Super Friends

Writer's Statement Maks Z For one of my text production tasks I chose to write a descriptive piece inspired by a 3 km time trial for field umpiring. My target was 13.30 which was the required time to umpire division 1 football. The purpose of the text was to capture my thoughts and feelings going into this event. I portrayed this by using a wide variety of language techniques, to express my experiences and emotions in the…

MOVIE REVIEW (OLA BOLA) 1.0 SYPNOPSIS Movie that set background in 1970’s, Ola Bola celebrates the unity and courage that inspire a team of Malaysian footballers to rise through all previous situation that story from zero to hero. Inspired by real events, the film showcase, the pride, and passion of a multicultural football team and their struggles to overcome personal and collective hardships. It is at once a powerful exploration of everyday human relationships and of the indomitable spirit…

Conditioning is a vital part of training for all sports. Football is one of the most physically demanding sport around. It is said that players on an average run up and down the length of a basketball court or 10-12km per game. Coaches can spend hours every week on technique which is vitally important, but if your players can’t run for 90 minutes in a competitive environment it’s a waste of time. However, the problem with conditioning training is firstly, players hate it! Sending them running…

When I was in my middle school years, the nickname of Star Super emerged from the high school football team. The origin behind said nickname came from the captain; who was referred to as Super Star. The reasoning behind why I was given this nickname was never known, but I do have a couple of ideas. My first idea was that he was my role model, so I would try to copy anything and everything he did. Whether it was my attempts to copy his on- field play, his leadership, or even his humor, I tried to…

One thing that he did was he stopped a fight in the hallway. One guy got mad because a black person was talking to his girlfriend and her friends in the hallways. Although it was just a friendly discussion, the guy got mad and tried to start a fight, which ended up being him beating the other guy up because he wouldn’t fight back. Seeing this, Gerry rushed to break the fight up. Although now…

Remember the titans’ focuses on a football team of the separated T.C William School Alexandria Virginia in 1971, the white and black schools are integrated and so are the two school’s football teams. The very successful white football team head coach Bill Yoast is replaced as the head coach for the new integrated team, by an equally successful black coach Herman Boone. This action angers Yoast who contemplates advancing his careers elsewhere. However, he is prevailed upon by the white players…

To What Extent Is FIFA Destroying The World Of Football? Football is one of the world’s most popular and most played sport in the world. The contemporary history of this beautiful game dates all the way back to 1863 when the Football Association (FA) was formed in England. Football had already been introduced and played many years prior to the FA’s founding in 1863; however, October 26, 1863 was the date that eleven London football club and school representatives came together at a tavern with…

Statement: The act that exemplifies what it means to be American is an act of unity, honor, and patriotism. Thesis: The most American thing you can do is attend a football game. Going to a football game is one of the most unifying experiences for a person to have in America. At a football game, there’s always a strong sense of unity in the crowd of fans. At times is almost overwhelming to see how friendly people can be to each other. Unity is one of the founding ideals that made America such a…

Saving the American Sport In the text “When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football” the author Bruce Watson explains Theodore Roosevelt helped shaped Football, making it safer for all who participated. In the fall of 1905 after Roosevelt brokered the Russo-Japanese treaty, he began to focus on the negativity of constant injuries and death in the game of football. With the split of faculty and fans for pro- and anti-football “factions”, Roosevelt began to feel the pressure. Roosevelt’ son, Theodore Jr…

“Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, LeBron James, and the Super Bowl all have something in common. they are all icons of great American sports. But which sport is the most American? While the World Series, March Madness, and the Super Bowl all have immense viewership and popularity in the United States, that is not enough to make it the most American sport. Football claims the title of the most American sport for several reasons. First of all, football is and has been a mechanism for achieving the…