Lacrosse

someone who bowled with me on Fridays. At the second practice, I got to pick the jersey number that I wanted to wear. I picked 31 because my favorite college women’s basketball player is number 30 and my best friend’s brother is #31 on the Oswego Men’s lacrosse team. I didn’t know that her brother was #31 until after the fact. Recently I found out that one of the girls varsity basketball players that is a senior was number 31 for club basketball. For the first couple practices we practiced…

Can preseason fitness help prevent injury? In effort to decrease knee join injury, Hewett and colleagues (1999) recommended all young female athletes participate in a training program that includes progressive resistance weight training. This is one of the few studies that collected data on athletes that completed a preseason training program. A trained athlete completed a 6-week muscular training program that incorporated flexibility, plyometric, and weight training. The entire study consisted…

Power, oppression, and privilege are all complex ideologies. Throughout the semester, we have examined many forms of media including books, films, and scholarly articles that discuss these three ideologies. In particular, we watched Taiye Selasi’s Ted Talk called “Don’t Ask Where I’m From, Ask Where I’m a Local”. The main point of this ted talk was to learn something about yourself. She discusses the three R’s that shape her life: Rituals, Relationships, and Restrictions. I have learned so much…

Crisis Management and Emergency Action Plans The proper emergency response will likely occur when organizations develop detailed emergency action plans. An emergency action plan assigns roles and responses to various emergencies that may result in property damage, property loss, or personal injury. In fact, organizations have a legal duty to develop emergency action plans for every location that teams may use for practice or competition (Doleschal, 2006). In this regard, PEAR’s emergency…

Hello Dad, I have been contemplating writing this letter for sometime now, but I haven’t been able to decided when the best time to write it would be, and now seemed like the best time considering the events that have occurred this morning. First, let me share with you that in no way shape or form did I ever intended on hurting your feelings with my comment about “giving my childhood back.” It was simply intended as a joke. I also clearly had no intentions of touching on a sensitive subject…

Millions of people around the world play many different sports. Each sport takes place during a different time of the year. As of in the spring there is softball, baseball, lacrosse, and track for school. Qualities that are necessary for someone to succeed at softball are teamwork, mental toughness, and execution. One quality that is necessary for someone to succeed at softball is teamwork. Teamwork is the combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient. Multiple…

school career, I have continuously immersed myself in a variety of different activities while successfully managing my demanding schoolwork from a schedule filled with honors and AP classes. I have been three sport athlete (field hockey, swimming, lacrosse) ever since freshman year; having to find a balance between sports and being able to ensure that I get all of my schoolwork done has been pretty tricky. Along with sports, I have been a member of the National Honor Society and National French…

Kallander was appointed as the 3rd Commissioner of the league when he replaced Sasser, and Kallander still serves as the Commissioner for the Big South (Big South). Kallander now has Indoor track and field, football, and women’s lacrosse as sponsored events now. Not only has the Big South’s marketing revenue increased but also there is increased TV exposure for many of their sports. Kallander also added High Point, Gardner-Webb, Presbyterian College, and Longwood to the Conference…

In today’s competitive sports focused society, young athletes are forced to commit their time and efforts to one sport by the time they enter high school and often times at a much younger 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…

Caldwell and West Caldwell “Chiefs on three, one….two...three...CHIEFS!” Chiefs are the mascot of Caldwell and West Caldwell’s amazing sports teams. Caldwell and West Caldwell are located in Essex County, New Jersey. The Caldwells settled in the early 18th century by pioneers who moved westward from Newark or through the Passaic Valley. West Caldwell and Caldwell have pools open all summer for people to hang out. Caldwell and West Caldwell both have governments that are open to new ideas, they…