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    As a parent, it can be difficult to motivate a child properly, what drives us as adults may not inspire those we wish to mentor. Youth sports is observed as children being the age of 5 through 17 and culminates at the end of an individual’s high school career. Organized youth sports inspire young athletes to have self-motivation and discipline. The healthy competitive environment encourages children to look within themselves for the desire to win. Children quickly realize that to be an above average

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    Jean Rogers Sports

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    What do sports mean to you? You can either be interested in them or even want nothing to do with any type of sport. For Rogers, it became really difficult to understand and find the fun in sports. Hard for one on understanding on any sport, can be a usual cause on lack of not liking them. “I pretended to know what people were talking about when they brought up the Seahawks, and I engaged in sports-related activities that required minimal contact with the ball, such as being the scorekeeper for our

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    Demetrius Battle Mrs. Beary 11/17/17 5th Sports Essay Recycling & Other Resources Sports is, for the most part, an enjoyable experience drawing billions of people to games, events, television, bars, and other places to watch athletes, from children to highly talented professionals, play the sports they love. Yet, this fun comes with consequences that go way beyond the game as many people are enjoying the events every year. An enormous amount of trash is generated at sporting events, from packaging

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    Girls On Boys Sports Teams Girls playing on boys sports teams may be a very good idea. It could help expand and get them ready for the real world in the competition of life where all genders will be competing for jobs and etc. I believe girls should be able to play on boys sports teams because it could get them ready for when they grow up. It would prepare both males and females for the challenge of life and having to work together. If girls and boy play on the same sports teams they could learn

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    Sports have a great impact on our society today because of their ability to reach out to the global community. My personal sport perspective is that sports are a unifying element that can bring people together for various causes. This unification can be seen at a small local level, but can also have both national and worldwide implications. In many instances small communities support their local high school football teams and this support is shown regardless of the differences that may exist among

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    Nowadays, sports are considered as the center of entertainment. Big league and championship such as National Football League (NFL), FIFA World Cup (FIFA), and National Basketball Association (NBA) have attracted millions of fans and viewers. Friends and family will gather around and cheer on for their favorite team. Regardless of any sports, there will be fans for the team no matter how small or insignificant the team is. Racially integrated teams is officially a worldwide tradition in every sports. We

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    and the symbolic interaction approach and how it applies to sports. It can be said that through the views of the Structural approach, sport actually help society to operates, and it has both dysfunctional and functions consequences. The structural function approach can be defined as a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability(Macionis, 2010). In a sport team or in any given team, as we all know in order for them

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    The nature of competitive sports has been an interest to humans since ancient times. The creation of sports spectacles was not initially meant to display athletic excellence. Secondly, some of the events that happened did not pertain to athletics at all because the main focus was not on one specific sport. Although separated by distance and time, the Roman Games and Greek Olympics both exemplify practices that are familiar to modern sporting events. Both of these athletic events were the primal

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    According to Amir lanis KHELIL, “Playing sports teaches life lessons like discipline, responsibility, self-confidence, accountability, and teamwork.” High school athletes who are challenged every day in the classroom often find that having a break from all the school gives them a mental refresher. Sports help students develop distinct qualities that a classroom could never teach. For example, sports help teach athletes how to work with one another rather than working alone. High school athletes who

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    The power of transnational corporations control modern sports by manufacturing sport related items, made by huge corporations around the world, while influencing our society (Maguire, Jarvie, Mansfield, & Bradley, 2002). These corporations manufacture items, not only worn by the team players, but also their fans. Fans have favorite team players and want to show their support by purchasing related items. For instance a manufacturer like Adias sponsors a player or team with logo wear, equipment, and

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