Most of today’s post-college generations are no longer engaged in competitive sports, including women. Even if competitive sports were a part of our childhood to college years, chances are we get too preoccupied with other things to find time to participate in sports competitions. We have fond recollections of playing and we would have a blast if we participated in a friendly game with our friends, co-workers or neighbors, but we don’t. Sad to say, but you are losing a lot of good things and opportunities if you don’t. Let me give you some reasons why you should:
Competitive sports get us moving. Our speed may have dropped off through the years. In fact, most of us are sure to have been slowed down a bit by age. Fortunately, the same applies to most of our friends and family as well. On top of that, our friends and family could all benefit by getting outside and playing a nice rousing game of the sport of our choosing. We’ll all breath deeper, laugh harder, and, in the end, rest better after a bit of friendly competition.
Competitive sports also help us to stay in touch. With our hectic schedules, we often get so wrapped up in the necessities and mundane tasks of daily life that we forget to socialize. Humans are social creatures and we are healthier when we get a chance to interact meaningfully with friends, family or friendly co-workers.
Competitive sports could get us stay in tip-top shape. The physical, emotional, social and mental requirements to stay competitive and strong would surely keep those lagging if not aging muscles and desires from continuing so. The thrill, the excitement, the friendliness, the glorious memories could hold our youth to a standstill. We wouldn’t want our friendly competitors to trounce us so easily, so we would be forced to prepare through exercise and strategic planning. Our preparations and the actual games will surely strengthen us physically and spiritually.
But, with the way things are going on with our jobs and responsibilities, actually getting out and playing can be a big challenge. We have to settle schedule conflicts for ourselves and our potential team mates and we always have so many other things on our endless "to do" lists. Getting set up with a local league in the sport of your choice may help you get out and play. Sometimes we need to make a commitment to ourselves and others in order to ensure that we will follow through with our plans to play.
Many towns, cities, and local communities offer competitive sports leagues through their parks systems. These offer locations for practices and games and game schedules. Though some just offer the basics like baseball, basketball and football, some also have soccer, volleyball, or even tennis. Leagues vary from competitive to casual and teams can even be set up as a family, friend or work group who wants to play together.
If you are more interested in a casual game-setting, then getting a smaller group together regularly for a game of three on three basketball using the basketball hoops in your driveway or at the park. Or maybe a game of touch football might be the perfect thing for you. You get all of the benefits of revisiting your glory days with a group of friends without the long-term commitment to a team schedule.
Playing sports made you happy in your younger years. It might be just the thing now. There are so many benefits to getting moving and competitive sports are a great way to do it.
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