1. Sport in my life
Student: Mozalevckya Vladislava
Grade 8b
MBEI «Gymnasium №1»
Teacher: Natalia Mikhailovna

2. A person who inspired me to go in for sport is my
Physical Education teacher Mikhail Nikolayevich
Andripov. He is an evergreen teacher. He is fortyAndripov
five years now and he is still very sporty. He even
can be a good example for the lazy boys of my class.

3. Once after the lesson I saw the school basketball
championship. I could hardly imagine how I lived
without basketball before. I asked the teacher to take
me in his team. Five years passed and I still play sport
with great pleasure. Mikhail Nikolayevich is not only a
coach by vocation he is our spiritual leader too.

4. So happened this year I had to move to the
other school in the other city and leave my first
team. I lost any desire to continue my sport
career. It was not easy for me to find something
of that sort. I tried not to give up…

5. You may not believe but a
miracle came…
By chance who do you
think I met one day?
That was my first coach
Mikhail Nikolayevich. I
saw him just in the street
on my way to school.
A pleasant meeting with a
useful talk changed
everything. He explained
me that any true
sportsmen should never
give up and lose hope.
That is really so, I know
that now for sure.
(This is my photo. I go for
training at the new school.)

6. I met new and later best friends at the new place.
They supported and helped me in any situation I
ever was. A friend in need is a friend indeed. They
told me about a basketball club in my new school.
And of course I joined this club.

7. Then I began to
participate in local
competitions. My team
took the first prizes
everywhere.
Everything resumed
its normal course.
I strongly believe to
continue doing what I
am good at.
Basketball is my life.
This is the symbol of
our team spirit.