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So You Want to Play a Spring Sport for P.E. Credits

Emily Tran, class of 2011, shows focus and athleticism on the badminton court, photo credits: the Woodside High School Badminton Facebook page

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Caitlin Bohaboy, Social Media Manager
March 9, 2012
Filed under Sports, Uncategorized

Everyone I know is playing a sport this spring, but not everyone I know is athletic. Why have all the Woodside students jumped into the sports wagon this spring? Obviously for those glorious P.E. credits we all need in order to graduate.

There’s a huge variety of athletics, from swimming and badminton, to softball, baseball, golf, lacrosse, and men’s tennis. Each sport season grants a student 2.5 credits towards the 20 they need in order to graduate. Taking P.E. at school is always a good way to receive your credits, snagging 5 points a semester, but not every student is willing to endure more than they’re required. Every freshman has to take mandatory P.E. class, which can be a pain with it’s constant athletic training and the notorious “Monday mile”. After freshman year, sophomores have the choice to either take a second year of P.E. and finish up their credits, or participate in after school sport instead.

Everything about P.E., from having to change clothes in the chilly locker rooms to swimming and immense amounts of running all draws people away, and that’s why the idea of playing a sport as a substitute seems so appealing. It’s as if students start to see a light amidst a seemingly endless tunnel.
But why do students tend to sign up for sports specifically in the spring? In my opinion, it’s because of the easygoing and effortless sports offered at this time. For example, badminton courts are extremely small compared to a football field or a basketball court. Sure, there’s golf, which has immense territories of luscious, green, rolling hills, but do you actually have to run through those hills and break a sweat? Of course not. Golf is simply a game of technique and focus, involving the swinging of a metal club against a ball the size of an avocado seed.
There are some more compelling spring sports that I wouldn’t dare bash on, such as swimming or track, because they are challenging and involve some pretty serious commitments, and yes, almost all other sports are too, but not all require the physical fitness that others do. To me, that is the main ingredient within a sport; physical fitness. If you can get by with playing a sport without being fit, then you’ve lost all depth and meaning to the purpose of it being a “sport.” At this point, it’s just a hobby.

With all due respect, I wouldn’t say golfers and badminton players aren’t athletes. What I mean to say is that YOU, the potential athlete, decides whether you treat the activity like a sport, or simply what it would be without sweat or hard work, just a game or hobby. Those wondrous P.E. credits may draw you into something like badminton or golf, but make sure you are willing to stay and give all you have, because after all, it’s the effort you put in that makes it a sport.

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