1.	Sports and games – pros and cons

2.	Typical sports

2.1	Great Britain

2.1.1

Football

2.1.2

Taekwondo

2.1.3

Rowing

2.1.4

Cricket

2.1.5

Darts

2.1.6

Snooker

2.1.7

Horse-racing

2.1.8

Golf

2.1.9

Rugby

2.2

Ireland

2.2.1

Gaelic football

2.2.2

Hurling

2.3

America

2.3.1

American football (soccer)

2.3.2

Baseball

2.3.3

Basketball

2.3.4

Horseshoes

2.3.5

Ice hockey

2.3.6

Lacrosse

2.4	New Zealand

2.4.1

Netball

2.4.2

Golf

2.5

Canada

2.5.1

Curling

2.6

Australia

2.6.1

Surfing

2.6.2

Scuba diving

3.	Summer sports

3.1

Athletics

3.2	Ball games

3.3	Individual games

3.4	Combat sports

4.	Winter sports

5.	The Olympic Games

6.	Drugs in sports

“Summer sports

Athletics
- is a sport you can practise all the year round but the most important championships usually take place in summer
- it is made up of many different disciplines:
Running:
- there are two main types of runners in athletics - sprinters and distance runners.
1. sprinting - run short distances as fast as they can
- the shortest spring in outdoor athletics is 10 meters
- to be a good sprinter you need to be muscular to produce the burst of speed, and lean
2. distance running - you should be slim and have great stamina
- important is endurance - the ability to keep a steady pace over a long distance
- the longest race in athletics is marathon – participants must run a road race 42,195 km long
3. relay races - each member of the four-person team must run either 100 or 400 meters
- when the runners finishes, he must hand a baton to his teammate who then continues
4. hurdles - is another sprint, but the big differences is athletes must jump over hurdles
Jumping:
1. high jump - ideal for people who are tall and slim and with long, powerful legs
- it is very important to accelerate quickly, so short distance speed is essential
- try to make the highest jump over a bar
2. pole vault – athletes use a long pole to vault over a bar
- you should have very strong arms, be slim, and it also helps if you are a little bit crazy
3. long jump - for this discipline you need very strong legs
4. triple jump
Throwing:
- you can throw the discus, javelin, shot put (a metal ball), or hammer
- you must be muscular, have wide shoulders, be heavy (but not fat), and have strong legs
- strong arms, shoulders, and legs are needed to put power into the throw, and weight is used to add momentum
Decathlon:
- it consists of ten events - 100 me, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500m
- Roman Šebrle

Ball games


Football
Volleyball
Florball
Handball
Tennis
Table tennis
Badminton
Squash
Basketball

Individual games
Swimming
- does not require much at all, just a swimming pool (or a lake or the sea) and a swimming suit
- the best sport for the developing muscles on the whole of the body
- there are many different strokes you can use in swimming, depending on your skill and stamina: breaststroke, crawl, backstroke, etc
- if you like extreme sports, you can always take a jump off the high dive
- other water sports are snorkelling, canoeing, rowing, sailing, padding, motorboat ride, rafting, yachting, surfing, and water polo
Cycling
- an excellent way of keeping fit
- road bikes - used for riding on paved surfaces
- they are very light with thin tires, and have many gears
- the lower gears are for riding up hills, while the higher gears are for going downhill and along flat areas
- can be seen in races like the Tour de France.
mountain bikes - are versatility
- their fat tires and strong frames make them ideal for travelling down mountains
bicycle Motocross - used on ramps and other obstacles
- they are small and light with strong frames and only one gear, so they are very easy to take care of
- but though they are small, the price for these bikes is very large
Tennis
- an extremely popular sport which is simple to learn but difficult to master
- it can be played outdoors on sunny days, or if the weather isn't good on indoor courts as well
- to play it, you should have a good pair of shoes and a racket.
On-line skating
- the first skates that had the wheels in a line actually appeared in the 18th century
- for years the most popular roller skates were those with two wheels in front and two in back
- it is quite fun and great exercise and it can be done outside in the park
- also, it is good to buy pads and a helmet

Combat sports

Boxing
Judo
Karate
Sumo
Rugby
Wrestling
Fencing


The most dangerous sports are extreme adrenaline sports as paragliding, rafting, bungee-jumping, parachuting, car racing or rock climbing"

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