SPORT GOOD OR NOT ??

7 February 2015

Some young children spend a great amount of their time practicing sports. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

ADVANTAGES	DISADVANTAGES
-keep the body healthy	-exposed to the injuries during games
-learn the spirit of teamwork	-neglect their study

          Nowadays, majority of the teenagers especially the boys loved to spend most of their time practicing sports. It is very good thing that they are still using their time wisely instead of they are joining the activities that will give them a bad impact. But, in my point of view all of these young children need to realize that there are still pros and cons about this matter.

               

           First of all, the advantages of spending a great amount of time practicing sport in their daily live will ensure that their body will be always in a very good condition. It is because scientifically when they are exercising or playing any kind of sports they will be sweating. So, when they are sweating the toxic in their body eventually will be excreted out. Besides, they also will drink a lot of water due to the dehydration. As all of us already know, we are recommended to drink at least eight glasses of plain water per day in order to keep our body healthier. It is because the water can help to maintain our health. For example water is used to clean up our kidney, keep the moisture of our skin and even keep our blood pressure at the normal level. Therefore, all of these young children will get the benefits of drinking the water without they realize about it.

               

            Next, they will also learn the spirit of teamwork through sport. It is because most of the sports are not being played individually. They need to be in the team. Football, rugby and basketball are the examples of sport that are really popular among the youngster and they need to form a team. When they are practicing they need to have a strong chemistry and bond between each of them. This chemistry and strong bond will turn into a very good teamwork among them. They will help and support each other especially when they are in the competition. Thus, it is very beneficial to them to have a very good teamwork. It is because in the future they will need it very much either when they are studying in university or when they are working.

                

           Unfortunately, there are also a bad consequence when they are spending too much of their time to play sport. They will expose themselves to injuries either the minor or the major one. It is because when they are playing the sport they tend to make some mistakes and it will cause them to be injured. For example, if they do not warm up properly they may suffer the cramp due to the accumulation of lactic acid in their muscle. For the major injuries, they may suffer of broken hand or leg. When it happened, they will be hospitalized for a few weeks or months until they recovered. It will be a waste when they need to skip classes.

              

            On top of that, they will neglect their study. Most of the young children have this problem. It is due to the problem of their time management. Some of them will feel tired after they had spent their time to play sport instead of having a leisure time. So, they will fall asleep early and they do not finish up their homework. There are also some cases when the young children try to burn the midnight’s oil in order to finish up their homework but on the next day, they can’t give full of attention during class because they feel sleepy. It will negatively affect their study and their academic performance.

               

             To sum up, everything that we do in our daily life have its own pros and cons. So, we need to be responsible to choose something that is the best for ourselves. We also need to manage our time wisely because we must govern the clock, not be governed by it.