Ponders by Ponderosa Golf Issue 24
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PONDEROSA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB NEWSLETTER<br />
OUR KIDS MATTER<br />
Developing Life Skills through Sports<br />
emotional, and interpersonal benefits for growing<br />
up children.<br />
• Better vision. Children who spend time<br />
outdoor playing sports, are less likely to<br />
develop vision problems.<br />
• Healthy weight. Obesity is increasing in<br />
Malaysian children, but data shows that kids<br />
who are more active, especially after school,<br />
are more likely to be of normal weight.<br />
• Motor skills development. Sports<br />
participation helps with coordination and<br />
learning new skills.<br />
• Social skills development. Playing as a team<br />
means learning to work with others and to be<br />
inter-supportive of one another.<br />
Ready Steady Go Kids (RSGK), a popular Australian<br />
children multi-sports programme is the ideal<br />
activity if your children are aged between 2½ to<br />
6 years old.<br />
Rather than letting them be confined at home<br />
with electronic gadgets, going to the outdoors<br />
and playing sports has a range of physical,<br />
• Self-confidence. Success as a team member<br />
and an athlete builds confidence.<br />
• Sportsmanship. Learning fundamental rules<br />
of the game, respect for coaches and referees,<br />
and how to stay positive even when losing are<br />
all valuable life lessons.<br />
• Fun and enjoyment. Fun sports nurture<br />
lifelong love for sports in children.<br />
• Friendship. Playing sports allow children to<br />
meet new friends and to be sociable.
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