Name Coach Gray Date 3/30/19

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Topic How Playing Sports Benefits Your Body and Your Brain
What I Know What I Want to Know What I Learned

 Sports burn fat  What affects do  Sports benefits

sports have on our include:
 Increase minds? - Strengthens
cardiovascular bones
functions (blood  Is it better to do - Lowers
flow, etc.) sports or just cholesterol
exercise - Decrease risk of
 Promotes social recreationally? stroke &
interaction/skills diabetes
 What other  Sports help our
 Teaches value of important body brain release
winning and losing and brain benefits chemicals called
come from sports? “Endorphins”;
 Teach leaderships which will help
roles sharpen focus and
increase better
 Increases positive moods and
life habits such as memory
- Eating habits
- No smoking  We learn how to
- No drinking trust, help and
work with others

 Sports help to
establish regular
routine exercise
Name Coach Gray Date 3/30/19

Q1) Why might learning Q2) In addition to Q3) Playing sports, or

to accept defeat be building new friendships, exercise in general,
beneficial in the long what are some other increases endorphins.
run? What do athletes benefits of the communal What benefits do
learn after suffering a experience of being on a increased endorphins
tough loss? team? offer?

Learning to accept defeat Being on a team teaches Endorphins are

can help people grow people how to understand chemicals released by
into better people. If we others own perspectives. the brain. They are the
are always winning all We might learn how controllers of pain and
the time we never will others view the world or pleasure hormones. Lead
know how to lose and task. (Ex. Maybe James to feelings of euphoria or
understand alternative knows a trick to shooting “runners high”. High
perspectives. Losing a basketball that could amounts of endorphins
teaches us how to adapt benefit Tony) We learn to lead to consistent
and improve in establish roles that also positive moods,
something. Athletes that translate in the real world. improved memory and
lose learn how to stay These roles could be: focused.
humble. They learn from - Leader
what mistakes they made - Entertainer/Joker
so they can better - Motivator
prepare through practice - Supporter
and advance to the next Typically, these roles are
level in their developed based on
performance. personality characteristics
but can change over time
as a person grows.