Exploring the World of Sports
Sports have been around for the longest time, in as early as 4000 BC artifacts showed that the Chinese was already engaged in sports.The word “sport” comes from the French word “desport” which means “leisure”.
Definitely, sports are an important part of just about any society. Everyone is involved in sports, in one way or another, whether they are playing, or simply watching and cheering or even just knowing somebody who does either.
Sport generally is an activity that is governed by rules and is often taken on competitively. It is commonly defined as an organized, competitive and skillful physical activity that requires commitment and fair play. Commonly, it refers to an activity where the players are measured and challenged physically, thus the capabilities of the competitor are the main determinant of its conclusion. Sports can also refer to mind or mental sports. These include the board games and some card games where there is a little element of chance or none at all and where mental sharpness plays a major role.
Hence, the term sometimes encompasses all the competitive activities where offense and defense are played, apart from the level of the physical activity.
Sports, of any kind, generally are good to the body and to the total being of a person. Physically, it hones and improves person’s flexibility, hand-eye coordination, speed, agility, endurance, and overall strength. It also develops a person’s mental fitness. Focus and concentration are improved. Mental sports also exercise logic, thus improving critical mindedness. Emotional strength is also one aspect that benefits from sports. The winning, the continuous drive to get to the top, and even losing improves a person’s emotional strength and views.
Most of the time, sports are played for fun or for the simple truth that people need to get moving to stay in a good physical condition or yet even for money (or sometimes for all these reasons). Just about every sport now has both professionals (those who play for money) and amateurs (those who play not for money).
Sports provide venues for people to meet same minded enthusiasts. As much as sports bringing people together, like in a team, it also brings people apart. This does not apply only to the players, bringing apart fans of team sports can actually be passed on from generations to generations.
Sports come in different packages. There is the individual sport like golf. The player competes individually with all the other player performance. While, tennis is played by two people trying to beat one another, team sports like basketball, baseball and volleyball, have team members helping each other to square off the rival team.
One of the most popular team sports is volleyball. The origin of volleyball can be traced back in February 9, 1895 in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), where William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette. The game was created to serve as a pastime. It could be played then by any number of players. Mintonette was also designed to be played indoors and for the older members of the YMCA, less rough than basketball but still requiring a little athletic effort.
During its first exhibition match in 1896 at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College) Alfred Halstead, an observer, noticed the volleying nature of the game. Thus, the game then became quickly known as “volley ball”.
The game was actually derived from tennis and handball. It has then become an Olympic sport where two teams of 6 members are separated by a net. The ball in this game is usually played with the hands or arms, but the players can also strike or push the ball towards the other court with any part of their body. Each team would try to score points by grounding a ball on the other team’s court under an organized rule.
Generally, players or teams do not always succeed in any sports. But, sports participants are expected to display good sportsmanship, standards of conduct such as being respectful of opponents and officials. Moreover, social graces even dictate that the losing end has to congratulate the winners. Winning may be one thing, but experiences are beyond price.
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