yet I craved more. “More” just so happened to be flag football. The summer before I entered the first grade I asked my parents if I could make the transition. My request was met with emotions including concern‚ intrigue‚ but most of all‚ support. My parents were not going to dissuade me from participating in any hobby‚ especially one I seemed so interested in pursuing. I showed up to the first practice with my curly‚ blonde hair pulled back in a tight ponytail. I was enthusiastic to learn and participate
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The ancient Greek Olympics By Gabriel Merrill So many people know what the Olympic Games are but how many know how or why they were started. The Olympics were started in 776 BC in Olympia and thus were called the Olympics. The games were held once every four years‚ which is an Olympiad. To the Greeks the games were more than just a source of entertainment the games were part of their worship. They put the games on in honor of Zeus and to appease the gods. During the celebration of the games there
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Ancient Greek Scientific Inventions The smell of freshly smelted metal lingers in the air as the latest contraption of the great Archimedes is pulled up and set in its place. Checking his designs and equations one last time‚ Archimedes gives the ready for his latest invention‚ preparing to make history once again. Inventors‚ scientists and early mathematicians were prevalent and powerful in ancient Greek times‚ and their contributions were so important and groundbreaking‚ that some of the things
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Basketball is better than Football. The clock runs down and there’s the point guard with the ball dribbling up the court there’s 10 minutes left on the board and he’s stalling then out of now here he passes to the shooting guard 5-4-3-2-1 and he shoots swoosh the ball goes in and they win but one critic in the audience says football is better than basketball. To me basketball is better than football personally because I play it but I’m going to list how it is a "better" sport For me basketball
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Last five minutes of the game everyone on the field putting their complete effort for a chance to win‚ when the referee blows his whistle and stops play. Westwood had been award a free kick outside of the box 20 yards away from my goal to
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myth? It is a traditional story based on ancient beliefs of different communities and having supernatural explanations of facts or natural phenomena. The mythical story is related to religious beliefs‚ for that reason‚ has a ritual character‚ ie presents invariable elements and is distinguished by its durability. The purpose of myth is not to entertain‚ as with the story‚ but to explain the meaning of life. So there are certain subjects such as the origin of man and the universe‚ which are treated
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Introduction All athletes regardless of age‚ gender‚ genetics or sport can benefit from effective training. It is important that the selected training improves the body’s ability to perform tasks associated with the chosen sport. (Kiss‚ 2010) Touch football is a fast paced game where an oval-shaped ball is passed between players who avoid being ‘touched’ by the defensive team‚ in order to score a touchdown. The game requires a range of demands from the three energy systems; Creatine phosphate‚ Lactic
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consume the goods and services produced. As such‚ consumers play a vital role in the economic system of a nation. In the absence of effective consumer demand‚ producers would lack one of the key motivations to produce to sell to consumers. Typically‚ when business people and economists talk of consumers‚ they are talking about the person as consumer‚ an aggregated commodity item with little individuality other than that expressed in the decision to buy or not to buy. However‚ there is a trend in marketing to
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Sportsmanship also helps us to understand each other better‚ because when we get along‚ we can listen to the other person’s perspective‚ and see where they are coming from‚ and avoid a bad‚ possibly violent situation. Almost everyday on the news violence is reported at a sporting event‚ evidence of bad sportsmanship. Without sportsmanship there would be no sports‚ because no one would want to compete with a person who when they lost‚ would throw a fit‚ cry‚ and whine. Young athletes usually
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Speech: Relationship between High School and College Football Specific Purpose Statement: I want to display the similarities and differences of high school and college football and show how they can complement each other. Thesis Statement: High school and college football have their similarities and differences‚ but at the end of the day‚ high school football helps prepare players for the college football experience. Introduction: Football‚ like other sports‚ has many levels of operation. Two
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