Doing exercise/ playing sports release chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins are happy hormones can have a huge impact on mood. It reduces anxiety and also plays an important role reducing perception of pain.
I think that practising sports, or any physical activity can improve our mental health.
All the research I’ve come across suggest a positive correlation between physical activity and mental health.
If you're particularly interested in team sports and mental health, "The Effect of Team Sports On Mental Health In Adolescents" - https://soar.suny.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12648/4006/pes_synthesis/61/fulltext%20(1).pdf?sequence=1 offers a nice literature review.
If you want to dive a bit deeper into the subject, you might take a look at "Sport and Physical Activity for Mental Health" - https://www.academia.edu/17351578/Sport_and_Physical_Activity_for_Mental_Health. This book is all about physical activity, sport and mental health. It explores the ways in which various forms of physical activity and sport contribute to recovery among people who have at some time in their life been diagnosed with a mental illness.
Doing exercise/ playing sports release chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins are happy hormones can have a huge impact on mood. It reduces anxiety and also plays an important role reducing perception of pain.
I think that practising sports, or any physical activity can improve our mental health.
All the research I’ve come across suggest a positive correlation between physical activity and mental health.
If you're particularly interested in team sports and mental health, "The Effect of Team Sports On Mental Health In Adolescents" - https://soar.suny.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.12648/4006/pes_synthesis/61/fulltext%20(1).pdf?sequence=1 offers a nice literature review.
If you want to dive a bit deeper into the subject, you might take a look at "Sport and Physical Activity for Mental Health" - https://www.academia.edu/17351578/Sport_and_Physical_Activity_for_Mental_Health. This book is all about physical activity, sport and mental health. It explores the ways in which various forms of physical activity and sport contribute to recovery among people who have at some time in their life been diagnosed with a mental illness.