Imagine this‚you’re a girl walking up to a whole bunch of guys playing basketball‚ and you ask “hey can I play basketball with you?”. What do you think their reply would be “yes come join us” or “no go play with your little dolls”. Hello‚ I’m Mathusiga Sivakumar and I’m here to talk to you about feminism in sports. Gender equality is currently a popularly discussed topic. Sports is just one area where women do not receive the same amount of respect or support they need as men. This is due to the
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Team Building Team building refers to the process of establishing and developing a greater sense of collaboration and trust between team members (Wikipedia‚ 2007). Interactive exercises‚ team assessments‚ and group discussions enable groups to cultivate this greater sense of teamwork. Team building is used in many contexts‚ for example in sport and work organizations. Need for Team Building Modern society and culture continues to become more fluid and dynamic. The effect of this environment is
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Sexism in Sports Do you believe that sexism in sports is a big issue in the sports industry? Sexism in sports has become a social problem throughout the years. Throughout the history of sports‚ female athletes have struggled to gain equality with the male athletes. Female sports have faced a derogatory attitude toward their sports. According to Macionis‚ sexism is defined as “the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other” (Macionis 2010: 332). Another definition of sexism is defined
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Games and Sports The ideal of a good and perfect life is to have a sound mind in a sound body. This is recognized by all as the best means of performing our duties. Body and mind should work at their best‚ and they cannot do unless both are in good order. The limbs must be supple‚ active and obedient to the will. The best way to keep the limbs fit is to exercise them in sports and games of physical skills and strength. This indeed is the importance of games‚ and there is no society which has its
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with sports is discipline. It is a fact that physical training and exercises help to inculcate discipline. Every game or sport has its own set of rules. One has to follow them scrupulously. Martial arts like karate‚ taekwondo‚ judo‚ etc. make kids well disciplined. Further‚ sports and games give the youngsters an opportunity to lead as well as be lead. Thus‚ sports help to bring out and nurture the qualities of leadership. The second reason is sports build a spirit of teamwork as most sports are
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Choking in Sports Sports Psychology 13 December 2011 Choking In 2007‚ Reeves‚ Tenenbaum‚ and Lidor conducted research in order to study what causes talented athletes to often fail to perform to the best of their abilities when placed under stressful situations. The purpose of the study was to discover whether athletes who participate in self-consciousness training adapt to pressure situations better than players who do not. To measure this‚ the researchers examined “choking” during kicking
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market crashes‚ the market lost about 30 billion dollars in two days (Corwin). This economic crash must have shocked and devastated so many people. Just a few years before the devastating crash the stock market had grown incredibly‚ but as they say what goes up must come down. The aftermath of the crash‚ also known as the Great Depression‚ resulted in declines in consumer spending‚ investment‚
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many other‚ athletes can be found. Professional sports are all around us; they’re a part of our culture. But‚ in the last few decades some changes have started to take place. As the popularity of professional athletics has increased‚ so has the cost to render them and their players’ salaries. Many of the contracts signed today are for millions of dollars. This is unreasonably exorbitant for doing something gaiety. These days sports are centered around money and not focused on the
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Personal Statement My passion in sports has driven me to apply for the programme of Sports Science and Physical Education offered by Your University. As both a basketball player and coach‚ sports have been an integral part of my life. Sports Science encompasses a wide range of studies‚ including physiology‚ psychology‚ anatomy‚ biomechanics and biochemistry. Acquiring the above knowledge may equip one to become a sports researcher who can help enhance a player’s performance through reducing the
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population at the time. A major cause of this massive war was the Treaty of Versailles. I’m going to tell you about how the Treaty of Versailles impacted the war economically‚ geographically‚ and politically. We can stop ourselves from making by looking what people in the past did wrong like the gun laws in japan. The treaty of versailles caused a lot of economical issues that led to World War Two. The Treaty of Versailles blamed World War Two entirely on Germany. “Germany had to pay huge sums in
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