The most watched tennis match occurred in 1973‚ with an audience of 39‚492 people‚ and millions of fans watching at home in one of 36 countries. Although sexism among athletes has a large history‚ the match in ‘70s was between a male and a female competitor and the outcome made a large impact. There are multiple factors that lead to the rise of female athletes. A female athlete must be able to disregard the acts against her such as sexism and other forms of unfair treatment. For example‚ Gilles
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Pain is described as an “unpleasant physical and emotional experience which signifies tissue damage or the potential for such damage.” Pain is a very important part of dealing with athletic injuries and even though most people have experiences pain‚ it is still more complex than most release. Pain can effect and entire organism and is the altering of the physical and psychological processes. If there is a failure to understand the emotional component of pain can affect the relationship between the
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The Shoes I Worked For Every child grows up wanting something that they feel they can’t live without. No matter what that something is‚ it motivates the child to do whatever they have to do to get it. As a child‚ I have always been the type to take care of and keep every pair of shoes I get. The love I had for shoes was unexplainable and I often tended to go nuts if someone had worn them without asking. Still to this day I’m crazy about them and I have accepted the fact that I am a shoe fanatic
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of the hardest things I have ever done was learning how to skate. We live in Canada‚ and I could not be the only one who did not know how to skate. I have always been a shy person and afraid of the ice; but I decided that skating was an important sport that I should learn. I thought it would be a nice experience and I had friends that were willing to help me. What I did not know was that learning to skate would also make me a more confident person. New situations always make me a bit nervous‚ and
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Sports & Playing areas A sport is a physical activity that requires a lot of skills and training. When it comes to choosing a sport to practice‚ there are a lot of options. Some people practice them to be healthy and in shape‚ some others just to have fun. Sports have been practiced from a very long time. A wide range of sports established by the time of Ancient Greece and they became famous and important worldwide. Nowadays‚ we have the Olimpic Games where millions of people demonstrate the abilities
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Sports are essential part of our daily lives. Some of us play sports‚ we constantly hear news about some incident happening in the sporting world‚ or we are constantly checking the ESPN tab on our computer. Although sports present a danger in our worlds both physically and mentally. Physically we can get a concussion‚ tear our ACL‚ or hurt ourselves in another way. Emotionally we can have anxiety over winning or losing or some other emotional instability. Last OP I talked about concussions and the
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Sports implement many growth aspects all around. No matter what age‚ they help teach valuable and lifelong lessons that can be used throughout life. The younger a person begins participating in team events‚ the sooner their minds are opened to new things. Getting involved in sports as a child can only help in a positive way. Participating in more than one sport while growing up can help develop many skills‚ create diversity from experiences‚ and help avoid the risk of overuse injuries and the potential
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Massiel Santos Professor Pascale September 3rd‚ 2013 English III/ Assignment # My home Santiago People will always remember where they came from? Ah! When I was a child the world seem to be a place of joy and happiness. Nothing seemed to have much importance‚ yet looking back to my past I can find a meaning to everything. Furthermore‚ my house was located in the Dominican Republic in an amazing town called Santiago‚ where I lived the best years of my infancy. Dominican Republic is located
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International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology Vol. 2‚ No. 2‚ September 2009‚ 198Á214 The impact of physical activity and fitness on academic achievement and cognitive performance in children Thomas J.H. Keeley and Kenneth R. Fox* Department of Exercise‚ Nutrition and Health Sciences‚ The University of Bristol‚ UK (Received 9 March 2009; final version received 3 August 2009) The potential for physical activity and fitness to improve cognitive function‚ learning and academic achievement
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think anyone really contemplates tragedy until it knocks on their front door. In fact‚ it doesn’t even knock – it forces itself in and threatens to leave you with nothing but heartache and suffering for the remainder of your miserable life. Traumatic events can occur in numerous ways‚ at any time in one’s life. Some are lucky enough to get away with them. Unfortunately‚ I was not one of the lucky. I was behind the wheel of my new car‚ singing along to music. I had not a care in the world. It was late
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