Essay About Sports

Sports are a popular pastime among all ages and types of people. People not only participate in them for fun, but also for money, physical fitness, rush of competition, and for many other personal reasons. Playing sports is especially common among young people in schools. Athletics are great and enjoyable for many reasons, but there can be a point where sports participation can go too far and become negative for children and adults. Sports specialization for young people is an increasing trend that results in sports having a negative impact on individuals and society.

Sports have existed ever since the beginning of mankind. Because of this they have become integrated into our society and have became a part of our culture. Their is naysayers in our society that have challenged the benefits that sports bring to society. However, these claims are wrong and illogical. Sports, on balance, are beneficial to society and can be helpful in numerous ways to not only people who play and watch sports, but even to people who don’t.

Sports today are popular not only in the United States, but also throughout the rest of the world. Due to the fact that sports have such a large impact on the world around us, it is common to grasp their effects on us as a society. Personality is who you are or accordingly, is defined as the sum of all physical, mental and sociable characteristics. It is important to understand the positive and negative side effects of being heavily involved in sports. What I have experienced from being involved in sports throughout my childhood and into my teenage years was that my personality was developed through sports and made me who I have become. The results I came across while writing this paper have only increased my bias to the topic even if it still needed to be proven with facts. Sports have a positive effect on a person, much like it did on me mentally, socially, and physically. I came to my topic when I was trying to figure out what I was passionate enough to write about. Sports have always played an enormous role in my life and I had the opportunity to show how it affects people’s day to day lives.

In the main event, Georges St-Pierre cemented his legacy and reminded everyone that he’s on a short list of greatest UFC fighters of all time. The former, longtime UFC welterweight champion returned to the Octagon for the first time in four years and captured a tremendous upset over Michael Bisping to win the UFC middleweight title. St-Pierre became just the fourth fighter in UFC history to hold championships in two different weight classes after submitting Bisping in the third round.

In the book entitled A Sociological Perspective of Sports, Wilbert Marcellus Leonard II says, “Many of us have strong opinions as to the value of competitive sports. Some of our beliefs are based on personal experiences, others are not” (219). I have my own strong opinions about the value of sports, most of which are based on personal experiences. I have been surrounded by, and involved in, competitive level sports my entire life.

Sports have come a long way since basketball was played with milk crates and flat balls in the alleys of the poor and rich alike. One may ask, why should I be concerned with the senseless sweating and hours of practice of those who enjoy sports? The answer is one that will open your eyes to the fulfillment sports can bring whether recreational or competitive. Sport activities offer a variety of lifelong qualities and provide those who participate a sense of happiness like no other. Jennie Yabroff the author of “In Defense of Cheering”sheds light to her audience on why Cheering should be taken as seriously as any other sport. In contrast Felisa Rogers the

Time flew by, and my match was up. I strapped on my head gear, and went over to the scores table. I gazed up to see the husky, brown haired opponent in front of me. I tried to convince myself that I could beat this guy. We checked in, and headed for the center of the mats. With one quick handshake, we were off.

Football has always been referred to as the beautiful game due to its simplicity and lack of pure physical punishment it is a gentleman’s game per say. Its origins however are very hard to trace back to an acceptable date or time in history. There are reason to believe that the ancient Chinese romans and English played some form of primitive football all the way back in 2nd and 3rd century BC ranging up to the 13th century. The first rules of the game were written in Cambridge, England in 1848, The proper foundation of the game was in 1863 when the FA (football association) was formed and in 1869 any handling of the ball was banned and the game had been firmly established with a set of rules some still in use today. The first game outside of Europe was played in Argentina in 1867. Like in any sport the rules are slightly changed to make it a better spectacle for the fans, the one major change in football was the introduction of goal line technology which is used for on purpose only to adjudicate whether the whole of the ball has crossed the line resulting in a goal.

Statistic which was taken in 2008 revealed that about 64% of Aboriginals between 4-14 years involved in some sort of sports/PA with 12 months (Gray et al., 2013). Male indigenous Australians between the age of 4 & 14 took part in some sort of PA more than female indigenous Australians at 65% for male and 63% for females respectively (Gray et al., 2013). In the year 2008, only about 30 percent of Indigenous Australians 15 years or more identified to have engaged poorly or not engaged at all in any PA/sports over the course of one year (Gray et al., 2013).

I think the best sport is wrestling even though It's probably the least fun sport in the world. I think it's the best sport because it's a great example of a team that is a brotherhood. I think it's the best sport because it is an individual sport and the person controls whether he wins or loses and there's nothing to blame your losses on but yourself. I think it's the best sport because if you want to achieve big things like being a state champ you have to work hard by yourself and there's no one but you to push you. I think wrestling is the best sport because it is a great example of a team that is a brotherhood, because it's an individual sport, and because it shows you what real hard work is.

type of person to the same level, which allows for them to integrate with each other

Teenagers competing in all kinds of different sports have always had a lot of issues to deal with and even more in recent years with expectations for young athletes getting increasingly high. These issues need to be addressed and I am going to outline why.

     Between the indifferent and the protestor, we find a marvelous creature called an athlete whose species is varied into many different types; the marshmallow, the jelly bean, and the rock. Athletes can be found everywhere- in the classroom, locker room, the gym, the thick of the game, and in church. Places people will not find athletes are up late, in bars, missing church, in trouble, or being disrespectful to his elders. An athlete is made of wondrous stuff. Athletes have the eyes and the steadiness of an architect, the muscles of a body builder, the speed of a bullet, the reflexes of a cat, the heart of a lion, and the faith of a saint. To his coach an athlete is a modeled

What should athletes deserve to be paid? Many players have risen to stardom by becoming a professional athlete. Athletes have come from many different backgrounds; some from wealthy and some from poverty raised backgrounds. Salaries are continuing to rise, and money doesn’t seem to be an issue. Athletes are getting what they want from the owners by negotiating through their agents. Athletes’ salaries aren’t just from their owners, but they come from other sources also. Athletes get paid an enormously high salary for the work they do. Really all they do is entertain us. We should consider the value of their work and pay them accordingly. They do not deserve the extreme amount they get

The last time I went to a football game, I felt like I wanted my money back and wasted my time by being there. A complete lack of competition.