ENGLISH ESSAY ‘Value of sports’
FROM 250 TO 300 WORDS
The
value of sports and games is recognized by all educationists these days. Books
develop our mind but games develop our body. A sound mind is usually there
during a sound body. This truth is universally acknowledged and accepted.
Physical fitness, free from all ailments, is the desire of every human being.
Sports make our body stout and muscular. They fill the body with strength and
vigour; they expand our lungs and increase the blood circulation. If one is
physically fit, one feels happy and finds oneself capable of hard work. All
forms of sport, cricket, football, volley ball, hockey, badminton, table
tennis, rowing, and swimming entertain us and also provide the much needed
exercise. They are a superb thanks to pay one’s time off. In the playground one
forgets the worries of the routine life.
Games
and sports drill in us a spirit of fairness, honesty, punctuality, regularity
of habits. They also teach us the qualities of team spirit, leadership and
obedience. They provide us a good training for playing the game of life in a
sporting way. A true sportsman will not be sad at his defeat and not be
overjoyed on his success. A true sportsman plays the game’s sake and not for
winning always.
Each
game is contending beneath sure rules those square measures which are to be
obeyed by all the players. Therefore, sports teach us obedience and discipline
and teach us the importance of cooperative efforts. They teach U.S.A a way to
command and the way to conform. Above all, they encourage and develop the
spirit of competition, a healthy spirit of rivalry and constantly lead to improvement
in performance. Excess of games and sports may however make one neglect one’s
studies and regular work.
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