Leisure and sport

Typical Spanish Sports

Football

In the Spanish culture we can find a lot of different sports. The most popular sport is, obviously footall. There are different types of football, depending where do you play it and how many people form the team:

  • Five a side football
  • Seven a side footall
  • Eleven a side footall

The most amateurs of football play five a side football, but all the important and popular matches are of eleven a side football. In Spain, there are a lot of different teams that are famous all over the world:

  • Real Madrid
  • Barcelona
  • AtlĂ©tico de Madrid
  • Athletic de Bilbao
  • Betis
  • Sevilla

Basketball

Basketball is one of the favourite sports for play by young people. We can find basketball sport teams in all cities and schools. Some important teams are:

  • Real Madrid
  • Barcelona
  • Betis

Volleyball

Volley is not a very popular sport, but there are a lot of different clubs where you can play and participate in a lot of cities and highschools or universities. Is one of the favourite sports for teenagers, specially for girls.

Kids favourite sports:

  • Five a side football
  • Basketball
  • Dancing
  • Rythmic Gimnastic
  • Martial arts
  • Ballet
  • Typical Folklore


Leisure

There are a lot of different things to do in free time:

  • Hang out
  • Go party
  • Read
  • Watch TV
  • Play some sports
  • Horse Riding