IndexWe will talk about soccer, tennis and also basketball. we interviewed a professional from each sport and asked him about them about their sporting experience. There will be a quiz at the end of the article.

Tennis life!!Join in our tennis life! P3

Interview: Sharing about a normal people’s tennis life. P4

Basketball playingBasketball P6interview: Being a professional basketball player. P7

soccer’s world!!Real Madrid P8Interview: interview about soccer with Otis de Cort P9

Fun game zone: crosswords!!! P10

JOIN IN OUR TENNIS LIFE!

Join in the tennis life Nowadays tennis is the most popular sport after soccer. More than 75 million people around the world play tennis. Roger Federer one of the most famous tennis player said, “When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.” Why do people play tennis? Different people have different reasons for playing tennis. For most people tennis is a good sport to display individuality and relax themselves, but what can you actually get from tennis? Tennis improves aerobic fitness, it not only can improve your body coordination but also can lower your body fat. What’s more it can give you a better and strategic mind. Socially, tennis helps you to improve social skill as you get in touch with different players, match referees and the audiences. However, any kind of sports may get you hurt. Tennis elbow is the most common injury in tennis. It’s cause by repetitive stress. The tendon is inflamed so that it’s easy to get the tennis elbow. So how to avoid tennis elbow? Playing with a wrong hitting technique is the main reason for getting tennis elbow, therefore working with professional coach to learn the correct hitting technique is very important. If your arm strengthening is weak or you are having pain playing with one hand in backhand, you should use a two-hand backhand. A suitable racquet is necessary. You should chose a racquet with a flexible shaft and lower tension. You can’t hold the racquet too tightly that would give your elbow too much stress. Finally, go straight down with the racquet head and swing fast.

Roger Federer a top professional tennis player

Tennis skills The more tennis skill you get, the better tennis you play. Here are two tennis skills

• Receiving skillAs a receiver the short cut to score is the Return Ace. It’s very important that find the server’s flaw. In order to improve the success rate of score ace, you need to know some skills. First, make sure where is the ball, stand at a good position, then turning sideways as quickly as you can. At the moment you hit the ball, grip the racquet so that they don’t vibrate. Finally, go straight down with the racquet head and swing fast.

• Crosscourt skillHitting the tennis ball diagonally into the opponent's court is called crosscourt. This skill requires the flexible wrist action. First, keep a close watch on the opponent’s movement. Then confirm the opponent’s position and find the space to make a crosscourt. Finally, make a spin. Hope you have a good time playing tennis!

adviceHere are some of my personal

experiences • Use more lower back’s power than use your

arm’s• Find where the ball is, before you move.• Watch professional game videos as much as you

can. That would help you a lot.•If you are the beginner, play doubles first,

that can help you learn the game

Tennis is become more and more commercial- it has actually become an expensive sport. But there are still many people playing tennis around the world. What do normal people think of tennis; can normal people afford the costs of playing tennis? Our reporter interviewed a man who had more than 20 years tennis experiences. During this 20 years, a lot had changed, Our reporter Nancy caught up with him in Belgium.

Sharing about a normal people’s tennis life Reporter Nancy talked with a man who has played tennis for a long time and he would like to tell us his felling about tennis commercialization.December 5, 2013 | By Nancy li

Guang yang is an old tennis player, his white hair shows his plenty experiences.

Guang yang

A: I heard you have long tennis experiences, so how long have you played tennis?Q: I have played tennis since 1993, now it’s already 21 years.

A: Why are you interested in tennis?Q: Why I play tennis is because tennis is a fashionable sport in China. At that time a lot of people played tennis, it’s a fashion, and I like fashion so I play tennis.

A: Who is your favorite tennis player?Q: At that time it’s Michel Zhang, although his nationality is America, he is an oversea Chinese, he played really good at that time, so I like him. But now my favorite tennis player is Li Na.

A: What did you learn from him?Q: From Michel Zhang, I learned his endurance, he fought against his sickness and he played for a long time in the tennis field.

A: What are your aims at tennis?Q: My aim in tennis I think is very simple, just practice, strengthen my body I think.

A: What is the most boring thing in tennis?Q: I’m very fat. it’s not very good for my knees. I can’t play tennis very often. That is the most boring thing.

A: Can you share your experiences of tennis with us?Q: My experience of tennis is your feeling with your tennis coach, if you have a good coach you will feel very relaxed, he can send you a good ball and when you hit the ball you would feel very exited.

A: Have you ever thought about giving tennis up?Q: Sometimes I thought about it. You know in Shanghai in summer is very hot, I really want to give tennis up when I played the competitions in the hot weather. But now in Belgium the temperature is acceptable.

A: Have you got injured when you were playing tennis?Q: Yes, my knees were injured when I play tennis. It’s in 10 years ago I think.

A: Are you afraid to get hurt in tennis?Q: Yes, because now when I go up stairs, sometimes my knees do not feel very good.

A: Can you give us some advices about preventing injury?Q: Sure, I think you should prepractice before you play tennis, it’s very important. If you don’t warm your body up, you should not play tennis.

A: Have you seen any professional competitions?Q: Yes, I saw American Cup, France Cup and even Chinese Cup, and a lot of the other competitions.

A: What do you think of professional tennis?Q:I think professional tennis has a high requirement to the player. They need to have a very strong body and have unique characteristics. The professional tennis also required players have a strong confidence.

A: Is it possible to make a lot of money playing tennis?Q: I think only the good tennis players have the chance to make a lot of money, but for the normal, it is just for fun.

A: Do you think that tennis has become commercial?Q: I think commercial is the way to promote this sport, if it were not commercial, the sports would be limited, so I accept tennis being commercial.

A: Some people think tennis is getting more and more expensive. What do you think about it?Q: That’s a fact, because more and more people like to play tennis and the space of tennis court are limited so I think tennis is getting more and more expensive.

A: Finally, do you mind tennis become more and more expensive?Q: For me, I think it’s acceptable, because I don’t frequently play tennis, but I think for some young people it is a little bit expensive. If it would be a popular sport, it should not be so expensive.

Basketball is a sport which is played in teams of 11 players.The aim of the basketball is to score more points than the opponents.The best players in basketball are:

This is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. His pro career is about 20 years in national basketball team and he’s American.

Shaquille O’neal is American and he weights 147kg. His pro career started in 1992 and ended in 2011.

This is Manute Bol the highest player of the story in basketball. He is 2.31m high. He didn’t need to jump to dunk. The pro career started in 1985 and ended in 1996, he died at the age of 47 years.

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Basketball

BEING A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER Alex Saad is a basketball fan. He asked Maci Justice how he became a professional basketball player. Macy is now a basketball coach in Antwerp. He is currently coaching the Junior Varsity team at the Antwerp International school. He was a professional basketball player in France. December 11th, 2014, by Alex Saad. Alex: Why did you choose basketball and not an other sport? Why is basketball your favorite sport? Maci: Basketball is my favorite sport because growing up in Detroit, I grew up in a very very rough neighborhood where there was a lot of crime, so basketball was the outlet to escape the streets and not get into positions that would lead to a life crime or to something terrible that could happen in most inner cities in America. Alex: In which team / club did you play before becoming a coach? Maci: In High School, I played at Elisabeth College ECHU in Amstel and then professional I played in Limoges (France). Alex: What was your position within your team? Maci: I was a pointing guy and a scoring guy. Alex: How did you learn to dribble and how many hours a week did you have to train? Maci: I actually learned to dribble by Magic Johnson. I went to Magic Johnson’s camp when I was 8 years old and I learned from him. Alex: How tall are you? Did it help you to dunk easily? Maci: Not really, I was 170cm when I did my first dunk and I was 13 years old. Alex: Do you think that being tall was an asset to play basketball? Maci: It’s all about will of heart and determination; it’s not about just both. If you put in your mind what you believe in with your heart you can accomplish anything from being a basketball player to the president of the United States. Alex: Ok thank you. Maci: You’re welcome.

Maci Justice: basketball kept him away from the street. Source: www.facebook.com

REAL MADRID The greatest team in the world

UEFA Champions League Real Madrid has won all games in the group phase Here are the records : —>Real Madrid 5-0 Basel (16th of September) —>Ludogerts 1-2 Real Madrid (1st of October) —>Liverpool 0-3 Real Madrid (22 th of October) —>Barcelona-Real Madrid 1-3 (25th of October)

Real Madrid almost always has the same line-up in the team.If the line-up is different then it is because someone is injured.They use the 4-3-3 line-up with, as you can see, Cassias in goal, then the four defenders: Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Carvajal.they have two center -mids: Tony Kroos and Luka Modric,But have only one CAM (center-attacking-mid) : James RodriguesThen they have as left and right wing: Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale .As a striker they have Karim Benzema.

Old Real Madrid Legends through the years of the club There have been a lot of famous players who played at Real Madrid But here are the most important and famous players.- David Beckham (2003-2007)

- Agustin (1975-1990) - Amacio (1962-1976)- Antonio Ruiz (1957-1962)- Atienza II (1954-1960)- Breitner (1974-1977)- Buyo (1986-1997)- Luis Figo (2000-2005)- Pirri (1964-1980)- Roberto Carlos (2002-2007)

Team picture of the line-up in the UEFA Champions League 2014

Basic line-up of Real Madrid at the UEFA Champions League 2014

I’ve been following Real Madrid for four years. And I think it is the greatest team in the whole world. They were formed in 1902 and they are located in easten Spain (Madrid).Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members have owned and operated the club since its commencement.The club is the world's richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of 604 million euros, and it is the world's most valuable sports team, worth 2.5 billion euros.

Real Madrid is one of the most popular clubs in the whole world. Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football leagues during the 1950s.Real Madrid has already scored 32 La Liga goals and has won a record number of UEFA Champions League trophies .

Cristiano Ronaldo He was born the 5th of February 1985 (age 29).The number he plays with is number 7 and he is 1.85 M tall.He plays in the front usually left wing at Real MadridCristiano Ronaldo was discovered when he played at Sporting Lisbon C.F, ( clube de futebol ).He was discovered by Manchester United.Ronaldo played there for 6 yearsand then moved to his current team Real Madrid.Why did I chose Cristiano Ronaldo for this topic?Well, I think Cr7 is the greatest player in Real Madrid history because he plays with style and awesomeness!

Cristiano Ronaldo when he just scored a goal against Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League 2012

If you are in a sport team, you will go to different international schools over north Europe to play a match against their team, and that’s of course a great experience Our school has one of the biggest gyms in Europe, this plays a big role in hosting sports such as NECIS What is NECIS? Well, NECIS is a sports tournament where a lot of Northern European International Schools participate But which Schools?

- International school of Amsterdam- International school of Bonn- International school of Stavanger- International school of Luxembourg- American school of the Hague- The American International school of Rotterdam- The International school of Düsseldorf- Copenhagen International school- Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket

P.E (Physical Education) Sports lessons provided in schoolWe do a lot of fun and good things to improve your stamina, strength, Skills of different sports, but overall we have fun lessons.Our school likes to see good improvements when we are talking about sports because this school is a school that participate to different sports tournaments.Sports during lunch/recessOur school gives you the opportunity to play sports like Soccer, Basketball during lunch break. We have a nice soccer field outside the cafeteria and you can play basketball in the old gym, which is great of course.

SPORTS IN SCHOOL

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