International Federation for Equestrian Sports

English show jumping is a very complicated sport that requires skill, patience, and bravery from both horse, and rider. It takes several years of practice and sweat to master the complicated sport. Show jumping is played when a rider is to jump a course of fences on horseback in an acute amount of time. The jumps can vary in size from one foot to five feet. The rules of show jumping are very strict and require a large amount of skill. Consequently, faults can be given to competitors for knocking down a pole, jumping over the time limit, or getting injured. Faults are categorized by 1 to 4 points depending on how well the rider jumps. If a rider gets more than 12 faults or 8 refusal faults, he/she is disqualified. Any injuries during the event also lead to disqualification. Show jumping rules are very strict and are very precise in having the perfect amount of skill. Not only does show jumping require skill, but the advanced sport also requires patience. Although this results in many times of trial and error, we can simply learn from our mistakes. As a Mexican proverb once stated, "It is not enough for a rider to know how to ride; she must know how to fall."…

Class Philosophy and Corresponding Resources: Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger III, and McDaniel Recent studies indicate that an effective method of learning is interleaving: layering skills so practice is varied and builds. The authors of the book liken it to shooting a basketball. If player A practices shooting from the freethrow line 100 times and player B practices shooting 100 times from varied positions and distances, player B would be most likely to sink a freethrow from the line. In the…

women's basketball player of all times. She was a American basketball player and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. After graduating in from Texas Tech, she continued playing and played for the USA Women’s National Team. After the way she performed at the 2000 championship, she was known as the WNBA’S Most Valuable Player. In 2013, Scoops decided to return and it was time to finally start coaching. She was hired by Chicago Loyola University, making her very first coaching position. San…

“To an Athlete Dying Young” & “Ex-Basketball Player” In Both, “To an Athlete dying Young” and “Ex basketball player”, We experience several poetic devices that compare and contrast eachother in these fairly similar poems. In the poem written by John Updike, “Ex-Basketball Player”, Flick a fictional character is stuck in a loop and his daunting past wrecks his current future. In this poem flicks past shows a young basketball player is praised for setting several records and being a country…

Imagine having to play basketball with a soccer ball and a peach basket. James Naismith didn't have the money to invent a new ball so they just played with a soccer. Peach baskets were used as the first hoops. Basketball has changed over the years. From the invention of basketball to the modern popularity today, basketball has evolved into what it is today. Basketball was created by James Naismith. In 1891,he invented the game of basketball. He worked as a gym teacher at the YMCA. He worked in…

The idea of basketball created by a man named James Naismith in 1891 for an outdoor learning program for a school known as YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. Many thoughts of the activity of basketball are to create an activity to play in the indoor and outdoor environments. Basketball allows males and females of all ages to engage in the game. With basketball coming widely popular throughout the states variations of games in basketball were later introduced. One variation of the games in…

BY STEVEN.O the main character is jeremy lin. the film takes place in palo alto california.jeremy is a now a NBA player ,so he tells his story leading up to his career.he starts of by telling the audience about his early childhood,the he transitions himself to his life as a chinese american playing ball in a ivy league. BY SOME OTHER CRITIC:The story of Jeremy Lin's rise to fame is well known and was exhaustively covered in 2012. The American-born middle son of Taiwanese immigrants, he grew…

popular Canadian sport. Hockey was names Canada's national sport. Because it became so popular so quickly. During the 1920's the NHL was formed for Canadian and American hockey players. The NHL became an instant hit because many people enjoyed watching the high paced sport. When WW1 had ended many soldiers were excited to finally watch the game. Hockey became a sport that every Canadian loved to watch. Hockey is considered to be a part of the Canadian Culture. In the 1920's, the sport of…

Pool Pockets Problem Statement: In this POW you have to find the rebounds on a rectangular pool table (4 holes) with whole number distances.Every shot is shot at a 45 degree angle and always shot from the lower left corner and what pocket it lands in. Process: I started out by drawing many rectangles with each many different dimensions ( 2*3, 2*1, 4*10, 2*9, etc.) Then i did the actual problem /experiment and counted the rebounds on each rectangle, and each will be shot from the bottom left…

Talking to Tanner I actually learned a lot about him in just ten minutes of an awkward conversation over trying to get to know each other. Tanner is originally from Amarillo, TX. Tanner attended a small 3A school with about one-hundred and thirty students in his graduating class. He is one of the four kids in his family. Tanner is nineteen years old and is beginning his first year at Frank Phillips College. Tanner spent most his life competing in many sports including wrestling, baseball, and…