Dancing As a Sport When you say the word sport‚ typically the stereotypical activities such as baseball‚ basketball and football come to mind. But now there are many more physical activities that are considered sports. Nontraditional activities like bowling‚ skate boarding and rhythmic gymnastics are all making name in the world of sports even though the technique and strategies can be different than those that are used out on the field. Dance is another physical activity that is sometimes
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College and professional sports fans have been on the rise for years; the demand for a good “show” has‚ as well. Many professional athletes believe that to better themselves and the “show” they need to perform better and better each time or become stronger for each upcoming event
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Is Cheerleading a Sport? Cheerleading was first introduced at Princeton University in 1884. There at Princeton University the audience that attended the football games came up with a cheer that involved yelling and chanting to encourage their team. The initial stages of cheerleading were simply just crowd involvement. Over 100 years later‚ skills have progressed and become extremely complex‚ cheerleading is now a form of entertainment that uses organized routines. These routines are made up from
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Sports are varying in different kind from football‚ hockey‚ tennis or even horse riding. Involving animals in sports have been a controversial issue for recent years. As animals are often get unpleasant deeds from the trainer‚ others believe that sports involving animals should be banned‚ whereas some oppose that idea. Both arguments will be discussed in the following paragraph. For some community‚ animal sports seem interesting for the reward offered once the participants win the match‚ besides
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Week 3 The topic that I am researching is “Cheating in Sports”‚ from illegal drugs use‚ gambling‚ to federal indictments‚ NASCAR‚ all types and its impact economically and socially on society. Because millions and millions of dollars are won and lost in the world of sports‚ as well as the social impact it has with the public/society. So the questions that come to mind are‚ why do we care and identify with our teams so much? What is the appeal‚ what do we find so admirable about winning in a sporting
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Sexism in Sports Throughout the history of sports‚ female athletes have struggled to gain equality with the male athletes. The men have predominantly had better athletic facilities‚ more recognition‚ more airtime on television‚ etc. Women today are still fighting for as much recognition as the males‚ and the right to play/help with male sports. The United States tried to help women gain more sports equality with the passage of the Title IX amendment in 1972. This amendment states that “no person
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Being in a sport has many benefits to the player‚ emotional and physical. Team participation enables a person to participate more‚ be responsible‚ and be committed. Being in a team also allows a person to better themselves in the sport by practicing and establish goals. Overall‚ team participation allows a person to be the best on and off the field or court or whatever surface they play on. Participating in a sport helps build self esteem by allowing you to do something that will improve you physically
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Sports and games Sports can be generally divided into indoor and outdoor sports. Gymnastics is a typical indoor sport which includes apparatus training on uneven bars‚ horizontal bar‚ balance beam‚ mat‚ spring-board or rings. Athletics‚ a typical outdoor sport‚ includes track amd field events (the Marathon race‚ long-distance run‚ cross-country run‚ relay-race) and sprinting events ( a hundred metre sprint‚ hurdle-race). Jumping (high jjump‚ long jump‚ triple jump‚ pole jump) and throwing (hammer
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The Over Under On Legal or Illegal Sports Betting One of the oldest games around is to wager money on another sport taking place to gamble and hopefully gain back revenue from that risk. Some see it as wrong and some have no issue with it‚ which is creating a strong amount of conflict when dealing with such a large issue as sports betting has become. There are many sports to wager on but the goal is the same for every gambler and that is to win big time. Although there are many motives to be pro
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Extreme Sports About 6‚000 people die from extreme sports every year. Dying from extreme sports isn’t as uncommon nowadays‚ but people who love nature and have passion about the sport are willing to do it even if it means risking their own death. Rabindranath Tagore quoted‚ “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water”. What he meant here is that we can’t achieve our goals in life if we don’t commit to something and just hide ourselves in our own
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