HHIL inducing healthy hockey amongst children
Hockey, the national sport of India has seen an extensive journey from the past, till today. With the onset of the current HIL season, the sports fever is rising. The long forlorn game is receiving huge response from the youth. The Indian hockey players have gained huge recognition and popularity amongst the masses. The Indian captain, Sardara Singh, Ramandeep, Nikin Thimmaiah etc. are some of the most sought after players of HHIL. There ways are very pervasive and their scope of game is rather promising. They have been consistently performing well in national and domestic matches and their success directly reflected on the popularity of the game.
The younger generation is very enthusiastic about this new game format adopted by the national sport. The best hockey teams across the world are intermingled and are contending against each other under Indian Flagship. Printed jerseys, man-sized cutouts, flyers, TV ads, are to be seen everywhere. All this popularity is beneficial for the sport and spectators both. The game provides one of the healthiest entertainments and is an excellent physical and mental exercise.
It is for these reasons that some of the best international schools in India are planning to introduce it, as one of the necessary team sport in their curriculums. ‘It is an excellent physical, value imbibing and team building exercise, and the children are adapting to it quite well' says a faculty member from one of the most reputed boarding schools in India. The growing popularity of Indian Hockey Players has encouraged children partake in the sport rather than being a spectator.
The reasons why schools are also encouraging this trend are the numerous benefits of this game. Firstly, it is a great cardiovascular exercise. The increasing obesity and unhealthy eating habits in children have given rise to diseases like blood pressure and diabetes in them. Thus, encouraging them to take up the rigorous routine followed by best hockey teams is an ideal way to promote physical activity and healthy living.
Besides this, it builds up a strong character and a healthy approach. The team spirit teaches them the lessons of tolerance and acclimatization, the victories teach them humbleness and the defeats teach them to be modest. The rebuke in the learning process teaches them to handle constructive criticism and the strict regimen imbibes in them, the importance of discipline. The pivotal moments of the game teach them to be restrained, to organize their thoughts and perform under pressure while the quick turnaround of game teaches them the importance of each opportunity that life gives and every moment that we waste in indecisiveness.
Hence, the lessons are numerous, but it is the onset of a healthy habit that counts the most. This is induced as a result of the regained popularity of the sport.
The younger generation is very enthusiastic about this new game format adopted by the national sport. The best hockey teams across the world are intermingled and are contending against each other under Indian Flagship. Printed jerseys, man-sized cutouts, flyers, TV ads, are to be seen everywhere. All this popularity is beneficial for the sport and spectators both. The game provides one of the healthiest entertainments and is an excellent physical and mental exercise.
It is for these reasons that some of the best international schools in India are planning to introduce it, as one of the necessary team sport in their curriculums. ‘It is an excellent physical, value imbibing and team building exercise, and the children are adapting to it quite well' says a faculty member from one of the most reputed boarding schools in India. The growing popularity of Indian Hockey Players has encouraged children partake in the sport rather than being a spectator.
The reasons why schools are also encouraging this trend are the numerous benefits of this game. Firstly, it is a great cardiovascular exercise. The increasing obesity and unhealthy eating habits in children have given rise to diseases like blood pressure and diabetes in them. Thus, encouraging them to take up the rigorous routine followed by best hockey teams is an ideal way to promote physical activity and healthy living.
Besides this, it builds up a strong character and a healthy approach. The team spirit teaches them the lessons of tolerance and acclimatization, the victories teach them humbleness and the defeats teach them to be modest. The rebuke in the learning process teaches them to handle constructive criticism and the strict regimen imbibes in them, the importance of discipline. The pivotal moments of the game teach them to be restrained, to organize their thoughts and perform under pressure while the quick turnaround of game teaches them the importance of each opportunity that life gives and every moment that we waste in indecisiveness.
Hence, the lessons are numerous, but it is the onset of a healthy habit that counts the most. This is induced as a result of the regained popularity of the sport.
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