World Anti-Doping Agency

the health of athletes and to ensure equal competitive conditions, the International Olympic Committee, WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] and International Sports Federations have accepted performance-enhancing substances and methods as being doping, and have forbidden them” (Gene doping in Sports). Muscle enhancements, such as steroids are available to increase performance levels. Blood-doping increases the amount of red blood cells, which carry oxygen, enhancing the athlete’s aerobic capacity…

All throughout American history, athletes have played vital roles in the way people act and look, what they want to be like when they grow up, and how they live everyday life. Those are just minor influences athletes have on people, but three athletes in the past fifty years have significantly impacted life in United states. Lance Armstrong, OJ Simpson, and Tiger Woods impacted US society both positively and negatively. Lance Armstrong impacted the US by his foundation, his comeback story from…

etc). This means that most people that are not involved in these leagues are not very educated. This is illustrated in the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine by author Levent Özdemir. He is quoted as saying, “[s]ince the potential side effects of doping drugs are…

Drugs in Baseball” by California State University Professor Paul D. Staudohar, when the San Francisco Chronicle posted that the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) had been giving out illegal performance enhancing drugs to athletes across the world (Staudohar, 5). Famous professional baseball players that have confessed or been caught taking PEDs include: Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, and Sammy Sosa. Everybody knows that steroids are a form of cheating, and some say…

Drugs and Athletes In this paper I will include several different topics on the subject of Drug Testing Athletes. These subjects include, college athletes being drug tested, the different types of drugs that are used in all athletes, why drug use is a problem in sports, how to determine if an athletes is using drugs, drug testing polices, potential side effects, many historical use of drugs, and two different personal stories that have happened to former athletes. All athletes know that…

Sport coaches have been among the most influential figures to athletes both on and off the playing field. They are known as a friend, mentor, and an inspiration to their athletes but can also be a big disappointment when their abusive behaviour comes out. “Some coaches, for instance, seem to be constantly exhorting their athletes in training and competition, often yelling and cajoling in an attempt to induce maximal performance”(Temertzoglou, 2000, pg.277). This type of coaching is a total…