Injuries Due to Sports Specialization Versus Participating in Multiple Sports The Problem The most popular sports to play in The United States are basketball‚ baseball/softball‚ football‚ soccer‚ and volleyball. Club teams‚ youth teams‚ or travel ball teams are prevalent in every sport across the country. Thirty plus years ago boys would play baseball in the spring‚ soccer in the summer‚ and went outside to played basketball and football with friends in the fall and winter until baseball started
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Introduction Sports have existed in our society for thousands of years; Ancient Greece introduced formal sports with the first Olympic Games in 776 BC. They have evolved over the years and will‚ without a doubt‚ always continue to be a part of society. The 204 nations who participated in the 2012 Olympics give a glance of how almost everyone in the world is exposed to sports. There is absolutely no doubt that the world’s society is affected by sports. However‚ the question at hand is not whether sports affect
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people would say or agree that cheerleading isn’t a sport because all you do is be on the sideline or you’re just supporting and not competing for anything‚ cheerleading actually comes with a lot. A lot as in hard work‚ having to pay fees plus the games and activities you are expected to attend just like any other sport. It is true that you’re not competing for anything and you’re just on the sideline being a cheerleader‚ but all the after school practices and conditioning that you have to do to make
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They spend an average of 43.3 hours a week on their sport alone. Most full time jobs are based on a 40 hour work week. This is just the sport but now let’s add the school hours "If a student has 10 hours of class each week and puts in the recommended four hours of study for each hour of class‚ then athletes spend 50 hours each week studying and attending mandatory classes and study halls." (Listland) that adds up to 90 hours of school and sports a week‚ the equivalent to having two full time jobs
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some people think swimming isn’t a sport? Swimming has been around for centuries‚ but most people just do it for fun. Luckily people learn how to swim because it is a skill that is almost required in life and parents want them to be safe‚ but other people learn for different reasons. Some learn it because it is something you can do your entire life. Amazingly others do it because it is the sport they dream about and want to doing. Swimming is a difficult sport because we practice daily‚ compete fiercely
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effort helps achieve this skill. Unfortunately not many kids are exposed to sports which could lead them to a better future. Youth sports should be implemented at a young age because it helps develop social skills‚ self-awareness and increases a healthy lifestyle. Most problems that people encounter come to rise due the lack of communication‚ another great skill that a sport can help achieve. Communication
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Cheerleading‚ if you’re not associated with the sport‚ then you probably have a different perspective on cheer. Cheer is nowhere near the stereotypical image of the mean girls in movies‚ who are ambitious to be popular and bully their classmates. When in reality it’s the complete opposite‚ cheerleaders are known to represent their school and have an outgoing personality with a confident attitude. Every cheerleader has to be physically in shape to enjoy the activity with a sociable smile that stands
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April 10th‚ 2013 Final CIA project The topics I chose for my current issue analyses seem to be more centered on social issues. The topics that I wrote about were gang rape‚ texting and driving‚ transgender‚ death‚ and same sex marriage. There seemed to be more of a pattern concerning death. Three out of seven articles I wrote about were about violence‚ whether accidental or not. I believe I was drawn to these articles because when reading them I was emotionally affected. The articles about
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Paulino 1 Keslie Paulino Godfray Global History October‚ 16. 2012 Indus River Valley Civilization The first civilizations were found near the Indus River. The Indus river valley civilization is an ancient civilization that began by the Indus river valley. Civilization is an advanced state of human society in which science‚ culture‚ industry and government have been reached. Excavations first started in 1921-1922 directed to a civilization that began about 4‚000-5‚000 years ago and research
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International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology Vol. 2‚ No. 2‚ September 2009‚ 198Á214 The impact of physical activity and fitness on academic achievement and cognitive performance in children Thomas J.H. Keeley and Kenneth R. Fox* Department of Exercise‚ Nutrition and Health Sciences‚ The University of Bristol‚ UK (Received 9 March 2009; final version received 3 August 2009) The potential for physical activity and fitness to improve cognitive function‚ learning and academic achievement
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