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Abstract : Sport and games become crucial roles in helping the development of human minds and body especially for children. Parents should encourage their children to get involved in sports from the early childhood. Sports activities could prevent them from involving in negative activities, yet increasing the quality of life. This paper examined the involvement of students in sports activities during the school holidays. They normally have fewer activities during this leisure time and have more tendencies to get involve in negative activities if not guided towards the positive activities. A total of 261 students from two daily schools in Pune were involved in this study. About 41 percent or 107 students are interested in sports and many of them like to play badminton, cricket, volleyball and Basketball. The result also shows that students need additional facilities such as Kho kho center and swimming pool to ensure they could try another type of sport. By providing the facilities according to their interest could give them more enjoyment and exposure to the new sport activities. The students also could experiencing the healthy life style and be prevented from joining the negative activities. Hence, the finding of this study is hoped to provide useful information in improving the quality of life among students especially for secondary school level.