This is a persuasive Power Point on children in sports

1. Children in Sports
• Sports at a young age teach children a lot of
things and benefit them in the long run.
• I'm going to discuss the benefits and things that
children will learn from participating in sports.

2. Relevance
• This information is going to be relevant for really
anyone who is a parent, plans to be a parents, or
is close with a child in their life.
• I think everyone can take something out of these
facts and information.

3. Benefits from sports
• Social Skills – Children in sports have to learn to
cooperate with other children, which teaches them
to get along and work together.
• Free Time – Children can potentially have a lot of
free time on their hands and organized sports are
a positive way to keep them out of trouble and
take up their time.
• These are just a few of many benefits to children.

4. The Facts
• Sports are great for children's physical activity.
• They benefit them in maintaining healthy bones,
joints and muscles.
• This picture shows the benefits of how kids do in
life who are active.

5. Facts
• The previous picture showed that active children
are 1/10 likely to be obese, receive up to 40%
higher test scores, less smoking, 15% more likely
to go to college, 7-8% higher annual earnings, etc.
• All these long term benefits come from simply
being active as a child. I think anyone should want
their kid to be active and participate in sports.

6. Personal experience
• As a child I explored many different sports and fell
in love with football. I looked up to many of the
older high school football players and wanted to
be just like them. I spent countless hours working
to achieve my goals to be good at something that I
loved. This taught me if you want something bad
enough you have to work for it. I worked and
eventually received a full scholarship to continue
this sport. I have never felt a better
accomplishment in my life and this all came from
starting sports at a young age. It taught me life
lessons I will keep forever.

7. Let kids find their passion
• With the great benefits and experiences I have
received from youth sports I ask to give your
children the same great experience that I think
every human deserves. Let them find their
passion and learn the many life skills that sports
will teach you.

8. Sources
• http://www.aspenprojectplay.org/the-facts
• http://arlingtonlittleleague.org/Page.asp?n=10971
6