Running head: Softball History of Softball Sports has been linked back to the Aztec Indians in the 1500’s. Every culture has had some influence by sports. The Indians played sports‚ the Africans played‚ and Europeans played sports. Sports have been a great impact on the world. I can’t remember what it was like not to be in a sport‚ I have been competing so long. Sports teach adolescents‚ as well as some younger children integrity‚ hard work‚ perseverance‚ and in some cases maturity‚
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Basketball is one of the most diverse sports when it comes to having different types of players. The beauty of the sport is that all of the players are needed to win and not just one player. There are countless ways a player can contribute to the team and the game. In fact‚ there are around a dozen skills a player can have. However‚ overall there are three main types of basketball players. First‚ there are pure shooters who excel in scoring from virtually anywhere. Secondly‚ there are highly gifted
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How DO We Determine The value of a football player? Why did Real Madrid pay $120‚000‚000 million for him? In recent years we have seen the football market go crazy with the world record transfer fee shattered not once‚ but twice! In a global recession where most sports teams in North America are nervously watching their turnover and revenue streams‚ sacrificing the chance to sign real quality college/high school players in favour of saving money‚ an American football (soccer) fan could be forgiven
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1 “Discipline of Teams” Paper The purpose of this paper is to write a summery of the main topics presented in an article written by Katzenbach and Smith called “The Discipline of Teams”. This article was written to show how people‚ no matter what differences or backgrounds‚ can come together to function as a team‚ not just as a group of individuals. In order for individuals to work effectively together‚ they must be committed to the teams success and they must be able to trust each person within
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Growing up as a Soccer Player Soccer has been the sport of my choice since I have been four years old. It was the love of my life. I loved everything about it from the sweet smell of the grass to the most exhilarating feeling of scoring a goal. The sport of soccer was what motivated me to do better in everything. I grew up in a family that lived‚ breathed‚ and played soccer. My Dad coached soccer and both of my older brothers played soccer through High School‚ so when it came to me I had no choice
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conjuring up something new - and beating his opponents in the process. A killer instinct near the goal‚ Pele was as close to perfection as any player could get. There were other amazing players in the Brazilian team of 1960s and 1970s; however‚ the breathtaking skills of Pele credited Brazil as the best in world soccer. Pelé is still the most recognizable soccer player in the world. Even though more than thirty years have passed since he retired‚ he still represents the sport and inspires a lot of athletes
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Cited: Kosinski‚ Jerzy (1970). Being There. New York: Grove Press The Roaring Twenties (2005). A Historical Snapshot of Life in the 1920s.Web. 24 Apr. 2012. < http://www.1920-30.com/>.
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Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce‚ played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each‚ using heavy polished granite stones which players slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the centre of the target than the closest of the other team’s stones. The game is thought to have been invented in late medieval Scotland‚ with the first written reference to a contest
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The Clarinet The clarinet is such a small musical instrument‚ but has such a large variety of uses. I play the clarinet myself‚ and this is what provoked me to choose it as my topic. The Area of Interaction acquainted with this topic is Human Ingenuity because music is a wonderful creation that is a form of entertainment to many people around the world. The clarinet has a unique build‚ a great deal of refining to go through‚ an intriguing history‚ several “spin-offs” of itself‚ and has been the
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I am writing a feature story on a great football player. He has been playing football since he was 7 years old and has made so much progress since the time he started playing football. He is 13 years old now and is still playing football and is trying to make it into the NFL when he gets older and goes to college and tries to make it to the NFL. His favorite subject in school is History and he is really good at History and gets a really high grade in that subject. His Birthday is on December 10‚
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