Persuasive Essay About Softball

Alyssa Groff

Professor Woodring

English Comp 101

24 January 2017

Benefits of Playing a Sport

Many people choose to exercise at the gym, at home, or they participate in a sport. Research shows, “playing sports is the best physical activity that helps to improve the functional capabilities of body” (“Physical Activity for a Healthy Weight”). Playing sports, especially softball is beneficial to a person’s health, as shown by achieving better grades, maintaining healthy weight, building up self-esteem, and most importantly learning how to work together with others. Softball is “a sport similar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand” (“Softball”). These benefits allow teenagers and adults to find out who they are and to use the strengths they learn from softball in the rest of their lives.

A benefit to playing a sport, like softball, is that one can learn to balance their grades and a sport. While playing a sport, it will get difficult to set aside time to do homework and work on projects. However, when one is involved in a school sport they have to maintain good grades to play on the team. This allows players to work their hardest in school and do their best in everything they do. In addition, “Sports require many aspects such as memorization, learning and repetition. These characteristics are used both on the field, and in the classroom. When playing a sport, a team works towards a goal; this is the same attribute as striving to get a good grade on a test” (“Benefits of Sports”). In summary, a huge benefit of playing a high school, or college level sport is that students learn how to manage their time with having good grades and also being successful on the