The Importance of Playing Sports as a Teenager: Every year, millions of children around the world grow up never learning how to play sports. Over the last few decades, the United States and other parts of the world have seen a dramatic decrease in the number of children playing sports, whether that be competitively or recreationally. Our screens play a big role in that statistic. Over the past few years, more and more teenagers have opted out of recreational or even competitive sports in order to play video games or focus on schoolwork. Sports provide teenagers with skillsets that they cannot achieve anywhere else. Teenagers playing sports are able to work better with a team, able to work and communicate well with others, and are simply better equipped for the challenges they inevitably face every day. ...
