Rugby

My trainer always says “look in the mirror...that's your competition,” I think that's the biggest take away you will learn in the art of running. It's not the times, or the medals you earn that matters. It's the fact that you know you’re beating your previous PR’s and getting better. In the sport of track and field there are two different categories of runners, sprinters and distance runners. Sprinters are usually classified as anyone who runs a 100, 200, and or a 400, while distance runners…

I was born on February 25th 1998 at St Michael 's hospital in Toronto. I grew up in a part of Toronto called Bloor west village where I lived with my parents and my sister Lauren who is three years older than me. I attended Runnymede public school for both junior and senior kindergarten. My interests in my toddler years were T-ball, skiing and going to park with my best friend Carson. I learned to ski at a very young age, I was just 18 months when I first attempted to put on my sister…

For many, the concept of athletics and education seem to be a flawless pairing, a coupling that has seemed to simply be the way things were for as long as anyone can remember. In today’s society, it is so relevant, that certain colleges are immediately recognized because of their outstanding achievements in either athletics or academics, much like the way Harvard is known to be a tough, academically driven law school, whereas Pennsylvania State University is vastly well known for its football…

thought to be within the capabilities of a female. Examples such as particular jumps in ballet that only the men were allowed to do, up until a few years ago I was told never to do a full press up because girls cannot do them, I was never taught to play rugby because that was always a boys sport. As a group we did not have the knowledge of how to correctly achieve these physical movements so my dancers had to help each other, for example lifting someone into a jump, in…

Women in Sports: Deprived of their Equal Rights to Play Generally, as a woman, it is proven that earning rights and the appropriate opportunities has been far more difficult than a man. Ever since sports were introduced for men to play, for women, there have been changes within the coverage through the media, stereotypes, and gender equalities. Of course, the equality of women through sport has changed over time, but there are still unequal opportunities for women to this day. Media coverage…

My Struggle with Weight and Body Image Although I have always been considered small, my weight has always fluctuated beyond what is considered to be in the normal range of 1 to 2 pounds. The heaviest I have ever been is 123 pounds and I hit that as a freshman in college, unlike most individuals, I was my second heaviest as a freshman in high school. As a three sport athlete I ate whatever I wanted thinking that I could burn it off on the field and being bigger, muscle-wise was better. At the…

Many factors have to be taken into considerations when taking a look at the logistics of an entire nation. From the demographics and cultural history of the country to the geographic landscape, multiple factors dictate the success and risks involved in a profitable logistics system. A country’s trade among industries and organizations within the country as well as importing and exporting goods are two separate factors that can also determine how successful that country will be in earning revenue…

The standard way of thinking about sports has it that people tend to think of male sports first. This is no surprise seeing how men sports are portrayed and televised more. On average, people are more likely to be able to name male athletes before they can name female athletes. In addition, male sports have a larger audience. Women are at a disadvantage as a result of the sports world revolving around male sports. Female sports are second to male sport: not a close second, but a default second.…

I do believe Talent ID would be beneficial for a lot of children in today’s world who may have natural skill in a sport like rugby that isn’t taught frequently to young children today. On the other hand, Talent ID may not be the answer because a lot of kids may have a particular set of skills in a given sport at a younger age, but then develop a new set of skills for one of the…

That’s where he and his friends had played duck on a rock, which consisted on trying to knock a bigger rock off with smaller rocks and the bigger rock was at a higher level. He also thought back to when he watched rugby players throw a ball into a box in a gym. He had the idea of nailing up boxes at a higher level so that the players would attempt to throw a ball. Since Naismith couldn’t find boxes to use, he used peach baskets. Naismith came up with the rules of…