Sports environment is the condition & circumstance under which a sports person indulge in sports activity. It includes areas like grounds, indoor stadium, sports complex, health clubs, indoor play field, indoor halls, gymnasiums, podiums, courts, parks etc.
Various essential elements of sports environment are:
(a) Infrastructural set up.
(b) Equipment facilities and its maintenance.
(c) Duties of players, expert staff and organisation. It is needed for physical activities like training, playing games, practicing fitness work and physical recreational activities.
(d) Good sports environment provides opportunity for growth and development of individuals.
(e) It helps to improve the efficiency of a person and motivates to perform in physical activities.
(f) This helps in preventing from various health problems and keeping a person fit.
(g) It provides place for organizing various competitions.
(h) It is a socially interactive place and serves as mass collective place where people could gather and perform physical activities.
Thus, a good sports environment helps in overall health maintenance, social interaction and building competitive environment in the society.
