The Social Benefits of Sport An Overview to Inform the Community Planning Process sportscotland Research Report no. 98 Professor Fred Coalter Institute for Sports Research University of Stirling sportscotland v1‚ January 2005 This research report is one of a series of reports and summary digests available on sportscotland’s website: www.sportscotland.org.uk/ The research section is located at: www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/Resource+Library/TopicNavigation/Research/
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Sport is all forms of competitive physical activity which‚ through casual or organised participation‚ aim to use‚ maintain or improve physical ability and provide entertainment to participants.[ Hundreds of sports exist‚ from those requiring only two participants‚ through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants‚ either in teams or competing as individuals. Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity‚ with the largest major
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Sports have been part of human entertainment for centuries. Sports in America have become popular entertainment. Sports are a big social and cultural understanding on America lifestyle as well as worldwide. America has made popular the National Football League‚ the National Basketball Association and many more. Although America has made such a vast impact on the influence of sports‚ there is one general focus that is still raises questions today. This question brings debate to the presence of racism
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Benefits of Sports From a presentation to a High School: Benefits of Sports (PDF 104k). Get healthy! Health is the reason for exercise‚ not sports — sure. But a great side-effect of sports is exercise. Exercise improves cardiovascular fitness and controls your weight. More importantly — being active in sports can help you look good! Athletic activity: * Reduces body fat‚ strengthens bones‚ and builds muscle * Improves coordination‚ balance‚ flexibility and endurance * Slows the aging
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dealing with athletes. Professional female athletes do not get enough credit and recognition when it comes to their profession; they should be treated and paid equally compared to the men. Stereotypically‚ men’s sports are much more popular than the women’s game‚ across all sports. Now that may have been the case ten years ago‚ however after having the Women’s World Cup this past summer‚ millions of people have engaged in the women’s side of soccer. On the NPR‚ they stated‚ “U.S. women shatter
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Research Focus: Sports & Fair Play Dilemma: Pragmatism versus idealism Understanding the current reality 1. What are the ideas of fair play in sports? a) What principles and/or value lie behind the ideals of fair play? ’Fair play’ is usually understood to mean using only tactics that are in accord with the spirit of the sport. In ethics‚ the concept of fairness involves treating everyone equally and impartially. It is complex notion that comprises and embodies a number of values
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Practicing a sport is much more than the sole act of pushing my body through exhaustion or using my skills to reach a goal. Many positive results come with participating in a sport. There aren’t too many negatives that can take place. After getting involved in sports‚ there are many effects that can happen including physical‚ human and social effects. The first major effect of practicing a sport is that I will develop physical abilities. My body will be in better shape‚ and I’ll be able to achieve
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Name : Zuhrotul Inayah / 11320098 Class : B Subject : Writing SPORT Doing sport activities are mostly done to keep health such as jogging‚ riding bike‚ and doing gym by many people. These are done twice every week especially at Monday and Saturday because these are a free day and they have many free times to do sport activities. Then‚ sport is very satisfied to get a good healthy and is useful activities. Sport could give more positive result than doing something which is not beneficial like
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Grade: 9 Sports and Physical Education Youth now a days are interested to know the Sports. Why did we love Sports? In Sports we must have to test our muscular strength‚ power‚ endurance‚ flexibility‚ and cardio-respiratory fitness by Physical Fitness. Physical Fitness is a way of life characterized by the ability of an individual to perform daily task successfully. There are many sports to be like or sports that can fit to our lifestyle. Like badminton‚
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scussions of violence in sports‚ like discussions of deviance‚ are often connected with people’s ideas about the moral condition of society as a whole. When athletes engage in quasi-criminal violence on the fi eld or criminal violence off the fi eld‚ many people see it as evidence that the moral foundation of society is eroding. They fear that young people who look up to athletes as role models are learning a warped sense of morality. Statements about violence in sports are often confusing. Some people
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