The Educational Side of Sports A world without sports cannot be imagined; it is an unbearable idea, and just the thought of it brings the chills to many dedicated fans. Leaving oxymora aside, sports are indeed an essential part of daily life. To make sure that people understand this, Wilfrid Sheed lists, in his 1995 essay to The Wilson Quarterly, “Why Sports Matter”, all the reasons why sports are so important for modern society. Furthermore, Michael Kimmelman inadvertently supports these reasons in his 2010 article for The New York Times, “Women Who Hit Hard and How They’ve Changed Tennis” by carefully explaining how women have influenced tennis and how that displays the importance of sports. It is one of those cases in which one article perfectly exemplifies another, just as if they were written together. Kimmelman is clearly demonstrating, through examples based on modern women tennis, how sports teach vital life lessons. Although the idea may have not occurred to most people, sports are an outstanding rehearsal for life; in…show more content… Sports have grown to be one of the pillars of modern society, yet most people take this for granted. Not everyone notice how the hugest events on television are sports-related, and how sports are capable of moving masses around the world. Both Sheed and Kimmelman only show a limited view of the importance of sports; if the rest of sports (such as soccer, football, or baseball) were examined, even more examples about the relevance of sports would be encountered. Sports are necessary for children to learn the basic values of society: teamwork, honesty, discipline, courage, love, and dedication, among others. The truth is that the prime objective of sports should always be mere entertainment and relaxation, yet it is impossible to play a sport without learning one or two basic life
