the passion for team sports from a very young age.
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How to Use Trophies to Encourage Kids Sports

Everyone grows up with the notion that efforts and achievements will be rewarded in some way or another. Trophies have always played an important part in this, nowhere more so than on the sporting field.

Take the Brownlow medal for example; this small medallion is revered across the Australian football world as the pinnacle of achievement for a season of success for the winner. It is an award granted for consistent high performance at an individual level irrespective of the team’s performance on the day. It rewards not only superb and consistent effort but it is even more highly regarded because the winner is judged to be not just the best but the fairest throughout an entire season.

The Brownlow example is an important one because it highlights the fact that individual sporting prowess is not always the single most important factor in rewarding an athlete. Whilst we can always admire, and reward with long accolades, the achievement of a highly skilled physical feat, for the majority of athletes this is unlikely to ever occur.
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