Sports in russia and in my life

Sport is very important in our life. It is popular among young and old people. Many people do morning exercises, jog in the morning and train themselves in clubs in different sections and take part in sport competitions*

I think that Physical Training is an im­portant subject at school. We have got Physical Training lessons twice a week, Boys and girls play volley-ball and bas­ket-ball at these lessons. There is a sportsground near our school. Schoolchil­dren go in for sports in the open air if the weather is fine. A lot of different compe­titions are held at schools, a great num ber of pupils take part in them. All par­ticipants try to get good results and be­come winners. I am sure that sport helps people to keep in good health. If you go in for sports, you have good health and don't catch cold, I like the proverb: "Good health is above wealth."

I am sure that children and grown-ups must take care of their health.

I go in for sports. I like to play foot­ball. My friend says that I am a good play­er. Our school has a football team, It is an amateur team, but we try to play football well. We pay a lot of attention to this popfilar and interesting game. Sometimes we play football with the other school football teams. We train a lot, we are in good shape and often we are winners.

Football has got a long history. Foot­ball was played by the whole village teams in the middle ages in England. If we speak about football we can mention an interesting fact in American football, soccer, The captain of the team must be the oldest or best player.

National sports in Great Britain.., It is a very interesting question, because many kinds of sport have taken the origin in England.

The Englishmen love sports, they are called sports-lovers in spite of the fact that some of them neither play games nor even watch them. They only like to speak about sports.

Some kinds of sport are professional in England. Popular and famous players have a lot of money.

Many traditional sporting contests take place in England, for example, crick­et. It is played from May till September. This game is associated with England. There are many cricket clubs in this coun­try. English people like to play cricket. They think that summer without cricket isn't summer. Cricket is the English na­tional sport in summer. If you want to play cricket you must wear white boots, a white shirt and white long trousers.

There are two teams. Each team has eleven players. Cricket is popular in boys' schools. Girls play cricket too.

Football. It has got a long history. Football was played by the whole village teams in the Middle Ages in England.

Now football is the most popular game in Britain. It is a team game. There are some amateur teams but most of the teams are professional ones in England. Professional football is a big business. Football is played at schools too. If we speak about football we can mention an interesting fact in American football, called soccer. The captain of the team must be the oldest or best player.

Rugby football. You can see a ball in this game, but it is not round. It is oval. This is a team game, There are fifteen players in each team. It is a popular game in England. There are many amateur rug­by football teams.

Table tennis. Englishmen heard about table tennis in 1880. Then the Interna­tional Table Tennis Association was formed and the international rules were worked out.

Many people like to play table tennis. This is played by men and women too. There are some tennis clubs in England, but if you go and play there it is neces­sary to pay money for it.

Englishmen like playing tennis but many of them prefer to watch this game.

SPORT AND HEALTH

Sport is very important in our life. It is popular among young and old people.

Many people do morning exercises, jog in the morning and train themselves in clubs in different sections and take part in sport competitions.

Other people like sports too, but they only watch sports games, listen to sports news. They prefer reading interesting stories about sportsmen. But they don't go in for sports.

Physical training is an important sub­ject at school. Pupils have got physical training lessons twice a week. Boys and girls play volley-ball and basket-ball at the lessons. There is a sportsground near our school and schoolchildren go in for sports in the open air.

A lot of different competitions are held at school, a great number of pupils take part in them. All participants try to get good results and become winners. Sport helps people to keep in good health. If you go in for sports, you have good health and don't catch cold.

Children and grown-ups must take care of their health and do morning exercises regularly.

There are some popular kinds of sports in our country: football, volley-ball, hockey, gymnastics, skiing, skating. Ath­letics is one of the most popular kinds of sports. It inchides such kinds of sports as: running, jumping and others. Every­body may choose the sport he (or she) is interested in.

There are summer and winter sports.

My favourite sport is swimming. I go to the swimming-pool twice a week. I pre­fer to rest by the lake or the river and swim there. My friend Kostya goes in for boxing. He is a good boxer and he is a brave and courageous boy. His hobby helps him in his everyday life.