There are many sports for people who love sports to enjoy year round. Baseball, basketball, and golf are sports that are played in the spring, summer, and fall seasons. Basketball, baseball, golf, and football have a great following because these sports have very famous players attached to them. In fact, most people worldwide know who Kobe Bryant is and that he plays professional basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers. In addition, most people know that Barry Bonds and Derek Jeter are professional baseball players. Plus, even people who don’t love or like golf are aware that Tiger Woods is an excellent professional golfer. Baseball, basketball, and golf are called land sports. Land sports are sports that are not played in or around water; although, sometimes professional golfers do hit the ball into a pond or lake on a particular golf course. Most of the time hitting the golf ball into some form of water is an accident. Land sports are very enjoyable, but sports in water are very refreshing. There are a variety of water sports to watch and participate in all year round.

Water sports might take center state in the summertime because it is extremely hot in the summertime all over the world. However, it is extremely hot in the summertime in the United States. In fact, many elderly people are at risk for geeing sick or even dying due to the extreme summertime heat. Therefore, it is essential they remain as cool as possible. Keeping elderly people cool can be accomplished by using an air conditioner or by taking them swimming at a community pool or at their residence pool. Swimming in a pool, lake, pond, river, and at the beach in the summertime is a great way to keep cool. Swimming is also a great way to have fun in the summer because it is one of the sports in water that most people can do. Swimming is also a great way to exercise without sweating. Did you know that people who live in California could swim almost year round? This is because California has Indian summers. Indian summers happen when it is extremely hot in September and October. Californians can and often do go swimming in November and December. Therefore, Californians must be thankful for sports in water because swimming is also a winter sport in California.

Water polo, water skiing, swimming, diving, and even volleyball qualify as sports in water. Most sports in water are placed in the summer Olympics. Water polo, swimming, and diving are summer Olympics sports in water. Janet Evans, Amanda Beard, Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe, and Greg Louganis are all either swimmers or divers who have participated in the summer Olympics and won medals. In addition, canoeing is also one of the sports in water that can be enjoyed on a lake in the summertime. Canoeing is also a summer Olympic sport. In fact, it is possible that the canoeing team practices in San Diego California, specifically in Carlsbad California. In fact much of the training for sports in water takes place in either California or in Florida.

Even animals can enjoy sports in water. At Sea World many animals play catch in water or jump through hoops in the water. Both dolphins and sea otters get to play in water all day at Sea World. Even a killer whale named Shamu enjoy water sports and water play on a daily basis Therefore, sports in water are refreshing for both animals and people.