Children & Sports

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Exercise guidelines at different stages of growth and Development: 

1. Infancy growth (1-3)
2. Early childhood (3-8)
3. Later Childhood growth (8 -12)
4. Adolescence Growth (13-19)
5. Adulthood growth (Above 19 Years)

Exercise guidelines of different stages of growth:

Infancy (1 to 3 years)

• Exercise to develop head control, sitting & crawling.
• Gross motor activities should be promoted.
• Exercise for moving arms, legs reaching to object.
• Exercise like throwing, catching & kicking a ball.

Early childhood (3 to 8 years)

• Exercise to develop competence in movement skills.
• Emphasis on participation not on competition.
• Activities related to fine motor skills.
• Minimum one hour regular medium exercise.
• Recreative & enjoyable methods of physical activities.
• Clean & safe environment.

Later childhood (8 to 12 years)

• Exercise to develop body control, strength and coordination.
• Activities related to endurance should be avoided.
• Organised or team games to develop social- consciousness.
• Teach basic rules of sports i.e. fair, play, simple strategies.
• Introduction to the concept of sports training.

Adolescence (13 to 19 years)

• Moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity.
• 60 min to several hrs every day.
• Muscle strengthening exercise at least 3 times a week.
• Bone-strengthening exercise and resistance exercise weight training.
• Running swimming etc. for stamina building.

Adulthood (above 19 years)

• Moderate intensity physical activity every day.
• Muscles strong training exercise at least 2 times a week.
• Bone-strengthening exercise and resistance exercise.
• Running, swimming, etc. for stamina building.

Physical and Physiological benefits of Exercise on Children Physical benefit of exercise:

Physical Health and Strength

• Mental Health
• Emotional Wellbeing
• Social Health
• Positive School Environment
• Motivating personality
• Controls anti-social behaviour

Physiological benefits of Exercise

• Strengthening the heart
• Strengthens bones and muscles
• Controls Blood Sugar
• Regulate Blood Pressure
• Increases Energy level
• Detoxification
• Reduce Cholesterol level