how cheerleading isn’t a sport or shouldn’t be considered one. Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport‚ yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition‚ they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. A real cheerleader doesn’t stand on the side; they are performing‚ working hard to be the best of the best. You have to be physically and mentally prepared to take on competitive cheer. Cheerleading should be a sport because it requires physical
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A sports team is an expression of a fan’s sense of identity‚ pride and belonging. This reaches deeper into Noam Chomsky’s idea that “there exists a psychological phenomenon that occurs in sports‚ where fans have a sense of irrational loyalty to a meaningless community.” One can begin to speculate on his argument that spectator sports are just a distraction for the masses: “a form of propaganda designed to divert society’s attention from things that matter.” (Chomsky). “Friendly” sports can actually
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is a sport anyone can play it‚ young or old. Tennis is not a super common sport in many high schools‚ but different from many you can play it all your life. Tennis is a physical and mental game‚ you are being active and also get to use your mind and use strategies. Yet you get to be physical‚ it is a good sport if you are unhealthy and need exercise because you can start any age. You can play tennis for competition or just to get some exercise spending time with friends. Tennis is a cool sport because
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The sport soccer has been known all around the world for some time. Today soccer is one of the most played and popular sports in the world. It’s played in just about every nation on earth. It is enjoyed the same way americans enjoy football and basketball and other american sports. The sport soccer can be traced back about around the eleventh century. In england was the first country where the game was developed but the inventor of the sport is unknown. At first it was a sport that was played during
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International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology Vol. 2‚ No. 2‚ September 2009‚ 198Á214 The impact of physical activity and fitness on academic achievement and cognitive performance in children Thomas J.H. Keeley and Kenneth R. Fox* Department of Exercise‚ Nutrition and Health Sciences‚ The University of Bristol‚ UK (Received 9 March 2009; final version received 3 August 2009) The potential for physical activity and fitness to improve cognitive function‚ learning and academic achievement
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estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States‚ according to source one. Being that so many sports-related concussions happen each year‚ players of sports should have to sit out for longer periods of time than they do currently. If sports players does not stay out of games for longer after injuries‚ and it ends up that they have a concussion that hasn’t been detected right away‚ then it could lead to further injuries. Or‚ if a sports player is not telling the
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some people think swimming isn’t a sport? Swimming has been around for centuries‚ but most people just do it for fun. Luckily people learn how to swim because it is a skill that is almost required in life and parents want them to be safe‚ but other people learn for different reasons. Some learn it because it is something you can do your entire life. Amazingly others do it because it is the sport they dream about and want to doing. Swimming is a difficult sport because we practice daily‚ compete fiercely
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Sports are essential part of our daily lives. Some of us play sports‚ we constantly hear news about some incident happening in the sporting world‚ or we are constantly checking the ESPN tab on our computer. Although sports present a danger in our worlds both physically and mentally. Physically we can get a concussion‚ tear our ACL‚ or hurt ourselves in another way. Emotionally we can have anxiety over winning or losing or some other emotional instability. Last OP I talked about concussions and the
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in our lives is in sports‚ more specifically‚ how recent developments in sporting technologies have increased performance in athletes. Recent developments in sporting technologies have created a variety of products aimed at improving and increasing athletic performance. Technology has influenced the world of sport in many ways‚ it has been more beneficial to the sports performer than the audience. However‚ although sporting technologies has been more beneficial to the sports performer than the
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their time practicing sports. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. While some students spend much time studying in schools‚ others use much of their own time practicing various type of sports. If we open a debate on this topic‚ we will likely discover that‚ spending much time practicing sports has both advantages and inconveniences. In my opinion‚ the advantages of some students doing a great amount sports outweigh its inconveniences
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