Some people think that sports played in teams are better than individual sports. Others don’t think so. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

In recent years, the issue of
sports
has been brought to the public attention. Some
people
put forward the idea that
sports
played in teams are better than individual
sports
.
Nevertheless
, those
people
who are opposed to it hold the view that individual
sports
are better. Taking both sides of the argument into consideration, I am of the opinion that
sports
played in teams are better. My arguments for
this
point are listed in the following. The first and most important factor is that
team
sports
can help us build up good
teamwork
while
individual
sports
cannot. In fact, a lot of
sports
like football, basketball and volleyball, require a certain amount of skill of cooperation.
People
who are involved in
team
sports
would have a chance to learn how to work with each other. Taking basketball as an example, there are five players in the ball
game
. Each player has a different mission, one for shooting the ball
while
another
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to lead the whole
team
in getting the scores.
In contrast
, individual
sports
cannot give a chance on developing
teamwork
skills. They always
solo
the whole
game
and would not know what
time
to become the leader and what
time
to become support the
team
. Taking all the above factors into consideration,
it is clear that
team
sports
can help us build up good
teamwork
. Another factor is that the atmosphere of
team
sports
is better than individual
sports
. Many
people
claim that if there is a
team
sports
game
, it needs
time
to find a teammate to join the
game
. It seems that having enough
people
is more difficult and more
time
-consuming than individual
sports
. Even a football
game
requires 22
people
to start.
However
, it is not the case. The process of setting up the
team
sport
game
is harder than a
solo
game
but after we overcome that, the things we learnt and the precious memory and experience obtained from the
team
sport
game
are much more valuable and meaningful than individual
sports
. There is a good feeling of seeing everybody play different roles in a
game
.
Besides
, a
solo
game
,
such
as tennis, needs to find an opponent to start the
game
and it needs
time
. Taking all the above factors into consideration,
it is clear that
team
sports
are better than individual
sports
. In conclusion, I hold an unshakable view that
sports
played in teams are better than individual
sports
.
Team
sports
can help us build up good
teamwork
and atmosphere. The advantages of joining
team
sports
are more than that of
solo
sports
. It is high
time
that we experienced
team
sports
.
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