I think joining a sports team is the best choice. Considering students are usually lack of social experience, how to keep their own safety when socializing should be the critical issue. For adults, taking part in community activities or traveling with people may be helpful to build relationships. But for students, who are usually emotionally immature and lack of social experience, they could be easily cheated by strangers with malicious intentions. Such risks are apparently unacceptable for students’ guardians. Under this premise, the healthy environment provided by the school or public organization in the sports team becomes highly precious for students.

Furthermore, a good sport player is generally popular among students. Since last century, the notion of modern sports spread from the western world to China led to the admiration for powerful physiques, the number of young people enrolling the gyms has risen quickly. The results are visible in schools throughout the nation. Becoming the center of attention has not been a rare matter for a school basketball player with extraordinary skills. What’s more, strong leaderships and unyielding spirit players show in competitions also make them charming and charismatic.

Another considerable factor keeps on reminding us that the sports team could improve students’ performance. With the development of the Internet, hunkering down at home to indulge in the virtual world has become a common way to escape real human contact. This negative approach often results in social isolation. Take my brother as an example. He used to be a problem student for teachers because he was a computer game addict. None of his classmates was willing to get along with him. But things changed after he joined the basketball team. The coach and his teammates made him a reliable player on the court. He finally found his confidence back and built a strong relationship with his teammates.

Based on what I have elaborated above, we may reach the conclusion that it is better to make friends by joining a sports team.

It is extensively accepted that people are in pursuit of friendship in this day and age. In the meantime, the issue, which is the best way to make friends has aroused a debate among people. Some may hold that participating in community activities or traveling together certainly would achieve that. However, I disagree with their statement, and I contend that joining a sports team would be the best choice.

One of the primary reasons is that a collective organization provides students easy access to having enough time to get along with. A sports team in the school, allows them to train together, race together and communicate with each other. Under this premise, it would be quite easy to build a strong friendship with teammates once you have a common goal and the same competitors.

Admittedly, some people claim that the other two options also offer chances for students to stay together. However, the advantages of joining a sports team carry more weight than those of the two options.

Also, another considerable factor keeps on reminding us that the sports team is the most suitable way for students to make friends. Under the pressure of exams and the restriction of school disciplines, traveling or participating community activities could barely happen except during the holidays in which your classmates may have different schedules. On the contrary, team sports itself are a part of school life, and you could play basketball with your teammates after class almost every day.

Based on what I have elaborated above, it can be concluded that it is better to make friends by joining a sports team for students.