WHAT AILS INDIAN SPORTS ? Sports; a passtime for students‚ a passion for players‚ a fitness solution for the middle aged‚ perhaps life for aficionados and more recently lucre for businessmen; has an equal significance for the country as a whole. It is a mirror to the professionalism of a country’s citizens‚ their dedication and the facilities provided to them by the government. Sports serve as a portrayal of the teamspirit among the
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Sociology of sports Christopher Wood Colorado Technical University SOCL120-1302B-05 Professor Andrew Crowther 16 June 2013 Abstract: In this paper I will voice my views on the sociology of sports. I will also talk about my observations and how it pertains to NASCAR. The sociology of sports is the study of the relationship between sports and society. The sociology of sports looks at sports from several different perspectives including the conflict‚ functionalist‚ interactionist
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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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"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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an organized sport — a total of about 45 million kids. Participation in sports is extremely important‚ and should be encouraged much more. Kids should play competitive sports because it provides them with a variety of fitness and teamwork opportunities. There are plenty of positive things that associates with competitive sports‚ rather than the bad. Nevertheless‚ competitive sports offer enrichment beyond what can be taught in the classroom or at home. Even though playing sports is fun‚ there
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Sport at school should NOT be compulsory. Sports training and PE take up time that could be better spent learning other subjects‚ and PE and Sport are not as important as other subjects like maths‚ science etc. It is also my belief that it students should have the right to choose whether or not we do sport/PE‚ because we are allowed to choose the subjects that are more important‚ so why are we not allowed to choose whether or not we do sport?<br><br>Every year in PE‚ we do the same sports and the
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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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The importance of sports and games is being increasingly recognised in India‚ from both the educational and social points of view. More and more funds are being allocated for encouraging sports in schools‚ colleges and universities; in fact‚ sports have become an essential part of the curricula. Time was when only a few students‚ who were fond of games like hockey‚ football‚ cricket or tennis‚ were allowed special facilities. But now regular programmes are drawn up in all educational institutions
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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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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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