Rise Of Superman

When an individual grows up to be an athlete, we question them on why they are so talented. There are two factors that are taken into account on this topic, and that is their genetic features or their biocultural characteristics. After long studies, philosophers finally agreed that human development is comprised of two factors: nature and nurture. People argue about this because they believe it is what determines our personality and behavior. Nature is the genetics that determines the result, and nurture is the environment that determines the result. Although these factors can be debatable, most scientists believe both of these contribute to the idea of exercise and sports science. Some believe it is the

Psychology is argued to be the scientific study of the human mind and behaviour. So the obvious question can be asked, what is sport and exercise psychology? According to Gill and Williams (2008), sport and exercise psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviours in sport and exercise context and the practical applications of that knowledge. In hindsight, what sport psychology does is take psychological theories and applies them to sport. Examples of these are: personality, imagery, aggression, motivation, skill acquisition and many more. Therefore, this essay will provide an insight to how mainstream psychology such as personality and behaviourism can be applied to sport.

In the article “For Children in Sports, a Breaking Point” by Jane Brody the author discusses the underlying problem on whether or not young athletes should be encouraged to push themselves to their physical and mental breaking point in sports from their coaches, parents, or even themselves. Meanwhile, in “Why Parents Should Let Their Kids Play Dangerous Sports” by Jeb Golinkin the writer deliberates why parents should let their children participate in risky sports to understand the significance of failing, teamwork, striving, and succeeding.

A study conducted by Dr. Brymer suggests that many people who participate in extreme sports do not do them for the adrenaline rush. The author wrote that “What I found was that these people have a real love for these activities, and talk about a realisation about the power of nature, a sense of humility, and a real sense of peace,”(Medical News Today 9). Many people who participate in extreme sports love doing them and find the risk taking aspect to be relaxing. This shows that taking risks and actually be good for you, mentally. This shows that risk taking is not about getting an adrenaline rush, but about improving mental health. While extreme sports help many people relax, overall they are just good for

The documentary Waiting for “Superman”, directed by Davis Guggenheim, utilizes pathos to keep the viewers engaged which causes the film to be effective. Following five children through their struggle of being accepted into a charter school is a use of pathos. The director does this in a few different ways. Three of these are by interviewing the parents, interviewing the children, and having the narrator tell stories about the children. The movie’s main point seems to be that the director wants people to be aware of how difficult it is to get into charter schools, but also be aware of how much some kids need it.

Ethics is the practice of not only understanding where someone is coming from, but also understanding how he or she got there. Former Supreme Court Justice, Potter Stewart, when commenting on ethics, explained that “ethics” is “knowing the difference between what you have a right to do, and what is right to do.” Potters expression perfectly parallels to any ethical dilemma, as it is not only correct to bring in different approaches, but also to understand the goal, or as Potter put it- to know the “difference.” For the sake of this paper, and for a fair analysis, the four main ethical approaches will be considered: Virtue, Utilitarian, Justice, and Rights. The academic article “Man and Superman” by renowned Author, Malcolm Gladwell focuses on many ethical dilemmas in the world of extreme and professional sports, as it raises the question of- “When is Enhancement acceptable?”-Regarding Natural Versus Engineered athletic ability. He injects: “what qualifies as a sporting chance?” as people should not be allowed to enhance themselves to compete or catch up with the naturally talented.

After watching both “Waiting for Superman” at home and “Race to Nowhere” in class, a lot of conclusions can be made from both incredibly made documentaries. Both films offered their audience the opportunity to be informed about the problems and issues in contemporary American education, both clearly with two completely different points of view. “Waiting for Superman” and “Race to Nowhere” were both created in 2010, and here and now in 2015, major issues in the United States surrounding education include curriculum, funding, and control. In regards to both films, “Waiting for Superman” includes the issue of how much the education in America has declined in regards to public schools and “Race to Nowhere” is about the everyday stress factor of students that are in school. Both documentaries were completely different with the issues they chose to address in the films, but both also brought about the right message when it comes to an end.

Extreme sports may seem like a hard thing to conquer, having all of the risks and criticism involved upon interaction of the sport. Although, there are many sayings that contradict on giving up while harsh conditions appear before you. One of those is from Rabindranath Tagore, and states “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” This might mean that to obtain a goal, you can not stand there and not do anything, it has to be worked for. While this quote still has many other different meanings, extreme sports may have many hard obstacles and it is better to charge straight forward into them while solving them along the way.

In conclusion, athletes damage their body for their own tranquility. In an odd, profound way, it is their very own peace. At the end of the day, they know they are killing themselves for an award. Whether it is a physical reward, or just an emotional reward they have a goal to achieve. Even though the outcome can be very brutal and what may seem very irrational. Athletes push their body because to them, the best results is when they reach their goal of

if it track then that’s a whole different story. dangerous sports can easily kill you. extreme sports were really meant for risk takers people that do all kinds of new sports they like to try new things that try to kill them. the way i see it they are just trying to find different way to kill themselves how do people not get scared from doing this i’m saying that i think they take like pills or something. and another thing is that what's so good about these sports what do people get out of this i don’t see how this works. People just need to get there head in the real world.

In today’s society, it is a known fact that sports are one of the main forms of entertainment for most people. Back then, sports were more for fun than anything else. They were not as huge and competitive as they are at this moment. The sports industry has become a business for the people that profit off of them such as promoters, sports apparel companies, and even the athletes turn sports into a profession. As a result, athletes can go to great lengths to succeed, as far as taking performance-enhancing drugs to obtain that which we all desire, the money, fame, glory, as well as for the passion that they possess for their own distinctive sports. Although, most people are taught as infants, that they should stop at nothing and do anything in their power to acquire what they wish for, the line between determination and insanity is extremely fine. There is such a thing as too much work and there

“The proper function of a man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time,” Jack London. This means that you shouldn’t just sit around and do nothing with your life, you need to try and achieve things. This relates to extreme sports because instead of playing life safe and not doing anything risky, it is good to take risks because if you dont, yes you might live longer, but you are wasting useful time. I agree with London’s quote, taking risks is necessary in certain situations because it helps you connect with nature, you feel a sense of freedom, and you accomplish your life goals and do what you love.

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me, in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” said Jack London, and i completely agree. Now, imagine jumping into a pool, but you’re jumping from an airplane that’s 12,500 feet in the air, and the pool is the ocean. In my opinion, I think learning, watching, or experimenting with any extreme sport would not only be an amazing experience for you, but it can also boost your confidence in many ways. Wouldn’t you want to be able to flaunt that you were brave enough to do something others wouldn’t dare think of?

Jones et al. (2002, 2007) has contributed to the understanding of mental toughness and its definition. Utilising qualitative methods to interview 10 elite athletes in a three-stage process, consisting of a focus group, interviews, and a rank order task. The focus group consisted of three athletes with the goal to define what mental toughness is and identify attributes of what they believed

You don’t have to think about your problems. You just think about yourself, you can relax, and prove that you can do things which are admired by other people.