BACKGROUND



There are many benefits of regular participation in sport and physical education, including physical, psychological, social and intellectual. Physical benefits of regular participation in sport and physical education are physical fitness, sport skill and active life style. Psychological benefits are the improvements of self esteem, self perception and psychological well-being. Social advantages can be gained through social interaction while playing sport or task in physical education, they are cooperation, leadership, and empathy. For intellectual benefits, it has already been proved by the results of many modern researches showing that physical activities encourage cognitive performance by directly influencing brain work or modifying learning behaviour. Human resources with high physical, psychological, social and intellectual quality will enable a society to resolve the society’s problems. Thus, sport and physical education can play important role in improving people’s quality of life.