Extreme Sports: Theorizing participation - A Challenge for Phenomenology - Extreme Sports: Theorizing participation Introduction The phrase ‘Extreme Sport’ has developed into an all-encompassing umbrella term for those activities that are traditionally associated with risk-takers or ‘adrenalin junkies’ (Lambton‚ 2000). Skateboarding‚ street luge‚ snow sports‚ mountain sports‚ moto-cross and surfing are just some examples of such sports. Participation in these activities has been considered
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Sports Participation and Academic Success Kurtis Arnold Grand Valley State University As an increasingly relevant part of society‚ sports seem to find a way into many parts of our everyday lives from the global stage to our own individual experiences and feelings towards them. Not only are sports and athletic competition used for the purpose of entertaining‚ but the core values of athletic competition are reflected also in the mainstream cultural values in society (Snyder & Spreitzer‚ 1974)
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Sport and physical activity is a major thing in the lives of many people in Australia. The people in Australia intend to spend more of their time on leisure than their work. Involvement in sports or physical activity mainly depends on two factors. The two factors are personal factors and socio cultural factors. Personal factors are those that factors that are unique to a particular person and directly affect that person’s regular capacity to be involved in sport and physical activity. The socio
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What are the social values and life lessons learned through youth sport participation? Social values and life lessons develop “character.” Character is associated with a host of sport values such as teamwork‚ loyalty‚ self sacrifice‚ perseverance‚ work ethic‚ and mental toughness. Two sets of values define character; social values and moral values. Social values are usually defined by coaches‚ administrators‚ and players. North American society seems to associate character more with social
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Are participation trophies effecting young athletes? According to the Trophies For All policy‚ young athletes are being given an award for participating. Will this affect young athletes in a bad way or a good way? Simply giving out an award for showing up is a tantamount of child abuse. Receiving participation trophies can effect the young athlete’s future in a bad result. There are some good results ‚but there are a lot of bad results as well. This can hurt ‚not just the athletes ‚but the programs
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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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Ja’kera Fuller ENGL 101 Professor Watkins November 3‚ 2014 Does boredom lead to trouble? Boredom sometimes does lead to trouble. In most cases in young ages‚ sometimes people would actually start to think of things to do that they would know are wrong and just do it because it is something to do. I have been in example in this type of situation and got in trouble multiple times. It is as if when boredom strikes‚ trouble crosses my mind. When you do not feel stimulated through activity you’ll end
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Youth Sport Participation: Beneficial or Destructive? Many children today enjoy various types of sports. Participation in youth sports has steadily been on the rise. Millions of children across the country take part in one or more youth sports throughout the year. It is not unheard of for children as young as four or five years old to be participating in youth sports. But is youth participation in these sports destructive or beneficial towards children? And at what level of sport intensity may this
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far enough away from Trouble then trouble will never find you.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? What kinds of trouble do the characters get into? How do the characters get out of trouble or do they just learn to live with trouble? Use examples from the novel to support your thesis. In the book Trouble‚ Henry’s dad said that if you build your house far enough away form trouble‚ then trouble will never find you. I think that this statement is very wrong. Trouble is really what we call
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To play or not to play? Many adults argue that playing sports doesn’t make a difference in the way teenagers or adolescents behave. Many studies show several affects on children’s behavior when they are involved in sports. Different characters such as manners‚ leadership‚ social skills‚ and others are proven to be developed over time within participation in sports. I have found two articles arguing why kids should participate in sports and how it affects their behavior in a positive way. The first
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