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    your kid should be playing competitive sports is a highly talked about topic. One reason that parents might not let their kid play these sports is because of injuries and harmful acts caused by the opponent. On the other side parents that do let their kid(s) have the opportunity to play sports and also have the competitive edge. The fact of the matter is that in my opinion kids should not be allowed to play competitive sports. First off, many kids that play sports come up with an injury here or…

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    means for athletes and each establishment associated with sport has become more complex than ever. From determining the payroll in professional sports, to figuring out what amount of money is budgeted for each sport at a high school or collegiate institution, has opened doors and become a new field of opportunity in itself. This paper will examine and explain the business of sport and recreation by analyzing the economic models in various sports and recreation institutions. The primary focus of…

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    Aerial skiing is a sport that combines speed, technique, showmanship, strength, and protection, because this sport can be very dangerous the athletes need each and every one of these. In this sport, they have to do many flips and tricks, which help them score higher. There are many things in freestyle aerial skiing that people don’t really know about, here are some. In freestyle aerial skiing the goal is to get high in the air off of a two to four-meter jump and do lots of flips and tricks.…

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    The sport of curling Specific Purpose: To inform about the rich history of Curling and the basic rules of the sport. Thesis Statement: Curling is a sport that originated in Scotland in the 1500s and is often overlooked despite being an Olympic level sport for almost a hundred years. Introduction: Attention Gaining Device: Curling is often equated with applying a hot ceramic barrel to your hair, but it is also the name a winter sport played at the Olympics every four years. Credibility: I have…

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    The youth sports these days has gotten too intense, but, playing these can also be beneficial to the player. The benefits of participating in competitive youth sports is worth the drawbacks, because of many other benefits of playing intense sports. One benefit is that playing competitive sports helps you do better in other areas of your life, the author claims “Students who are intensely involved in sports are less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol or join gangs, have a later onset of sexual…

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    Recreational Scuba Diving is a popular sport that people have been practicing for decades. While almost completely self-regulated, the sport has an excellent safety record that has only improved with the technological advancement of equipment and safety procedures. Every day people across the planet enjoy traveling under the waves where they see another world with strange, foreign creatures. In a world where we only protect what we value, it helps to have as many people as possible come to…

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    Conflict Theory In Sports

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    1) Functionalist Theory focuses on the ways that social structures influence action and relationship in the social worlds. Sports are an inspiration because it contributes to an individual and groups by bringing everybody together by sharing cultural values. An example of the functionalist theory is that sports organizations have a hierarchy system where everyone plays a role interconnected from top to bottom. That means everybody from ownership, to coaches, players, and all employees need to…

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    How Have Sports Changed

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    sports have been a common tradition around the world for decades, for example the AFL is very common and well known in Australia and a sport like soccer is popular in Italy. But how have these sports changed? Over the decades all our well known sports have altered and with the evolution of technology the sports we’ve recognised in the past are quite different to how we find we recognise them now. Evidence from over the last 50 years has shown that basketball players have dramatically…

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    Golf Persuasive Speech

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    different muscle groups in his arms, legs, and abdomen--but is he playing a sport? Golf: sport, or just a hobby? Of course, many people would say either one. And, truly, there is only one answer. Golf is as much of a sport as basketball and baseball are. A sport, by definition on Dictionary.com, is “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.” Therefore, golf can be considered a sport. To golf well takes practiced skill and determination. Also,…

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    that day on you cannot move the rest of your body because a spinal fracture in you neck. Luckily today, players are much less likely to do this because of how football gear has improved. Football gear long ago had many issues, solved, by modern equipment. The first type of football gear added into football was the helmet, in 1890. This long delay was because of how the idea of football was inspired by rugby, in which they use no protective gear. The helmet was originally hand made from leather,…

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