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How can Personal Physical Fitness Affect your Academic Performance

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN

MARACAS ROYAL ROAD, MARACAS, ST. JOSEPH.

Research Paper

An Assignment
Presented in Partial Fulfilment
of the Requirements for the Course
PEAC110 Personal Physical Fitness.

INSTRUCTOR: Krishna Samai

By

Anna-Marie Campo

26 November 2022

Approval………………
How can Personal Physical Fitness Affect your Academic Performance

Personal Physical Fitness and Its Effects on Academic Performance

Physical fitness is known internationally as a means of staying healthy and keeping fit, it

is less known however for the vast amount of benefits it has on the performance of students in

schools. Personal Physical Fitness is said to have many advantageous properties in relation to

academic performance. Physical activity is said to promote brain power; assist students with

motivation, concentration, memory and reasoning skills as well as improve classroom attitudes

and behaviors (Hol,2020).

Personal physical fitness promotes brain power. Studies have shown that a few minutes

of physical fitness a day can increase the rate at which persons have brain synapses which are

faster and stronger than a normal brain synapse (Hol, 2020). This in turn results in higher levels

of academic performance in areas such as mathematics and english. Physical activity increases

the flow of oxygen to the brain and this also aids in the increase of brain power in individuals.

Physical activity assists students with motivation, concentration, memory and reasoning skills.

It is believed that physical fitness enhances basic cognitive function and in doing so facilitates a

person's attention and memory learning skills (Kohl & Cook, 2013). Studies show that after

participating in physical activities, students respond more quickly and accurately when given

cognitive tasks. According to Kohl and Cook, 2013, "A single bout of moderate-intensity

physical activity has been found to increase neural and behavioral concomitants associated with

the allocation of attention to a specific cognitive task”. It is also noted that when physical activity

is used during recreation periods, the attention of students increase upon returning to their

academic duties. Students' working memories are also said to show improvement when they

partake in extracurricular physical fitness programs.


How can Personal Physical Fitness Affect your Academic Performance

Physical fitness improves classroom attitudes and behaviors. Its shown that students who

participate in physical fitness programs have better attitudes and less behavior problems than

persons who do not participate in physical fitness programs, which in turn improves students

academic performance. Physical activities are said to stimulate the brain to release endorphins

which are known to enhance a person's mood and improve their energy levels. When these

endorphins are released in students it allows them to have an increase in self-confidence and

better resilience making way for improved attitudes in the classroom. Physical activities helps to

improve the concentration of students in the classroom as well as allows them to remain focused

on tasks rather than giving in to disruptive behaviors and fidgeting in class.

There are many ways in which physical activities contribute and help to maintain the

academic performance of students, some of which are covered in this paper. Physical fitness

activities promote brain power; assists students to concentrate, stay motivated, maintain their

memory and reasoning skills, physical fitness activities also help students to improve and

maintain their attitudes and behaviors in the classroom.


How can Personal Physical Fitness Affect your Academic Performance

References

Hol, T. (2020). How does physical activity affect academic performance?.

https://www.physioinqsouthpenrith.com.au/blog/how-physical-activity-affect-academic-

performance

Kohl HW., Cook HD.(2013). Physical Activity, Fitness, and Physical Education: Effects on

Academic Performance. . NCBI Bookshelf.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK201501/

Singh, A., Uijtdewilligen, L., Twisk, J. W., Van Mechelen, W., & Chinapaw, M. J. (2012).
Physical activity and performance at school: a systematic review of the literature
including a methodological quality assessment. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent
medicine, 166(1), 49-55.

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