Beyond the obvious health and activity benefits, sport can teach us much about life.
It teaches us about teamwork, it teaches us how to get along with others, and it teaches us to work together to achieve a common goal.
It’s also about trust and responsibility and about dealing with success and failure.
Sport also helps us learn about coping with pressure and the need to stick with training in order to improve.
As well as the benefits to individuals, sports and physical activity also bring great benefits to communities through such things as improved health and education, rehabilitation, crime prevention, and gender equality.