FCE Writing - Sports in Estepona

Dear Karen: I am so pleased to hear from you. You want me to write your project… ha ha… Well, I am no expert in sports, but I will try to do my best. a) The school curriculum has a myriad of sports and it depends on the teacher. Anyway, you can find soccer, basketball, handball and volleyball in almost every high school here. Now several teachers are asking pupils to do team dance, provided that it improves socialization and work in group. Pupils love it and it’s incredibly creative and funny. Also, they practise typical aerobic and anaerobic tests. b) Well, here in Estepona soccer is the king of sports. There are several football schools and tutors and psychologist advises sports for boys and girls to be glad. Players are supposed to better academic qualifications when they do some sport, but I strongly doubt about it. And don’t think there are only boys, a good percentage of girls love football. Here you can find the CAB (Club de Amigos del Baloncesto, Club of Friends of Basketball) where children, from 5 years to eighteen play every week, they even have a team on LEB, a minor regional league and we (well, I love basketball) have awesome results (second last year, losing the finals 3-2, what a pity!) for being such a small city. Almost all the members in the family are eager to watch their little children play on weekends, so matches are funny to see. The Estepona F.C. is the best official team here, but they play only in a regional league. Anyway, people support the team so it’s not strange to see ancient and young couples going to enjoy the match on Sunday afternoon. Moreover, when Malaga plays as local, a great quantity of football fans take their cars and travel to Malaga to enjoy a First Division match. c) There’s no unusual or traditional sport or game here, if you don’t accept “The big bottle” as a sport, in which we excel. d) There have been several changes in sporting tastes and habits in Estepona over the last twenty years. Some time ago, only boys played football. Now boys and girls play football, there are 3 great gyms where people of all ages do every kind of sport: cycling, lifting and swimming. We have here some oriental arts gyms where young people learn karate, judo and kick-boxing. Moreover, the Paseo Maritimo is the perfect place to jog due to his being along the sea and a great deal of cyclists goes up Sierra Bermeja on weekends. I hope it’s enough for you. If you have any doubt, call me and I will add more details.