Sports And Youth Development Among Universities In The West African Region

G A Deemua

doi:10.14738/assrj.612.7409

Abstract

In all societies of the world, a virile youth is the bedrock on which national integration and development is predicated. The youths are the background and the building blocks of any nation. Man, today is enjoying lot of luxuries providing by the advanced technological development on one hand and facing lot of physical, mental, emotional, and social problems on the other. Collectively, all these factors affect family life, society and nation adversely in the long run. Further, advancement in recreational gadgets like T.V., Cable T.V., Video-CD games, computer games have made the child to have less interest in physical activity training resulting in some many crimes and delinquencies among children and youths. The nexus between youth and sport is development. Absolutely, sport if properly managed can be used to develop and take the youths out of the street and provide opportunities for youths to learn some of life’s importance lessons for a better youthful society. The focus of this paper is to examine sports as a veritable tool for youth development. It highlighted youths skill development in sports, youths sports involvement and crime control, sports and youth restiveness and youth character development. It also presented the challenges facing the youths in sports. It concluded with recommendations which include harnessing the potential of sports by putting in place policies and programmes that can put our youth on the right path at all levels of education.

Highlights

The youths are the future nation of tomorrow
In all societies of the world, a virile youth is the bedrock on which national integration and development is predicated
Because sports and recreational activities have a strong appeal for children and youth, anti-social behaviour like stealing, kidnapping, cultism and drug abuse are less likely to flourish in communities where opportunities for wholesome sports and recreation are abundant and attractive

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Introduction

The youths are the future nation of tomorrow. They are the life wire of the nation. Sports And Youth Development Among Universities In The West African Region. This position is given credence by the researcher, who asserts that sports has been seen as a major instrument for achieving the goal of unity, political stability and equality of opportunity and for circumvening situations which may give rise to social vices and conflict.

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