Han Zheng

Mr. Taylor

Sports reading and Writing 

Sept.29, 2015

          Sportsmanship 

Today`s press often built a sport star`s success as how much money and honor he has . The general public, to some extent, loves to hear and admired the extreme wealth of a superstar in football, soccer, basketball, baseball, etc. However, the very nature of a sport is not about monetary achievement or honors but a spirit and enjoyment— that is, the sportsmanship. 

When I was a young boy, I did not really care about sports util when I was entering 4th grade. I met some good friends in the 4th grade ,and started to play soccer with them as pastime. I had always been enjoying watching soccer but never got a chance to play it before. I, surprisingly liked playing soccer immediately after. I clearly remembered my friends and I played soccer in the soccer field at our elementary school, sometimes even on the basketball field. 

I at this point did not have ideas about entering JV or varsity soccer team, or planning to get a scholarship to a good college for playing soccer: I just played for fun. I gradually found my talent in playing soccer, and I even became a starter in the field a year later. The most important gift from playing soccer in my childhood was not those merits but a longstanding and cherished friendship that still is keeping till today. 

After I went to a middle school in a different district, I met people who I completely  had not acquainted before. I was quit anxious about in what way I could make friends. This question was perfectly solved by soccer. I joined the soccer team in 7th grade and in there I met a person later as one of best friends. I still can remember in a winter someday in middl school, we played soccer just two of us on a soccer field covered with snow. Why did we play soccer in this extreme weather? Because we loved it. We loved the feeling touching the ball and running on the field. Since there were just two people in that field,My friend and me, we only could practice shooting like free kick and penalty. It now might sound boring, which it was boring, but ,when we were touching the ball on this snowy field, only felt we was as sense of joy and satisfaction. I guess that is the sportsmanship.