Sport psychology

The realm of sports have shaped and shifted communities ever since they first started being played. Being involved in sports and being constantly exposed to sports creates a certain level of comfortability with sportsmanship and competitiveness. For every Team A, there is a Team B who wants to defeat it and in essence that is how sport rivalries are born. While exploring through research of the Eastern United States, strong evidence stuck out that sports rivalries in these communities played a…

The competitive desire to achieve victory has always been present in sports and athletic events since ancient Greece. Athletes throughout time have sought after the glory of being crowned a champion and praised for their efforts. However, especially in recent decades, the desire for greatness has caused athletes to turn to a more controversial method of obtaining success: performance-enhancing drugs. Performance-enhancing drugs, or PEDs, are any substances taken by athletes to improve their…

Sports are physical activities undertaken as an individual or as part of a team. The importance of sports is it has a range of benefits such as keeping fit, working as a team and meeting new people. Sport is the largest societal institution and reflects who we are as a society. The film, Remember the Titans, discusses issues in a community through the lives of a high school football team. The film is not just a film about sport, but rather realistically and maturely discusses issues such as…

play sports certainly seem to support this conclusion. These so called "pastimes" have evolved into something far more significant than a hobby. These junior athletes dedicate years of their lives in hopes of achieving a scholarship, or even a professional career. Before these ambitious goals are fulfilled, however, many adolescents are forced or compelled to give up their passion, due to things like rejection, and overuse. Rejection is hard in any case, but when one is rebuffed for a sport in…

Americans love sports. Enough for it to dictate their relationships, friendships, and social media. In a universe today that is captivated with the world of sports and the Lebron James and Kobe Bryants of this world, basketball and the NBA has drastically become a premier sport in America. The legacy of NBA has been a hallmark for this country considering the fact the US has won Gold in basketball the last five out of six times at the Olympic Games (FIBA.com). Basketball has been on a plateau…

People tend to think that extreme sports are just for the “ risk taking “ kind of people , however in reality people just love to do it for the “ peace” and enjoyment they receive from playing . A well written article titles , “ Extreme Sports not about risk taking “ by Eric Bymers , discusses how extreme sports are not played for the risk taking environment they include. I personally believe that doing an extreme sport can put you in peace while you are taking tons of risks. Based on Eric…

Beginning in the early ages of humanity, sports were one of the main venues where people went to enjoy themselves and watch people compete for something that will bring pride to them. From the early olympics, people developed into ultimate athletes who all the fans around the world admired. We’ve had all kind of athletes who we looked upon or cherished through the hard training and competitiveness they always had, and this is what makes sports important because many people around the world are…

Sport has always been a big part of my life, what has developed is my interest in how science plays a large role within sport. For a long time I have known this is the career path I want to take, I want to be able to expand my knowledge about how the body adapts to different types of training to help others develop their sporting performance. Learning to train the human body both physically and mentally in order to achieve those extra margins is where my interest lies. While studying Biology I…

types of sport during the course of my life has always popped thoughts into my mind about how our body works and how to get the most out of it to suit our sporting activities, this is what leads to me to want to pursue a career in sports science. I have also always taken measure for me and others to prevent bad diet and fitness related injuries since I acquired tennis elbow and shin splints within a couple of months of each other which made me focus more on injury prevention within sports. At…

rally from across the globe to support their respective teams. What could they be going to see you ask? Only what can be arguably seen as the largest e-sport event of the year, the League of Legends World Championship finals. E-sports have finally come to a point where they’re not something to be taken lightly or scoffed at the concept of. The term e-sport refers to a competitive video game with a multiplayer element, in which more often than not, two teams comprised of professional gamers are…