Extreme Sports Motivational Factors Lawrence Cannon December 4‚ 2011 PE 5880 Abstract In the 1970s‚ extreme sports had been growing rapidly since its introduction. However‚ there has been little research done on extreme sport participants. In specific‚ the reason why consumers participate in extreme sports has not yet been investigated‚ although the number of participants and spectators of extreme sports is rapidly growing. Since motivation is a significant factor of sport participation
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Ryan Hume Isaac Chyon 49992173 Fair Play in Sports As a result of the continuous trends of users of performance enhancing drugs in the athletic industry‚ the recent years have revealed numerous players involved in the contact of these sorts of chemical compounds‚ not only resulting in disgrace of their professional status‚ but doubts and concerns about the team management and even furthermore‚ the corresponding sports organization as a whole. While players are falling into pressure
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Today‚ sports are crucial parts of students lives. Children are so involved in sports‚ but are school-funded sports going too far? While sports do have benefits for children‚ the negative effects over power the positive ones. Sports are becoming more and more competitive these days‚ and children are beginning to start participating in sports at a younger age. These two factors cause negative effects on students. Sports should not continue to be funded by schools because they cause injuries‚ students
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Some kids prefer extreme sports over team sports because extreme sports are what they know and love. Kids should do extreme because kids are more imaginative‚ keeps them from drugs‚ and gives opportunities to kids that don’t like team sports. In the article “Should Kids Do Extreme Sports?” the author‚ Lauren Tarshis‚ “Kids can be more imaginative because they are free to experiment and invent their own stunts.” This means that when kids invent their own moves they stretch out their imagination
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65% of children say they participate in sports to be with their friends (Statistic Brain). Sports were established so that the individual could not only exercise‚ but also to compete against a rival. Just as there are individual sports‚ there are team sports in high school. The idea of a team sport is that every single person on the field or court must work in unison to have the greatest opportunity to win. In addition to the increasing popularity of sports‚ the average child’s age when they join
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discussions as to whether or not sports build good character. Some experts say that they build good characterstics‚ others say they are neither good nor bad‚ and finally‚ some people say that those beliefs that good things come from competitive sports‚ have been corrupted due to the high pay of today’s athletes‚ and that the rewards given for perseverance in a sport‚ show more in pay than they do in character. I for one believe‚ that in the hands of the right people‚ sports can be a positive experience
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A issue that is highly debated is that; should kids play sports? Some say they should and encourage it‚ other don’t approve of it and think it’s not the best idea. But overall‚ Children shouldn’t play sports because many kids get serious injuries‚ parents spend a lot of money on the activities‚ and the time that they spend on sports takes away from other important timer activities. One reason that a child should not play a sport is because many of them get hurt. FOr example‚ statistics show that
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I believe that drugs should NOT be legalised in sport. This is due to pretty much the same reason it isn’t legal now. The main reason that I believe that drugs should not be legalised is that: if drugs should start being legal in sport than what is stopping it from being legal in the world. I think that drugs should not be used at all. There will be no stopping people from using sport as they will just say that they play one sport or another. Furthermore‚ everybody knows that drugs are
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The article‚ “The Case Against High School Sports”‚ by Amanda Ripley illustrates that high schools all across America spend way more money on athletics and focus more on sports than academics‚ some schools have even eliminated sports within their schools to focus more on education. To begin with‚ Ripley mentions that sports in America are a bigger deal than anywhere else. Other countries focus more on academics rather than athletics. As a result‚ places like Singapore‚ Shanghai‚ South Korea‚ and
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Should Competitive sports be Allowed for Youth Athletes or not. Have you ever wanted to know if competitive sports help or hurt youth athletes? My argument is that competitive sport help youth athletes with higher self esteem and more confidence. This is really important for youth athletes because it will help them handle pressure on tests or competition when there is only one spot left in a job. My reasons are; Competitive sports help build confidence and self esteem‚ confidence and self esteem
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