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Write a composition of (350 – 400 words) on the following :

“More lessons are learnt on the sports field than in the classroom”. Express your views either for or against this statement.

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I do agree wholeheartedly that more lessons are learnt on the sports field than in the class room. If you consider deeply the sports field is a mini field of life. Whatever we . experience or learn here serve to be invaluable experiences to us for life. Let’s begin with an invaluable adage of life “practice makes a man perfect”. This holds true for the sports field. The more you practice, the better athlete you will become whether it is sprinting or hurdle-racing or slow cycling, skating, javelin throwing, discus or shot put throws nothing makes a person better than practice, Constant practice makes us better swimmers, badminton players, hockey, throw ball and chess experts. 

The next invaluable lesson to be learnt is team-work. There are many sporting events in which your winning and losing depends upon the entire team. Haven’t we seen cricket and basket-ball teams in despair even after the brilliant performance of a few / individuals? We learn not only to bring out the best in ourselves but in others as well. We realise that inter-personal motivation, support and encouragement are essential for the best performance. 

Life teaches us that “failures are stepping stones to success.” The same is true with the sport-field. Here too one failure does not mean absolute doom. It simply gives us the courage to rise and fight again. Perhaps failure makes us tougher for the next round of I” fight. How often have we seen those who failed to win in a race succeeding the second or the third time? 

The class-room does not prepare us for split second decisions. I refer to a recent IPL match. The decision taken by a fielder in the cricket-field was awesome. While watching a game of cricket the fielder on the boundary line jumped up to prevent an obvious six. He then hit it back inside the line and then caught it. Thus a six was converted into a catch. These hair-splitting decisions cannot be taken in the classroom. 

The sports field also teaches us how to be a true sportsman or a sportswoman. What is sportsmanship? It is fair play which is based on just and impartial decisions. It is also something which teaches us to lose gracefully without cursing or complaining. It is better to be a good loser than a bad winner. The sports field also teaches us that only the best and the deserving win. It is rarely that things happen by fluke on the sports field. Only if you are a good sprinter can you win the race. “Javelin, higher, stronger” is the motto of the Olympic games and it also holds true in real life that the fittest survives. 

Thus in so many ways the education we receive and the lessons we learn on the sports field are more than those we learn in our class rooms.

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