Band 5: Describe a sport that you only have watched before but had not played by yourself You should say: What it is When you watched it Where you watched it Who you watched it with And explain how you felt about it (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I love watching cricket, football, basketball, and handball. One day, I was on a channel on my mobile. So today, I'd like to talk about basketball. It's a traditional sport in Europe but not very available in our country. I love this sport. A few months ago, while scrolling on my YouTube feed, I came across some basketball videos. I watched a few and was really fascinated by a player who excelled at basketball. I was amazed by his skills. After a few days, more basketball videos started appearing due to the YouTube algorithm. I looked into the player and found out more about him, although I can't recall his name now. He was a really talented player who tragically died in a helicopter crash. I was deeply saddened by this news. In basketball, two teams play against each other, aiming to score by getting the ball into the hoop. It's a fascinating game that I discovered, even though I haven't played it myself due to its unavailability in our country and lack of knowledge about the sport.

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I love watching Cricket Football, Mhmm, basketball, handball. 1 is for channel in my in my mobile. So today, I’d like to talk about, basket ball. Uh, I take where it’s a tradition, um, sports in euro but, uh, it’s not, uh, very, uh, available in our country. So I like I love this uh, sports. So a few months ago, this time is scrolling on my, uh, on my YouTube, and just, uh, there are some basketball video appear on me on YouTube on my feed, YouTube feed. So I just watched some video, and I’m really, uh, in I really fascinated about a one player who just played basketball really well. I’m really amazed about how his flame. So, basically, after, uh, few days, just, um, so in in few in, uh, some more days, uh, so this kind of uh, video just appear on me. So as you are going to add a YouTube algorithm. So whenever you, uh, play a or place some, uh, yeah, one category video, then continuously you to show you that kind of video. So after a few days later, I just investigate this and that person, well played, basketball person, that who is in and where you’re from. So I’m just currently cannot remember his name, but he’s really good player. Uh, as I can say that he, uh, died in a helicopter, uh, disaster So, basically, he died and once upon a time, he, uh, went to somewhere else in by helicopter, and he died. So So I’m really I’m very disappointed about it. So, um, uh, basketball player, there are 2 team they’re playing with HR, and, uh, and the main their goal is to drop them, drop their dog, drop their ball in a home. So this is the most fascinating game I I discovered, but I didn’t play that and and because it’s not available in our country or people don’t know how to basket balls. So

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