Summer Olympic Games

The culture of expressive individualism was sparked in the 1950’s as a contrast to the collective conformity of that era. Highly regulated and individually constraining individual sports forms were weakened for some people by the individualized nature of contemporary society. The 1960’s and 70’s produced a large amount of youth based alternative sports cultures that wanted to provide alternatives to traditional, highly regulated achievement based sports forms. In 1978 Bourdieu described…

Two major experiences overwrite the many more Henry had, these experiences are boxing and the Millers’ Bakehouse. According to Josh “Boxing was his hobby during ‘Coota’s’ late twenties and early thirties, and that he stopped this hobby after his second child.” I assume that boxing prepared him for fatherhood, also boxing would have kept him fit. Visual #1 (http://www.aihw.gov.au/ deaths/life-expectancy/) shows the life expectancy in 1890 at 45. Henry almost doubled this age. Could boxing have…

almost all forms of sport. South Sydney NRL captain Bryan Fletcher gave Indigenous Parramatta player a ‘racial spray’ during a 2005 rugby league match, whilst Rugby union player Justin Harrison racially sledged his opposition’s winger in a 2005 super 12 game (Oliver,…

5. Corinna Everson; Earth knows that Arnold Schnowscker was an undisputed champion in bodybuilding. Until now, no one matches his fitness level and charisma. Allow me to share an information about a woman who is par with Arnold. Who is She? She is Corinna Everson pro bodybuilder, born in 4th January 1948 and record holder of undefeated amateur and professional courier. This gives you an insight about her passion about bodybuilding and willingness to learn new things. Corinna's uniqueness…

wrestlers a job after completion. Also as the spatial distribution of amateur wrestling increased across Australia, it has lead to an increase in the success of Australia wrestlers in the Olympics. Although we didn't win a medal at all this year in all forms of wrestling, the most recent was the 2012 London games, we one a silver in the…

Greek society, which in turn, brought more violent games to the Olympics. This being said, in order to create fierce competition, the Greeks needed to implement the rule for weight or age classes with all fighting competitions. The competitions were pale, which translates to boxing and was introduced in 724 BCE. The next sport being introduced in 688 BCE, pyx or boxing. Lastly, the most violent of them all, the pankration which came into the Olympics in 648 BCE. All three of these competitions…

Shall we give an Olympic medal to the doctor whose drugs are most effective among the games? Performance enhancing drugs are the substances that can help athletes improve the physical condition, skills, or even the result of the game. The use of these drugs in sport is widely known as ‘doping’. As doping helps athletes to perform, the issue of drugs in sporting competition should be allowed or not, has long been debated. However, some potential problems will be occurred when lifting ban on…

Surfing and Bodyboarding are both watersports that millions of people participate in (3). Surfers and body boarders can be found all around the world at beaches and reefs. Both these sports are very popular. Both offer different sets of manoeuvres that are commonly seen and used within the sport. Surfers and bodyboarders have often fought over the superiority of the respective sports, however the reasoning behind this is often vague at best (4). Bodyboarding is a water sport in which the rider…

year before the olympic games, travel time for the sports psychologists kick into overdrive, they are almost never in their homestead. Travel time includes attending and observing the team practice, sitting in on coaching sessions, facilitating team meetings, sharing a hotel room and meals with the team, and meeting individually with each athlete and coach to mentally prepare for such a big event. Though there are many obvious advantages to being a sports psychologist for an olympic team, there…

In recent decades, there has been a considerable gap between the average income of sports stars and other professionals. In search of the reasons for this unfair inequality, a combination role of the media and the entertainment industry should be taken into consideration. The popularity and fame derived from being in exposure of the media coverage, perhaps play the major role in escalating the salary of sports celebrities. In an competitive process, many gyms offer their best contracts to some…