15.

Sport

Sport plays a very important role in my life. Physical exercise is very useful to keep ourselves
fit and healthy and it’s also a good way of spending our free time. As the old saying goes
„Good health is better than the best medicine.” Doing sports makes us more resistant to
illnesses.

There are many different types of sports, some of them are done individually, others in teams.
Most ball games, such as football, handball, basketball, baseball, volleyball, rugby or ice- and
field hockey are done in teams. Others, such as swimming, athletics, skiing, combat sports
and tennis, are done individually.
Some people like to be part of a team. They like the feeling that they can rely on others, that
when they win or lose they do it together. Those people would probably do team sports.
Others like to achieve results alone, so if anything goes wrong they can only blame
themselves. Some of them feel that they don’t want to depend on others. They would most
probably do individual sports.
Hungary has some very popular and successful sports. Football is probably the most popular,
although we are not particularly successful in it at the moment. Lots of people like handball
and water sports such as swimming or water polo. We also have great boxers and we have had
huge successes in the kayaking and canoeing too.
Sport includes the healthy lifestyle, crowdsports, racingsports, popular- and extreme sports.
The healthy lifestyle contains eating healthy food, regular movement and free from stress.
Crowdsports are played by several people, so crowdsport means the game of the crowds. For
example, football, running, basketball.
Racingsports are the sports which are played in functional competitions and the winners get
medals. For example, motorsports, ice-skating, football, athletics.
As far as I know, the English like playing golf and cricket, and there are quite a few soccer
fans among them.
Some Americans go to baseball and basketball games regularly to support their teams. But
there are others who prefer staying at home and watching these games on TV while eating
snacks.
Although it’s said that extreme sports are dangerous, many young people try them. These
sports are gliding, white-water rafting, snowboarding, bungee jumping.