JUAN ERAZO WEDNESDAY‚ MARCH 13 2013 My life as an athlete My name is Juan Erazo and I was born in a Cali‚ Colombia where soccer is the most important‚ viewed and practiced sport. My sport life started when I was 5‚ but not by playing soccer. My father was a really good basketball player. I loved watching his games along with learning his techniques during practices. He was my hero‚ I looked up to him and I just wanted to play basketball like he did. This was the reason I joined my first
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collegiate-levels athletes of various sport disciplines to determine whether sex and/or type of sport performed had any effect on the rates of severe and non-severe injuries‚ taking a special look at the rate of concussions. The study took data from York University’s sport health clinic‚ and divided injuries into either severe or non-severe categories. All of the injuries were also divided into groups based on the type of activity and the sex of the player. After comparing all of the data‚ it was revealed
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Daija Elliott Ms. Turso English III February 23‚ 2012 The sport of cheerleading There has been an ongoing controversy for years on end about cheerleading being a sport due to Title IX laws and statements. It is now classified as a sport‚ but some people still argue about it being a sport. What most people do not know about cheerleading is that today‚ cheerleading involves skills which require the strength of football‚ the grace of dance‚ and the agility of gymnastics (AACCA 1). Competitive cheerleading
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J.‚ Aubry‚ M.‚ Molloy‚ M.‚ & Cantu‚ R. (2009). Consensus statement on Concussion in Sport–the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich‚ November 2008. South African Journal of Sports Medicine‚ 21(2). Following the third meeting of several sanctioning bodies in different sports‚ discussion of improvements for evaluation and return to activity guidelines are established. Among the sports represented are soccer‚ hockey and rugby. Much of the discussion is centered around
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Sports are full of competition‚ but this heavy amount of competition may not be so good for a person’s body; plus‚ injuries are a common thing in sports. It wouldn’t be a sport without an injury occurring. Injuries‚ like concussions‚ are very common in sports like soccer and football. Those are caused by continuous action to the head. Concussions can have long-term effects on the brain‚ like memory loss and diseases like Parkinson’s(Nordqvist). Also‚ the violent plays in today’s sports‚ are not things
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Progressivism of Sport from 1900-1950 It has been highly debated and discussed among scholars and enthusiasts for years regarding whether organized sport in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States should be regarded as primarily conservative or as progressive. During this time many sports figures made their mark on American culture and created moments on and off the field that will forever change the way Americans view sports. The business of sports became a force that is a
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PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN SPORTS – AGAINST THE MOTION John Wooden once said: “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” When we think of the tremendous technological progress we have made‚ it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on steel shelving arenas. We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly
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The Purpose of Youth Sports Offered by Community Recreation Agencies Based on Competition‚ Everyone Wins‚ Character Development‚ Skill Development‚ and Fun. Kimberly Jones Lindenwood University Abstract Most recreational leagues are designed to teach the fundamentals. Focusing on the skills needed and the rules of the game‚ preparing both boys and girls for team play. Some kids’ athletics have gotten too competitive. Youth sports may not be about winning or losing‚ but it is about learning
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Media 1. One of the paradoxes associated with the media coverage of sports is that the media open up new opportunities for spectators to view sports‚ but they also limit and define the experiences of spectators. Explain how the media can do both of these things simultaneously. Many people would agree that they would rather go to a sporting event rather then watching it on television. But on the other hand some would prefer to stay in the comfort of their own home. In the past decade
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Kevin Walters Go Team! Sports have become a huge part of this country’s culture‚ and the sports fans make up a good portion of the population. Every other conversation you hear‚ whether it be at the water cooler or in a bar‚ has something to do with some big play or blown call that happened the night before. The popularity of sports has grown magnificently in just the last 24 years that I have been a sports fan. What used to be all the men yelling and cussing at the TV‚ has become almost as popular
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