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    Sports and Amputees

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    and Orthotics International December 2009; 33(4): 356–367 Participation in sports by lower limb amputees in the Province of Drenthe‚ The Netherlands COJANNE KARS1‚ MARIANNE HOFMAN1‚ JAN H. B. GEERTZEN2‚3‚ GERT-JAN PEPPING1‚4‚ & RIENK DEKKER2‚3 Department of Human Movement Sciences and 2SHARE‚ Graduate School for Health Research‚ University of Groningen‚ Groningen‚ and 3Center for Rehabilitation and 4Center for Sport‚ Exercise and Health‚ University Medical Center Groningen‚ Groningen‚ The Netherlands

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    SPORTS JOURNALISM

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    SPORTS JOURNALISM Sports journalism focuses on reporting amateur and professional sporting news and events. Sports journalists work in all media‚ including print‚ television broadcasting and the Internet. Sports journalists write about and report on amateur and professional sports. As a sports journalist‚ you can expect a variety of job duties such as reporting game statistics‚ interviewing coaches and players and offering game commentary. You can work in a variety of media‚ including radio‚ television

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    The Sports Fan.

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    As an avid sports fan‚ there is nothing more exciting than going to a sporting event of my favorite team. To be surrounded by other sports fans who are rooting for the same team as you brings a sense of togetherness. The feeling of "this is our team" and "if they win I win" brings all sports fans together. However‚ even with this togetherness bond between sports fans‚ they can be classified into four distinct categories. The first category and the most common is the casual sports fan. The casual

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    Competitive Sports

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    Section A- Competitive sports 1. In the text”Competitive sport for children at heart of Olympics legacy” from 2012‚ released just after the Olympic Games in London the Prime Minister David Cameron announced that competitive and individual sports will be in much more focus. Competitive sports will be a permanent part of the new primary school curriculum which will require every child in primary school to join competitive team sport. The government’s aim is to for all schools to take part of the

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    Is Dance A Sport

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    Dance: The Art Inside A Sport For many years there has been the great debate of dancing and whether or not it is a sport. Most athletes look at dance and say “That’s not a sport. Anyone can dance.”(Is Dance A Sport? para 1). Dance to the majority of the population is considered to be an art and no more. I’ve heard countless times where people would say “Dancers aren’t athletes” and this paper is dedicated to proving those people wrong. Although dance is a performing art‚ there are other attributes

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    sports and exersise

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    Sports serve as an excellent physical exercise. Those who play sports have a more positive body image than those who do not. Playing sports often involves physical activities like running‚ jumping and stretching and moreover a constructive expenditure of energy. Playing sports since an early age strengthens the bones and muscles and tones one’s body. Thus sports provide the bodywithacompleteexercise. Playing sports improves the Math skills in children. It develops leadership qualities and fosters

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    Sports Jpurnalism

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    Sports writing and journalism is a piece if literature written about sports. The internet is especially a very immense part of sports writing and journalism in today’s world. Sports at times can be the most opinionated pieces of writing in literature and as time moves on sports writing and journalism technological advances and improved communications such as computer‚ cell phones‚ radio‚ magazines‚ and television have helped sports writing and journalisms broad popularity change and grow in the past

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    Competitive Sports

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    Competitive sport A. 1. The article from the Prime Minister’s official website was published on August 11 shortly after the Olympic Games 2012 in London. The Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that competitive sports will be a part of the new primary school curriculum. The Government sees great opportunity in Olympic legacy that is why all children have to be encouraged to participate in recognisable sports‚ not just “game activities”. The new Physical Education programme will

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    Youth Sports

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    The Purpose of Youth Sports Offered by Community Recreation Agencies Based on Competition‚ Everyone Wins‚ Character Development‚ Skill Development‚ and Fun. Kimberly Jones Lindenwood University Abstract Most recreational leagues are designed to teach the fundamentals. Focusing on the skills needed and the rules of the game‚ preparing both boys and girls for team play. Some kids’ athletics have gotten too competitive. Youth sports may not be about winning or losing‚ but it is about learning

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    Deviance In Society

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    CHAOS OF STRUCTURE: THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVIANCE IN MORAL CONFORMITY Stephanie Lane Sutton Humans are social animals. As people‚ we live in countless social structures‚ placing a strong emphasis on human relationships. As a society‚ we tend to separate ourselves from other animals‚ emphasizing intelligence and moral values. Most sociobiologists would chalk this up to a biological predisposition toward a structure of morals which isn’t consistent in other creatures – indeed‚ this moral structure

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