ESSAY: How can sport benefit people?

Since we are young we have been advised to do sport so as to improve our

health in many aspects. However, it is probably true to say that most
people identify sport only as way to keep fit or burn calories. Actually
there exist many more advantages which become unknown for people.

The fact of building community spirit in collective sports results really

useful for athletes. Not only it lets them build a suitable atmosphere but
also gain cooperation with teammates, which become essential in life, for
instance at work where we have to be as time-saving as possible.
Moreover it is generally agreed that doing sport in group make us more
competitive so as to being able to do our best.

It is also thought that having a role model could benefit us in sport

aspects. Many athletes have been inspired from an idol in order to follow
his steps and manage to succeed, so this becomes a source of motivation
for supporters (who will experiment an increase in his force of will). But
not all sports stars have to be good examples to follow, that is, having an
inappropriate influence could condemn us to failure.

In conclusion, despite having a well-built community spirit is only possible

in team sports, it would become more effective than having a role model
(which could become riskier for young people), in order to benefit people.

MARIO ÁLVAREZ GARCÍA