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Regular participation in quality physical education programs will:
• Prepare students with skills for future leisure pursuits through exposures to various individual, team, and alternative activities.
• Formulate activity patterns that can extend into adulthood.
• Reduce risk for specific health problems including; coronary heart disease, hypertension, colon cancer, and depression, as well as lower all-cause death rates.( CDC 1990 Youth Risk Behavior Survey)
• Increase cardiovascular efficiency.
• Improve one's physical literacy.
• Develop student's sense of security with their own body.
• Improve overall mental health.
• Reduce stress and increase energy-enriching quality of life.
• Produce a positive effect on structural growth. (Elliot, GM. CAPHER 1970).
• Contribute to academic progress by boosting self-esteem.
• Provide students with a better understanding of the WHY behind movement.
• Prove understanding of health-related fitness concepts.
• Teach safety techniques reducing accidents outside of school.
• Provide an outlet for creativity and self-expression.
• Increase awareness of physical opportunities within the community.
• Decrease anger, fatigue, and confusion. (International Society of Sport Psychology Vol. 20 No.10)
