Sports

Sports can be played by a young child, an older child, a teen, a young or older adult, and can be played for fun, for fun competition, or professionally, over a person's lifetime. Sports, in general, are a very important part of society. Sports have been around since ancient times. People spend billions of dollars a year on all areas of sports including, equipment, joining sports or recreation centers, sports equipment, fees to play a sport, and fees to watch sports on location and on television. Sports players get paid more money than most other professions, including more than the leaders of some countries, and more than teachers, fireman, policemen, and almost anyone else. It is said that people spend their money on what is most important to them. If this is true, then sports is one of the most important areas of our lives. We spent vast amounts of money, and risk injury in order to watch and participate in sports. There is something about sport's competition and watching and participating in sports that is innate in most of us, that draws us to participate and be a spectator of sports.

Playing sports teaches children and adults self-discipline, focus, concentration, acceptance of self and others, social skills, self-confidence, fairness of play, how to accept defeat, and respect for self and others. Watching sports gives us an outlet for our emotions, gives us a team to cheer for, helps us to feel we belong to something while rooting for "our team" to win, and hopefully teaches us how to gracefully accept defeat as well as victory. Sports have many positive aspects to them and can help us to grow in many areas of our lives. Sports are destined to be a part of society for a long time to come.

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