Explain the role of physical education & sports in the development of the personality?

Personality, “Personality is that qualiting which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation”.

The personality of an individual consists of four dimensions such as physical, mental, intellectual, social & emotional. Sports & games play a vital role in the development of all aspects of personality in the following ways :-

1. Physical development: When an individual participates in the sports & games, he goes through various kinds of exercise activities & Training programme. These training programme & exercise make him physically good. His physique becomes strong & ultimate and his appearance becomes attractive & impressive. The physical base is the Ist dimension of personality which can be easily develop through the games & sports.
2. Mental Development : Mental capabilities & intelligence can be improved with help of participatation in sports & games. We learn many techniques, tacties, skills, rules & regulation, fitness exercises learning of all these, improve the mental motor coordination.
3. Social Development: When an individual participate in various the training programme, tournaments, he comes in the contract of various peoples such as our teammates, other team members, coaches, officials, audience etc. From there he learns a lot of good social qualities like co-operation, courtesy, fair play sportsmanship, tolerance, sympathy, brotherhood, the obedience of rules & regulations to remain in discipline, respect, self-respect etc.
4. Emotional development: when an individual participates in games & sports he deals many Situation-wanted & unwanted, make him/her emotionally strong. Sportsmen to learn to tackle & behave in very stable manners in any situation. By these participation, stable emotion all personality development in the various situation is in a loving situation.