Nearly 17 years ago in the United Kingdom, a fictional sport known as Quidditch was born into a story that many did not know would captivate the world and eventually become more than people ever dreamt.
Quidditch, found in the Harry Potter series, is a competitive sport that is extremely rough, semi-contact sport played by wizards and witches. Each match is played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks. The seven players include: three chasers, two beaters, one keeper, and one seeker. There are four balls that are used during each match: the Quaffle, two Bludgers, and the Golden Snitch. There are six ring-shaped goals, three on each side of the Quidditch pitch, that stand tall above the ground.
During each match, the
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The sport is adapted using elements of rugby, dodgeball, tag, wrestling, and lacrosse.
Just like the National Football League (NFL) and National Hockey League (NHL), Muggle quidditch has its own governing body known as the International Quidditch Association (IQA). It was founded as the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association in 2007 following the very first intercollegiate Quidditch match. The sport has come so far since then and now comprises over 1000 teams and prospective teams from 13+ nations but primarily the United States and Canada.
In 2006, Alex Benepe took over as the Middlebury Commissioner. A year later, in 2007, Alex founded the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association following the first intercollegiate quidditch match between Middlebury College and Vassar College on November 11, 2007.
Since the start of the IQA, they have helped students from more than 400 colleges and 300 high schools form teams. The vast majority of the teams are based in the US, where quidditch is represented in 45 states. The US teams are split into six regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest, Southwest, and West. Other countries with teams or leagues that play by IQA rules include Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.
In 2010, the IQA changed its name to the International Quidditch Association and became a registered nonprofit
The Amatuer Softball Assosiation (ASA) of America Which was founded in 1933 governed and still governs the game in the U.S. and sponsors annual, sectional, and World Series champs. Women's fast-pitch softball and baseball was added to the Summer Olympics in 1996, but it was eliminated from the 2005 and the 2012 games.
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I was named the American Cup and was held until 1924. The American Ametuer Football Assosiation was founded in 1911. They then created their own tournament that quickly became bigger and better that the American Cup. For these reasons, the American Cup was ended. The AAFA regrouped and formed the USFA (United States Football Association).
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than almost a million children under the age of 15 are treated in hospitals and emergency rooms for sports
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There is a sport in the magical world of Harry Potter called Quidditch. Harry ends up playing of the Quidditch team as a seeker, which is a player who finds a tiny, gold ball that flies through the air and the seeker must catch it in order to win the match. The Quidditch match in the film is an exhilarating part of the film. The entire school is at the match to watch the games. The crowd is excited which excites the audience watching.
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Children who participate in sports are developing rapidly in sports skills, sportsmanship, and psychologically, but does this come from organized sports are just nature’s process. Children develop emotional and social benefits from participating in sports. Children experience character and leadership development through peer relations leading to an increase in self-esteem and a decrease in anxiety levels. Children will get opportunities to experience positive and negative emotions throughout their practice and games trials. It is important for the coach to understand the “psychology of youth sports and physical activity participation” (Weinberg & Gould, 2011 p.516).
Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts Headmaster. Voldemort, the antagonist of Harry Potter. Alaster (Mad-eye) Moody, Professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts. Severus Snape, the Potions Master. Ludo Bagman, the Head of the Department of Magical Games & Sports. Sirius Black, the godfather of Harry Potter. Fleur Delacour, the competitor of the Triwizard Tournament. Cedric Diggory, the second competitor of the Triwizard Tournament. As well as