Amateur sports

has been a debate on whether competitive sports are good or bad for kids. There are always different responses. Some state that competitive sports are bad for kids due to the risk of injury, and the possibility of a kid developing a mindset focused on winning. Others, state that competitive sports are great for kids because of the benifits to your physical health, the life lessons, and the friendships they provide. For me, I believe that competitive sports are great for kids because of the…

school and football can help with that. Football improves school performances and teaches kids lessons. Kim Gorgens, a clinical associate professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver stated that, “Organized sports are a learning lab for life.” Kids are taught in football to try their best and to listen to instruction. A study[1] of 2,000 California children showed that twelve-year-olds who take longer than twelve minutes to run a mile have lower…

Imagine you are a seven year old and your on the second grade basketball team. You tried your absolute very best to be excellent all season long and you never gave up when times got rough. Your excited to see all of your hadwork pay off. Then, at your ceremony award, you don’t get a trophy. But all of your other friends recieved trophys. How would you feel if you tried your hardest all season and didn’t get a reward? Although some people may argue that children need to learn that you don’t…

Are high school sports good or bad for kids? Sports are not good for kids, injuries and missing educational goals contribute to making sports bad for kids. However some people might say that sports promote sportsmanship and goal making. Which also helps to support superior citizens. Nonetheless the public is still placing to much importance on winning. Furthermore parents are not focusing on the end goal, furthering their child’s education. “ High school athletes are not merely…

Sports are a great way for kids to have fun, stay fit, improve skills, and make friends. But it's not always fun and games out on the field. Concussions, grades, and financial problems are the major problems in sports. This can lead peer pressure and other problems. First and foremost injuries can be a big problem when football, hockey, and any other sports are played. Concussions, overuse of the body are the main ones. Concussions become a major problem when sports are involved. For example,…

Magazine Erik M. Norman American Military University I chose these articles because I wanted my magazine to illustrate as many different aspects of sports psychology as possible. I included a few articles that do not directly mention sports or athletes, instead these articles discuss how techniques and research findings from sports psychology studies can be applied in ordinary work environments. In the article “Work as an Extrinsic Goal, Play as an Internal Goal”, discusses the…

1958 to present day are the sports they play and the family roles. The difference between sports then and now are enormous. Back then, boys had the option to play basketball and football. Now, boys have the option to play all sports such as track, football, baseball, golf and many more. Girls in the olden days couldn’t play any sport except cheerleading. Girls could only be in cheerleading because it was supporting the boys in sports. Today girls can be in almost every sport as a guy! Not only…

States benefits their local communities. We base our case on three major contentions. Contention 1. Providing subsidies to sports teams allows for economic stimulation at a local level. Contention 2: The stadiums and venues that subsides are used for far more than just athletic events. and Contention 3: Civil pride is enhanced and in effect happiness…

each other. The next year, which was my eleventh grade year, many of the girls from the year before had graduated and we couldn’t get enough members in time for the new season. So I spent my free time practicing for the next year and trying out new sports. I made sure that for my final year, that we would have a girl’s team. I went around my school recruiting new girls to come out and play, and we were able to get together a team. This last season was vital to me, as I wanted to push my…

1. If all athletes do it wouldn’t that make it fair? It is assumed that many athletes already take/ use performance enhancing drugs regardless of their illegal status therefore if we make it legal I would assume that majority of athletes would take advantage of the situation and participate in legal doping, then it would make the competition fair because all performance enhancing drugs are available to the athletes as well as the most elite equipment and sporting gear too. 2. Athletes would be…