Sports injuries are a big problem in sports. “Children ages 5 to 14 account for nearly 40 percent of all sports related injuries in hospitals” (“Youth Sports Injuries Statistics”). Minorities are a big account for the injuries. To stop or lower sports injuries‚ we all will have to educate people‚ do better warmups before matches‚ and treat the injuries right. One way to prevent sports injuries is to educate people about it. The pros and kids who are into sports have a greater risk of getting hurt
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Are Some Youth Sport Too Intense? Youth sports have become more and more intense as time so by. The intensity of sports can make or break a person. It is a very controversial topics in our community. There are many people out there starting to take this very serious. It not just adults who think some youth sport have become too intense‚ there are a lot of kids thinks the same. Each year with each new generation parents become more focus on raising the next new hope. Many
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psychological stress. Typically‚ people suffering from a mental illness go visit a therapist or psychologist. In today’s day in age‚ sports psychologists are becoming more common all around the country. Athletes‚ parents‚ coaches‚ and athletic trainers are constantly looking for new ways to benefit their athletes mental state and overall performance.
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prevailing light of sports; women weren’t socially accepted to engage in sports‚ it was seen as a function only men could do. In recent years women have begun to embrace sports and knock down the norm that sports are only for men. However‚ a concealed affair that persists is the faulty image the media has portrayed on how female athletes should look. According to the article‚ “I Won‚ I’m Sorry.” by Mariah Burton Nelson there is still a disequillbrium between men and women in sports. Women are limited
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Every cheerleader gets fired up when someone sparks the “Is cheerleading a sport?” debate. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ a sport is defined as a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other. The amount of intense training that cheerleaders do is crazy. Cheerleaders get injured‚ sometimes it is serious then other times it’s not. Cheerleaders also get offered scholarships and many other opportunities. Cheerleading
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The topic I am going to discuss today is Drugs in Sport. My contention is that drugs should not be made legal in sports. Drugs in sport is an issue that is always in the spotlight‚ especially during major athletic events such as the recent and highly controversial‚ Tour De France. However‚ now the issue has risen to such an extent that sport itself is almost a side issue. There have been numerous drug busts over the years as more and more athletes succumb to the temptation of an easy win by
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A sports team is an expression of a fan’s sense of identity‚ pride and belonging. This reaches deeper into Noam Chomsky’s idea that “there exists a psychological phenomenon that occurs in sports‚ where fans have a sense of irrational loyalty to a meaningless community.” One can begin to speculate on his argument that spectator sports are just a distraction for the masses: “a form of propaganda designed to divert society’s attention from things that matter.” (Chomsky). “Friendly” sports can actually
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RACISM IN SPORTS GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLL‚ is something you are most likely to hear every time Thierry Henry takes a shot. Thierry Henry plays professional soccer for Arsenal Football Club in England and he is also part of the French national team. Thierry is of African descent and is considered the most feared striker in today’s football world which is highlighted by his fascinating goal scoring ability. Although he is loved by the majority of people in France and supporters of Arsenal in England
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estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States‚ according to source one. Being that so many sports-related concussions happen each year‚ players of sports should have to sit out for longer periods of time than they do currently. If sports players does not stay out of games for longer after injuries‚ and it ends up that they have a concussion that hasn’t been detected right away‚ then it could lead to further injuries. Or‚ if a sports player is not telling the
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Sports are essential part of our daily lives. Some of us play sports‚ we constantly hear news about some incident happening in the sporting world‚ or we are constantly checking the ESPN tab on our computer. Although sports present a danger in our worlds both physically and mentally. Physically we can get a concussion‚ tear our ACL‚ or hurt ourselves in another way. Emotionally we can have anxiety over winning or losing or some other emotional instability. Last OP I talked about concussions and the
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