**Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, MGM Medical College, Sector-1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Find articles by Rakesh Ghildiyal **Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, MGM Medical College, Sector-1, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Address for correspondence: Dr Rakesh Ghildiyal, 103/104, Shanti Sadan, Plot 39, Sector-15, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 703, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: moc.liamg@lihgkar *Revised, updated version of the BPS Presidential Address delivered on 24 April 2011. Received 2014 Dec 16; Revised 2015 Feb 26; Accepted 2015 Feb 27. Copyright : © Mens Sana Monographs This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Sports helps an individual much more than in the physical aspects alone. It builds character, teaches and develops strategic thinking, analytical thinking, leadership skills, goal setting and risk taking, just to name a few. Keywords: Analytical thinking, Goal setting, Leadership skills, Presidential Address, Psychology, Risk taking, Sports, Strategic thinking Today, I am going to speak on psychology and sports. By sports my reference is not on creating champions but as a means to developing a:
We are all well aware of the fact that participating in sports/physical activity develops the five components of fitness, namely: strength, speed, skill, stamina and flexibility. We all remember April 2nd 2011, here in Mumbai, when we won the Cricket World Cup. On my way back from the Wankhede Stadium, there were wild celebrations all over Mumbai, across the streets all the way up to Vashi, Navi Mumbai; and I am sure the celebrations were equally ecstatic across the country. Unifying all, across lines of age, religion, caste, socio-economic status, educational qualifications, position held in society. Well, that is the effect of sports. ‘Healthy Mind In a healthy Body’, and ‘Healthy Body in a Healthy Mind’. Both these statements are 100% true.
I will divide my further talk into two parts:
Sports is a learning experience. Of all who take up sports only one may eventually become a champion, but definitely all will be winners. Sports has helped me and the principles of sports continue to help me through difficult times. Sports help students study better, improves concentration, problem solving, memory. Sports teaches one to develop the following:
Now, to the second half of my talk. This section includes important aspects of psychology in sports which I shall present as points:
Playing sports or engaging in extracurricular activities play an important part in one's character/personality development. One develops management skills, negotiation skills, communication skills, convincing skills, conflict management and confidence.
Rakesh Ghildiyal MD is presently Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, MGM Medical College, Navi Mumbai, since 2001. He is also Consultant Psychiatrist, MGM's New Bombay Hospital, Vashi and a Consultant Psychiatrist in private practice at Vashi, Navi Mumbai since the past 25 years. He is a Postgraduate (MD) teacher in Psychiatry and a PhD guide. He is a keen sportsman having represented his College in Badminton and Football and won the All India Inter-Medical Badminton Championship in 1980. A keen trekker (high altitude), he has done Everest Base Camp (Gorakhshep and Kaala Patther-approx. 18,500 feet) in 1992. I humbly acknowledge my parents, my teachers, my mentors, my guide, and last but not the least my wife and my son. Conflict of interest None declared. Declaration This is my original unpublished article, not submitted for publication elsewhere. CITATION: Ghildiyal R. Role of sports in the development of an individual and role of psychology in sports. Mens Sana Monogr 2015;13:165-170. Peer reviewer for this paper: Anon Articles from Mens Sana Monographs are provided here courtesy of Wolters Kluwer -- Medknow Publications |