THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND KINDNESS IN SPORTS

Abstract

Today, kindness is perceived only as helping someone. Kindness is not done only as material support. Kindness is what a person offers and shares goodness and beauty with himself, his immediate environment and society at large. One of the social activities that a person can offer to himself and society is exercise and sports. Sports activities are carried out in all societies to achieve various goals. Sports events are a topic that people all over the world talk about, discuss and raise on social media. Research shows that the goals of participation in sports activities vary depending on society and individual. As a profession, sports activities are carried out with the aim of achieving and maintaining health, efficient use of free time, reducing stress and psychological peace, creating a friendly environment, increasing awareness, increasing productivity and social communication. Today, according to the World Health Organization, about 60% of the world's population does not meet the recommended minimum daily physical activity. All over the world, health problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle pose a threat to society and individual health. One of the factors that creates and ensures the physical, mental and social well-being of people is sport and physical exercise. All sports and physical activities are dominated by values such as goodness, beauty, happiness, responsibility and mutual assistance. You can have a physically fresh, healthy and beautiful body through sports. Getting out of stress and a stressful environment for a short time, relaxation, gaining a sense of success and self-confidence are the psychological foundations of sports. Social cohesion, friendship and socialization can be attributed to the social effects and benefits of sport in building a democratic society. This study discussed in this context is a qualitative study, a theoretical study resulting from a literature review. This is to show that sport is an activity that promotes a state of virtue and well-being. In this context, exercise should be perceived as a physical benefit for oneself and society.

Keywords

Sport, kindness, sport and virtue