They spend an average of 43.3 hours a week on their sport alone. Most full time jobs are based on a 40 hour work week. This is just the sport but now let’s add the school hours "If a student has 10 hours of class each week and puts in the recommended four hours of study for each hour of class‚ then athletes spend 50 hours each week studying and attending mandatory classes and study halls." (Listland) that adds up to 90 hours of school and sports a week‚ the equivalent to having two full time jobs
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go on. However‚ after hearing about the proposal to eliminate sports from our high school‚ I came to a heartbreaking realization that these magnificent memories and future memories of mine and for many could be wiped away completely. As tradition at the beginning of varsity football games‚ we begin with an “I believe that we will win” cheer‚ but it is more than just the idea of winning that draws so many fans to the stands for every sport. It is the live experience and ability to show pride to your
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Cheerleading can be a dangerous sport if you don’t follow the proper rules and it is important to know what you are doing someone gets injured. If you try to do a stunt that is difficult you need to have the proper practice and training. Cheerleading can be a safe sport only if you have done it correctly. Some of the stunt in cheerleading can be dangerous if you do not perform them correctly like the shoulder sit. A shoulder sit is when the front spot reaches up and back and joins hands with the
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breathes‚ and sleeps their sport. When an enjury enters their life‚ they have to completely change their way of thinking‚ living‚ and handling situations. There are also situations where the athlete is found alone. None of their teammates interact with that as much because they are unable to be active. My love for psychology and the way athletes think has grown ever since my first surgery. About half way through my recovery process‚ I realized I wanted to become and sports psychologist. Not the
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The commissioner has the authority to do so as each player agrees to abstain from any act on and/or off the field that is unfavorable to the sport (Webb‚ 2012). However‚ the giving the commissioner this power is a conflict of interest because he has a duty to please the sponsors‚ the fan‚ at even possibly some players and the teams (if they have a close relationship). An example of the commissioner’s
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TEM Spyder Active Sports 5/3/2011 DFK Discussion Questions Key Players / People Case Summary: David Jacobs founded Spyder Active Sports in 1978 as a mail order producer of high-end ski sweaters. In the early days of the company‚ Jacobs sold his stock in Spyder to Hanson Industries. When Hanson faced financial distress in 1982‚ Jacobs was forced to join forces with his Japanese contract manufacturer Tsunehisa Shimokubo to save Spyder. Positioned as a premium producer of skiwear‚ Spyder developed
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taken in the doses required to get the desired effect (narconon.org). In professional sports‚ drug abuse is extremely common‚ as players are paid based off of how frequently they win‚ which is greatly increased with the use of banned substances that increase performance‚ such as Amphetamines. The Sport where Amphetamines are “most
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get‚ and hearing more and more about it in the media‚ it has become a growing idea of what should be done. It is becoming very common that sports players are coming out that they are being diagnosed with either a neurodegenerative disease or some kind of CTE. Many researchers have found different causes to these diseases‚ but most of them lead back to sports and how the players get hit too hard or too much. The rising thought is what needs to be changed so athletes do not continually become diagnosed
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Cheerleading‚ if you’re not associated with the sport‚ then you probably have a different perspective on cheer. Cheer is nowhere near the stereotypical image of the mean girls in movies‚ who are ambitious to be popular and bully their classmates. When in reality it’s the complete opposite‚ cheerleaders are known to represent their school and have an outgoing personality with a confident attitude. Every cheerleader has to be physically in shape to enjoy the activity with a sociable smile that stands
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dancers are spinning and tossing six foot flags‚ wooden rifles‚ and metal sabers in a sport called colorguard. I am part of the colorguard‚ as I have been for my entire middle school and high school life. With the qualities this activity teaches me and with the opportunities this activity gives me‚ colorguard became the most important activity to represent who I am and what my future can be. Colorguard is a sport that requires leadership‚ diligence‚ and self-discipline. Although not many people
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