Good afternoon, my name is Pratheepan and today I am going to talk about Sports.
v First I am going to talk about my favourite sport.
v Then I am going to talk about rugby and boxing.
v Finally I am going to talk about the most popular sport in our country and a final conclusion.
Do you play sports? My favourite sport is football. I play it a lot during the day, in the school, in the football training, and at home. I always play football! I play for Anoles, the team in my city. We train three times a week and during the weekend we play a match. Now we are the second of our group in the League and this Saturday we play against the first.
I really like watching football and other sports on TV, but I prefer to play it. I sometimes go to my cousin’s house, because we don’t have the Canal Plus or the GOL TV and there we shout a lot and do silly things. Our favourite team is Barcelona and we usually watch it on the TV or sometimes we go to the Stadium.
Do you like rugby? I hardly ever watch rugby on the TV, but I would play it, because the players are strong, but I know that this sport is a bit dangerous, well, I think the most dangerous sport is boxing, the players are crazy! They hit and hit all the time, but a lot of people like this sport and they always watch it on the TV or they go to the Stadium.
The popularity of youth sports continues to rise, with an estimated 45 million child and adolescent participants in the US.1,2 Seventy-five percent of US families with school-aged children have at least one child who participates in organized sports.3,4 Unfortunately, the framework which provides guidelines, rules, and regulations for youth sports has been established with very little scientific evidence.5 Even basic commonsense parameters for sports safety are not implemented or followed. Vague descriptions of age of participants, hours and structure of practice, and rules for competition vary between sports. Less than 20 percent of the 2–4 million “little league” coaches and less than 8% of high school coaches have received formal training.6 Each year approximately 35% of young athletes quit participation in sport, and whether an athlete returns to participation at a later date is unknown.7,8 Sports attrition rates are the highest during the transitional years of adolescence, when outside influences have the most impact. By the time children are 15 years of age, 70%–80% are no longer engaged in sport.1,8
According to physical, psychological, and cognitive development, a child should be at least 6 years of age before participating in organized team sport, such as soccer and baseball.7 Further, an accurate assessment of each child’s individual sports readiness should be performed to assist in determining if a child is prepared to enroll and at which level of competition the child can successfully participate. A mismatch in sports readiness and skill development can lead to anxiety, stress, and ultimately attrition for the young athlete.7,8 For the very young “athlete”, the goals of participation are to be active, have fun, and to have a positive sport experience through learning and practice of fundamental skills.9,10 An introduction to a variety of activities has been shown to be both physically and psychologically beneficial for the youngster.7 Sports satisfaction surveys reveal that “having fun” is the main reason that most children like to participate in sports; however, the parents perception of why their children like to play sports is to “win”.5,6,10,11 The Institution for the Study of Youth Sports looked at the importance of winning from the child’s perspective, and found that it varied with gender and age, but for the majority of younger children, fairness, participation, and development of skills ranked above winning.12 It appears that this disconnect amongst young athletes and adults may contribute to stress and unhappiness on the part of the child. Perhaps the adult interpretation of “little league” or “pee wee” sports as a mini-version of adult sports competition has led those who are involved in governing these activities down the wrong path, where winning overrides the fundamentals of youth sports, an outline of which is provided in Table 1. Implementation of some of the coaching tactics that were designed for college and professional athletes, such as hard physical practices for punishment, only the best get to play, running up the score, and overplaying celebratory wins has contributed to a negative atmosphere in youth sports.
The most popular sport in my country is football. The Spanish league is one of the most famous leagues in the world. We have the best team in the world on it. I also watch matches from other countries, for example, Champions League matches or Barclays League matches …and I also watch tennis and basketball matches too.
The introduction of variable resistance exercise (weight training) to athletic training for purposes of improving athletic performance is well known. The effect of such training on athletic injury in the younger athlete has not yet been well documented. A study was undertaken of injury rate and time lost to rehabilitation in a group of male and female high school athletes (ages 13–19). All athletes utilizing weight training as part of their exercise program suffered an injury rate of 26.2% while their counterparts who did not were injured at a rate of 72.4%. The rehabilitation ratio (time lost to rehabilitation due to injury per number of athletes performing in the studied group) was 4.82 days for control group athletes vs. 2.02 days in athletes who trained with variable resistance exercise. Male athletes suffered an injury rate of 37.0% and each player lost an average of 2.55 days of training or competition due to injury. Female athletes were injured at a rate of 17.5% and lost an average of 1.98 days.
In conclusion, I like it very much sports and doing sport is good for your health.
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