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    effects of parents becoming too involved with youth sports. Parents should always involve themselves in youth sports‚ encourage their children‚ and remain supportive‚ however in some extreme cases this can have a negative impact on the child. Increased parental pressure on young athletes has detrimental effects such as increased injuries‚ emotional distress‚ and more youth quitting sports. In recent years the way parents intervene in youth sports has become a rising issue. When parents put too much

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    Competitive sports Lots of people think that competitive sports aren’t good for kids but other people think that competitive sports are good for kids. I take the position that competitive sports are good for kids because it helps kids build self esteem‚ second it teaches them how to work with a group‚ and the third and most important reason is that it helps them live a healthy lifestyle. The first reason that i think competitive sports are good for kids is that it helps build self esteem for example

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    player/team but who the sports broadcaster is going for. This is known as sports analysis‚ a sports analyst provides expert discussion of sports-related topics before‚ during‚ or after a sporting event. Sports analysts are frequently former athletes who participated in the sport being analyzed. A sports analyst is different from a the sports broadcaster in that broadcasters provide a running commentary regarding a sporting event while the event is taking place‚ whereas sports analysts usually provides

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    important life lessons that you can benefit from when you become older just off youth sports. Competitive sports have been scientifically proven the playing youth sports can help you learn a variety of life lessons. Specifically‚ that sports can help you win and lose gracefully. Playing youth sports can improve your teamwork. And lastly‚ sports can help you realize that you are never too good to not practice in anything. Sports can help you learn to win and lose gracefully. This is important because when

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    pressure. Parental pressure does affect student athletics because some feel like failures others get burnout by the time college comes around. Parental pressure is why many kids don’t play anymore. According to Hyman‚ “By age 13 most kids are done with sports because of the pressure from parents‚ and are frustrated by the extra hard leagues or the coach and parents who put winning first” (Hyman). Parents don’t think we do our best but we

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    "Sports do not build character. They reveal it" (John Wooden‚ member of the Basketball Hall of Fame). This simple seven word quote explains exactly what many coaches and athletes all over the world at any level already know. But sports have more than just the benefit of discovering one-self. Many children enroll in various team sports each year and continue to do so‚ and for good reasons. Not only is being physically active beneficial for children in the present and in the future‚ but playing

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    In the last several years I developed an area of focus to sport medicine. Sports medicine is a multidisciplinary clinical and academic specialty provides continues care on and off the field‚ extending that care beyond diagnosing and treating injuries to include health promotion‚ rehabilitation and injury prevention not only to elite athletes but to any participants of physical activities in almost all age groups. My short experience in iron man events and the exposure I got during my training‚ I

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    What role do sports play in your life? “An athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature” To the typical person this is what a sport is; however I have a different interpretation of the word. Throughout the years of my life sports have transformed from an extra curricular activity to a way of life. What sport you play defines who you are as a person and enhances your credibility in a social setting. Also it demonstrates certain traits that you have acquired

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    1. According to the twelfth edition of Sports in Society by Jay Coakley‚ “"Generalizing about high school and college sport programs is difficult because programs and the conditions under which participation occurs are so diverse” (Coakley‚ 476). However‚ there are definitely some broad‚ widespread issues that are found within the majority of high school sports programs. The textbook offers a plethora of claims against interscholastic sports‚ and one that stood out to was the claim that highlighted

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    A sports team is an expression of a fan’s sense of identity‚ pride and belonging. This reaches deeper into Noam Chomsky’s idea that “there exists a psychological phenomenon that occurs in sports‚ where fans have a sense of irrational loyalty to a meaningless community.” One can begin to speculate on his argument that spectator sports are just a distraction for the masses: “a form of propaganda designed to divert society’s attention from things that matter.” (Chomsky). “Friendly” sports can actually

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