Submitted by:-

Prassenjit Lahiri c-33Vishal Chaudhry c-46Saugata Palit c-55Kajal Saxena c-59Nikhil Sharma c-60

What is Sports?

• An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others.

• A human activity capable of achieving a result requiring physical exertion and/or physical skill, which, by its nature and organization, is competitive and is generally accepted as being a sport.

The Benefits of Participating in Sports

• Playing sports helps you stay in shape, teaches you how to organize your time, boosts friendships, and builds relationships with your peers and adults. Through athletics, you gain skills that can best be acquired on a court, track, or field.

• Friendship

• Family

• Coaches

• Health• Sports Nutrition• School

• Leadership Skills

Mental wellbeing includes factors such as individuals’ ability to develop their potential, work productively and creatively, build strong and positive relationships with others and contribute to their community’.

It also involves areas of life such as feelings of satisfaction, optimism, self-esteem, having some control over one’s life, having a purpose in life and a sense of belonging and support.

What is Mental Well Being

What is Physical Activity?

An all-encompassing definition of physical activity is ‘any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy

expenditure’

There are a huge number of different types of physical activity.

Walking is a type of physical activity which many people find practical and accessible; it can be done at low, moderate or vigorous intensity. Other examples are•dance, •Gardening, •badminton, •martial arts•and rock climbing to name just a few.

What impact does physical activity have on wellbeing?

Physical activity has a huge potential to enhance wellbeing in our population. It is known that even a short burst of 10 minutes brisk walking increases mental alertness, energy and positive mood states.

Participation in regular physical activity can increase self-esteem and reduce stress and anxiety. Physical activity can help play a role in preventing mental health problems and improve the quality of life of those experiencingit.

For example, there is an approximately 20–30% lower risk for depression and dementia, for adults participating in daily physical activity

The Good Cycle!!The Good Cycle!!

You try out a sport or activity you mightenjoy

Your mental health improvesYou do it more because

Of the obviousbenefits

You feel depressed, stressed or anxious

Bad Cycle!!!Bad Cycle!!!

What do you do?What do you do?

What sports, activities, do you do?

Why do you do it?

What motivates you?

What are the benefits?

Why do you continue to do it?

The benefits of exercise, activity and sport on

mental health

• Reduced anxiety and depression• Stress reliever• Promotes positive mood• Increase of Self Esteem• Better sleep pattern• Increased social confidence• Distraction

The benefits of exercise, activity and The benefits of exercise, activity and sport on physical healthsport on physical health

• Prevention of Heart Disease and Strokes

• Regulate Blood Pressure

• Prevention of Diabetes

• Weight Control• Avoidance of Back Pain• Less risk of Osteoporosis• Reduce risk of certain Cancers

Why don’t people exercise?Why don’t people exercise?

• I’ve never done it • I wasn’t good at sports at school • I would feel silly • Other people would make fun of me • It won’t help unless it hurts - ‘No pain, no gain’ • It’s sweaty and uncomfortable • I’m too tired • I would rather do something else • It’s expensive • I think it will make me feel worse • I don’t have anyone to do it with • I don’t know where, when or how to start. • I have too many family commitments• I don’t have any facilities nearby

So what sport, activity or So what sport, activity or exercise is best?exercise is best?

• It doesn’t have to be rigorous!

• Moderate exercise

• Simplicity!!

The risks of excessive exercise

• The body needs to rest

• Injuries

• Change in mood

• Other problems

A few good tipsA few good tips

• Support with mental health and physical health

• Do what you enjoy!• Realistic goals• Don’t see it as a burden• Look at the reasons for avoidance• Accept some setbacks!• Don’t concentrate on lack of motivation

Creating itCreating it

• Action Plan

• Exercise Chart

Lets talk about some Benefits

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