Section A- Competitive sports 1. In the text”Competitive sport for children at heart of Olympics legacy” from 2012‚ released just after the Olympic Games in London the Prime Minister David Cameron announced that competitive and individual sports will be in much more focus. Competitive sports will be a permanent part of the new primary school curriculum which will require every child in primary school to join competitive team sport. The government’s aim is to for all schools to take part of the
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deemed not a sport‚ it is actually one of the most demanding sports out there. If you look up the definition of a sport in the dictionary‚ it will tell you that a sport is a “physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively”. But what it doesn’t include is the trust‚ the teamwork‚ necessary for any sport. Cheerleading isn’t considered a sport because by definition our main objective is to cheer on other teams in their own sports. But there is
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For many people a fovourite way of spending their free time is lying on the beach‚ fishing‚ knitting‚ watching TV or reading. Others quickly get bored with such passive entertainment and prefer more active ways of spending their leisure hours. They go in for swimming‚ skiing‚ cycling or jogging. It’s generally known that people who do physical exercises keep fit and healthy. Sports and games can be of great value to people who work with their brains; to people who lead a sedentary lifestyle. Moreover
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“Whatever.” Tanya said and walked away with Jaqueline snickering next to her. The activity of cheerleading should be a sport for many reasons. It has many risks‚ and requires rigorous training. Over 1.5 million people all over the world participate in cheerleading‚ and that is just all-star. Cheerleading should be considered a sport. The sport of cheerleading is the 3rd most dangerous sport in the world. “According
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Sponsors and Sports In the world of sports‚ everything from the cups the athletes drink from to the stadiums they play in is up for grabs. The four major sports are a playing field for the teams as well as major companies hoping to influence the public. While there are some positives and negatives to sponsors‚ a line has to be drawn somewhere. The four major sports‚ Major League Baseball‚ the National Basketball Association‚ the National Football League‚ and the National Hockey League all generate
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political philosophers have been asking since the idea of race took hold in daily life. Michael Root‚ a philosopher at the University of Minnesota believes that race is indeed real‚ yet in a social context‚ not a biological one. In his essay‚ “How We Divide the World‚” Root argues‚ to my agreement‚ that race is an invented social kind that can have a place in science yet not in biology‚ though he does fall flat in coming up with a constructive way to deal with racism is today’s society (Root 2000‚ 2)
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Motivation Sport is commonly seen as a part of society. Although one finds the role of sport in society more important than others‚ the fact is that sports is an essential component of our society. Since sport is a part of our society‚ it automatically has an influence on its functioning. This means that if groundbreaking things happen in sports‚ there will directly be noticeable consequences in everyday life. If we talk about effects in the long run‚ the so-called Heysel tragedy is a good example
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discussion on Doping in sport. 22nd October 2013 Introduction - As we may all know doping can and has been a problem in some specific sports‚ cycling being the main scapegoat of course because of the Lance Armstrong scandal. However does that mean doping is not involved with any other sports. Absolutely not‚ what many people believe is that cycling is a dirty sport because so many drugs and supplements are involved‚ however they do not realise some of the sports they love are heavily armed
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supplements to gain an edge on their opponents. Little do they know‚ these supplements are not FDA approved. No one knows the long-term effects of these supplements on the human body. The use of non-FDA approved supplements should be banned from sports. Supplements are supposed to be taken to make up for a deficiency in some aspect of a person ’s diet. For example‚ if someone does not like milk and does not eat any foods that contain calcium‚ they could take a calcium supplement. But‚ athletes
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SOCIOLOGY AND SPORT Sociology is concerned with the social and cultural context in which behavior occurs and the connection between that behavior and the setting‚ and sports sociology specifically focuses on the relationship between sports and society. It gives us a closer look at human social behavior within the sports context. It is within sports sociology that the issues surrounding the relationships between individuals‚ groups‚ and sports are considered‚ explored‚ analyzed‚ and explained. In
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