Be a Good Sport!

Do you agree with the statements below?

In team sports, like football:

1. Apart from sport you also learn life skills.

2. The individual team members are more important than the team.
3. You can make a lot of friends.

In individual sports, like tennis:

4. You have to rely on your own skills.

5. Players are more likely to behave badly.
6. Your rivals often become your friends.

Health & Wellbeing. Listen to two young sportspeople talking about their sport.
Which opinions in exercise 1 do they agree with?

Listen again and answer the questions:

1. When did Georgina start playing football?

2. What is she aware of when she scores a goal?
3. What does she like most about being in a team?
4. What is the only disadvantage she mentions?
5. What is Carl’s ambition?
6. How does Carl feel when he wins?
7. What kind of stamina do tennis players need?
8. Why do some tennis players throw their rackets and shout?

Match the words to sentences 1-9.

stamina / sportsmanship / self-reliance / commitment / discipline / self-esteem /

team spirit / self-sacrifice / single-mindedness

1. I respect myself and I am confident of my abilities:

2. We all work together and share the same aims:
3. I have one aim and I’m determined to achieve it:
4. I can keep exercising even if I’m tired:
5. I give all my time and hard work to the team:
6. I always put the needs of the group before my own:
7. I have a very strict lifestyle. I always eat healthy food and train regularly:
8. I don’t depend on others, only on myself:
9. I respect my opponents. I don’t behave badly if I lose: