ONLY FOR SPORT….

Wha

t´s your favourite sport?

1. How often do you practice?

2. What equipment do you need?

3. Some Rules

The students in 1st

ESO answered to these questions and here is their report:

Basket-Ball is

good fun because it is a fast exciting sport and it is very technical. I like seeing the

American basketball but I love playing it. I practice this sport very often:

normally, I play with my friends in the team and in the street, too. I play in the

team of my town called “CB Jaca”, with my friends and acquaintances. We train

twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting at 19:00 and finishing at 20:00,

and sometimes on Fridays, but not always. Then, on Saturday mornings, I play a

basketball match with my team. We sometimes have to travel and we have to

wake up very early. There´s team spirit and we think that’s important.

Equipment In basketball, you need some specific wear because you have to run

and jump so you need basketball trainers with socks and a basketball kit with a

long basketball T-shirt (like a normal T-shirt but it doesn’t have sleeves) and

shorts.The basketball trainers are very important to play this sport. With them, you

can jump and run faster and more comfortably. And, of

course, you also need a ball and two baskets!

Rules There are from 8 to 12 players in each team but

for the game you only need 5 players in the court.

There are five positions: it depends on how tall players are, the control of the ball

and the capacity to finish the play.

To play you must bounce the ball and run very fast to the other field and put the

ball in the basket for adding two points.

Federación española de Baloncesto

It has many rules, so it’s a bit complicated, but when you play it for some time, it’s

easier.

Foul: There are some fouls in basketball, for example: Attack foul, personal foul,

technical foul… When you make a foul, the other team throws in.

Steps: You cannot walk without bouncing. When you stop and have the ball in

your hands, be careful: you can´t walk with the ball without bouncing.

Doubles: when you stop with the ball in your hands you don´t bounce it again. You

can´t walk more than two steps.

Pivot: Turn on one foot to dodge the contrary.

Foot: The basketball ball can´t touch the foot of the player.

Possession: there are 24 seconds of possession of the ball before shooting into the

basket.

Back-wards: The ball returned to the backcourt (back field) occurs when a team

has control of the ball in the front-court and one of their players is the last to touch

the ball in the frontcourt and then a team-mate touches next but he or she is still

on the back part of the court.

Don’t bounce the ball with two hands!

When the ball goes out of the field, the other team throws in.

Video: 10 best scenes ever!

Basketball We have fun with our friends.

For the matches you must wear the club’s tracksuit.

WE BASKET

BBAALLLLEETT::

WWhhaatt´́ss yyoouurr ffaavvoorriittee ssppoorrtt?? WWhhyy??

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wwaayy ttoo kkeeeepp ffiitt aanndd ttoo eexxpprreessss oouurr ffeeeelliinnggss.. YYoouu

uussuuaallllyy mmaakkee ffrriieennddss bbeeccaauussee wwee sshhaarree ddiiffffeerreenntt

eemmoottiioonnss wwhheenn wwee ggoo ttoo ccoommppeettiittiioonnss..

WWhhaatt eeqquuiippmmeenntt ddoo yyoouu nneeeedd??

TToo pprraaccttiiccee,, wwee ggiirrllss nneeeedd:: bbooddiicceess,, ttiigghhttss,, bbaalllleett

sshhooeess aanndd//oorr ppooiinntteess..

WWee nneeeedd ttoo wweeaarr aa bbuunn aass aa hhaaiirr--ddoo..

FFoorr tthhee bbooyyss,, aann aaddjjuusstteedd tt--sshhiirrtt,, ttiigghhttss aanndd

bbaalllleett sshhooeess aarree rreeqquuiirreedd..

AAnndd ffoorr ccoommppeettiittiioonnss,, wwee wweeaarr ddiiffffeerreenntt

ccoossttuummeess..

HHooww oofftteenn ddoo yyoouu ddoo yyoouurr ffaavvoorriittee ssppoorrtt??

UUssuuaallllyy,, wwee ddoo ttwwoo hhoouurrss aa ddaayy ffrroomm MMoonnddaayy

ttoo FFrriiddaayy..

OOnn SSaattuurrddaayy,, wwee ddoo tthhrreeee hhoouurrss oorr mmoorree..

WWee pprraaccttiiccee iinn ddiiffffeerreenntt ppllaacceess,, ddeeppeennddiinngg oonn

tthhee nnuummbbeerr ooff ppeeooppllee..

NNIIRRAA:: SShhee pprraaccttiicceess ssiinnccee sshhee wwaass tthhrreeee yyeeaarrss oolldd.. SShhee

lloovveess iitt bbeeccaauussee iitt’’ss ffuunn..

SSAARRAA:: SShhee pprraaccttiicceess ssiinnccee sshhee wwaass ffoouurr yyeeaarrss oolldd.. SShhee lloovveess

iitt bbeeccaauussee sshhee ggooeess wwiitthh aa lloott ooff ffrriieennddss..

AARREESS:: HHee pprraaccttiicceess iitt ssiinnccee hhee wwaass eeiigghhtt yyeeaarrss oolldd.. HHee lloovveess

iitt bbeeccaauussee hhee ddooeess aa lloott ooff ssppoorrtt..

EEVVAA:: SShhee pprraaccttiicceess ssiinnccee sshhee wwaass ffoouurr yyeeaarrss oolldd.. SShhee lloovveess

iitt bbeeccaauussee sshhee lleeaarrnnss lloottss ooff tthhiinnggss iinn iitt..

AANNAASSTTAASSIIAA:: SShhee ssttaarrtteedd pprraaccttiicciinngg iitt wwhheenn sshhee wwaass sseevveenn

yyeeaarrss oolldd.. SShhee lloovveess iitt bbeeccaauussee wwhheenn sshhee ssaaww hheerr ssiisstteerr

ddaanncciinngg,, sshhee kknneeww tthhaatt sshhee wwaanntteedd ttoo ddoo tthhaatt,, ttoooo..

EEvveerryybbooddyy……

AAnndd nnooww…… oonnee vviiddeeoo ☺☺

hhttttpp::////yyoouuttuu..bbee//qqiiffvvSSwwNNeeppVV44

I like dancing, I love music and I enjoy taking part in international

contests!

Martial Arts : Judo and Taekwondo. Judo is a really fun, useful, and original sport. I like doing Judo because people usually think that it’s

only for boys, and I want to make a difference!

It consists in throwing into the floor your opponent, but no worries, there’s a pad in the floor called

“tatami”.

Equipment: you must wear the “judogui” that means in Japanese “Judo-suit”. Also, you must be in

bare feet. But you also need a belt and a pair of flip-flops!

I practice judo on Monday and Wednesday; I sometimes have a competition at the weekend and I like it

very much because, in occasions, I travel to many cities in my country but also in France

This year I’m taking a Judo-break, though. I have been doing it for the past three years but I’m not doing

it this year..

International Judo Federation

Taekwondo is fun but it’s also a little bit difficult. Taekwondo is typical from Korea. It consists in

doing exhibitions,” punsets” or fights. “ Punsets” are a combination of positions for self-defense. In the

fights you must try to overcome your opponent.

Equipment: for doing Taekwondo you need a “kimono”. Also, you must be bare-feet. The same as in

Judo, you need a belt and a pair of flip-flops to walk around the gym.

I’ve been in Taekwondo for the pasts seven years. I practice three days a week.

Video with Korean kick-names.

My favourite sport is volleyball because it is good fun and you can play

with friends or in P.E. It is easy but sometimes it can be complicated, too.

Read about the Rules in this page: FIVB

I’m not very good at sports but I love playing volleyball.

If you play with friends, you don’t need any equipment so we often play

with a pair of shorts and trainers and one t- shirt; but if you play in a team,

in your free time, you need a special tracksuit for the team, a uniform.

I play volleyball in the school or with my friends but I am

not playing in a particular team. So I often watch volleyball

on TV.

TENNIS My favorite sport is tennis because it´s fun and good exercise.

I play tennis on Thursday and Friday.

I wear a T-shirt, sweatpants, a tennis racket, tennis shoes

with socks and tennis balls.

Once, I won a 3rd category league of tennis club Jaca and

they gave us a €10 voucher (discount) to spend at

“DEPORTES CHUS” so I bought a blue jacket.

Last Friday, I broke some strings.

I love rackets

Next year, I will travel to Madrid and I will see my

tennis mates and also the tennis matches of MADRID OPEN.

Rafa won agai9n Madrid Open, on 11th May 2014.

My favourite sport is swimming because I love the water and it`s

a relaxing sport. But sometimes it´s very hard because there are

competitions and there are many people around. I`m going to be

like Michael Phelps… but, oh, it is not possible because I’m very

weak and little. �

I need a towel, a pair of goggles, a

swimming cap and a swimsuit to go

swimming and I also need a pair of flip-

flops.

My goggles are made of crystal and my

swimsuits are popular retro-style.

For practicing it, I go to the municipal swimming

pool. There I train all the Tuesdays and

Thursdays, We start at half past six and I finish at

half past seven;

Find here lots of tips for swimming lovers!

SKIING

We are from or we live in Jaca in Spain so there are many mountains

around….

Our favourite sport is skiing because it is exciting and very good fun and

we love the snow. Skiing is a fun winter-sport but it can also be

dangerous.

There are many types of skiing: ski touring, cross-country ski, alpine

skiing…

Nowadays, to practice ski you need a helmet, a pair of skis, ski- poles, a

pair of heavy boots and outdoors wear.

We practice this sport every weekend during winter and we started

about 7 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPT9vlfxQkg

Hockey

My favorite sport is ice-hockey because it is the fastest sport in

the world.

The goalkeeper needs: a mask, overalls, pass-catcher, blocker,

stick, pads and skates.

We usually train on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with sub

15 and on Fridays some weekends, too.

☺ OSTRICH RACES �

Hello I´m Mariano. I´m from Spain and my favourite sport is

Ostrich-races, but I´m not doing this sport at the moment

because in Spain there aren’t many ostriches so I sometimes

watch this sport in the internet.

An ostrich-jockey needs a helmet, comfortable clothes and a

saddle for an ostrich.

I want to do this sport when I´m older, because I love this animal

and it is fun.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sWKo0FyEE

PS: the English teacher doesn´t agree with the use of animals

for people´s business and fun.

May, 2014

Students in 1-ESO at IES Domingo Miral, in Jaca.