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By developing the technical skills they need in order to succeed in sports, children will also develop greater self-confidence and enjoy their sport participation all the more.
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Exercise is Child’s Play
The type of calorie-burning, mind-stimulating play that children often do shouldn’t be left behind as people age.
Tossing a Frisbee, dancing and rock climbing are great ways for adults to incorporate play into their exercise routines – dancing alone can burn up to 322 calories an hour for a 150-pound person.
Ball games ‘can keep bones healthy for 40 years’
The study found that those who had taken part in weight-bearing sports had significantly greater bone mineral content in both the spine and the thigh bone than those who had not.
Their outer thigh bone area was larger, enabling then to withstand fractures better.