65% of children say they participate in sports to be with their friends (Statistic Brain). Sports were established so that the individual could not only exercise‚ but also to compete against a rival. Just as there are individual sports‚ there are team sports in high school. The idea of a team sport is that every single person on the field or court must work in unison to have the greatest opportunity to win. In addition to the increasing popularity of sports‚ the average child’s age when they join
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The article‚ “The Case Against High School Sports”‚ by Amanda Ripley illustrates that high schools all across America spend way more money on athletics and focus more on sports than academics‚ some schools have even eliminated sports within their schools to focus more on education. To begin with‚ Ripley mentions that sports in America are a bigger deal than anywhere else. Other countries focus more on academics rather than athletics. As a result‚ places like Singapore‚ Shanghai‚ South Korea‚ and
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Should Competitive sports be Allowed for Youth Athletes or not. Have you ever wanted to know if competitive sports help or hurt youth athletes? My argument is that competitive sport help youth athletes with higher self esteem and more confidence. This is really important for youth athletes because it will help them handle pressure on tests or competition when there is only one spot left in a job. My reasons are; Competitive sports help build confidence and self esteem‚ confidence and self esteem
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Some kids prefer extreme sports over team sports because extreme sports are what they know and love. Kids should do extreme because kids are more imaginative‚ keeps them from drugs‚ and gives opportunities to kids that don’t like team sports. In the article “Should Kids Do Extreme Sports?” the author‚ Lauren Tarshis‚ “Kids can be more imaginative because they are free to experiment and invent their own stunts.” This means that when kids invent their own moves they stretch out their imagination
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discussions as to whether or not sports build good character. Some experts say that they build good characterstics‚ others say they are neither good nor bad‚ and finally‚ some people say that those beliefs that good things come from competitive sports‚ have been corrupted due to the high pay of today’s athletes‚ and that the rewards given for perseverance in a sport‚ show more in pay than they do in character. I for one believe‚ that in the hands of the right people‚ sports can be a positive experience
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Youth Sports Programmes: Benefits and Dangers of organised institutions. Youth Sports Programmes: 2012 Benefits and Dangers of organ ised institutions. Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 The importance of sports and physical activity ...................................................................................... 3 Evolution of sports practice
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I believe that drugs should NOT be legalised in sport. This is due to pretty much the same reason it isn’t legal now. The main reason that I believe that drugs should not be legalised is that: if drugs should start being legal in sport than what is stopping it from being legal in the world. I think that drugs should not be used at all. There will be no stopping people from using sport as they will just say that they play one sport or another. Furthermore‚ everybody knows that drugs are
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people do not realize the importance of high school sports; let me tell a story. There were two completely different kids that went to the same high school. One of them participated in high school sports from Fall to Spring. This kid kept up with his grades and kept busy with sports and homework. The other kid did not participate in any kind of school sports. The kid who didn’t play any sports went home after school every day‚ so instead of playing sports or doing homework in the free time available‚ he
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International sport marketing: practical and future research implications Vanessa Ratten and Hamish Ratten Deakin Graduate School of Business‚ Deakin University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia Abstract Purpose – Sport is a global product and service that many people around the world enjoy playing‚ watching and participating in. Whilst there has been an abundance of global media attention on sporting events such as the Olympics and World Football Cup‚ there seems to be a lack of integration between the
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The beneficial effects of high school sports on athletes their families and communities are large. First of all I think there is a lot of pressure from parents when their kids are young to get involved in some sort of sports. For boys it is usually football they are throwing the ball with their dads when they are young and from there they go into a pop Warner league. So by the time they get to school most of these boys know how to play the game already. By playing the game of football in school
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