Association of Tennis Professionals

The American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education was formed in 1885 and the Amateur Athletic Union was founded three years later. A conference on physical training was held in Boston in 1889. Three years later Ohio passed a mandatory physical education…

Open, which made her the second black woman to win a Grand Slam title. The first being Althea Gibson. As an african american tennis player Serena has overcome and dealt with many difficulties. She has been told that she and her sister Venus (also a tennis player) are arrogant and unfriendly to others on the court and off the court. Serena is well known for her tennis skill and all the events that she has won at a young age. She also has more Grand Slams than everyone else in the field that…

Throughout the years African Americans have dominated professional sports. Basketball, football, boxing, baseball and track are all sports a lot of African Americans succeed in. However, there is a lack of participation in swimming, golf, tennis, hockey, skiing and many other competitive sports that most White people play. Many factors greatly influence these statistics such as social, cultural and economic constraints. The question is, are Blacks superior to Whites in athletics due to their…

publicity and promotion included baseball, tennis, golf, swimming, football and boxing. Newspapers, Magazines, Radio and Movies all played a role in boosting the profile of sport and the sporting giants. Most of the sports were major amatuer events but the sports caught the eye of promoters who saw an opportunity to capitalize and make money. Professional football league, tennis leagues and golf tours were organized. Media publicity helped the professional teams get spectators and allowed them…

Steroids; should we bring them back into sports? As many as 500,000 teenagers have experimented with steroids and think that it is the only way to become a professional athlete (¨Do Teens Use¨). Steroids scientifically known as anabolic steroids is a man made hormone that helps tissue grow. Unfortunately, they are abused by athletes to make them stronger and faster, and have critical side effects which include stunting teenagers growth (¨Merriam-Webster¨). According to procon.org, those who…

Throughout the years, it has been apparent, the inequality within professional sports between men and women, specifically, the gap between salaries. While men are signing multi-million dollar contracts, women are receiving considerably lower salaries for the same sport compared to their biological counterparts. This has many people pondering the reason behind such a massive gap in salary. While they are both playing professional sports at an equally competitive level, the only difference seems…

age. In order to succeed at a high level, young athletes feel they must train several days a week, in a year round regimen. Countless hours are devoted to strength, conditioning , mental toughness and physical practice. Pat Riley, an American professional basketball executive, commented, “There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either all in or you’re all out. There is no such thing as life in-between.” This brings about the question: why have 70% of young athletes dropped…

his most accomplishments in American Football, he helped shape 4 lasting, popular american sports leagues. He has ties to the National Football League (NFL), The National Basketball Association (NBA), The North American Soccer League (NASL), which would later become part of Major League Soccer (MLS), and the World Tennis Championships (WTC). His contributions are what make him one of the most influential men in american sports. In fact in 1999, he was declared the 17th most influential person in…

southpaw tennis players often pull out a win making “seven of the first 17 champions in the [Wimbledon] Open era… left-handed…” (Liew). Jonathon Liew, a sports enthusiast for The Telegraph, later explains that there are many advantages for left-handed tennis players ranging from how the ball spins to different swinging techniques. Lefties have defended their reputation by outplaying others and winning major titles. According to the 2017 ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Men’s Tennis…

Introduction Gender Inequality has been a rising topic more and more each year because it seems to get noticed more and more but especially popular because of the recent 2016 Olympics. Gender Inequality is the different biases between men and women in world. More specifically, gender inequality is prominent in the sport occupation. So, Balish et al. (2016) found a connection that advance liability is caused from the gender differences in sport attendance, supporters, and motives for the game…