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    did not begin playing team sports until about the age of 15, I had mostly been involved in skateboarding and snowboarding. When I began playing sports, it was for my high school ultimate frisbee team. We did not have a coach my first year. The school did not recognize us as a sport and did not provide us with any support or sponsorship. There was no coach, no physical trainer, no one to teach us the proper fundamentals a typical athlete learns during high school years. The team was run by one of the

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    What sports do you play? The sport I play is football. Playing football involves a lot of things. It involves dedication to your team which means showing up to all the practices and film sections. It also involves hard work which means to go 110% to make other people on the team better. It involves brotherhood which would involve being there for your teammate when he has fallen down. It also involves when your teammate makes a mistake to not be mad at him just help him to be better. Football has

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    Youth sports are something that almost every child in America tries, some kids want to become professional athletes, but for some they know right away that sports are not for them. Recently, several sources have been arguing that youth sports are getting too competitive. Youth sports are an exceptional way to keep kids focused on academics and out of trouble. Youth sports are a good way to keep kids more involved academically, because most sports team require a certain grade point average to play

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    Is Cheerleading a Sport? Has the question, is cheerleading a sport, ever come up in a conversation with friends, teammates, or even classmates? If so did it become an endless argument with no actual right answer? Well let me tell you why. This question has been discussed and argued so many times throughout years. There have been debates going around where people are free to vote online and usually about 30% vote it isn't a sport and about 70% vote that it is a sport. According to the NCAA, Cheerleading

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    Do you think cheerleading is a sport? In my opinion, it is. Here’s why it is a sport. The first reason why it is a sport is because it has it’s risks, second is it’s an opportunity for women to do a sport and third is because you compete.These three reasons explain why cheerleading is a sport. Most people don’t believe cheerleading is a sport and that’s okay because not everyone agrees with it. A lot of people are cheerleading now because they like to compete and that is great because there are lifters

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    women can't handle sports? Like most people in the world I enjoy sports, I enjoy playing sports and having my teammates' backs on the field. I started playing sports when I started high school and I honestly fell in love with working out with my teammates and pushing for them to do their best. Ever since I was young I would run around making up my own games similar to soccer but without all the rules and regulations. I know that some of my friends hope to be professional sports players in track and

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    religious element of sports. His thesis, “For tens of millions of devoted fans throughout the country, sports constitute a popular form of religion by shaping their world and sustaining their ways of engaging it.” (Price, p. 196) Takes on the difficult challenge of defining sport as religion. This is done through Price’s exploration of how sports shape and engage the world for the millions of devoted fans in America, how sports enable participants to explore levels of selfhood, how sports establish a means

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    BE PAID MORE THAT FEMALE ATHLETES? Toady sports is viewed by fans all around the world rather it being basketball, football, or baseball. Sports has become more of a gender controversial topic than simply enjoying the excitement of the players doing what they love to do so well. Women athletes are generally under paid compared to the men’s salaries in various sports do to the lack of viewers. Women sports doesn’t generate enough revenue, so the leagues can’t afford to pay

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    have loved sports my whole life, even at a very young age. I would watch it with my dad, and he would take me to sports games. I loved to play basketball in the backyard when I was little. I have always loved cheering for my favorite sports team. I love watching the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Two years ago my dad surprised me with Vikings tickets. I was so happy to get to go to a game. Sports has always been a big part of my life. Two years ago, I got a new view of sports when I started

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    Cohesion is critical in a team sport; therefore Sport Psychologists have group exercises, and leadership meetings to gel a team. Through the cohesion sessions players will learn to trust, set common goals, find positive team identity, and synergy. This will enhance a team’s performance and mentally make them sharper as a whole. (Sugarman). Leadership is key to any team success. Sport Psychologists identify athletes with leadership qualities and mentor them. Ian Connole, the Sport Psychologist from Kansas

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