Imagine how you felt when you realized that your son and daughter were taking drugs just because they saw one of the athletes in the olympics doing it‚ what would you do? I know how I would feel and the answer is not happy at all. I don’t understand why athletes are taking drugs so that they can be able to win. It doesn’t make sense. This is telling us that you need drugs to be able to win in a competition. I find it very sad because there are young kids that look up to those big stars. Yes I know
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What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs. 1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental
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psychology—some are merely fields of interest within which a psychological focus has been found to be academically useful‚ or clinically rewarding‚ or medically necessary. Such is the case with sports and exercise psychology (division 47). For a variety of reasons—the economic impact of the billions of dollars a year professional sports industry‚ the growth of empirical evidence suggesting exercise is good for us (both physically and psychologically)‚ as well as the influence of sports on childhood
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Is Drug Testing in the Workplace Truly Effective in Keeping Employees Drug Free? In the field of Human Resources‚ employees are considered the most valuable resource. The job of a human resources representative is to find the best qualified person for the position. There are many forms of pre-employment testing that corporations use. Some use aptitude tests or other forms of intelligence testing‚ but more and more companies are now requiring a passing drug analysis as a condition for hire as
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Should performance enhancing drugs be legal in sports? There is a lot made of sports people taking performance enhancing drugs during training or competition. But many people are still split on the subject of drugs in sport. is it fair ‚ is it in the spirit of the sport‚ there arguments for both sides in the sports world‚ in my following research I will put forward an un-biased view on both sides of the coin‚ using many sources of past research ‚ books ‚ and trusted internet sites. I will be
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The world of sports is vast and fun for the whole family. Sports provides entertainment for everyone‚ from little Johnny who plays baseball‚ to weird uncle Phil who is an arm chair quarterback. Few realize that sports help people in ways they can’t imagine. From Pakistan to the USA‚ people use sports to do things that may be more difficult to do in any other way. Building the self-esteem of both children and adults along with the building of social skills‚ bonding‚ making friends and other lifelong
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Preliminary research proposal for the master’s thesis Nutrition and Performance in Sport Belgrade‚ Serbia‚ November 2013 Introduction Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity which‚ through casual or organised participation‚ aim to use‚ maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants‚ and in some cases‚ spectators. Hundreds of sports exist‚ from those requiring only two participants‚ through to those
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Workplace Drug Screening Many employers view drug screening and drug prevention programs as a second line of defense‚ to combat safety‚ and liability issues within the workplace. There are many types of drug testing methods available for use in the workplace. Employees see the use of mandatory or voluntary drug testing in many ways. With drug use on the rise in today’s society very few companies ask who should be tested and why‚ these employers are testing current and potential employees no
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Psychology of Sport Performance 4 (a) (i) Identify three characteristics of an effective leader in sport. Give a practical example of how each characteristic can help team success. Three characteristics of a leader are; 1: task-orientated or autocratic leaders 2: social or person-orientated leaders‚ also referred to as democratic leaders 3: Laissez-faire leaders. Task-orientated or autocratic leaders are most effective when quick decisions are needed for large groups of people for example
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Unit11: sports nutrition In this unit I will talk about balancing energy- intake and expenditure P3- describes energy intake and energy expenditure in sports performance. P4- describe energy balance and its importance I relation to sports performance. We need energy to live our everyday lives. We gain our energy from foods to support minimum calories each day. This is our (BMR) Energy is measured joules/calories‚ these are times by 1000 and Energy is measured in calories or joules. As both these
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