Why Are Sports Important In High School

I think sports are a big part in school, because students in 8th grade look forward to high school because of the sport they play. Sports shape a lot of kids especially with their grades, in any grade level you need passing grades to be able to play. With bad grades you were not eligible to play. It’s even more important in high school. You absolutely need good grades to be able to play a sport. When I was in 8th grade I wanted to play soccer so I joined soccer I wasn’t really good with my grades I always had Ds and Fs but when I joined soccer my coach told If I didn’t bring my grades up I was not going to be able to join, well I started to think to myself if I really want to play I have to bring my grades up. So I did within two weeks I brought my grades up and when we had sign up for soccer I was accepted it really helped me with my grades. I wish I would’ve continued playing sports when I started freshman year in high school but I was held back by something and I couldn’t join. I still play outside of school with friends to keep me away from video games and cellphones. …show more content…
In my high school we were always pumped up for football games and soccer games it was always fun to go and cheer them on especially on rivalry games. And of course if we didn’t have good grades our parents wouldn’t let us go to any of the games. My favorite sport to go to was football, lots and lots of people would go. Our football players took their games very serious and when they would lose they would always say they let us down but we still cheered them on they tried their