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    “limber-down”. Draw a diagram of Circuit Training & Explain its benefits. 2+2+6=10 3. Specify role of sociology in sports. What do you understand by leadership? Explain in brief the qualities of a leader in Games & Sports. 2+2+6=10 OR What is Olympic Mott? What do you understand by Modern Olympics? Justify “Games & Sports as Man’s Cultural Heritage”. 2+2+6=10 4. Describe the following: 2×5=10 a. Sports environment. b. Essential elements of sports environment. c. Role of individual in improving sports environment

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    Volleyball

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    demonstrating the game when a spectator said it included a lot of "volleying" therefore it was renamed Volleyball. e. What year does the volleyball introduce in the philippines The history of volleyball in the Philippines dates back to 1910. The Physical Director of the YMCA‚ Elwood S. Brown‚ first introduced volleyball to the Philippines that year. f. What year and place volleyball officially played in olympics? Indoor volleyball has been an official Olympic event since the 1964 Games in Tokyo

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    Competitive Sports

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    article from the Prime Minister’s official website was published on August 11 shortly after the Olympic Games 2012 in London. The Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that competitive sports will be a part of the new primary school curriculum. The Government sees great opportunity in Olympic legacy that is why all children have to be encouraged to participate in recognisable sports‚ not just “game activities”. The new Physical Education programme will require every primary school child to take

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    Alina Kabaeva

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    consecutive five hours a day? Which by the way adds up to 36 hours a week‚ since the age of four? How many people can handle it? Kabaeva‚ a hero? How? Why? She is just another girl that won the Olympics‚ big deal‚ right? Wrong‚ she was striving for that one goal for 22 years just to become the gold medalist at the Olympics. It has been a tough journey for her. She has been accused of doping‚ in other words overdosing pills. However that did not stop her from becoming a champion. Alina Kabeva comes from

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    Series It was described as “the goal heard around the world.” Paul Henderson scored to make the score 6-5 with 34 seconds remaining in game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series. This goal sealed the comeback victory for Canada after falling behind the USSR hockey team 3 games to 1. The 8 game series is considered by some as a huge defining moment in Canadian history with repercussions beyond sports. The series had an impact on Canadian politics‚ the economy and the

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    initiate and foster modern cultural shifts? AGAINST Yes cultural events has become to commercialised – The guardian (2012) states that events has become to commercialised‚ take the Olympics for example‚ Fatima white bread argues that years ago people would compete in the Olympic games to embarrass the ‘spirit’ of the games‚ to do what they were good at and to share that with supporting nations around the world. She states that the primary motivation was not money; it was winning and representing your

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    One Day in September

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    for the Olympics. On September 5‚ 1972‚ a group of terrorist from Germany went on a crucial mission. The group was called Black September. They kept their identity hidden. Many believed they attacked for political reasons. After watching “One Day in September”‚ I believe that terrorism is a form of political commentary. I believe that if terrorist attack it’s because they want something from the government. It was said that Black September attacked out of anger from previous Olympic controversy

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    need an idea to be active? Boxing is a great daily routine to stay fit every day. You can do it anywhere and only need some equipment. Boxing is one of the world’s oldest sports. It dates back to Egypt around 3000 BC. It was introduced to the Olympic Games in the late 7th century‚ but then stopped due to the fall of the Roman Empire. When boxing came back in the 17th century the Romans invented leather thongs-a glove studded with metal. Unfortunately‚ this did not help the gladiators‚ because boxing

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    Tlatelolco Massacre

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    protest of 1968 in Mexico City were initially touched off not by university political issues‚ but by charges of unusual police brutality in the suppression of a typical fight on the streets between students of two rivals high schools after a football game. As the article Mexico ’s 1968 Massacre: What Really Happened? states‚ “The siege ended when the soldiers blasted the main door of the National Preparatory School in San Ildefonso with a bazooka‚ killing some of the students in the building.” In

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    The sport of wrestling is almost as old as time. During the original Olympics in ancient Greece athletes competed in the sport of pankration‚ which evolved into what we know of as wrestling today. Today wrestling is everywhere. United World Wrestling has been sanctioning wrestling‚ across multiple disciplines‚ since 1912. From the exciting freestyle to the grueling discipline of Greco-Roman‚ wrestling has matured and evolved throughout the centuries into the thrilling‚ exciting sport it is today

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