With the advancement of technology, virtual sports like Wii are becoming more popular.\u00a0Busy citizens treat the games in the virtual sports consoles as entertainment and a\u00a0valuable chance to exercise. However, I think virtual sports are not as good as real sports\u00a0due to the lesser physical and mental benefits, and I\u2019m going to explain in full detail in\u00a0the following post. Read on!<\/p>\n
One argument for virtual sports is that there is a much lesser risk of injury than real\u00a0sports, so it would be safer for participants. However, this might not be true for many\u00a0people. Virtual sports are usually played at home, and Hong Kong is notorious for its\u00a0crammed living spaces. When the space for playing is so small, the risk of players\u00a0accidentally bumping into things like furniture, or worse, fragile decorations at home\u00a0would increase, which might lead to injuries. Another problem about crammed living\u00a0spaces is that it only allows a small degree of movement, so participants are definitely\u00a0unable to move and exercise enough using virtual sports. Without enough exercise, how\u00a0can one\u2019s health be improved? Therefore, virtual sports are not as good as expected.<\/p>\n
Some people also claim that virtual sports could perk the interest of players in playing\u00a0sports with the scoring system, which can raise their confidence. However, this is not\u00a0true, either. Yes, people are interested in playing the virtual games because of their\u00a0scoring systems, but being interested in virtual games does not automatically translate\u00a0into being enthusiastic about real sports as well. What’s more likely to happen is that\u00a0players will become used to indoor, comfortable conditions in which virtual sports are\u00a0played, and this in turn makes them dislike the sunny, outdoor conditions of real sports.\u00a0After \u2018exercising\u2019 in air-conditioned and sheltered conditions for too long, it will be even\u00a0harder to adjust to harsher conditions of real sports, which is the actually the real source\u00a0of joy and excitement of sports. This might cause players to not play real sports and\u00a0instead, opt for the less healthy virtual options for the comfort.<\/p>\n
Real sports, on the other hand, can bring actual health benefits to players. Through\u00a0exercising under the sun, lots of sweat will be produced, and toxic chemicals within the\u00a0body will be released along. This can help maintain or even improve the health of the\u00a0player. Also, human skin can synthesize Vitamin D automatically under sunlight, and\u00a0Vitamin D can lead to more absorption of calcium, which is good for our bones and\u00a0healing of wounds. So, real sports can undoubtedly bring us health benefits. Regarding\u00a0the risk of injury, as long as enough warm-up exercises are done beforehand, it should\u00a0not be a problem. Injuries can be avoided, and as real sports bring much more health\u00a0benefits that virtual sports cannot, real sports are much better.<\/p>\n
Another benefit that gives real sports an edge over virtual sports is that real sports can\u00a0cultivate teamwork among players. Certain kinds of sports like basketball and volleyball\u00a0require a whole team to cooperate and work out strategies to win. This sort of teamwork\u00a0cannot be achieved by virtual sports as the maximum number of players is four. How can\u00a0teamwork be developed when only such a limited number of people is allowed to play\u00a0together? Apart from cultivating teamwork, real sports can also train the perseverance of\u00a0players. It is obviously harder to exercise under the scorching sun, with sweat pouring\u00a0down our faces and being unable to catch our breath, but it\u2019s all these challenges that\u00a0train us to be more resilient as we plough through the difficulties and overcome the\u00a0limitations of our bodies. We can be trained to persevere and not give up even when we\u00a0feel like our bodies cannot take it anymore. The comfortable conditions of virtual sports\u00a0are certainly no match to real sports.<\/p>\n
Virtual sports are undeniably fun as they allow us to exercise and play at the same time,\u00a0but real sports are what can truly benefit us both physically and mentally. Let\u2019s all\u00a0exercise more from today onwards and lead a healthy and fit life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the advancement of technology, virtual sports like Wii are becoming more popular.\u00a0Busy citizens treat the games in the virtual sports consoles as entertainment and a\u00a0valuable chance to exercise. However, I think virtual sports are not as good as real sports\u00a0due to the lesser physical and mental.........Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-s5","schoolyear-48"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5543,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/5543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}