Some people think that it is more beneficial to take part in sports which are played in teams, like football. While other people think that taking part in individual sports is better, like tennis or swimming. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

There are conflicting views regarding whether playing sports alone or with others will provide us more benefits. Both sides of this argument will be discussed in this essay, followed by my own opinion.

In one hand, those who think that individual sports have more benefits may have the following reasons. Firstly, compared to team sports which require all team members to convene at a specific time to train or compete, participation in individual sports is more flexible. This is because they allow people to decide when to play the sports based on their own needs, thus avoiding the restrictions which fixed schedules place. What is more, while playing sports alone, there is minimum distraction, which can enhance the honing of sports skills, whereas when playing with others, different personalities or habits may lead to misunderstandings and conflicts, preventing full enjoyment of the activity .

However, people who advocate team sports may also have reasonable justifications. It is clear that team members can learn about each others’ strengths which not only include performance skills but also include positive characteristics such as determination and perseverance. Furthermore, in team sports, participants have lots of chances to interact with each other, practicing important social skills like listening empathetically, resolving disputes and expressing their ideas clearly. All of these skills can be translated into interpersonal skills, which will help them build strong relationships in all fields, thus also improving their sense of belonging.

In my opinion, both types of sports bring different benefits depending on the needs of the individual engaging in them. For those who want to minimize distractions, individual sports are more suitable, while for those who are keen on improving their social skills, team sports would be a better choice.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, may, regarding, so, thus, whereas, while, such as, in my opinion, what is more

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 24.0651302605 83% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 41.998997996 83% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1597.0 1615.20841683 99% => OK
No of words: 287.0 315.596192385 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.56445993031 5.12529762239 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11595363751 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01615817985 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 174.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.606271777003 0.561755894193 108% => OK
syllable_count: 471.6 506.74238477 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 16.0721442886 75% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.1761698763 49.4020404114 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.083333333 106.682146367 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.9166666667 20.7667163134 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.9166666667 7.06120827912 155% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.265551095349 0.244688304435 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0989597539879 0.084324248473 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0417563343883 0.0667982634062 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.1596425759 0.151304729494 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.056628559097 0.056905535591 100% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.7 13.0946893788 128% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 50.2224549098 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.26 12.4159519038 123% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.18 8.58950901804 107% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 78.4519038076 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 9.78957915832 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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