Band 6: Describe a sport but did have not played yet (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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The type of sport I'm going to describe is swimming. Even though I have watched it on TV or computer before, I haven't had a chance to try it in my life up to now. This is mainly because of the lack of facilities related to this sport. I have a strong desire to become a good swimmer in the future. Swimming is, in fact, very beneficial for human health. It enhances various aspects of the human body. For example, it increases the strength and durability of the cardiovascular system and also boosts the production of white blood cells. Additionally, it positively affects our brain. Swimming is also a very relaxing activity. I want to learn swimming mainly because of the feeling that comes from completing a session in an indoor environment.

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The type of sport I’m going to describe is swimming. Even though I watched it through TV or computer before, I haven’t had a chance to try it up to now in my life. Well, this is mainly because of the lack of facilities related to this type of sport. Well, I have a strong desire to become a good swimmer in the future. Well, the swimming is, in fact, is very beneficial for human health. It enhances it by various aspects of human body, various points of human body. For example, it increases strength and durability of cardiovascular system and also boosts the production of white blood cells. Additionally, it also affects our brain positively. Well, swimming is also a very relaxing activity. I want to learn swimming mainly because of the feeling coming from after completing the session in an in-house environment.

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