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If You Want Your Kid to Get Straight A’s, Play Soccer
Staff, APPS2022-11-28T02:21:03+00:00If You Want Your Kid to Get Straight A’s, Play Soccer The benefits of soccer are tremendous. Beyond the fun of the game itself, soccer teaches sportsmanship and teamwork, strengthens muscles, improves coordination and cardiovascular health, develops leadership skills, instills discipline, and increases confidence and self-esteem. And soccer is as much a mental game as it is a physical game, with research showing a strong relationship between physical exercise and academic achievement. For example, a longitudinal study involving 5000 children and adolescents revealed a strong correlation between exercise and test score success in Science, English and Math. Interestingly, this study [...]