Sport

Sports scientists have assisted athletes in becoming bigger, faster, and stronger for over two thousand years. The first person believed to combine sports with medicine is Greek sports teacher Herodicus, in the fifth century B.C. (Georgoulis, 2007). Herodicus understood that diet and physical activity were paramount in maintaining a healthy body. Fast forward to the current era and the advancement of sport science coupled with the ideology of Sporting Taylorism has driven the economically…

essay I will explain why I think participating in sport teams leave a positive effect on athletes. Ill start off by mentioning what I think are some the positives. Players first and foremost are able to learn how to be 'team players' (work as a team), recieve leadership skills, stay healthy, and last but not least learn to become their own person,or simply gain character. Being a team player is the most important part of being apart of a sports team. Without working as a team there…

“Typically, sport is seen to promote psychological well-being, reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, improve physical development, diminish risky behaviors, strengthen communities, and decrease government health expenditure. However, these claims are also linked to the belief that participation in sport is worth pursuing because it cultivates the sort of personal values and moral code that inhibit cheating drug use” (Stewart, B, and Smith, A, C.T, 2008). International athletic association and…

There are many ways for a child to be hurt or seriously injured in a sport. Every year there are millions of children that get sent to the hospital due to sport related injuries. Luckily, there are many ways to prevent such injuries. First, stretching out muscles is a good way to prevent cramps and other muscle pains. Stretching the wrong way will do nothing but make a child look like they do not know what they are doing. Stretching the right or wrong way determines how the child will…

practices of any sport, there should be no contact so it would be less likely for them to get a concussion. It would be greatly beneficial to all athletes if helmets were improved to limit concussions when wearing them. It should be mandatory for a player to rest for at least two weeks after a brain injury so the brain can have adequate time to heal. Training videos on the causes of brain injuries, symptoms of, and treatment should be shown to all athletes of high risk sports. If new rules,…

play sports certainly seem to support this conclusion. These so called "pastimes" have evolved into something far more significant than a hobby. These junior athletes dedicate years of their lives in hopes of achieving a scholarship, or even a professional career. Before these ambitious goals are fulfilled, however, many adolescents are forced or compelled to give up their passion, due to things like rejection, and overuse. Rejection is hard in any case, but when one is rebuffed for a sport in…

Sports psychology is still a relative new topic of research that first started out as preparation tactic for athletes before an important event to increase their chances of success. In the world today sports psychology is increasingly being turned into research for big organizational groups. Athletes are always looking for the next way to win, even if it is by the smallest of margins. Competition can be fierce and very competitive but this is the drive that athletes need to be the best. This…

Beginning in the early ages of humanity, sports were one of the main venues where people went to enjoy themselves and watch people compete for something that will bring pride to them. From the early olympics, people developed into ultimate athletes who all the fans around the world admired. We’ve had all kind of athletes who we looked upon or cherished through the hard training and competitiveness they always had, and this is what makes sports important because many people around the world are…

being used by many and has become one of the most popular psychological strategies employed by athletes, coaches and sport psychologists. Imagery involves seeing with the mind’s eye as well as other sensory experiences (e.g., smell, taste, sound, and feeling) without having to experience the real thing (White & Hardy, 1998). Imagery has been a fundamental technique within sport because it can serve general and specific cognitive and motivational functions (Paivio, 1985). Athletes use imagery…

Discussion Questions for Sports Studies Discussion 1: (112)1.I would like to improve my self-esteem in my relationships with teammates in a sporting environment. In some ways, I am very confident in my work ethic, but I have trouble with a deeper emotional connection with people. I really need to build more self-confidence in my ability to make friends and trust myself to be a good friend in building intimate relationships. In sports, the idea of teamwork is a major part of this projection of…