When it comes to teaching, there are many ways and types of methods that you can use to teach your students. One of the most common teaching methods is through sports education. This type of teaching style is best used for elementary school students. According to Daryl Siedentop, a professor at Ohio State University, he believes classes should teach children skills, teamwork and the importance of each sport or activity. Sports education recreates the meaning of gymnastics classes. Sports education is a physical activity governed by a set of rules or customs. This usually makes children want to be competitive against each other and it teaches them the importance of a winner and a loser. This type of teaching helps students learn to play sports and gets them involved. The sooner you start using this method, the sooner children will learn the basic functions and skills behind the activities. As children begin to understand the sport or activity being taught, they will want to start doing more activities in and out of class. Sport is very important in a person's life because it keeps you involved, fit, healthy and it shows the importance of competition and teamwork. The main goals of sports education are to help students become familiar with different sports and activities to the point where they can participate outside of class to stay active. It also teaches execution and strategies and encourages competitiveness. It is important for children to be competitive because they will need to be competitive in life and this will teach them the importance of winning and losing the right way. “Sports provide a great opportunity for children to work cooperatively toward a common goal. And working in a cooperative... middle of paper..., young children can lose interest if they are not good at it, and it can embarrass them. Sports education is provided and taught by teachers to engage children in physical activity and keep them motivated to learn. The most important thing is to make children want to come to class and to keep them in good physical shape. In the long term, sports education benefits every child involved and we hope that they will want to continue doing sports and activities outside of the classroom for the rest of their lives. Works Cited Griffin, Robert. Sport in the lives of children and adolescents. 1998. 17-18. Print.Sport Parent. Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc, 1994. 16. Print.http://www.preservearticles.com/2012032128174/what-is-sport-education.htmlwww.uta.edu/faculty/lnelson/4320%20CH1.pptwww.pecentral. org/lessonideas/SportEducationmodelStudentWork.ppt