There are many benefits of yoga for kids who play baseball.
In the movie A League of Their Own, Tom Hanks famously chided a player, saying "There's no crying in baseball!" If anything, the sport requires a sharp mental focus and nimbleness on one's feet. Luckily, focus is just one of the benefits of yoga for kids who play baseball.
Players on the Jeffersonville High School baseball team are practicing the mind-body regimen during their off-season on the recommendation of their coach, according to The Courier-Journal. The exercises are meant to improve the players' strength, flexibility and focus.
"Everything springs from the core," said yoga instructor Karen Moreno Lawyer, as quoted by the news source. "If you have a strong core, the rest of the body will be strong as well."
While some of the players were initially hesitant to practice yoga because of preconceived notions, several have noticed positive changes in their body. Furthermore, they can see that yoga has a calming effect on the mind, which can help players stay in the game (so to speak).
Baseball players in Washington should have no problem looking for Seattle yoga classes. As of 2005, there were more than 70,000 certified yoga instructors around the country, according to U.S. News and World Report. When it comes to practitioners, the number of people performing yoga exercises increased from 4.3 million in 2001 to about 14.3 million in 2010.
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Better concentration and more flexibility for sports is only part of the benefit these kids are getting. I’m sure that they are also improving in school as well.