Personal Essay: Why Take A Sport Class

How many times have you driven past your local tennis courts and seen them filled with happy kids running around and smiling? Probably more than once. Tennis is a popular sport, played all over the world and loved by many. However, more people should play this wonderful sport. It can be played at any age, and at any walk of life, be ye teenager or 65 year old lady. In fact, everyone should play tennis due to its development of physical fitness, mental health, and social skills.

When someone hears the term “sports” they might start thinking of many things such as basketball, baseball, football, soccer, tennis, golf, etc. During these activities one might see the player pass, catch, dribble, or hit the ball to score a point, when scoring not only do they help the team but they help themselves. Sports can improve an athlete's education, well being, and even build up their confidence.

Do you spend more time on your phone, or on the court playing basketball? In today's day and age, the majority of adults and kids would have answered their phone. Before today's day and age, kids would play outside as their main source of entertainment. In modern day society all kids will do is stay inside and play video games and have no form of physical activity. Although sports do have their ups and downs I guarantee that you will see that the positives of playing sports outweigh the bad.

There are multiple ways that sports contribute to my life. Sports have contributed to my development as a being and my behavior. It has empowered me to tackle the problems I face and build social skills while instilling confidence and discipline. When I encountered failure in sports, my ability to make a choice on how to deal with that and turn it into a positive outcome became crucial, furthermore helping me find ways to "bounce back." On top of all the failures that I have encountered, sports have boosted my self-esteem because I can look back at all the hard work that payed off and how I am achieving my goals. Sports have helped me meet the recommended activity levels, and grow healthy bones, muscles, and connective tissues. It has also helped reduce my stress levels because I can always count on running to take my mind off things. Sports have offered many health benefits like not smoking or drinking. Besides the health contributions that sports have given me, there are a lot of ways that sports have been helpful to academically. Since sports require memorization, repetition, and learning, which are skill sets that are directly relevant to class work, I have done better academically. Sports have taught me teamwork and helped me achieve my goals.

While many people believe that competitive sports should be banned from schools and from kids in general, my belief is that they have a largely outweighing positive impact. There are a few reasons that I believe so, the first of which is that they help unfit and obese children to begin living a healthy lifestyle, and also motivates them to do so. Another reason I think competitive sports should be allowed among kids is that they make you more confident and highers your self-esteem. Thirdly, I believe so because with all of the work that the kids are doing at school, they need some way of having fun with their friends, and in my opinion, one of the best ways to do that is by playing a competitive sport. Competitive sports should be available to children to play.

Injuries are very common in sports and a part of sports, but frequent and severe injuries are not normal. Parents notice this, but they do little to prevent it. There are very simple ways to prevent injuries. One way to prevent is to condition players. Conditioning is very important. Many players

Have you ever played a competitive sport? Competitive sports are a great way to get kids active and keep them fit & healthy. Andrew Jenne Competitive sports offer new friendships and teach kids about teamwork. Playing a competitive sport as a kid is beneficial in many ways. Being on a competitive team helps kids become better skilled players, helps them form close friendships, and teaches kids time management.

I support because how article #1 says “School Should Be about Learning, Not Sports”. Actually it can be about both either way both things are for a good cause. School isn’t just about sports though, school isn’t always about just learning. Students can learn about both because as I’ve said their both for good causes, neither one is no good for one another.

Physical education classes provide the opportunity to develop a variety of skills. When students play sports only a select group of skills are developed. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education suggestion instruction that includes “Instruction in a variety of motor skills that are designed to enhance the physical, mental, and social/emotional development of every child” (NASPE, 2003a). The National Association for Sports and Physical Education has a membership that consists of educators and administrators. One of the main goals of the organization is to improve and support high standards in physical education. Their definition shows that Physical education develops more than just the body. It is important that students also have the opportunity to develop emotional and social skills gained through physical education classes. If the students do not receive these skills it can have a negative effect over their lifetime.

Throughout my life, if there’s one thing that separates me from the other ninety-nine percent of the male population, it’s that I’ve never liked watching the more popular sports. I’ve just never understood the appeal for watching and keeping track of sports such as soccer and football. I understand that seeing people run one hundred meters in less than ten seconds is amazing, and seeing someone do five backflips in a row without breaking a sweat is really a marvel, which is why I watched the Olympics. However, for sports like soccer or football, I’d rather just go outside and play it instead of sitting inside and watching someone else play it. Why watch someone else do something that you could go ahead and do yourself (albeit not to that extent)?

There are a lot of people doing sport these days. What exactly sport is? Sport is an activity of physical body and skill, done by team or individual. In general, there are two types of people who doing sport. Some people just want to live healthier and there are also type people who seriously doing sport to win a sport game or even Olympic championship like SEA Games (South East Asian Games) for example. But there also a lot of people who do not do sport because they think doing sport is not benefit to their life. So what is the benefit of doing sport? Or is it a burden?

Competitive youth sports are the building block for evolving successful adults. Not only do children become more active and healthy, social interaction is a tremendous tool in shaping young minds. Most children are fearless and possess addictive personalities. If parents can become excited and encourage their children to play sports, it could easily become a passion. Children are taught discipline, persistence, and hard work in all sports. Experiencing a lose teaches children that life won’t always go their way, there will be roadblocks. Youth sports is essential for the physical and mental development of our children. The tools, habits, and experiences are immeasurable in creating people who possess the drive to win in life.

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.

“No more football today!” Those are the words us kids hear all the time, the words of rejection. Sports allow us to work as a team to accomplish a goal. If we win we learn how to win with class, if not we learn how to lose with dignity and how to get back up and try again. Some think that sports can lead to negative life skills and pressure. I am arguing that competitive sports are a essential element to the lives of our youth. It is clear that overall doing sports is better than not. Research shows that sports lead to healthy lifestyles and better attitudes and grades in school. Sports are also a pro because they are healthy, they have many life skills and because it helps the youth’s perseverance and confidence in their current life and their future life. According to Kirk Mango, Sports Climate (2012), ”Kids can develop coping skills while playing competitive sports, no matter how good an athlete becomes there will always be times when they "fail." It is what one does after a failure, how they cope, that will determine future positive outcomes.” This tells us that, kids that play competitive sports can learn to accept succeeding and failing, which you deal with in everyday life. So in all sports have many pro’s that can lead to a better life in our youth and their future to come.

Imagine a world without competition. Imagine a world where every student that couldn’t solve a simple math equation was accepted into an Ivy League school such as Harvard, or Yale. That wouldn’t be very safe now, would it? The student that we were counting on to create the “next best” medical technology had no idea what they were doing because the only reason they got into the school was that the dean “didn’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings.” Although this is a far stretch, this is the reality people like Satasky in “Children Need to Play, Not Compete” wish could come true in today’s children’s sports. Playing sports for 15 years of my life and competing competitively for 11 of them have done nothing but good for me. Obviously, there have been hardships such trying my best to juggle sports and my many other obligations without letting any of them fall beneath the other, but I did it, and I owe it all to the many years of playing. Although children’s sports are becoming increasingly competitive, their parents are playing a major role in the risk of injury and other mental hardships, such as their child being discouraged if they don’t make the cut. However, the values the children learn by playing competitively such as perseverance and the opportunities that they bring upon themselves through hard work outweigh the disadvantages.