Let Sport Into Your Life

For many the thought of exercise evokes images of slogging away in a gym

, pumping iron or attending aerobics classes. However, there are many ways of enjoying keeping fit and introducing sport into your life.

Sport is often a group activity. There may be teams or several people attending at the same time. Sport is about undertaking a game or activity for pleasure and sometimes there may be an element of competition attached.

Indoor sports include the racquest sports, like badminton, squash, tennis, table tennis. These games may well be simply played for fun, but often an added element is being part of a league or ladder, typically you progress, playing the winners of each game until an overall winner emerges. Playing against people more skilled than yourself is a good way of improving your game. It is the best way to improve technique, speed and agility.

Outdoor sports are often inclusive of a competitive element too. Tennis and golf are good outdoor sports. But the group sports like football, rugby, rounders, cricket, netball, played at either an amateur or professional level are a good way of getting involved an meeting people.

Joining a team sport is important for more than just the exercise its also about giving a commitment to others. It is true that to stay a member of a team each person is expected to turn up regularly for training and pay attention to their levels of fitness, diet, health and well being. By being a member of a team people rely on each other to turn up and do their best. There is a commitment made to each other and to the team.

When playing as part of a team, mutual respect and co-operation are required. Team sport is about the overall game of people playing together, complementing each others skills. It is not about one individual player, so for example, learning to pass the ball and let someone else score a goal when they are better placed to do so, rather than keeping it for oneself is a lesson in seeing the bigger picture of playing the game together, of working together to achieve a result.

Other sports may be competitive but in a more individual way. Archery, clay pigeon shooting, crown green bowling are examples of sports played in a team but as individuals, each taking turns to play their own separate game, with the results then being collated to find each teams overall result.

If you are unable to play yourself you can still maintain an interest in sporting activities. Being a spectator is good for the players as well as the crowd. Having enthusiastic supporters encourages a team on to greater levels of effort. A good crowd can motivate a team to perform better.

Even if you know you are not going to be the next world champion in your chosen discipline you can take part in sporting activities just for fun. Many groups and organisations rely heavily on donations to fund their activities. Efforts in fundraising can help a team continue to exist, and in some areas that is a lifeline to the people they support. Providing them with regular activity and positive life skills in a sporting or competetive setting.

by: Susan Leigh

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