Educational and preventive value of Physical and Sports Education

Abstract

Physical and Sports Education pursues the objective of the harmonious development of the individual’s personality achieved through movement. The recognition of equal dignity in the language of the body, to better say of communication through the movement, as a mediator and an instrument of connection with the languages of other school disciplines substantiates its educational-formative value.
Physical and sports education, in relation to the areas of intervention, takes on educational and preventive connotations, investing both the relational and the physical-organic environment, benefiting from the advantages induced by the movement.
The relational context contributes to the development of the individual seen as a psychophysical unit, that relates to others and to the world, and to improve the ability to adapt to problem situations to favor the inclusive process with the improvement of self-esteem and a good relationship with his body. The physical-organic environment refers to the detoxification of the organism
and to the disposal of excess calories, to the tonicity conditions of the locomotor apparatus, to the procrastination of the risk of the onset of osteoporosis and to the acquisition of skills and competences related to knowledge of one’s body and the concepts of coordination, spatio-temporal organization, movement control. The preventive aspect must be investigated in order to avoiding or postponing pathological outbreaks, particularly as regards postural defects and prattognosic manifestations indicating discomfort and possible repercussions on disability.