Sports and me

Sport is something the best for me. I like it very much because it's good for my health. When I was 5 I already played football, basketball and some other ball sports. When I play e.g. volleyball, I really enjoy it and at the same time my body gets relaxed.

When I was 8 years old I started playing soccer. It was really strange because I was the only girl on the team. ButIeverybody got used to it. I played soccer for about 2 years, I broke my wrist, so I had to give it up. About a year after that I took up karate. I felt as if I was the strongest person and nobody could "kick my ass". I did karate for another 2 years. And my last and best sport is volleyball. We play it at school a lot. As it is my number one sport let me tell you something about it.

Volleyball is played by two teams of six on an 18m by 9m indoor court. The teams are divided by a net that stands 2.43m high for men and 2.24m for women.

The object of the game is to hit the ball over the net to land in the other team's half of the court. Players normally use their hands to try to keep the ball in the air and set up point-winning plays, although the ball can be played by any part of the body.

Each team is allowed three touches of the ball before it must cross back over the net. Matches are the best of five sets, with 25 points needed to win a set.

I do not just play volleyball but I like basketball, tennis, cycling, handball and some other sports as well.

All in all, I think I'm a sporty person. In the future I hope I will keep my love for sport and I hope to be good at it.

And what are your favourite sports? Dare you play against us when we meet?

Submitted by Mia

SPORTS AND ME

I think that I am a very sporting person, because I like a lot of sports axample; football, basketball, handball, voleyball, swimming, cycling and other sports too… Capital reason, that I playing a lot of sports is enjoying in it. Probably I play it well, but I don t want to estimate myself. All this sports I play or do in my free time for relax, but Voleyball I played once a week at school. I haven t got some competitions because I play it just for fun.
I will tell something about football, because this is my favourite sport. We can play it on playgraund or in footbal hall or in some place. In this sport are a lot of rules. If you want to play it you first time need some ball than comparative shoes and maybe some special dres. I respect some good sports players. Some example in Slovenia is Primož Kozmus, who get a gold medal on Olympic games. I m often watching football games in League of Champions on TV it is very interested, because there are very good clubs and I can see some profesional football tricks and beautiful goals. In the future I will probably play the same sports that now, because it is good for relax and for fresh spirit in healty body.

My sport

Sport is my way of life. It relaxes me physically and mentally.
I practise basketball. I like being on a team trying to score a basket.
This ball game has been played in the Olympics since 1936. In the last Olympic Games in Beijing the United States team defeated the Spanish team and won the gold medal.
I hope that in fthe future also Slovenia will win a medal in playing basketball.
How good are you at playing basketball? Which basketball team do you root for?

Submitted by Biljana

Sports and me

I`m not quite a sportsperson, but i enjoy doing martial art. My favourite are kickboxing, tai-chi and savate. Kickboxing and savate are quite the same, the difference is, that in kickboxing is important, that you win a match. In savate is technique most important. 2nd difference is, that in savate you progress by collecting different kind of gloves (like belts in karate). I use tai-chi for relaxing and breathing exercises. In kickboxing i am quite good, i have a little more problems in savate, because i need to know many different poses and stances. These three sports i don`t practice regularly, but just when i have time and i wish to do something for my body. For tai-chi you don`t need anything, just comfortable clothes. In kickboxing and savate you need boxing gloves, pads for knees and feet and a place to practice. In the future i would like to be more affective in these sports.

sport and me

I love sport very much. Sport is healthy for organism and soul.My favourite sport is basketball.I already liked it in the elementary school because I am tall enough. Also in the future I'd like to play this sport. My parents support me and I will try to become an ace. I think that at school we do enough sports during P.E. (physical education) lessons, so there is no problem to stay fit.

SPORT AND ME

Biljana is presenting you our country Slovenia

SLOVENIA


The Republic of Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe, where the Alps face the Panonian plains and the Mediterranean meets the mysterious Karst. To the north borders to Austria; Hungary is to the east, Croatia to the south and Italy to the west.

The Republic of Slovenia
Full name: Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija)
State system: Democratic parliamentary republic; member of the EU since 1 May 2004
Capital: Ljubljana, 258,873 inhabitants
Official Language: Slovene, in some nationally mixed areas also Italian and Hungarian
National flag: three equal horizontal stripes in white, blue and red with Slovenian coat of arms on its left upper side
Coat of arms: Three six-pointed yellow stars are symbols of the Counts of Celje with Triglav as a symbol of Slovenehood and underlying two wavy lines symbolizing Slovenian rivers and the sea
Anthem: the seventh stanza of France Prešeren poem Zdravljica (a Toast); melody by Stanko Premrl
Currency: Euro
Phone dial code: +386

Geography
Area: 20,273 km²
Time zone: GMT/UTC +1
Length of borders: 1,370 km; with Austria: 318 km, with Croatia: 670 km, with Hungary: 102 km, with Italy: 280 km
Length of coastline: 46.6 km
Landscape: the territory of Slovenia is divided into four basic types of landscapes, Alpine in the north, Mediterranean in the south-west, Dinaric in the south and Pannonian in the east.
Climate: continental in central Slovenia, alpine in the north-west and sub-Mediterranean along the cost and its hinterland
Forest: 10,124 km2
Average temperature: January –2°C; July 21°C
Highest mountain: Triglav, 2,864 m
Longest river: Sava, 221 km
Largest lake: Cerknica lake (intermittent) 26 km²
Longest and deepest touristic karst cave: Postojnska jama, 19.5 km
Major natural park: Triglav national park, 83,808 ha


Population
Main cities: Ljubljana (258.873), Maribor (93.847), Celje (37.834), Kranj (35.587), Velenje (26.742), Koper (23.726)
Ethnic composition of Slovenia:
Slovene 80.06%
Serbian 5.98%
Croatian 3.81%
Bosniak 1.10%
Hungarian 0.32%
Albanian 0.31%
Macedonian 0.20%
Romani 0.17%
Montenegrin 0.14%
Italian 0.11%
Other minorities 7.80%



Biljana Petkovič, 1. egč