Dave Serena English Honors 9 4 February 2014 Extreme Sports Essay Task 7.11 Extreme sports can fascinate‚ thrill‚ or terrify us. They’re dangerous but a lot of athletes still participate in these sports. As Rabindranath Tagore says‚ “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” The author is basically saying you can’t just think about it‚ if you want it to happen‚ you have to do something about it. While some believe extreme sports are for those who are reckless and insane
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Personal and Natural Values of Extreme/Solo Sports Athletes Compared to Team Sports Athletes VS. Van Powroznik Radford University Core 201 Extreme sports are the very expression that immediately summons visions of reckless‚ heart-stopping‚ and death-defying pursuits. Many “normal” people‚ such as those who practice team sports‚ see these athletes as rebellious unnecessary risk takers‚ but these enthusiasts see those people as ones who have not yet lived
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Are Travel Sports Worth It? An issue that is defied about a lot is whether kids should be allowed to play travel sports or not. Many people think kids should not play travel sports because there are more risks to injuries than rec league. When kids play travel sports they have fun and learn new stuff‚ so why should people take away that privilege. Because people think rec sports are better for their kids they are wrong because there are many more pros than there are cons. Kids should play travel
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I think bold actions are worth the risk of failure. I think that it is better to have tried something and failed than to never have done anything worth talking about. Studies show that more people die from heart disease than accidents. So if you think about it McDonald’s is more dangerous than going on a risky adventure. The number two cause of death in the US today is cardiovascular diseases. That is caused by unhealthy diets and lack of exercise. The number three killer in the US is a chronic lower
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Robert Scott Mrs. Skolny ENGL 11H 29 February 2016 Is Football a Death Wish? Is playing football really worth the risk of head injury? Playing the contact sport of football‚ going play by play with very intense and hard hitting plays of head to head contact‚ has got the attention of some about the level of safety the sport possesses. Playing football is not worth the risk of head injury‚ because the hits long term effects on your brain. An attention grabber for most is the recent uprising of CTE
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but with a good emergency plan the damage the accidents cause can be cut down tons. References: Ammon‚ R. Jr.‚ Southall‚ R. M.‚ & Nagel‚ M. (2010). Sports Facility Management: Organizing Events and Mitigating Risks (2nd
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Some kids prefer extreme sports over team sports because extreme sports are what they know and love. Kids should do extreme because kids are more imaginative‚ keeps them from drugs‚ and gives opportunities to kids that don’t like team sports. In the article “Should Kids Do Extreme Sports?” the author‚ Lauren Tarshis‚ “Kids can be more imaginative because they are free to experiment and invent their own stunts.” This means that when kids invent their own moves they stretch out their imagination
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People risk their lives every day to do extreme sports like base jumping and skydiving and then come back safely. But sometimes it could go horribly wrong. And for that reason‚ people should be held accountable for their actions because it is obviously their fault for getting seriously hurt or injured during these sports. To begin with‚ People should be held accountable for extreme sports accidents. On page 126 from “Cost of Survival” states that “A lost climber or an injured base jumper may need
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Expository Writing Extreme Sports: A simple adrenaline rush‚ or something deeper? Extreme sports are a phenomenon that are taking the world by storm‚ increasing in popularity and daring every year. One such sport is ‘wingsuit flying’‚ where a pilot wears a suit with material between the legs‚ arms and torso‚ which allows the pilot to glide at unimaginable speeds through the air; the speed record in a wingsuit is a colossal 363 kilometres per hour. One wingsuit flyer says that the most intense
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The risk of being injured when playing a sport is very high for anyone. The higher division one plays in‚ the higher the risk of obtaining a serious injury. For professional teams such as The National Football League (NFL) and The National Hockey League (NHL)‚ the chances of getting a life altering injury is exceedingly high. Professional athletes are mature enough to understand the repercussions of obtaining a life-altering injury when they play for a professional sports team‚ and for the salary
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