In 776 B.C. the Greeks had the first ever Olympic Games, the games included chariot racing, jumping and wrestling, among other sports. This was the first introduction of formal sports to the world. Almost three hundred years later and we are still playing these games and people have added many others along the way. And although some sports have come and gone, rules have been changed and generations have passed, one important part of sports has not changed, and that...
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INTRODUCTION Sports are one of the main components of life. It kind of dissappeared in the 20th century because of the technology. Esspecially that in the greek history olympic games were played every five years and at their time it was called olympia. But it also helped students to be anxoius and easily relax everywhere and anytime. A person who plys sports has a life style that includes light physical activities associated with their everyday life. A moderately active person...
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In today's' culture, we generally tend to determine and observe what the children want to do the most. Many of them are love to do playing gadgets rather than playing toys or play outside. Sadly to say, that most of the youngster now are always want to remain inside their home all day and every day just to play video games than to play outdoor or doing physical activity with other kids. These are the negative effects of their engagement...
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There have been many influences to the way sports are played today, and all of the sports you play, or even watch were played for the first time. Some of these tracing back all the way before 1400. The people back then might not have been playing it the same way we do today, but throughout the years, these sports have developed into what we know them as now. While some of them have become lost throughout these years, the...
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Football An example of competitive activities in my local area would be at flint football club, taking part in football will benefit a participant because it will improve the strength of the participant’s heart this will reduce the chance of the participant having heart attacks and will also reduce their chance of getting heart disease. When your heart gets stronger it becomes more efficient meaning that it can pump more blood each beat which means that it can distribute blood...
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There are numerous of sport that are shown on Terrestrial Tv such as BBC 1 – Match of the day, which is in the Saturday and shows us premier league highlights and currently shows live football, world cups, Olympics and Fa cup games. BBC 2 – Great north run, snooker world championship and the London marathon. ITV – rugby word cup, England games, oxford v Cambridge boat race, and women’s world cup. Channel 4 – Paralympics racing and f1. Channel...
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There are many reasons that people choose to play sports. Not only is good for your health, but it promotes teamwork and sportsmanship. These are both transferable skills which can be taken into different aspects of life, such as in the workplace and when studying. The discipline learnt when playing a sport is also a great life-skill to have. Sports is also a great way to socialise and make friends, that will most than likely have similar interests. This can...
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This is my journey of when I decided to switch sports, which ended up being one of the best decisions of my life. However, I picked enjoyment at the end of it. The switch from football to table tennis was going to be hard as I loved playing football but I knew it was the right thing to do to. When playing table tennis, I was getting better and better each time I went but when I played football, I...
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When an event occurs there are many consequences that impact both positively and negatively. Within this essay, there will be a review of impacts from sports events as well as current trends and different characteristics. The events that will be explored include Wimbledon, a professional tennis tournament, the London 2012 Olympics, where different countries compete within specific sporting events to rank for bronze, silver and gold and the Tour de France which is a 23 day cycling race that deciphers...
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Sports have been around for years. In 1636, lacrosse became the first sport in America. Later on in 1837, education came along which led to high school and college and of coulp[rse sports got bigger as time went on which led us to student-athletes. In today's modern society, being a student- athlete is popular. Being a student-athlete is about being a student first; therefore, keeping up good grades should be a top priority. To be a student- athlete, it requires...
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Previous training strategies and performance regimes have failed to adequately prepare the Australian swim team. As the newly appointed director of sport psychology I understand that failure to address the mental components of performance leading up to competition has led to poorer results, attitudes and behaviour. The integration of new psychological skills and strategies will optimise performance by teaching the athletes how to appropriately manage motivation, anxiety and arousal and will be key to long term success. - Motivation: is...
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When considering an elite 100m sprinter's anaerobic capacities, the success of the athlete is dependent mainly on their alactic and lactic anaerobic metabolism (Legaz-Arrese et.al, 2007) . The source of fuel sprinters use is the ATP/PC energy system (pdhpe.net, 2015); this is due to the duration of the event not lasting long and ATP only lasts 8-12 seconds. In comparison, a long distance runner of 42km uses the aerobic energy system (pdhpe.net, 2015) due to it being very efficient in...
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Kobe Bryant was and still is a worldwide known NBA Player to several people all over the world. In fact, Kobe Bryant wasn’t just an NBA Player, he was much more. A father, a husband, a loved one, a mentor, an idol and a hero. Kobe Bryant was an American professional basketball player who helped lead the NBA team, Los Angeles Lakers win 5 championships. Kobe stayed loyal to his city (LA) and played for the Los Angeles Lakers for...
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The key idea for my intertextual study is about breaking the colour barrier in American sport and that that people were being judged by the colour if there skin but should be judged by who they are as a person and that it only takes a few people to make a difference which is a constant theme conveyed in the poems Jackie Robinson…an American Hero by Stanley Cooper and the poem the poem colour barrier by Rosherren Williams. The first...
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Stress is inherent in competitive sport where athletes invest so much time and energy in their long and arduous pursuit of optimal performance. (300-page document) The identification of the demands (stressors) endured by athletes is detrimental in the “understanding of competition stress, as it provides insight into the factors that instigate cognitive, emotional, and behavioural responses, which, consequently, influence performance.” (Article 1) It is therefore important for researchers to consider how individuals respond in relation to the stressors experienced within...
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website says regular physical activity in adolescence improves strength and endurance, helps build healthy bones and muscles, helps control weight, cuts anxiety and stress, boosts self-esteem and may improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Researchers found that teens involved in sports had higher grade-point averages, and were more prepared to pursue future goals. 'Teens who participated in sports, school involvement activities and academic clubs also were more likely to be enrolled full-time...
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The sudden death of Kobe Bryant, a basketball player along with his 13 year old daughter, Gianna Bryant and seven others has shocked the world. However it will take months before finishing the investigation of what caused the crash of the helicopter they were riding. An article written by two authors, Ian Duncan and Luz Lazo, just recently (January 29, 2020) posted something on The Washington Post related to this tragedy. Turns out it does not have a black box...
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Sports is primarily a competitive activity where winning is the be all and end all. Perhaps that is why, in this highly competitive sports environment, we quite often hear about unethical behaviour which includes cheating, bending the rules, doping, abuse of food additives, physical and verbal violence, harassment, sexual abuse and trafficking of young sportspersons, discrimination, exploitation, unequal opportunities, unethical sports practices, unfair means, excessive commercialisation, use of drugs in sports and corruption. Nowadays sports is all about winning, it...
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The Essence of Competitive Sports Although sports are generally known as being the same, they can be distinguished into two distinct categories, competitive and non-competitive. Of course, every sport has some sort of competitiveness depending on the individual and the specific sport. Competitive sports are sports that require the maximum amount of profession an individual can do in order to be able to compete. In other words, it requires a great amount of physical effort (O'Donnell, 2019). These sports tend...
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Introduction With the increase amount of student athletes, sexual harassment and violence has increase in athletic programs across the country. Sexual harassment and violence in athletics increase the risk of student athletes, athletic directors, and institutions to be held liable in a civil suit. There should be a more active role for athletic directors in preventing sexual harassment and assault in athletic programs. The purpose of this research paper is to emphasize the seriousness of sexual harassment and violence in...
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Literature driven synthesis In everyone’s body there is an internal clock that releases chemicals in a daily rhythm. This is otherwise known as a circadian rhythm. The suprachiasmatic nucleus in the hypothalamus of the brain is suggested as where this circadian rhythm is controlled (Beersma & Gordijn, 2007). The circadian cycle also controls basic components of exercise. These components include muscular strength, flexibility, body temperature, and vigilance and may be altered by the disturbance of sleep (Famodu, 2014). It is...
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Introduction In 2009, The retired Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt broke the world record for the fastest 100 meters sprint at the World Athletic Championships in Berlin. He is the only person to ever sprint a recorded 100 meters under 9.6 seconds. The reason this is fascinating to me is because, I have been running track and field, on a team for 2 years and during Physical education for over 5 years, and am always very amazed to see someone running...
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Though retired after an illustrious 20-year career, the five-time NBA champion's stats off the court just keep on growing. Kobe Bryant's kids and wife make the nuclear Bryant family a tribe of six. With such a household, the Los Angeles Lakers legend is almost qualified to have his very own basketball team! Since his retirement, Kobe Bryant's kids and wife have continued to garner attention even more than his celebrated athletic career. The former NBA star's tribe has always been...
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Athletes are afforded many positive opportunities such as traveling, making new friendships, receiving praise, and experiencing the thrill of winning. For many athletes; however, these experiences are accompanied by anxiety. There are two components of anxiety, a cognitive component and a somatic component. (Liebert & Morris, 1967; Borkovec, 1976; Davidson & Schwartz, 1976 as cited in Kais, K.; Raudsepp, L., 2005). Cognitive anxiety refers to negative expectations as well as having concerns about performance, the cost of failure, negative self-evaluation,...
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Gender pay gap in general The gender pay gap and equal pay are phrases that are commonly used by the current generation; on tv, in papers and most prominently in the workplace. But do people really understand what these phrases mean? The gender pay gap or gender wage gap is the average difference between the remuneration for men and women who are working calculated from the median hourly earnings figures . Equal pay refers to men and women who are...
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It all starts of on the court. Where all the males players are picked first …. We must admit that although the quest for gender equality has gone leaps and bounds, discrimination on the basis of sex is still not considered unconstitutional. I’m getting tired of the novelty of the first female prime minister, the first female basketball coach, the first African American female to win an Oscar. When is the exception going to be the norm? How are young...
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Sport has always been a part of Australians day-to-day life, from playing beach cricket on a hot summers day to sitting on the couch for around seven hours on Bathurst 1000 day. Australia’s sport history starts back to when the indigenous Australians, including aboriginals and Torres strait islanders played sport for cultural reasons and leisure. An example of indigenous Australians sport included hunting for food, wrestling stick games, spear throwing and more. In around the 1800’s, the European settlers brought...
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Ever since I was a child, I've been captivated by the world of football. The thrill of the game, the roar of the crowd, and the sheer beauty of a perfectly executed play have always stirred something deep within me. Football is more than just a game to me; it's a passion, a dream, and a path I long to follow. This essay delves into my journey and aspirations to become a football player, highlighting the various aspects fueling my...
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To say that sports are only for men is absolutely and definitely wrong, Sports is for everyone despite your culture, race, height, age, weight and etc. From being a beginner to an athlete, each one of us has the right to physical activity. Sports is not all about physical activities, it also involves casual participation that aims to use and improve the ability and skills while giving entertainment to participants. Moreover, The International Olympic Committee also recognizes chess and bridge...
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The Story of OJ by Jay-Z is a 2017 track from Jay-Z's controversial album “4:44”. Jay-Z argues that our perception of a post-racial world where race is not a problem is false. Jay-Z Has a few main arguments, which demonstrates the reality of the modern black experience. He Argues that a Post Racial world doesn't exist because every achievement, accomplishment, and success can not upend the label of being black. The ones who have tried ultimate find themselves discussing race....
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