purpose of the study was to explore why there are so few disabled women taking up sport and leisure activities worldwide. Five research objectives were set to help to achieve this aim. They were: to introduce the issue of disability in sport via a literature review; to establish how gender is presented as it intersects with disability; to examine the role of media in sport for disabled; to interview professional tennis players; and to draw a conclusion and give recommendations. In-depth qualitative
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equilibrium when stationary or moving. E.g. in Gymnastics‚ Ice Skating and Snowboarding Co-ordination – The ability to carry out a series of movements smoothly and efficiently. E.g. in Diving‚ Pole Vault‚ Tennis Reaction time – The ability to respond quickly to a stimulus. E.g. in Athletics Track‚ Table Tennis‚ Boxing Power – The ability to contract the muscles with speed and force in one movement. E.g. in Swimming‚ Shot-Put‚ Cycling Sprints Strength – The ability of a muscle or muscle group to apply force
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opponent only needed four points to win. Around me I saw my team‚ coach‚ and the other team standing against the fence watching me play. I began to repeat a mantra in my head‚ “I’m going to win.” By sheer determination‚ I won the match. At the end of the tennis season‚ my coach said I was most resilient player he’s seen‚ and awarded me as the Most Valuable Player. This wasn’t an isolated incident - I was often playing an opponent much more experienced than myself‚ found myself falling behind‚ and bounced
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she hoped too. So‚ she dedicated herself to playing tennis and eventually became top 200 in the world. My father on the other hand started playing at around the same age but he never became as good as her. In fact‚ when they met is when my father improved drastically because he had my mother as a coach. After he started to win is when he became a major tennis fanatic and when I say major‚ I mean wake everyone up at 2 in the morning to watch tennis matches. So when my parents got married and had their
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Sport in the United Kingdom Claudia Weinsheimer‚ Simon Bracon‚ Thaís Fernández‚ Claudia Weinsheimer‚ Luc Tamarelle Horseracing Horseracing is an equestrian sport‚ founded by Charles the II of England. Also referred to as the sport of Kings due to the costs involved‚ it is a very popular spectator sport in Britain. Annual attendance at the racecourses exceeds six million and the sport is in the top in terms of media coverage. The two types of racing are National Hunt racing and Flat racing
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Is Golf a real sport? Golf is a 4 century tradition‚ or as some call it a sport. It originated in a course called St. Andrews‚ the course is in Scotland.Today there is a Professional league called the PGA. Golf is offered for high schoolers‚ and middle schoolers. Golf is physically not a sport in my mind. According to procon.org‚ “Expert golfers are sometimes obese‚ elderly‚ or out of shape. If you can play golf when you are older than that is not a sport. Can an old person play
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Hannah Ingram Commercialisation In Sport. The media is now more powerful and pervasive than ever before; in today ’s world it ’s impossible to go anywhere or to read a magazine or watch TV without a sports star encouraging you to buy the latest craze item. Whether it ’s trainers‚ clothing‚ perfume or a car a sports personality will endeavour to sell it to you. The advertisement market loves to use sports people to sell their products‚ as they know these people attract an eclectic range of attention
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Linköpings Universitet MSc Programme in International and European Relations Master Thesis‚ January 2005 Sport and Politics: A study of the relationship between International Politics and Football Serge Bainvel 1 Avdelning‚ Institution Division‚ Department Datum Date 2005-01-20 Ekonomiska institutionen 581 83 LINKÖPING Språk Language Svenska/Swedish X Engelska/English Rapporttyp Report category Licentiatavhandling Examensarbete C-uppsats X D-uppsats ISBN ISRN
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Should professional gaming be considered a sport? Professional gaming has gained a lot of viewers in the last few years. League of legends viewing has gone from a small gathering to the Seoul football stadium packed with space for 66‚000 people and getting around 270‚000 people watching online through a stream‚ the year before‚ 32 million people watched (http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5123724/league-of-legends-world-championship-32-million-viewers). Dota 2 has a similar following‚ with the last
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arCourse : Russian language and culture Popular sports and famous athletes in Russia Russia is the successor of the Soviet Union (USSR)‚ which was the dominant Olympic team during the Soviet Era whereby‚ Russia SFSR was the largest nation in the Soviet Union with the main athletes of the Soviet team. Nowadays‚ Russia is one the most successful countries at a variety of sports and continuously ending in the top rankings (never below the third place since 1952) in number of medals and gold
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