Persuasive Essay: Why High Schools Should Keep Sports

The stress can get so intense, it feels paralyzing. That’s why it is important than ever for schools to invest in their athletic programs,” states the sports article “Should Schools get rid of Sports.” Schools should keep their sports programs because they help improve academics, help improve mental and emotional health, and improves social skills like being on a team. Schools should not get rid of their sports programs because they help with student’s academics.

Imagine this, you are on a baseball team with your friends and your team is 0-12. You guys are still having fun and don’t really care about the games, you just like hanging out together and getting the participation trophy. Is it really fair that teams work really hard to win and get a trophy, but you can just show up and hang out with your friends and you will also get a trophy? Therefore, there is no real reason for trying at sports so you can win and get the trophy. Kids should not get trophies for participation because it can make kids like the sport just because of the trophy, not for the actual sport and it doesn’t help them prepare for life in the real world.

Schools have been providing sports for years, and had students enjoying them with their families and friends. According to many people they want to get rid of sports to focus on their academic skills than athletic skills to help them in the real world with businesses. Therefore, schools should shut down sports to cut down their bills, bring up teacher salaries, and have more educational programs to help them succeed in their business life. Although Schools are always trying to raise money for superior tools in class, it would help if the school closed down the athletics to gain more money for academic needs.

Cheerleading should be a sport because of the requirements, definitions, and the dangers. You could go from point flyer to having to communicate by blinking an eye. Cheerleading meets the Woman’s Sport Foundation Requirements. One requirement is it must be a Physical activity which involves propelling a mass through space or overcoming the resistance of mass. Stunting, cheerleaders hold and throw other people into the air and push them up with their arms and legs.

While some believe that athletes should have their own choice at making a decision to go pro straight out of high school, they should not do so because they will not be able to manage their million dollar contracts respectively. Speaking of contracts, the NBA should eliminate guaranteed contracts for rookies drafted in the first round of the NBA draft. They should do this because a careless high school kid, could just go into the draft not knowing, or caring on how much they are going to make, with the lack of experience on handling millions of dollars. This is very unrepsonsibible for a teenager, and not only for the high school athlete, but also for the basketball association as well. This is because of there noncommitment to have these players

Persuasive Paragraph Grandview Middle School should have sixth grade sports. I believe there should be sixth grade sports because kids will spend less time on the couch. Also , kids can learn how to do their favorite sport. Lastly, kids can also have more time to socialize. “Even Dr.Chassion agrees that there should be sixth grade sports.

JD Baumann #2 People Should Play Baseball Have you ever wondered which sport to play? Even though there are many sports to choose from, I think people should play baseball. Baseball is a game that you play on a field called a diamond. You play offence and defence. When you are on offence, you hit the baseball that the pitcher throws to you.

Additionally, participating in sports can improve students' mental health, providing a much-needed outlet for stress and anxiety. Furthermore, sports programs provide a sense of community and camaraderie among students, helping to foster school spirit and pride. They also offer a platform for students to showcase their

College Sports College sports are becoming more popular than ever in the United States. It’s attracting a lot of people, not only students, teachers and people close to the players. College sports games are covered by important TV sports channels. Thanks to it’s growing popularity, it has also attracted money. The earning that colleges receive from athletics programs, fees paid by TV networks and tickets to attend games have made college sports a successful business.

Coaches should teach the children how to have fun, the rules of the game, and leave the strategizing out of the whole thing. Lastly to quit playing so many games at the youth level and spend a lot more time on practicing fundamentals. If you were in a school place and you had a test (a game) every other day and very little teaching of the fundamentals and studying (practices), kids would fail all the tests. We have set kids up for failure in sports by having so many games and so few practices. Shuman3

High School Sports Should be Funded Every year 300,000 students are participating in sports (Gould 1). The School District has been funding the athletics program, which has been benefiting many of the students’ lives for several years. The discontinuation of high school sports will cause many students to loose the health, social and educational benefits provided by participating in athletics. The School District should continue to fund sports because they benefit students.

Have you ever wanted to live an active and healthy life, as well as an improvement in grades? I believe youth sports will help all of those problems and many more. Most sports are team sports that also teach your child teamwork. Playing youth sports is a terrific experience for you or your child. There are many reasons why I feel that children should play youth sports.

From the Friday night lights to the last second goal, school sports are a major part of the high school journey. In fact, according to "Are High School Sports Good For Kids?" by Daniel Gould, Ph.D., over five million students from the United States participate in a school sport. High school sports are a great way for student-athletes to stay healthy, make new friends, and be a part of a team atmosphere. In addition, school sports keep kids off of the streets and lower the athlete's chance of committing a crime. School sports are a tremendous way for student-athletes to create new, meaningful relationships.

Did you know that depending on the sport, students who play sports in college most likely have less than a 2% chance of becoming professional athletes? At middle schools, high schools and colleges across the country, everyone is arguing over whether or not students with failing grades should be allowed to play sports. In my opinion, a good education is so very important for our country’s youth, especially the athletes. Not a lot of kids are good enough to play in the top college sports programs in the country. But even those who are, still have an astonishingly low chance at making the professional leagues.

Do you ever think about the benefits that you get when playing competitive sports? Well there's more than just fun to it. In this essay I will be talking about Why playing competitive sports benefits you. Some people say that competitive sports are not good because of cost, attitude and injury, Others say it prevents obesity, heart diseases, makes you healthier and happier. So is it good or bad.