The world’s fourth most popular sport is a sport of focus, hand-eye coordination, movement, and competition. Tennis has been around since the 12th century, causing it to be extremely ancient. Like any other sport, it has witnessed discrimination against certain groups of people. The game has drastically changed its views and people that were once prejudiced-people of color and women- are topping the charts and adjusting the barriers even more by initiating equal pay and equal rules. The decrease of race and gender discrimination has increased the quality of play, and has changed the way that tennis is structured and viewed.…
An excellent Sports’ writing is painting a picture that better describes the society’s view, rather than only analyzing players, teams and organizations. It sights the pros and cons of the game by comparing and contrasting an organization. Soccernomics co-authored by Simon Kuper (a journalist) and Stefan Szymanski (an economist) is a book well written, using a provocative style to analyze the worlds’ popular sports soccer. With well analyzed statistical facts, the book points some reasons why some teams succeed, others fail in the game. It tells the reader how England’s national soccer team loses to other countries.…
Banschick is constantly comparing his thoughts about sports, to real life examples. By inserting these real life examples, Banschick is able to completely change the message of the article. It went from “why are sports important”, to “everyone needs to follow the rules in life”. He strays away from the main topic completely and instead takes the time to push his personal agenda. In terms of whether his rhetorical move was effective, it was extremely effective.…
We had lots of conversations about tennis and had a lot of fun during our nightly game of H.O.R.S.E (basketball) with Alec’s dad. At the training facility he wasn’t overly welcoming but he was nice enough and I found my way. Everyone was nice, but in the end, tennis time was for tennis.…
2…. 3…. The summer sun was directly overhead, and I could feel the heat radiating off the court through the soles of my shoes. There was a searing pain in my shoulder, the consequence of playing with an injury for an entire season. But there I was, at the NCAA National Tennis Championships in California, on the edge of winning my first All American doubles title.…
"As a young girl in Harlem, New York, Althea Gibson was a local table tennis champion. Her skills were eventually noticed by musician Buddy Walker, who invited her to play tennis on local courts" (Source Card #1). Dr. Hubert Eaton and Dr. Robert W. Johnson were physicians who helped teach Althea how to play and were giving her lessons (Source Card #5).…
I have decided to write a response paper to Jamie Schultz’s: “Reading the Catsuit: Serena Williams and the Production of Blackness at the 2002 U.S. Open.” I really enjoyed reading her journal and all the opinions regarding Serena William’s infamous catsuit. Although there are some negative opinions regarding Williams’ choice of outfit and the way she presents herself, but she has challenged the normative white identity in women’s tennis. She has pushed the boundaries not only in tennis, but also throughout women’s sports with her masculine physique and her extraordinary abilities on the tennis court.…
The reason I chose this topic is because it was more interesting than the other options that we had to research. Another reason I picked this topic is because I like to play sports and also watch sports. The reason I want to learn about this topic is because I want to know how sports started and what types of sports they had back then. I also wanted to learn about this topic because I want to see how games have changed since back then such as rules and clothing type they used to wear. Sports grew and flourished in the 1920’s due to unprecedented publicity and promotion included baseball, tennis, golf, swimming, football and boxing.…
Running Loose is a fiction book written by Chris Crutcher. This book was his launch into the writing world and was published in 1983. Throughout the years Crutcher's writing has had a notion of being controversial, challenged by readers, and even banned from some libraries. In “Running Loose” it doesn’t conform with the ideas cultivated earlier on. “Running Loose” is a book about a teenager who plays football, his friends, and valuable life lessons.…
The author made the book easy to read and she didn’t overload you with information. Inside each chapter she has a breakdown of what the next couple of paragraphs are going to be about, so you won’t be confused while reading. Some highlights that I would like to acknowledge would be how she included a breakdown of what Sports Lure was and the research behind it. She also added in how to control sports lure and she presented a layout of chapters. I honestly don’t have any low points to acknowledge.…
It was 2-1 in Roger's favor. The serve is up and Roger wins another Grand Slam Title. That was Roger Federer's latest major title win. This essay will prove to you that Roger Federer is the best player to ever play the game of tennis.…
The new diversion was immediately grasped and got the chance to be standard through Sobek's steady headway of it; he was aided by the nearness of almost 40,000 handball courts in the country's YMCAs and Jewish Community Centers, wherein racquetball could be played. In 1969, helped by Robert W. Kindler, the president-coordinator of the U.S. Handball Association the International Racquetball Association was built up using the name established by Bob McInerney, a specialist tennis player. That same year, the IRA acknowledged the national title from the NPRA. In 1973, after an inquiry with the IRA top administrative staff, Kindler surrounded two other racquetball affiliations, yet the IRA remains the amusement's overarching affiliation, saw by…
This supports the idea that children should be in sports because of what they can learn from being a part of something so great during their time in school and…
The main thing I didn't like was that it was about basketball. I didn't mind that it was about basketball but I think it was to much basketball. The author went really far into the games and it wasn't very entertaining. In some of the minor little games the author would explain every detail instead of telling how the game was affecting the characters.…
Abstract: The official material used in table tennis balls was changed from celluloid to plastic, a material free of celluloid, in 2014. The purpose of this study was to understand the differences and similarities between these two types of ball materials by comparing their behavior upon collision with a table tennis table to aid serious table tennis players. The behavior of the balls before and after collision with a table, at various initial speeds ranging from 15 to 115 km/h, was captured using high-speed cameras. Velocity and spin rates before collision, along with velocity and spin rates after collision, were computed to calculate the coefficients of restitution and friction. Based on the computed variables, the post-collision trajectories…