I’ve always wondered if there was a place to reduce stress. Sports are the best because of all the different effects it has on people. Sports do a lot of things like reduce stress. Studies have shown the text states in sports, “ Has been shown to reduce stress by increasing the production of endorphins, which are natural stress relievers.” It helps out with a wide variety of things like getting better sleep, Enhanced concentration, Increased energy levels, improves moods, and social connections. These aren’t just regular reasons; these are literally the most important things that the human body literally needs. Sports aren’t just to be perfect at but it helps you a lot on the long way. If you were to go to play a game and you are not in a very good mood I guarantee you that you will come back in such a good mood and sleep very well that night too. After all, sports are really fun even if you’re not good at it. Then you make all these friends who will be there to support you and laugh with you and you may never know those might be your friends forever. For example my brother played lacrosse and soccer in high school and he is now out of college and has a job and some of the friends he made at soccer and lacrosse are still his friends till this day. Also from my experiences playing sports but I play baseball has impacted me a lot. Baseball has helped with a lot like when I’m not in the right head space or not in the mood I go to my game and everything changes it’s like my secret escape for my thoughts to be free and not worry about anything just me and my teammates playing ball together talking, laughing a lot of those but that’s where I vent out. Baseball has also helped me concentrate. I would do my homework after my baseball practice and I would feel more focused and on task because I would usually get distracted but no I was just locked in the whole time until I finished my homework. Also the physical side sports can get you fit to if you want to run for a longer period of time you can join soccer to gain your stamina as you can see not only does sports affect you mentally in a good way but in a physical way to it doesn’t matter what sport you play I can guarantee you that you will also be getting exercise to. Sports is also a very good way of exercise so if you don’t wanna go to the gym to run that day you can go play sports and get that exercise. From my experience I used to be really chubby but when I started getting into sports I started losing weight, started gaining more stamina and this helped me build a lot of confidence and made me want to play even more sports. I am currently playing baseball, basketball, and soccer but baseball is my favorite out of the three. I am positive that there will be a great impact to playing any type of sport you desire. This is why you need to play any sport!
Sebastian Salinas – Fenwick High School – DMSF Class of 2030
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