SPORTS AND GAMES
Sports are very good for active relaxation and are important for our physical and mental health.
There are lots of types of sports and games. We can practice outdoor and indoor sports, in water or anywhere we want. Outdoor sports are as follows: golf, skiing (cross-country, down-hill, slalom. ski-jump), windsurfing, marathon-running, fishing, climbing, hiking or tourism, mountaineering, horse riding, rallies.
Indoor sports include table tennis, gymnastics, and chess. Ball games, athletics (sprint, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, ball through etc.). tennis, shooting, skate-boarding and skating (figure skating, speed skating and roller skating) may be practiced both outdoors and indoors.
There are also aquatic sports - water skiing, swimming, diving, water polo, yachting, kayaking, canoeing, rowing. People all around the world go in for sports. Ball games are popular with lots of people. They are basketball, volleyball, football (called soccer in America), tennis, handball. Many people go to the hills or mountains where there are adapted slopes and down-hill runs for skiing. Rugby and especially baseball are very popular in the United States.
Millions of people like to attend matches, watch them on TV or listen to them on the radio and keep their fingers crossed for their favourite teams.
Many sports have their origins in Britain that is why Britain is sometimes called the cradle of sports. Two types of rugby, hockey, cricket, darts, tennis and boxing were invented in England, Golf has its origins in Scotland. Here are the major sports events in Britain - Wimbledon (the Grand Slam Tennis Tournament), the British Open Golf Championship, the Grand National (it is the best, known horse-racing steeplechase).
Physical Culture and Sport in My Life
Many people all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport helps them to stay in good shape, keeps them fit, healthy and makes them more organized and better disciplined. For some, it is a professional occupation, a road to records, tides, fame or self-expression. For others, it is just a business, and as such, it is as good as any other business, if it brings profits. Sport is also a means of relaxation and entertainment, a way of spending leisure time or building up health.
Many sports are popular in Belarus, They are: football, basketball, volleyball, weightlifting, tennis, track and field, boxing, swimming, judo, shooting, hockey, figure-skating and cross-country skiing. All these sports have their strong supporters. In Belarus much attention is paid to organized sports. There are many skating-rinks in the cities. There are also numerous water-pools for water sports and activities. Stadiums, gyms, shooting galleries, football fields and sport grounds are used in our country not only for daily sport activities, but for numerous national and international matches and competitions regularly held in Belarus. They attract many fans and journalists. Various sport clubs, societies and complexes work in our republic. Professional sport is paid much attention. The most famous complexes in Belarus are Raubichi and Staiki.
There are also a lot of amateur clubs and keep-fit centres in Belarus where people go in for aerobics, yoga, bo-dy-building, swimming, skating, jogging and horse-riding.
Great attention is paid to sport in our schools, colleges and universities. You can hardly find a school without a gym or a sports ground.
As for me I have been practising sports through all my educational establishment. Though I can't boast of my great progress I think my time was not wasted. I became stronger and more energetic, and at the same time more self-controlled and self-disciplined. I became more self-confident and sociable and it helped me to make many new friends. My favourite sports are football, table tennis, chess and hockey. I'm not only a fan of these sports, but I'm always eager to play a game or two. Whenever I have a chance, I also like to watch sport reports and competitions on TV. But the greatest pleasure for me is to watch the Olympic Games on TV. These are the greatest international sports games in the world. They help to bring people closer to each other, let them understand each other better.
I've already named my favourite sports, but I also don't forget about ray everyday morning exercises. Almost every day I do some outdoor training. To my mind jogging is a good way of keeping fit. The important thing here is to build up slowly and not to overdo it. It's best to keep away from roads so as not to breath in traffic fumes instead of fresh air,
Our life becomes more and more comfortable and that is the reason why the need for us to go in for sports is so pressing. More and more people, both young and old, go in for physical activity in their leisure time. They may choose what they like: gymnastics or games, aerobics or dance, aquatics or hiking.
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