Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10016. IM-1826 CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction to Sports‚ Sportscasters‚ and Sportscasting Chapter 2. The Historical Development of Sports and Sportscasting Chapter 3. The Economics of Sports‚ Sportscasters‚ and Sportscasting Chapter 4. Audiences for Sports and Sportscasting Chapter 5. The Role of Media in Sports and Sportscasting Chapter 6. Sociocultural Perspectives on Sports and Sportscasting Chapter 7. Practicum on Sportscasting Chapter 8. The Future of Sportscasters/Sportscasting
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Injuries Due to Sports Specialization Versus Participating in Multiple Sports The Problem The most popular sports to play in The United States are basketball‚ baseball/softball‚ football‚ soccer‚ and volleyball. Club teams‚ youth teams‚ or travel ball teams are prevalent in every sport across the country. Thirty plus years ago boys would play baseball in the spring‚ soccer in the summer‚ and went outside to played basketball and football with friends in the fall and winter until baseball started
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Performance-Related Pay (PRP) has become a growing trend in the last two decades in many organisations (Cadsby‚ Song & Tapon‚ 2007). The concept of performance-related pay was designed as a way to motivate employees and encourage desired behaviour due to individuals being different in terms of their own levels of motivation‚ drive and initiative. Organisations need to take this into account and set overall targets clear to individuals which are also in line with organisational goals to make sure
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Children in Sports by Lucie Westminster‚ Demand Media It is important to realize that sports may have some disadvantages for children. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Pixland/Getty Images ) RELATED ARTICLES The Advantages of Minimizing Stress Calories Burned Running 45 Minutes How to Get Energized for Morning Exercise Games to Encourage Exercise With the Elderly What Is the Herb Dill Good For? Is Cod a Healthy Fish to Eat? SHARE SHARE TWEET EMAIL According to the Center for Kids First in Sports‚ 30 to 40
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The image of youth sports in America is currently changing. It is becoming more and more common for youth athletes to begin their competitive careers around age 7‚ and many even getting into organized athletics as early as the age of three. There is currently an estimated 25 million school based athletic programs‚ and almost 22 million organized community based athletic programs for kids in the United States according to the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University‚ making
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multi-ethnic groups‚ as Jiang (1997) argued. Therefore it is rather difficult to define a common point of a modern country. The multi-ethnic communities also cause conflicts within a society. However sports events often provide a channel to solidify citizens in a country‚ like the World Cup fever. At times sports affiliation also becomes a symbol of the country‚ such as football in the UK. Yet sometimes it leads debate on race and ethnicity. For example‚ the Tebbitt speaking‚ “A large proportion of Britain’s
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The Bad Exercise What are the effects on children whose parents push them in sports? “As the stakes grow‚ the children are the ones losing‚” according to Sacks. Seventy percent of children drop out of sports by age 13‚ and a big reason is that their parents are putting too much pressure on them‚ “he explained." It’s interesting because a lot of people don’t know that parents pushing their children in sports isn’t very good for children. Parents pushing their children can have bad effects on their
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The Social Benefits of Sport An Overview to Inform the Community Planning Process sportscotland Research Report no. 98 Professor Fred Coalter Institute for Sports Research University of Stirling sportscotland v1‚ January 2005 This research report is one of a series of reports and summary digests available on sportscotland’s website: www.sportscotland.org.uk/ The research section is located at: www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/Resource+Library/TopicNavigation/Research/
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children all over the world are involved in competitive sports. This has resulted in many enthusiastically argued debates. Some claim that competitive sports teach children many important life lessons. Others may argue that sports can lead to not only physical damage‚ but also emotional damage. The reality of the situation is that competitive sports are inappropriate and unsuitable for children of adolescence or younger. First and foremost‚ sports can be physically and mentally damaging to students
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to Sports encourages social interaction between women. According to the article “Women‚ Gender Equality and Sport” (2007)‚ sport participation of women has an extensive history. Discrimination has been a major issue‚ but there have also been significant advancements as well. They have occupied leadership positions like coaching‚ management‚ officiating‚ and broadcasters or journalists. Women have been viewed as being too weak for sports‚ especially ones that involve a lot of endurance. Efforts to
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