Farewell Summer

The Ancient Greece games were very simple with most games being all about running and fighting. While now, 300 different events are competed in and that just in the summer. All of these games result in many options for athletes to compete in; these games also keep it interesting for the viewers because who wants to watch the same game for 17 days.( In order for a game to be added for men 70 different countries have…

Ancient Greece was an area a long time ago. The country was made of many city-states, and one of the most important was called Athens. Athens was a democracy, where normal citizens voted on the decisions about how the country was run. Although Athens was an important city-state, it wasn't the only. Athens and a state called Sparta had a war called the Peloponnesian War for 27 years. Sparta came out victorious, but weakened. All of the city-states shared a common religion. Everyone worshipped…

1. During my summers working as a camp counselor in 2006-2009, many events took place during these years. However, just within the USA and just within these summers I was able to narrow down the events that took place In the summer of 2006, the Louisiana Superdome reopened. This was a big deal since so many repairs had to be mad after the damages made by hurricane Katrina. In my research I learned that re-roofing this building was the largest roofing project in US history. It took thirteen…

Olympic tumbler Gabby Douglas was just 16 years of age when she left a mark on the world at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Presently 20, she has won gold in the Olympics, at the World Championships, Pacific Rim Championships and American Cup rivalries and she is planning to add another award to her accumulation today in the uneven bars last in Rio. Despite the fact that she scarcely missed meeting all requirements for the overall finals, she scored an incredible, group best 15.766 on the…

January 3rd 2011 marks the return of our super successful “Destination Transformation” fitness competition! And this year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. In this 8 week fitness competition, one hardworking contestant will win one year of personal training with Home Team Fitness, and a new 8GB Apple iPad! This prize package is valued at over $2300, and will be a reward well deserved by our 2011 winner. As a bonus, the grand prize winner will also recieve a cash prize that will be determined by…

On August 8th 1981, Robert and Lynette Federer were expecting their second baby after Diana who had 20 months old. They did not know that the new arrival will be one of the greatest athletes in History. At the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Bottmingen Switzerland, they named him Roger. In his childhood, Roger showed interest in football. At four years, he began watching and playing tennis when his idol Boris Becker won his first Wimbledon title. After that, he became junior player and finished this…

There are many different things that we have gotten from the Greeks. One of the things that we have gotten is the Olympics. This sporting event is one of the big events that almost everyone in the world knows about. There are many different events that are in the Olympic that the world has adopted. A few of these sports are javelin, discus, and long jump. These three sports are some of the most popular. The discus is when you throw a weighted Frisbee. A javelin is a big wooden pole that has a…

The study of history is useful to the understanding of the recreation and leisure movements because it informs us how and why we have some leisure activities that we do today. When we study the history of leisure we can examine how leisure and its definition has changed over time and how some still exist today. An example is the Olympics; the Olympics was first recorded in Greece 776 B.C that lasted five days. These games, at that time, was organize to honor the Greek god Zeus. Furthermore, the…

When I was younger I had a goal to get a scholar athelete award. The reason I got the award is because I set two goals, get a state championship cut, and also mantain straight A’s for a single nine-weeks. Goals are an important part of a well round life. My athletic goal is to swim Division 1. I have swam sice I was eight, and naturally if I’ve made it this far I want to be at the top of a new level. I believe I have set myself in good position to swim in college. My father swam division 1 and…

Furthermore, this process of defining 'national identity' can also be seen in how country a 'remembers'. With this years failure of qualifying for the World Cup, the main Dutch news broadcast mentions that this brings back memories of the so-called 'the dark 1980s'1 where the article goes into extensive detail when the Dutch soccer team did not qualify for the World Cup either (NOS, 2017, October 11). The language used resembles the idea of collective memory, which is used in creating…