Bear Creek Tennis Court Case Study

Decent Essays
Ryan Nguyen
9/4/15
Period 6

I chose to use the Bear Creek Tennis Courts, majority of the people there were all male tennis players, and coaches. The ratio to male to women were 100:1, since majority of the players were ages 14 to 18, and all the players were students, there were no socioeconomic class. 90% of the tennis team were asian, while the remaining 10% were white or hispanic. What I noticed the most between the players where who they talked to, the coaching of students , and how the players played with the coach around. The pattern of behavior I noticed first was how majority of tennis players talked to each other, almost majority of the team only talked to their own race, I think this was occurring due to the fact of having something

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