Sports science

Who wants to know the benefits of participating in the sport called figure skating. I know everybody wants to know why they should try this sport. Some things that you get out of this sport are learning how to deal with risks, builds your self confidence, and provides simple exercises. First thing this sport provides you is how to deal with risks. In this sport are always facing the fact that you could hurt. Knowing that the sport you do can cause you to get hurt is not always the best but you learn

When most people think of sports, what so they think of? Friday night football. America’s favorite past time of baseball. The international sport of soccer. Never do they think of my sport, cheerleading. I believe that should change. So here is to the people that think cheerleading is not a sport And here is to the people that think cheerleaders are not athletes. The very definition of the word sport is, and I quote from the Oxford Dictionary, “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in

Should We Have Competitive Sports? "7th grader, Jeremy Jones, goes to state for amazing basketball skills!" States Channel 6 News. We should have competitive sports for youths because it teaches your kids to learn, it can help your child's social life, and it teaches kids to respect adults and coaches. To begin with, these sports can teach your kids to learn more. To play they must make a certain grade (Usually a D or above). If they get in too much trouble they will be kicked off the team or

The main idea of this paper is to introduce you to what really happens as a high school athlete and the things you learn along the way. High school sports is way more than just playing the sport, it shows you what you are really made of and how to handle problems life is going to throw at you. The adversity you face as an athlete carries over to real world problems and you have been there and done that, so handling adversity is second nature. This information comes from all my coaches, myself and

Are High School Sports good or bad for Kids? Sports have started to become more negative than positive extra curricular activities. There have been many bad byproducts from school sports. High school sports can be very stressful times for students. At some schools sports have gained such a large voice of their own that they have almost silenced any recognition for other extra curricular activities. Although many negative things can come from school sports there are positive sides like that some

Did you know that playing sports in school can get you physically active? There are many reasons as to why schools shouldn’t get rid of sports. Teens and younger children should be able to play sport in school because. Sports can help improve academic achievement. Medically, physically active kids have more focus. Teens who participate in school sports tend to have lower dropout rates. Lets dive into some reasons. First, sports can help improve academic achievement. Active teens are more academically

Dear Parents and coaches of competitive sports: The issue that has created intense debate is whether or not competitive sports are good for youth or is there to many bad outcomes that happen in competitive sports. This issue has then created intense debate about whether or not brain injuries should factor in over all the good in sport such as the social skills the sportsmanship, learning how to lose and learning how to win and not brag. Far more often these skills occur than brain injuries or injuries

Is enough emphasis being placed on injury prevention in sports at a junior level in Australia? The conclusion of a 7-year study in Victoria in 2010, found that children aged 15 and under were 5.4 times more likely to be hospitalised for sports-related injuries than for road-traffic injuries . This is cause for major concern amongst the junior sporting population of Australia, with a significant increase in sports-related hospitalisations nationally each year. Eccentric factors such as overtraining

Early sport-specialization may impede or impair the quality of life of children. Starting as early as 3 years old (Wojtys, 2013) kids are selected for specialized sport training for a singular sport. Supported by parental/adult figures, a person in early to middle childhood ( 1 to approximately 10 years of age, varying with gender ) is selected for intense practice in a single sport. Thought to be beneficial, ESS can be detrimental to the child(ren)’s health. Dependency on sporting, uncertain success

Rewards of Youth Sports Sports are a contest or game that requires physical activity and a certain level of skill in which an individual plays on a team, or as an individual. Some team sports, for example are: football, baseball and volleyball while some individual sports include: boxing, tennis-singles, and golf. Through youth athletics some of the fundamental skills needed to solve problems, develop spatial recognition, and interact with others are formulated. Younger children in sports also pick up