The Place of Language in Ensuring Safety in School and Community Based Sports Programmes

Sports is one of the factors which brings people together or establishes contact between them as they relish various programmes offered by sports. Human relations are organic characteristics of sports. Since sports is a vehicle for unity and nation building, this paper examined the concept of sports and effective communication and its relevance in sports programmes. The paper stated the importance of proper understanding of language as a means of communication and its usefulness in ensuring safety in school and community based sports competitions.