Have you ever been in the situation where you just entered middle school but there is no soccer team? Even though you really want to play soccer there is just no way you can, homework takes too much time and there will be no time left for soccer. That is the average life of a middle school soccer player. A topic that is often debated is whether middle schools should have a soccer team. Some people say that middle schools already have so many sports and have to spend so much money on them that soccer will be another giant boatload of money to spend.…
Throughout life, people deal with injuries and pain. However, activities that directly cause pain should not be continued. This is the case in the ever-so-popular sport often called “Football.” As shown in the article “Hard Knocks,” the video “Concussion Hazards in Youth Football,” and the infographic called “How Many G’s? ” football is a sport that is incredibly difficult on the body, which has been directly related to concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.…
Give Football Life Football isn’t just a sport, it’s a passion. Not only do the players learn the game, but they learn lessons along the way. From football, they learn about responsibility and discipline. they learn about teamwork and companionship on and off the field.…
Some peoples view on dangerous things are different than others. Football can sometimes be more dangerous than other sports, but you have to deal with it, if it is something you love to do. Every sport has its downfall. But as they stated in the essay, “four out of every 1,000 high school football exposures, resulted in an injury.”…
Youth football is leagues of children from the age groups of 5-15 all divided into their own divisions. Each division has age groups to determine where the child is placed. These divisions are known as tiny mite ages 5-7, mitey mite ages 7-9, Jr. Peewee ages 8-11, and then peewee ages 9-12. This is the full contact tackle league. The controversy with this is that kids shouldn’t be playing full contact football at that early of an age.…
Imagine you are about to go into 9th grade and your all excited to try out for volleyball. You find out from the school website that sports have been discontinued. How would you feel if the one thing that you have been most excited about is discontinued? For some students sports are a stress reliever. When you are stressed you can just forget all about everything and go practice for a while playing your sport.…
It gives you a group to belong to. Before soccer, I was an outcast, without many friends who wanted to do good things, leaving me with a boring life, and nothing to look forward too. But when I started school my 7th grade year there was a board listing a handful of the names of clubs and sports to join over the school year; one listed was soccer. One of my future teammates told me I should join, I didn’t have any experience but I didn’t stop myself from joining. When I joined…
Football is a Dangerous Sport Imagine a 230-pound linebacker running straight at you, plowing you down on the field. You try to get up, but you can’t. Maybe it is a concussion. Maybe you have a spinal injury. This is the game of football, one of the most popular sports in the United States, but do you believe that football is a dangerous sport?…
During a game against the Eagles in '99,Michael Irvin was forced hard into the turf by Tim Hauck. He ended up with a cervical spinal cord injury and was forced into early retirement. The first football game was in 1869 since then football has changed,with pads and helmets . Currently we just passed Super Bowl 50.We would be better off without football because people get injured too much. Knee injuries and concussions are the most common of injuries.…
Did you know soccer is one of the most, if not the most played sport of the world. Soccer players make a lot of money and it is one of the highest paying sports in the world. And there are some players that get paid multimillion dollars a year. I personally love to play soccer and I’ve been playing since I was about four years old and it is my favorite to play. Soccer has some rules and they help the players be safe and it’s make the game fair.…
“Why Soccer Is The Best Sport” Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Especially in third world countries, soccer is played often for a few reasons: fun, requires little equipment, and easy to understand. In my opinion, soccer is the best sport in the world. I believe this because, along with the reasons above, soccer teaches great life lessons and players get a lot of exercise.…
The debate of which sport is better futbol or american football has been around for a long time, and there seems to be no answer to satisfy everyone no matter how big the popularity of futbol overshadows its counterpart. The best sport in the world overall is futbol not american, but the original futbol that is known through the world, and is played by the majority of the world 's population. The debates answer might be hard to swallow at first, but after a few facts the truth is undeniable futbol or how americans call it soccer is way more advanced than football, but yet is way more fun and more entertaining to everyone participating in it. The difference from the sports is huge, but yet changing the original name of futbol to soccer is a horrible act of assimilation “By 1865, americans called the game soccer.” (, Diana Star, and Tom Owens.…
Football and basketball are probably the most popular sports in America, alongside a few others. During the playoffs and the Super Bowl in football, and the time of march madness and the championship in basketball, families and friends meet together and watch the games as a group. The sports go head to head as the best sports of America, but a fair amount believes basketball to be the better of the two. Basketball is definitely better than football.…
Participation in sports has become common among children and adults. Youth sports are a fun way for kids under 18 to participate in sports and have fun doing what they love. Some people argue that youth sports teach young athletes the value of teamwork and leadership. Others argue that youth sports have become too intense and competitive. I believe that youth sports have become too intense and competitive because of the increased injuries in young athletes and the attitude of parents and coaches towards the children.…
When the term “student athlete” comes to mind what are some of thoughts that pop across people’s heads? Do they see someone who is always lifting weights, the popular kid in school, or a so called “dumb jock”? These are some of the stereotypes that we have of athletes. Sports have more of a positive impact on children that can improve many aspects of their lives. “The potential for sport participation to improve graduation rates, keep students in school longer and increase daily attendance should lead administrators to adamantly support interscholastic sport.”…