school sports are an essential part of growth for any well-rounded student. Sports can help with more than just lowering the rates of obesity. According to Michael Lorenc‚ a JV coach at Jesuit High School‚ it has been shown that students who play two or three sports tend to get better grades in school. Sport scholarships are also the only way for some students to go to a good college‚ claims Gulstan Dart‚ a reporter for KCRA. Many high school athletes will tell you that they need their sport in order
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mentally‚ you also need to take care of your nutritious intake‚ to maintain your body in peak condition. Taking up a Sports Nutritionist career is not easy. It’s not just about deciding what people should eat and when‚ there’s a whole lot more to it. A sports nutritionist is responsible for developing personalised diet plans‚ tailored to each individual’s requirements. A sports nutritionist must be able to evaluate and assess each individual for their diet‚ personal performance ability and physiological
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Injuries! In Sports! People say that sports can hurt you‚ and and they can‚ but how? Injuries from sports can hurt you or people by breaking bones‚ causing brain damage‚ or hurt children if they play high-impact sports at a younger age. In the first place‚ breaking bones and brain damage are two of many causes of sports related injuries. A 17 year old boy Hortonville junior‚ says “He knew the helmet-to-helmet collision was a hard hit‚” and shook it off. The problem is- he did not know that he got
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If my child wanted to compete in a sport I would want my child to be in a high pressure sport that allowed them to make friends and socialize‚ allow them to be competitive‚ have weekly sessions that allow them to get enough exercise but also enough practice to improve their playing skills‚ a sport that will help improve their motor‚ cognitive‚ perceptual skills‚ a sport that will help them learn how to deal with losing‚ but staying motivates‚ and if it will teach them how to work well with their
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take to an exercise stress are‚ the tissues may adapt to the stress and no damage occurs‚ the tissues may become injured‚ or the tissues will die. In athletics‚ athletes often stress their bodies to the point of tissue injury and tissue death. The body’s primary reaction to an injury is tissue destruction. The degree of tissue destruction will greatly depend on the injurious force. Secondary damage may occur from cell death. Cell death occurs because of the hypoxia associated with the injured area
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illustrates a worrying new trend in adolescent athletics called early sports specialization. By general definition‚ early sports specialization (ESS) is when young athletes exclude other activities to focus on intense‚ year-round training in a specific sport (Ferguson‚ Stern 2016). In our modern world of athletics‚ a number of factors are to blame for the popularity of ESS. It has been found that parents are the strongest initiators of sports for their young children‚ the next being coaches who recognize
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Sports injuries have skyrocketed above national averages in the last 24 years. There are going to be injuries‚ no matter what sports you play. Two of the most common sports are baseball and soccer. Although these sports differ‚ the types of injuries are similar. How do we prevent the injuries? How do we treat them? In baseball‚ there are mostly upper body injuries‚ but there are few lower body injuries that could happen. For instance‚ you could sprain your ankle or knee while running the bases or
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P3/M2/D1 Ligament injuries The dictionary definition of a ligament is ‘’ A short band of tough‚ flexible‚ fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.’’ This basically means a ligament is a connective tissue that unlike a tendon which connects muscle to bone a ligament connects bone and also stabilised a joint. When someone damages a ligament it’s called a sprain. An example of a ligament injury is an ACL injury (Anterior cruciate ligament injury). This type
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F. Launay article “Sports-Related Overuse Injuries In Children”‚ He explains how sports are becoming more intense for younger sports players. Then he explains how children are developing disease in their bones because of the sports they play. F.Launay is trying to clarify to coaches and parents that they should be more considerate on how intense the sport and minimize the time they play in that sport. In the introduction‚ F.Launary questioned himself the similarities of sport and physical activities
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Researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System found that 87 out of 91 deceased former NFL football players showed signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). A concussion is an injury that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain. Your brain is surrounded by spinal fluid to cushion it from your hard skull. If you are hit hard your brain may hit your skull and become injured. There may be no visible signs of a concussion at all. The symptoms of a concussion vary from each person. Some may
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