Impact of Current Global Crisis on Children’s Social Skills

Alongside health concerns, the current crisis may have socially stunted your child. Because it has brought about a worldwide lockdown state, children’s interactions with other humans have become limited to that of their immediate family, and any pets, if lucky.

Lack of social interaction is creating a domino effect on children across the world. This isolation is not only creating a deterioration in social skills but also when children are asked these days about how they feel, the most common answers received are ‘bored’ and ‘lonely’. There is a disruption in the child’s cognitive and emotional stability which could, in turn, create a harmful effect on the child’s mental health. This further contributes to the lack of overall development in the child.

How Parents Can Help their Children

One of the ways to help as a parent is by enrolling your children in a Youth Basketball League to develop social skills. By making your children part of a basketball team, the following are the social benefits:

Encourages Team Spirit

Playing basketball helps foster a sense of community and teamwork. Your children will have the chance to positively interact with people from different backgrounds, which can broaden their perspective.

Plus, they will learn to play fairly and graciously regardless of the outcome of their performance. They and their teammates can aim to be supportive, positive role models for each other.

Develops Communication Skills

Communication is the key to being social. Like any other team sport, in basketball, players have to express their expectations, concerns, disappointments, and even their weakness to their teammates, captain, and coaches. They celebrate their success together and also learn from their mistakes. As your children interact with their teammates, they may learn new ways to communicate verbally and nonverbally.

Teaches Teamwork

As social beings, very often we need to be shown the appreciation of working with others. Basketball is a team sport and a sports team can’t succeed without the conjoint effort of all the team members. And appropriate teamwork requires a friendly relationship between the teammates along with the coordination, consistency, collaboration, and contribution of everyone to the team.

Teaches How to Manage Conflicts

Conflicts appear in all respects of our life. Conflicts are also present in the game of basketball as well as in all team sports. Coaches love to teach how to manage different types of conflicts. As a result, players can easily handle and manage any conflict not only in their games but also in their social and practical life. Moreover, learning to manage and resolve perplexing conflict plays a vital role to keep your family relationships healthy.

Improves Decision Making Skill

Like any other exciting sport, basketball encourages the players to take the right decision at the right time. It teaches when to shoot the ball, when to pass it and even when to let the defenders get the ball which undoubtedly promotes their critical decision-making skill in every aspect of their life.

Teaches Time Management

Coaches teach a rule to the basketball players and that is - “basketball isn’t the game of your height and strength, but it’s the game of timing and position.” Basketball players have to maintain a minute-by-minute routine as they've got a lot of responsibilities including their academic study, strength training, practicing various drills, and participating in the games. This makes them punctual in every aspect of their life and helps them focus on achieving their goals sooner.

Builds Strong Sense of Community

A sense of community is a source of nourishment and satisfaction. Because of this sense, together we stand against any social calamity, we celebrate social festivals and we enjoy social ties. Instead of improving personal skill level, basketball emphasizes boosting team strength. It’s a must for the basketball players to have a strong sense of community to defeat the opposing team on the court.

Helps to Meet New People

Introverts never like to meet new people. But, playing basketball creates such an amazing atmosphere that everybody enjoys meeting new people. Nobody dislikes the claps from the gallery. A basketball player may have to travel from state to state to participate in the various leagues. Participating in basketball games creates an opportunity to meet new people and create new friends.

Teaches to Respect Others

We know how to respect our parents and teachers and any big authority. But respecting opponents is crucial to assure a peaceful social life. Basketball teaches how to respect the coaches, it teaches how to admire the teammates, it also teaches how to obey the team captain. It even teaches the best way to respect the opponents.

What are you waiting for? Enroll your child in the best Basketball Youth Program in Los Angeles. At Royal Basketball School, we are eager to bring out the best in your child. We are here to develop great athletes and greater people. Call us at 310-744-503 and visit our website at royalbasketballschool.com to see our programs for basketball teams of four-year-olds up to fourteen-year-olds.

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