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Psychological Aspects MODULE-2
Dimension of Physical
Education and Yog
Physical
development

Emotional Cognitive
development development

Note

Neuro-
Social muscular
development development

Figure 6.1: Determinants of Personality

A sport is understood as all forms of physical activity that contribute to physical
fitness, mental wellbeing and social interaction. Sport includes play, recreation,
casual and organized competitive sport and indigenous sports or games. Athletes
may have a lot of opportunities to participate in competition at higher level.

Sport is the medium for athlete development in which they develop not only
physically but emotionally, socially and cognitively. These developments have
their own importance that helps an individual to become mature to play a vital
role in society. Therefore sport has been followed by many different societies.
Let’s talk about the development of individual in terms of physical, cognitive,
neuro-muscular, social and emotional aspects, which have been explained in
detail below.

Physical Development
The functional quality of the organic systems could be improved through running,
jogging, walking or participating in other sports activity such as volleyball,
football, basketball, swimming or any other activity. Players improve the ability
to delay their fatigue, ability to recover fast than who do not participate in the
vigorous physical activity, which means those who are regularly participating in
the activity can perform their daily routine work without fatigue. Furthermore,
they improve their health related components such as cardiovascular function,
body composition, strength, flexibility, that are essential for physiological
functioning.
Social Development

Sports play a very important role in social development. Players have to
participate in competition and to perform as per the rules. In this way an individual

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