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1) Functionalist Theory focuses on the ways that social structures influence action and relationship in the social worlds. Sports are an inspiration because it contributes to an individual and groups by bringing everybody together by sharing cultural values. An example of the functionalist theory is that sports organizations have a hierarchy system where everyone plays a role interconnected from top to bottom. That means everybody from ownership, to coaches, players, and all employees need to…

Sports in schools definitely can help students by enhancing their social interaction with other students. Sports is considered as a physical activity and it helps students to stay strong, healthy, and focused. In the article, “Have Sports Teams Brought Down America’s Schools?” Elizabeth Kolbert says that schools should not have sports mainly because sports have can distract students with their education. It is often said that sports can take over a lot of a student's part. It’s mostly like a…

Whether it’s swimming, baseball or soccer, youth sports can be a great experience for children as it is a fun way to get them active. Sports have many good advantages for kids who are involved at an early age. They learn to develop helpful skills including living a healthy lifestyle in the future by regularly exercising and developing social skills. It allows kids to have fun with other peers especially in the summer during break. Youth sports is very important as it develop various skills,…

any promotions made toward children will automatically assume a greater amount of people due to the parents or guardians that will be accompanying the children. Third, children are energetic and optimistic of sports. Regardless of hockey or basketball, children often develop a loyalty to sports…

everything I do. I want to study Sport Psychology as I know I possess the right skills to further and develop myself in the career of sports. I have the ability to understand others in sports as I also play sports myself. I have been in high pressured sporting situations which I have used my psychological skills to help increase my performance. What interests me in Sport Psychology is that I can make a big difference to not just my life but the lives of people in sport such as rehabilitating…

Public Financing of Sports Stadiums “Never support public financing of a sports stadium. You as a taxpayer are virtually guaranteed to lose that game.” Over the past few decades, the debate over whether or not sports stadiums should be publically financed has caught more attention with tax payers. Many financial economists have come to agree that publicly financing sports stadiums is a bad investment. The public should not provide financial support of sports stadiums because they have little…

The thirst for a win, the hunger to become number one, the desire to be known and talked about long after the game is over, craving the opportunity for bragging rights. Whether they are playing in little league, high school, college, or nationally this is what consumes the thoughts of boys and girls who participate in athletics. They have practiced hard and studied the plays. Now as a coach, it is their job to lead these athletes and teams down victory lane. It is now the coaches’…

I selected the article Keeping Perspective in Youth Sport as it related to Chapter 3: Sports for Children in our Kinesiology textbook. In this chapter, I learned about the relationship between sports and children and found it very interesting. As I read this AASP article, I noticed how the author included similar topics that were related to the textbook’s chapter. Additionally, I personally felt connected to them since I participated in basketball as a leisurely activity during the weekends as a…

Everybody has a favorite sport. Sports are very educational. For one football is educational because it teaches you to be fit and live a healthy lifestyle. Second, when you are playing Volleyball you are learning how to be part of a team. When you are playing soccer it is teaching you feet eye coordination. You could enjoy these sports but you can also learn something from them. To begin with, football is the third in the ranking of the most athletic sport. It would be better if you were…

Fans cheering from wall to wall in a home game, your player hearing the chats which magnifies their intensity, you are calling plays from the huddle and discussing bad call with the referee. This the overall goal of what being a athletic coach is being all about, needless to say many people do not see or are not concerned with the detail that it takes for any athletic coach to get to that point. In addition to the demanding work at practice that are put in, there are off the coach obligations…