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| Article Name : | | | A VIEW-EFFECT OF SPORTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE | | Author Name : | | | GAYATRI | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-85 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | This manuscript states that sports effect positively on academic performance.
Sports and academic performance in adolescence is a matter of concern for teachers, parents and researchers. The supporters of sports program in educational institutions say that participation in sports improves students' grades, academic achievement, raises their educational aspirations, and keep them in schools and colleges. Critics say that participation in sports deflects time away from the classroom and divert students' attention from study. They further say that it is not possible for students to achieve excellence and satisfaction in sports as well as in education. A continuing debate about the role of sports and academic achievement of students has sports and physical activities raise the level of alertness (mental and physical) and improve intellectual functioning of the participants (Hills, 1998). | | Keywords : | | - academic performance
- educational institutions
- satisfaction in sports
- academic achievement.
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