Our children are our best resources, right? We need to prepare them to become positive contributors to society and to prepare them for what the real world will be like. What is the best way to prepare children for this? Team sports.

Regardless of the level, having children involve themselves in team sports is the best way to teach children the skills necessary to handle themselves in the real world.

Let’s take soccer for example. In soccer, up to 11 players from one team can be on the field at any given time. Including the other team, 22 players can be lined up on one field. With all of those players, how on Earth will things stay organized? Communication and discipline. This goes for other team sports as well. Soccer, basketball, football, and baseball all require a certain level of communication and discipline in order to win.

Involving children in team sports will force them to be more social which will increase their communication skills. In a workplace environment, communicating with your co-workers is the key to being a part of a successful, organized company.

If you and your co-workers need to create a proposal or presentation, wouldn’t it be nice to communicate with those group members in order to properly delegate the work? The same thing can be said about soccer. If you and your teammates need to score a goal, you need to communicate with them so that all of the team members can do their specific jobs.

Why team sports instead of individual sports? In individual sports, you are playing for yourself and all of the personal accolades. Take wrestling for example. In wrestling, your primary objective is to pin your opponent to the floor. All of that relies on you and you alone. Sure, your coach is off to the side suggesting certain moves for you to attempt and trying to encourage you, but there is nobody else there.

This is why it team sports are so important in the development of our children. Teaching them to work with other and communicate will do nothing but benefit them in the present as well as the future. If you want to see your children succeed and become a positive member of society, you should look into getting them involved in team sports as soon as you can.