Sport has always been a popular hobby among people. We play sports, bet on sport, cheer up our favorite athlete, hold festivals. But for some people sport means only an opportunity to find out who is the fastest, the bravest, the strongest.
Professional athletes past and present are starting to speak up about a reality that some coaches, doctors, and sports associations have ignored or even intentionally covered up: it’s a culture singularly focused upon winning at all costs, a culture that sometimes disregards the mental and physical health of athletes.
The first thing that needs to be said is that concentration only on winning enables sportsmen to enjoy the process and make it harder. When you all the time under great pressure of expectations, your emotional and physical resources are being depleted. Furthermore, the desire to be the best makes some people break the rule, use prohibited substances and even hurt their rivals.
On the other hand, sport should be competitive because it stimulates athletes to better train, encourages them to show their best. Besides professional sport is an industry where a lot of people pay for spectacle and emotions, and if friendship always wins it will get boring and kill the idea of big sports events.
To sum up, athletes need to find a balance between the aim to get to the top and a reasonable assessment of their capabilities. And sport should be more about a healthy lifestyle, not a championship title.
Sport
has always been a popular hobby among
people
. We play
sports
, bet on
sport
, cheer up our favorite
athlete
, hold festivals.
But
for
some
people
sport
means
only
an opportunity to find out who is the fastest, the bravest, the strongest.
Professional
athletes
past and present are starting to speak up about a reality that
some
coaches, doctors, and
sports
associations have
ignored
or even
intentionally
covered up: it’s a culture
singularly
focused upon winning at all costs, a culture that
sometimes
disregards the mental and physical health of athletes.
The
first
thing that needs to
be said
is that concentration
only
on winning enables sportsmen to enjoy the process and
make
it harder. When you all the time under great pressure of expectations, your emotional and physical resources are
being depleted
.
Furthermore
, the desire to be the best
makes
some
people
break the
rule
,
use
prohibited substances and even hurt their rivals.
On the other hand
,
sport
should be competitive
because
it stimulates
athletes
to better train, encourages them to
show
their best.
Besides
professional
sport
is an industry where
a lot of
people
pay for spectacle and emotions, and if friendship always wins it will
get
boring and kill the
idea
of
big
sports
events
.
To sum up,
athletes
need to find a balance between the aim to
get
to the top and a reasonable assessment of their capabilities. And
sport
should be more about a healthy lifestyle, not a championship title.