Hockey has long been a popular sport all over the world. He hardens, brings up strong personality qualities, trains endurance. However, is hockey a suitable sport for your child?
Consider the features of this sport and its impact not only on the health of the child, but also on the family budget.
Pros:
- Due to the fact that hockey classes are in constant movement, they favorably affect the system blood circulation and heart muscle. Hockey lessons are shown even to children with heart defects (provided that they will be held with constant monitoring by the doctor).
- This game contributes to the development of the musculature of the legs, hands, as well as musculature of the shoulder girdle. So if you want to grow a child from a child, ready to stand up for yourself, pay attention not only to martial arts. A team game can teach more.
- Hockey is extremely strong in developing the reaction speed. Try to watch the game of football after watching the hockey match. It seems to you that the players literally do nothing on the field, so slowly the game develops there.
- It is proved that dry ice is useful in fighting and preventing respiratory diseases and asthma.
- Also, psychologists note the fact that hockey classes help children cope with their own aggression and are taught to control it. This is especially true of the so-called difficult teenagers.
Minuses:
- "The game for real men" - a traumatic sport and often has a negative impact on the musculoskeletal system of players. The back and joints of hockey players experience a strong load, not uncommon - bruises and even concussions.
- Hockey is an expensive sport. To record a child in hockey in a special section, parents will have to purchase a form for hockey. To put your child on hockey, you may need a hockey helmet, shorts, gloves, armor, elbow pads, shields. And all this is not at all cheap.
How to record a child in hockey?
First you need to find out which hockey sections are in the city and whether they exist at all, and how far from the house they are located. Ask and those who will train small athletes. Typically, the section takes children aged 5-6 years. Clarify the schedule to find out if hockey classes will coincide with the main activities at school.
Summarize. If your child does not have obvious problems with the musculoskeletal system, he does not suffer from excessive body weight, and you are not afraid to educate a person who is able to go to the end and defend his opinion, safely give the child to the hockey section. Even if he does not become a champion in his sport, hockey training for children will necessarily affect the ability to concentrate, overcome his own laziness and achieve his goals.