Effects of competitive sports

Theme: Some people think that competitive sports have a positive effect on the education of teenagers while others argue that the effect is negative.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.


Some people think that competitive sports have a positive effect on the education of teenagers while others argue that the effect is negative. Sports play crucial role when it comes to education. So let us weigh the pros and cons of competitive sports. In a nutshell, positive effects are they can develop as person and simply its fun to play competitive sports. Negative effect is it could be offensive in terms of fight against someone.

Competition is one of the best way to improve yourself. Space exploration in 1900s, for instance. The united states and Soviet union competed each other over the space satellite, gamma ray detector, and so on. Eventually, the united states succeeded landing on the moon and Soviet union also succeeded to send spacecraft on the surface of the moon. Another example for this is the entrance exam in China. China has a great deal of population, so getting into a good university is literally competitive. That said, we can explain why they are so good at math. Their score is always high compared with other country and it can be explained by the effect of competition. Same as space exploration and math, competitive sports going to be good for development.

Another reason is it's just fun to play competitive sports. It's clear whether you lose or win, and feedback like lost or win is nice to have when it comes to sports. Because you can notice the improvement by checking the feedback. As competitive sports give us a lot of feedback, you can feel a pleasure for playing competitive sports.

Sometimes, sportsman in the show, get so emotional and unlike themselves. This is due to competition. That kind of thing can make trauma and it will stress out teenagers. Losing so many times will make low self-esteem, and most of teenagers don't know how to deal with that sort of stress. This is especially because it is competitive. So maybe it depends on the personality. Some people don't want to fight against someone, and some can easily get emotional.

In conclusion, development and enjoyableness can thought as the pros of competitive game. Getting emotional like stressed out, and low self-esteem can thought as the cons of competitive game.