schools across the country should offer more competitive sports programs. School sports teams have usually been viewed as a high school activity. Recently, children have been put in competitive sports at a younger age, making them want to participate in competitive sports sooner in their athletic career. Waiting until high school to compete in sports can make students impatient and become less interested in their sports. Middle school sports provide an enhanced physical state, increased social…
would consist of female soccer players and female basketball players. These two sports were chosen because they involve the most jumping, plyometrics, cutting, and repetitive jumping. The study would focus on ten 6A high schools within a surrounding area. The focus would be on 6A teams due to the high intensity that the athletes play at. Data would be collected from both varsity and junior varsity teams for both sports from all ten high schools. Five of the ten high schools would go through a…
Sports has been an important aspect in aboriginal culture for many years. It dates back all the way back to the beginning when they played lacrosse to settle wars and conflicts between nations. Sports not only settled conflict but was also an integral part to making changes throughout history for the aboriginal culture and inspiring its youth into what it is today. Athletic heroes like Jim Thorpe, Tom Longboat and present athletes Jordin Tootoo and Ted Nolan helped inspire youth of today. By…
High school Track and Field was a sport that I participated in as a sophomore. Through the strenuous practice and the intense track meets, hard work was not the only lesson to learn. Even when you were pushing yourself to defeat the person running at a pace you are not used to, hard work was not the only thing you thought that would make you win the race at the very end. You learn that you must have it in yourself to finish the race. You also see that your whole team is supporting you and…
Based on what Ralph Emerson said about unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow, I say that I agree with that statement. I agree to this based on my experience of playing on competitive sports and getting that they're always room for you to improve on and get better at. Some people might think since they already mastered what they needed, and there's no need to go beyond. If you want to be the best you got to do more. On all the…
games in modern day attract huge crowds and draw record breaking rating every year. Like the Greek’s, people from all over gather to witness for a chance to witness athletes reach new heights and engrave their name in the history books. Evens though sports have served to engage and entertain as much as the population as possible, athletes still have goals to maximize there perform in every appearance possible. In the Roman Era, Gladiatorial fights were used to entertain the Roman population.…
In this competitive world, athletes take part in battles: One v ones, nine v nines, eleven v elevens. But why do they compete? For their friends acceptance? For their parents love? To escape the world for a while? or for the thrill of the fight? They fight as vultures do for flesh, relentlessly for that last piece and not giving up until they get what they want. Don´t think of this negatively. This is just childhood dedication forming an outcome. Early mornings and the sacrifice of free time…
Abstract This paper is about sport scandals. The paper depicts the history of sports scandals, while still being able to draw a connection between the past and present day time of sport scandals. The paper describes how sport scandals have evolved and became what they are today. Punishments play a big role in sport scandals. The paper discusses which punishments are giving and if the punishments giving are effective. The way punishments effect the athletes is also an important point made in the…
Sports are a fun thing to play, but can be very competitve. The benefits of participating in competitive youth sports are worth the drawbacks, becuase you may get hurt but you won’t die, its good to be pushed a little hard, and it helps with self confidence. One example that explains being in a competitive sport is not terrible is that it gets you ready for how hard life will be is that it can show kids responsibility, self confidence, self esteem, and show them to not give up, to keep…
Overbearing sport parents are often portrayed as harmful over helpful, but is this really the case? If no one pushes our kids to the limit then how will they succeed? On the other hand, what if our kids are pushed so hard the end up with permanent psychological damage? Both sides agree that it is a crucial part of a child’s development to play in organized sports, but when does enough become enough? In this essay, I will discuss both the harmful and helpful sides of overbearing sport parents.…