Renee Emerson October 12‚ 2012 Women’s vs. Men’s Lacrosse “The game called lacrosse is the oldest team sport in North America. Native Americans played it before the arrival of Europeans. The French who arrived in the 1600s noticed that the stick used to play the game looked like a crosier. A crosier is a staff‚ or rod‚ carried by bishops during religious ceremonies. The name lacrosse came from the word crosier.” (Lacrosse.) However women’s lacrosse was started in 1890 at St. Leonard’s School in Scotland
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Soccer VS American Football Who doesn’t get excited watching Super Bowl or FIFA World Cup? The anticipation of “who’s going to win?” is always the golden question. The commercials and entertainment running during the Super Bowl makes it a yearly social event even for non football fans. In the same way soccer fans wait anxiously every four years to watch FIFA World Cup. The popularity of these two sports‚ soccer and American Football‚ is all over the world. The growing excitement fans feel
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Not a lot of people have heard of Ultimate Frisbee but people jump to conclusions that it is nothing like football; this is where people are wrong. With that observation the two sports Football and Ultimate Frisbee have their similarities and also their differences. Even though football has heavy contact and Ultimate Frisbee has no contact they still have the same goal‚ which is throwing a flying object to score goals. Both sports being plentiful in differences they both are also great athletic
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Football and baseball are two sports that have been played in america for along time. Some people say that baseball is what America use to be and football is what america is now. These sports have many differences and similarities that I would like to share with you. There are some that are obvious but there will be some that you may not know about. Football and baseball are different in many ways. They are played at different times of the year. First I will start with the ball. A baseball is spherical
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Among the sports that have enormous followings and make people converge to great stadiums and at their favorite spots or drinking areas to watch are football and Soccer. Soccer is probably the most popular sport in the world and football has an enormous following as well. While some differences between soccer and football are physical aggression‚ scoring and the shape of the ball. The similarities between these two sports are the shape of the field‚ number of players and timing of games. Two
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Football and American football are two ver popular sports‚ Football being the most popular sport in the world and american football being american’s favorite sport. Both sports sharing simularaties but they have great differences that make them distinctive. American football needs more players than Football. It is played with fifteen players on each team‚ eight forwards‚ who mainly get possession of the ball. seven backs‚ the mostly carry and move the ball. the six basic skills in American football
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A great way to control your shooting accuracy in lacrosse is with hand positioning. Different hand positioning creates different angles‚ arcs‚ power and directions the ball can go. What I am trying to figure out is‚ how much does your accuracy change when your hands are in different positions on the lacrosse stick while you are shooting into a lacrosse net and which is the most accurate position? To create different angles‚ arcs‚ different powers and directions you will need to move your hands throughout
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Lacrosse (French: crosse) is a team sport‚ originally played by the indigenous peoples of North America‚ using a small rubber ball and a long-shafted stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick. When originally played by native peoples it was known by several different names‚ depending on the tribe‚ including "bagataway" or "the little brother of war" in the Inca language‚ and "tewaarathon" in the Mohawk language.[1] The boys/men’s version of the game is a contact sport‚ which requires padding such as
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want and go anywhere you want. College football in America is on the rise and will soon eclipse the National Football League. Usatoday.com states that college football playoff tv ratings were up 24% this year and with the possible expansion of the 4 team playoff‚ they could double in the coming years. Approximately 68.4% of Americans are attending college or university‚ most are low on money but are overflowing with school spirit‚ this is why college football will soon be superior to the NFL. The
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American Football vs. Soccer American football and soccer are two popular sports. Soccer is considered to be the most popular sport in the world and American football is known as America’s favorite sport. Soccer is actually called "football" or "futbol" in other areas of the world. While both sports are somewhat alike‚ they have major differences that make them so unique and enjoyable for their beloved fans. First off‚ American football is played with an elliptical shaped ball while a soccer
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