Sports: A sheer pleasure for those who understand

I have been associated with all kinds of sports from my childhood. Cricket tops the favorites’ list , which actually goes without saying considering an amazing craze for this game in the country. I have realized that nothing can bring as much a joy as playing and experiencing sheer thrill in any sport. I have played cricket for my school and various clubs and understand this game pretty well.It’s not how well you can play the game but how quickly you can learn the same is important. I have known many guys who were quite ordinary when they started playing but improved by leaps and bounds as they kept practicing. Deriving a joy out of the game is the paramount point to be given attention to by those who play sports.

Sport turns introvert guys into extroverts , inculcates tremendous sense of team spirit, teaches us to take failures in our stride and underlines the fleeting nature of success. Sport is a great leveler, so it always keeps players on their toes. It helps develop a great physique which keeps ailments away. ‘Sound mind in sound body’ is quite an apt old adage. A sports science is taught in corporate offices nowadays because of the resemblances sport bears with the corporate life. Career is never a ‘ 9 to 5 job’ for professional players similarly it’s never quite a smooth ride for top corporate officials.Roller coaster rides are daily affairs for these people.Sport science assists them tackle those.( remember corporate workshops held by Harsha Bhogle, an IIM graduate, who knows importance of sports.)

Joy is an integral part of any sport. It’s not a win or a loss but the pleasure it brings is immense, at the same time it amounts to frustration in some cases. That’s precisely what is not expected. People put a lot of passion and efforts just to win and when things don’t work correctly it leads to a so called humiliation. Sportsman’s spirit comes into picture over here. As long as passion is still alive, victory or defeat is immaterial. So in today’s time , when youths spend most of their time in front of idiot boxes, it’s high time to go out and play sport of their liking.