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Why do we play sports at all?

Made to Move
Why do we play sports at all?
You don't **need** to kick a ball around a field. You don't **need** to throw a disc through the air or sprint until you

You don't need to kick a ball around a field. You don't need to throw a disc through the air or sprint until your lungs burn. And yet parks fill with people doing exactly that, every single day, all over the world. Why?

Here's one reason: your body was built to move. For millions of years, humans survived by running, climbing, throwing, dodging. Your muscles and brain are waiting for that. When you play a sport, even a simple game of tag, your body lights up like a machine finally doing what it was designed for. It feels right.

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