Driving+Question

What are the benefits of athletics in a young person's life?

Herr Martin....I'm not really very interested in my question but I'm not sure which other direction I should wander off in...help? Well, we need to find out what you mean by benefits. Do you think that involvement in athletics helps one socially, academically, etc.. Maybe rephrase your question with such parameters:

In addition to the obvious physical benefits, how does involvement in athletics improve an adolescent's life, both socially and academically? Just an idea....keep playing around with it.