Influence of Sports Engagement to the Development of Life Skills of Students

Abstract

Although there are several life skills benefits resulting from participation in school or out-of-school sports activities, some students of Panabo District do not always experience the positive outcomes that other populations share. A review of the available research literature indicates that most problems observably occur in an environment, such as schools of today’s generation in our society is being exposed to a more liberated and democratic life which were labeled as more at-risk adolescents who do not possess the life skills, they need in becoming responsible members of society. The research has not come across deeply understanding the perception of young minds that sports are beneficial to the development of the whole being. Thus, the urgency is to conduct a study to explore how perceived life skills were developed through engaging in sports in favorable conditions. This thesis aims to contribute to the current understanding and practices within students’ development in life and the self itself and to better understand the state of the current literature relating to the development of life skills through the influence of sports engagement.