Racquet sports

As I get closer to graduation and look back over both my academic and personal career the themes that are most prevalent are sports, family, hard work and values. Being involved in sports from my early childhood until the present has significantly impacted my life not only in terms of career choice but also in my personal relationships. Whether you are referring to a family or a team the concepts of hard work and values become prevalent if you are to be successful. The teams I have been a member…

Growing up, sports were always something I cherished, something I filled a lot of my free time with, and something I used to identified my persona. I have experienced my fair share of injuries from concussions to broken bones and while these things prevented my participation in sports, they intrigued me. In fact, the wholesome health of the human body has always appeared extremely fascinating to me. My love for the anatomy of the human body was uncovered Sophomore year amidst a basic health…

The definition of a sport is a competitive score within two teams, or individual that causes physical stress. Golf may be challenging, and competitive, but golf does not have physical exertion, and not everything competitive is a sport. If everything with a competitive score was a sport than all most every game would be a sport, and then there would be no point to playing a sport. Golf has a low amount of activity, and everyone can play it. The amount of activity that is involved in golf is low.…

When I first heard about sports law, I assumed these rules/ concepts were an entirely new set of principles from the legal concepts. However, after reading this article I learned that I was completely wrong. Overall, there is really no such thing as “the law of sports”. There are no separate rules that exists for sports law and no laws existing that can be categorized as an independent field of law. Nonetheless, sports law incorporates areas of law and brings them together in a very unique way.…

game after game is not only attributed to youth but also attributed to taking good care of your body with a comprehensive stretching plan. Fast forward 5-10 years and now your focus is on providing for yourself and your family. Essentially your sport has become your job which requires the same attention to stay healthy. Your leaders are doing their best to keep you from experiencing an injury when they start and end each shift with a stretching routine. Regardless of their best efforts you…

Most sports movies have similar story lines: an athlete faces some challenge, they sacrifice and work harder, and they come out better from it. These stories are ones of victory and success, the moral being that the sacrifices are always worth it in the end. But is this always true? Are all of the injuries, sleep deprivation, and lack of time for healthy relationships worth it later on in life? Competitive sports cause a lot of strain on long term athletes physically and mentally. Though they…

“Cheer is stupid, it’s just a waste of time.” A variation of opinions attempt to discourage me. “Cheer isn’t even a sport, ya’ll don’t do anything.” Again, more people against what I love to do. I didn’t join cheer because of the “popularity” the cheerleaders got in the movies. Cheerleading takes hard work, dedication, and determination. Nothing in life is ever just handed to you, and if it is it’s probably just a knitted christmas sweater from your grandma that is two sizes too small, otherwise…

Watching my older sister picking up a hockey stick at a young age sparked my competitive nature, as there was no chance she was going to be better than me! I was brought up in a hockey family where sport has always played a key part of our lifestyle. Through my love of the game I have developed several Injuries over the years ranging from broken bones, shin splints to more recently Osgood-Schlatter’s disease, all of which have prevented me from playing from time to time. This is how I discovered…

Now in days everyone is a “winner” every one gets to go home with a trophy even if they didn’t even win. They have always been praised for just being there, even if they don’t try. If someone tells you that you’re a winner, then you automatically just are. Winning is never giving up even after you have lost. It was the most basic of mornings that I woke up to. The sun was not yet shining its warmth on my little world, however I still dragged myself out of my warm consuming bed, leaving it and…

Now in days everyone is a “winner” every one gets to go home with a trophy even if they didn’t even win. They have always been praised for just being there, even if they don’t try. If someone tells you that you’re a winner, then you automatically just are. Winning is never giving up even after you have lost. It was the most basic of mornings that I woke up to. The sun was not yet shining its warmth on my pint-sized world, however I still dragged myself out of my warm consuming bed, leaving it…