ESSAY
High School Sports
I agree that with Kevin Knin and Grace Chen that sports in high school do help students during and
after high school.HS sports do bene t the students while playing they learn skills that stay with them for
their life%me. In Grace Chens article she has ten reasons why HS sports are good and one of them was
tness. It said “A 2006 study on female athletes found that when female athletes are given more
opportunity to par%cipate in athle%cs in high school their weight and body mass improve (chen 1).
Which is true, I play in marching band and by the end of the season I feel so much be/er in my body and
way healthier. Marching band and school really keep me busy so its showed me how to use my %me
be/er than was%ng it on mindless stu1 like tv and sleeping.
There are so many studies that say that people who play in HS sports are more unlikely to not do stupid
stu1 like drugs or get a DUI. Who would want to risk losing a scholarship over doing something stupid
and risky. “A 2002 study by the department of educa%on that found students who spend no %me in
eextracurricular ac%vi%es in high school were 49% more likely to use drugs and 37% more apt to become
teen parents (chen 1). People who do sports are more likely to have high grades and GPAs instead of kids
who don’t. A study published in 2007 found “students who were ac%ve in sports like soccer, football and
even skateboarding performed 10npercent be/er in core subjects like math, science, social studies and
language arts (chen 2). High School sports are open to anyone willing to try out for it even if it seems like
they can’t.
People usually like to be around people like the social bu/er>y or that persons that just likes to be
around people. I am a social bu/er>y so I have to talk as long as I can and since I’ve been in marching
band I have a lot of friends and I keep myself busy. Its a great way to make friends through HS sports,
cause you kind of have to make at least a couple of friends or its just wouldn’t work out as a team.
“students who par%cipate in sports often forge close friendships with others on the team (chen 2).”The
rela%onships you make with all your team mates is kind of important for any of your health mental,
physical, and most importantly emotional. sometimes even those friendships you make in high school
pay well so they can sometimes a1ord to donate every once and awhile. To conclude these are my
reasons to why I think high school sports bene t the students during and after high school.