Sports are full of competition‚ but this heavy amount of competition may not be so good for a person’s body; plus‚ injuries are a common thing in sports. It wouldn’t be a sport without an injury occurring. Injuries‚ like concussions‚ are very common in sports like soccer and football. Those are caused by continuous action to the head. Concussions can have long-term effects on the brain‚ like memory loss and diseases like Parkinson’s(Nordqvist). Also‚ the violent plays in today’s sports‚ are not things
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Education) Some people are more naturally driven to achieve set goals than others. These people like to push and challenge themselves. What is it within this type of person that motivates them? And why do others not have this desire? It is thought that when it comes to motivation‚ there are two personality types: Need to Achieve (NACH) These are the people that thrive on a challenge. They are usually determined‚ quick workers who take risks and enjoy being assessed. Most sports people fall into
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Nearly one in every ten retired NFL players has admitted to using steroids or “doping” during their professional career. Numerous other competitive sports have athletes repeatedly pumping strength-building substances into their bodies from day to day. The harsh consequences and possible suspension from the game does not faze them as they continue to put themselves in danger of the deadly side effects. According to scientists‚ steroids are substances that occur naturally‚ but they have found a way
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SPORTGRAPHY JUAN ERAZO WEDNESDAY‚ MARCH 13 2013 My life as an athlete My name is Juan Erazo and I was born in a Cali‚ Colombia where soccer is the most important‚ viewed and practiced sport. My sport life started when I was 5‚ but not by playing soccer. My father was a really good basketball player. I loved watching his games along with learning his techniques during practices. He was my hero‚ I looked up to him and I just wanted to play basketball like he did. This was the reason I
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Concussions in Sports Sports have always been a huge factor in our world today whether we sit at home and watch them on television or we participate in them in our everyday lives. Thus being in a first aid class we all are surrounded by some type of physical activity. While sports can be very enjoyable‚ stress revealing‚ competitive‚ and a great way to stay physically fit; they also pose the threat of injury. One of the more common injuries in sports mostly in contact sports is concussions.
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MY FAVOURITE SPORT My favourite sport is tennis. Tennis is a sport in what each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent’s court. I started playing tennis when I was 8 years old because my parents enrolled me in a course. Firstly I didn’t like it a lot because I didn’t hit the ball since the racket was very huge for me. But along the years I have improve a lot and now I love it. I don’t have much time because I have a lot
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Should sports be coed? People always say can girls and boys really cooperate when playing a certain sport. Boys are more stronger than girls because they are naturally rough and a bigger and boys wouldn’t feel right while playing football because they don’t want to hit a girl. It also might be awkward for both genders because it will quite different because boys are used to boys and girls are used to girls so they chose their own gender because it would feel a lot less awkward. When playing
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India as a nation of vast human resources is yet to fulfill its potential in the world of sports. The resurgence in the sports arena as manifested in the past couple of decades is still far short of international standards. The country’s objective in the long-term must be to forge ahead with planned progress to attain eminence in world sports. India had a rich tradition of supremacy in sports and games down the ages. The epics and history recount the heroic deeds in archery‚ wrestling‚ sword-fighting
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go beyond sport and competition? Participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games is not for everyone‚ only the elite athletes however living the values of the Olympic Games is for everyone. Values I saw during the Olympic Games included an acceptance of women’s sporting participation‚ a spirit of never giving up and the learning that comes from not achieving your goals. Wojdan Shaherkhani and Sarah Attar from Saudi Arabia showed the world that all women can participate in sport regardless
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ATTITUDES If there’s one thing that coaches across every sport and at every level really want‚ it’s athletes with great attitudes. More than tremendous ability‚ great strength‚ solid conditioning‚ or even an in-depth tactical understanding of the game‚ an athlete’s attitude can make or break a coach’s experience on the team and his or her ultimate success. This is one of the reasons why the best teams or stronger athletes don’t always come out on top. Attitude is what wins. Athletes who work hard
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