People all over
the world are fond of sports and games.
Sport makes
people healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better
disciplined.
It unites people
of different classes and nationalities. Many people do sports on
their personal initiative. They go in for skiing, skating, table
tennis, swimming, volley-ball, football, body-building, etc.
All necessary
facilities are provided for them: stadiums, sport grounds,
swimming pools, skating rinks, skiing stations, football fields.
Sport is paid
much attention to in our educational establishments. Gymnastics
is a part of children's daily activities in the kindergartens.
Physical culture is ч compulsory subject at schools and
colleges.
Professional
sport is also paid much attention to in our country. In city,
where I live, there are different sporting societies, clubs and
complexes.
Practically all
kinds of sports are popular in our country, but football,
gymnastics and tennis enjoy the greatest popularity. As for me,
I go in for table tennis (ping-pong). It needs mobility,
liveliness and much energy. It keeps a person in a good form. I
have been playing tennis for five years, but the more I play,
the more I like it. I get a real joy taking part in competitions
or simply playing with my friends. Sometimes, I go to tennis
courts.
Certainly,
there's a great distance between my manner of playing and such
favourites as Jim Courier, Stephan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Boris
Becker, Per Korda, but I do my training with great pleasure and
hope to play as well as our best players do.
Sport is probably
as old as the humanity itself. It has been developing with the
developing and growth of the mankind. All over the world people
of different ages are very fond of sports and games.
Sport not only
helps people to become strong and to
develop physically but also makes them more organized and better
disciplined in their daily activities. It makes for a healthy
mind in a healthy body. Sports help people to keep in good
health.
We all need to
exercise. Even if you don't plan to make a career in sport you
still have to practice. Regular exercises give you more energy.
That is why many people who suffer from general tiredness should
take more exercise than more rest.
Exercise makes
you feel and look better.
The best exercise
is one which involves in repeated movements, those are: walking,
jogging or swimming. Bending and stretching will add flexibility
and feeling of lightness.
Among the sports
popular in our country are football, basketball, swimming,
volleyball, ice hockey, tennis, gymnastics, figure skating. A
person can choose sports and games for any season, for any
taste.
Let me tell you
about my own attitude to sports and sportsmen.
To begin with I
must say that sport is one of the things that always keep people
fit. 1 think that everyone must do all he can to be healthy.
Physically inactive people get older earlier than those who have
plenty of exercises. If you do daily exercises regularly you
feel refreshed, have a good posture and that makes you feel
well.
Wise people say
that good health is a great blessing. Everyone should do all
possible to stay healthy. Being in good health means having both
body and mind in good working order free from diseases and pain.
There is a
truthful Latin proverb: "A sound mind is in a sound body". If
you want to keep yourself fit, you are to go in for sports.
Sport is very
popular in our family. Together with my father we do our usual
morning exercises at home and twice a week we have our
basketball training in the sports club and in summer we like to
swim most of all, because swimming makes a man healthy and
strong.
I'm a hockey fan,
too. I try to watch every hockey match on TV. Moreover I take
part in different sports competitions which our school organizes
from time to time. The most popular kinds of sport in our school
are football, basketball, gymnastics, and wrestling. Some boys
are also fond of boxing. Among girls callisthenics is very
popular. All these sports have their strong supporters.
My favourite kind
of sport is tennis. I have been playing it since I was eleven
years old, and the more I play it, the more I like it.