Association of Tennis Professionals

protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, for the purpose…

My sport hasn’t started season, yet I feel that there is no room for personal time. I wake up at 5 am to go to a 2-hour morning practice, then to an hour of weights and I have to rush to class everyday. When I am finally done with tennis related activities and classes, I have to go to tutoring appointments and start my homework right away, so I can go to bed at a decent time to be able to wake up early in the morning and restart my routine all over again. With my hectic schedule,…

first pops into your mind? In sport, it has also been the same ever since the first fleet landed. How sport is pursued to be fitted just for men. Well, this gradually stopped occurring only until the 1900’s where women were first introduced to professional sport. But this does not mean the inequality has come to an end. If the gender inequality is unseen to you, you must be as blind as a bat. Men, always receiving the better option and are more privileged then women, even though we put the…

buys the athletic trainers whole uniform which is generally a pair of really nice tennis shoes and a nice shirt with slacks. Being an athletic trainer will allow me to interact with the players. If I do athletic training on a professional level I will get to meet many cool and interesting pro athletes! I would basically be getting paid to do something I love in a fun exciting…

In recent years, college sports have become extremely popular in the United States. Sports enthusiasts watch the games, buy the apparel and cheer on their favorite players; much like in professional sports. But there is one big difference between college and professional athletes. Unlike professionals, college athletes should not paid. These student-athletes go to college to get an education, not to be paid to play a sport. Through scholarships, many athletes are already being compensated for…

the lockers while the whites have their own. Blacks are also restricted to the sports they play while the whites are not. On campus blacks only play basketball and football while the whites play a variety of sports that include basketball, football, tennis, golf, and hockey. Additionally, whites are granted leadership as captain of a team or as a coach; African Americans are not given that privilege. Statistics show that blacks have fewer privileges by showing…

roughly around only two thousand fans. Today, the crowds are ten times that amount (Sumner). Women tended to play sports such as bowling, golf, boating, horseback riding, ice skating, swimming, archery, and tennis in college. Boxing and baseball were the first professional sports; professional football later began in the twenties. Stadiums were built due to the growth in popularity of basketball, baseball, and boxing. The Yankee Stadium was built in 1923 as a ballpark for baseball. The first…

“Professionals athletics attained such a high degree of popularity during the 1920s through 1940s that era was called ‘the golden age of sports.’ African-Americans excelled in boxing, basketball, baseball, football, tennis, track and golf; and, in the face of racist Jim Crow laws, many initiated their own athletic associations” (West). It was called “The golden age of sports” because African Americans did so well…

As I take a look back to the start of this course, I knew little to nothing about the background of this course. I had friends who previously took the course, and with their input, I was still lost. They told me, “you will roll around campus using a wheelchair for the first class session.” However, what they fell to mentioned that this course will change my outlook on life and inspire me to reevaluate my vocabulary. My perspective of people with a disability has changed drastically. As a child…

Majority of the conference centers are operated by postsecondary institutions and employ professional staff who works with associations and large companies in order to develop and offer specialized programs. Some of the centers offer programs to individuals whose desire is to learn about a general topic. These corporations may also have in-house conference facilities…