Sports are important to society
Sports are Important to Society
For hundreds of years, sports have been used for entertainment and some would argue that entertainment is sports only use and that sports hold no other value. Some believe that sports are important because of the competition that many sports like football and basketball among various other sports require. However, sports can teach some of life’s most important lessons and values to the youth who participate in sports. Playing a sport can teach a kid sportsmanship, leadership, team building/bonding, discipline and sports can even go as far as keeping kids out of trouble.
While there are many people that undermine the importance of sports there are also people that put too much stock and emotion into sports. People should not have a bad week at work because their favorite team lost. The anger and emotion people put into following sports can often shape their world. Although sports are important for kids, they should not be the center of an adult’s life.
Sports are good for keeping kids on track as well as keeping them in shape. The time spent in practice and at games takes up free time that kids could be using to get into trouble.
Various people would argue that sports are not good for kids because sports can be too time consuming, causing academic problems. Granting that sports may be time consuming, most if not all high schools require a C average GPA which puts a lot of kids on a better academic path then they would have been on if they had not taken part in a sport . Also sports can teach kids important values and qualities in ways that a classroom doesn’t offer. For example, teachers can babble on about how important it is to be a leader and a good team player, but most kids aren’t hearing that. Then you have those very same students going to basketball practice and actually experiencing the importance of leadership and team bonding. Furthermore, sports can offer sportsmanship as well as
For hundreds of years, sports have been used for entertainment and some would argue that entertainment is sports only use and that sports hold no other value. Some believe that sports are important because of the competition that many sports like football and basketball among various other sports require. However, sports can teach some of life’s most important lessons and values to the youth who participate in sports. Playing a sport can teach a kid sportsmanship, leadership, team building/bonding, discipline and sports can even go as far as keeping kids out of trouble.
While there are many people that undermine the importance of sports there are also people that put too much stock and emotion into sports. People should not have a bad week at work because their favorite team lost. The anger and emotion people put into following sports can often shape their world. Although sports are important for kids, they should not be the center of an adult’s life.
Sports are good for keeping kids on track as well as keeping them in shape. The time spent in practice and at games takes up free time that kids could be using to get into trouble.
Various people would argue that sports are not good for kids because sports can be too time consuming, causing academic problems. Granting that sports may be time consuming, most if not all high schools require a C average GPA which puts a lot of kids on a better academic path then they would have been on if they had not taken part in a sport . Also sports can teach kids important values and qualities in ways that a classroom doesn’t offer. For example, teachers can babble on about how important it is to be a leader and a good team player, but most kids aren’t hearing that. Then you have those very same students going to basketball practice and actually experiencing the importance of leadership and team bonding. Furthermore, sports can offer sportsmanship as well as