there is an idiom in hindi which roughly translates as if you spend your time playing you will be spoilt for life but if you study you will be king thereby laying the root in the thought that academics will always be considered a notch above sports and that sports should be ignored fortunately we know better in todays day and age sports and physical activity is just as important as studies because the former enhances brain function cognition and increases levels of norepinephrine and endorphins because of enhanced blood flow to the brain which are so critical to the academic growth of any individual and especially youngsters sports assist in development of core skillssuch as the brains ability to think read learn memorize and problem solving these skills come in handy even in academics thereby aiding in personality development too research studies have proved that sport impacts ones personality positively as it inculcates the spirit of sportsmanship camaraderie on field teamwork and playing by turns by amalgamating the two supposedly divergent streams of sports and academia it has been established that it betters a students learning ability grasping power assessing information and knowledge which can be fruitfully applied to organizational and teamwork skills effectively students participating in extracurricular activities involving sports are more committed towards school work as well as supporting their classmates in a spirit of teamwork team based sports are focused on a shared sense of identity for the mutual purpose of winning a game its empowering for those marginalized to be included in the team and therefore sports also foster a sense of inclusivity to state the most obvious benefit playing different sports keeps you fit and healthy too which in turn keeps you more active and alert incorporating sports routinely in your schedule leads to impacting academic performance as well research studies show that children who participate in physical activities as laid out in the school curriculum report lesser levels of substance abuseexperts now lay equal emphasis on sports and academics and insist that it is only a matter of balancing the two disciplines in order to do justice to both it will help if you manage your time and prioritize tasks for the day if you work within your selfassigned time slots and ensure that you stick to each time zone it will be ensured that one is not compromised at the expense of the other being involved in both sports and academics forces one to respect time more time is best utilized best if one factors in that weekends can be time zones devoted to sports and physical activities matches or sports meets can be planned in advance clearing the weeks schedule immediately and not leaving it pending for the next hour or the next day goes a long way in planning ones time sticking to the schedule stops one from wasting ones time sports in schools empower teenagers to develop skills knowledge and networks to not only ace their classwork and homework