People everywhere like watching sports. Many top athletes are admired throughout their countries and some even have fans all around the world. Young people, especially, view many athletes as role models and want to emulate the way these stars dress, act and their lives. While some athletes aren’t deserving their “performance model” status, others act like appearance models and responsible community citizens.
Top athletes get the attention of young people. Most children and teenagers like to follow professional sports. For many of them, star athletes represent heroes, and children want to be like their heroes. This means they want to play sports, which is good for their health. Playing sports also teaches valuable life lessons such as teamwork, discipline, goal setting and the realities of dealing with success or failure. Professional athletes demonstrate the importance of working hard to achieve a goal, or practicing regularly to become good at something. This is a good example for children to follow.
However, professional athletes are not always good act models. For one thing, when young athletes reach a level of fame, it comes to media attention, large financial benefits and social attention. This can lead children to believe that money and fame are an important part of sports. Children might focus on these aspects than for the fun of the game or on the challenge of learning how to play well. Then there are those athletes who behave badly. For example, some cheat to win their game or take drugs to improve their performance. This kind of behaviour sends the wrong message to children.
Athletes are people who are held at a lofty place in the society owing to their popularity and wealth. These attributes are what makes people want to look up to them and model various facets of their lives along those of the athletes. We can thus be led to conclude that professional athletes can be very good portrayal models for children, ads long as they focus on the positive aspects of playing sports.
People
everywhere like watching
sports
.
Many
top
athletes
are admired
throughout their countries and
some
even have fans all around the world. Young
people
,
especially
, view
many
athletes
as role
models
and
want
to emulate the way these stars dress, act and their
lives
. While
some
athletes
aren’t deserving their “performance
model”
status, others act like appearance
models
and responsible community citizens.
Top
athletes
get
the attention of young
people
. Most
children
and
teenagers
like to follow
professional
sports
. For
many
of them, star
athletes
represent heroes, and
children
want
to be like their heroes. This means they
want
to play
sports
, which is
good
for their health. Playing
sports
also
teaches valuable life lessons such as teamwork, discipline, goal setting and the realities of dealing with success or failure.
Professional
athletes
demonstrate the importance of working
hard
to achieve a goal, or practicing
regularly
to become
good
at something. This is a
good
example for
children
to follow.
However
,
professional
athletes
are not always
good
act
models
. For one thing, when young
athletes
reach a level of fame, it
comes
to media attention, large financial benefits and social attention. This can lead
children
to believe that money and fame are an
important
part of
sports
.
Children
might focus on these aspects than for the fun of the game or on the challenge of learning how to play well. Then there are those
athletes
who behave
badly
.
For example
,
some
cheat to win their game or take drugs to
improve
their performance. This kind of
behaviour
sends
the
wrong
message to children.
Athletes are
people
who
are held
at a lofty place in the society owing to their popularity and wealth. These attributes are what
makes
people
want
to look up to them and
model
various facets of their
lives
along those of the
athletes
. We can
thus
be led
to conclude
that
professional
athletes
can be
very
good
portrayal
models
for
children
, ads long as they focus on the
positive
aspects of playing
sports
.