Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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remain competitive in increasingly higher levels of play‚ athletes should have the choice of using their natural gifts and/or using performance enhancing drugs. Neither an athlete who has a gene that prompts a superior physique nor an athlete who uses steroids should be deemed cheaters‚ for they are pushing sports to a new level and creating an equal level of play. As competition has escalated‚ the
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substance called anabolic steroids. What’s the big deal people will say. Those people don’t understand though how it is taken‚ the small benefits it could give that player and huge negatives steroids can have on a person. To first understand why baseball players take steroids it must be known what steroids do once ingested. Anabolic steroids are a drug that helps release more testosterone and protein into the body (Horwitz). Therefore
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November 2012 Penalties of Steroid Use in Professional Baseball Players What are the limits professional athletes will go to‚ to be the best? Professional baseball players all over the United States strive to be the best‚ but does that mean they should take performance-enhancing drugs‚ such as steroids‚ to achieve their goals? According to many people’s opinions‚ steroids are considered cheating and the use should not be allowed in a professional league. Penalties of steroid use in professional baseball
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Steriods in Sports Steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids are a man made synthetic substance that increase and enhance the output of mal testosterone. They promote the growth of skeletal muscle but they have many side affects. Athletes and bodybuilders often use it as a way to quickly build muscle mass although its original purpose was to cure patients with an abnormally low amount of testosterone. Steroids can be taken orally‚ which is the most common‚ or injected. Steroids have many major side
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Knox English IIII 12 November 2015 Use of Steroids in Sports There’s lot of stories about professional athletes using enhancing performance drugs. Lot of athletes use drugs for their performance in the past and some athlete still use it now days. Drugs are usually turn to steroids‚ there are several types of steroids like anabolic steroids or corticosteroids‚ they are in same groups. Corticosteroids‚ cortisone or prednisone are drugs that
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The Alternative to Steroid Use for High School Athletes Sam was just a normal kid who loved to play basketball. He did pretty well in junior high and made the high school team later on. He was excited to play and loved working out with the team. His coach introduced each of the players to steroids to help them get an edge in working out. Sam and a friend on the team were the only two that would not take these dangerous supplements. As a result the other kids became stronger and faster and Sam found
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performance-enhancing drugs. An athlete may want to: build mass and strength of muscles and/or bones; increase delivery of oxygen to exercising tissues; mask pain; stimulate the body; relax; reduce weight or hide the use of other drugs. Athletes use anabolic steroids because they increase muscle strength by encouraging new muscle growth. They allow the athlete to train harder and longer at any given period. However‚ there is no coherent argument to support the view that enhancing performance is unfair; if it
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The popularity of the equestrian sport is on the rise‚ unfortunately‚ keeping your equine friend healthy is harder than it looks. Although large‚ horses have very sensitive skin and are prone to developing infected wounds or skin related illnesses. One common cause of skin issues for horses is something that too many horse owners ignore- mud. Mud is quick to form‚ slow to leave‚ and can be the reason for your horses health mishaps! Luckily‚ there are a few ways to prevent mud‚ and/or keep horses
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Imagine if people live in a world‚ where competition did not exist . People would live in an ancient-like society‚ low-technology level‚ and laziness would be the theme of this world‚ because improvement would be unnecessary. No matter what professions they are‚ athletes or politicians‚ people would not be better since they have no competitors. However‚ competitive instinct exists in humanity‚ and people can achieve their dream in sports competition‚ people practice and compete to push each other
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