Jamaican Sports

Jamaica is a country that has shown great success in the sporting segment, which can be seen during Olympic Games. But creating athletes of such caliber takes time and dedication on the athletes part and on their coaches. Not only a parent dream for having a child who is an Olympic medalist, but the country on a whole and when athletes like Usain Bolt, Melanie Walker, Asafa Powel and others performs and receive gold the country on a whole is happy.

Creating athletes of such caliber is not a recent achievement for Jamaica. History has revealed winners from as far back as 1948. As a result Jamaica is seen as a source for high quality athletes. Some may wonder what the secret is but there is no secret at all. It all has to do with the lifestyle and location of the athletes. Many of the talented athletes have run miles over very hilly terrain which allows them to build lean foot muscles.

Jamaica for a small country have developed a tradition of performing exceptional in track and field by the legends such as, Merlene Ottey, Arthur Wint, and many other even before them.
Jamaica does participate in other sporting activities which may not be as strong like track and field but is sports none the less. This is where we mention football or soccer as some other countries call the sport. Football is played by Jamaicans a lot for recreation, local competition to even on the international level. This is where we learn about the Reggae Boyz. They are not great players but they hold their own and have achieved a lot over the years.

In the school system, there is a yearly sports day which from an early age seeks out the real talents for sports and trains them to be the best. Here we even see Basketball which is kind of new to Jamaica being played on a competition level. Basketball is played mostly by high school and college students however. The competitions for basketball are mostly inter-school and not played much by others like football.

Track and field, football and basketball are some of the sports that are played in Jamaica, and many others are being participated in such as Badminton, Table Tennis and even chess, for the not so active few. With funding Jamaica will be able to continuously produce high quality athletes and participate internationally in more sporting activities.

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