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The Title IX Decision against the Quinnipiac University

According to the injunction provided by the Judge Stefan Underhill, the volleyball team was allowed to continue the activities during the next season when the development of the competitive cheerleading team could not be discussed [...]
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 613

How College Athletes Deal with Stress and Manage Time

The study provides the historical background of the sources of stress for the college student athletes providing information as to how college athletes perceive stress, influences such as race and gender as well as the [...]
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2584

Impact of 2012 Olympics on London and UK

The aim of this research shall be to establish the economic, social-cultural, and environmental impacts of the 2012 Olympics on London at its environs, with the objective of contrasting the pre-Olympics estimates of the impacts [...]
  • Subjects: Sport Events
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2817

Nike Dumps Lance Armstrong

Oakley Inc.maintained that it was reviewing the allegations and would determine the fate of their relationship with Armstrong after a verdict by the International Cycling Union. The decision by Nike to end its partnership with [...]
  • Subjects: Sports Culture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

Risk Management Plan: Kilimanjaro Mountain

Vehicles cannot be able to go up the mountain that is why we chose that we will be traveling by foot up the mountain and we expect to be able to get to the top [...]
  • Subjects: Other Sports
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2740

Olympic-Style Lifts and Power Lifting Lifts

This essay contrasts and compares the pros and cons of power-lifting lifts and Olympic-style lifts in relevant to the way the two apply in the development of speed and acceleration of athletes.
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 877

Endurance Training Programs in Soldiers and Athletes

Kraemer and Szivak propose that endurance training for soldiers should be based on mission requirements that involve tailoring endurance training programs to meet the psychological, physical, and environmental challenges encountered on the battlefield.
  • Subjects: Fitness
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 540

Heat Related Injuries in Sports

However, after a person gets used to such humid and hot conditions, he/she is able to regulate the functioning of the body and even the level of sweating, hence helping to balance the level of [...]
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 900

Athlete’s Performance: External and Internal Factors

To achieve high results in the sport competitions of different levels, it is necessary to pay attention not only to the improvement of physical skills and abilities and to the regular training but also to [...]
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 591

Victorian Rugby League

The league has complicated governance- comprising of representatives of the New South Wales rugby league, the Queensland rugby league, the national rugby league and the Australian rugby league.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2001

Major League Baseball Players Association

The association also has a role in the modern world of negotiating the salaries of its players. The major league baseball association is a union that is of great help to the baseball players.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

The International Federation of Football Association

In addition, FIFA has six components that oversee the progress of football activities in all continents and act as a link between FIFA and other nations of the world. FIFA is an association that has [...]
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1634

Sports and Money in Australia

Because swimming is a well-developed kind of sports, money should be more spent on engaging new swimmers and promoting new talents to the professional sport.
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 537

Bid for the 2014 World Cup – Brazil

Brazil is the best performer in the world cup competition having won the world cup trophy 5 times which is the highest number of times that a country has won the trophy in the history [...]
  • Subjects: Sport Events
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3923

Bidding Document: Madrid’s bid to Host the 2020 Summer Olympics Games

The International Olympic Committee The ultimate authority of the modern Winter and Summer Olympic Games, particularly in terms of the development of the games, governance issues, supervising the organizers of different Olympic Games and selection [...]
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  • Subjects: Sport Events
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 4168

Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports

Some people argue that performance enhancement drugs and steroids will forever be around because of the demand there is for the drugs by the users who are already addicted.
  • Subjects: Sports Culture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 832

Boxing vs. MMA

Besides mastery of style and analysis of the opponent, boxers ensure that they are never caught in the same position during the fight.
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  • Subjects: Martial Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 632

Steroids in Baseball

The rejuvenated use can be traced back to the role of the media in promoting sports as a form of entertainment.
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  • Subjects: Sports Culture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1079

Sports Performance in Society

This is despite the fact that different sports have a well defined set of practice that is supposed to be followed and adhered to as time goes by for one to be fully acquainted with [...]
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1447

English Racism During World Cup

Written by Jon Garland in 2004, the Same Old Story Englishness, the Tabloid Press and the 2002 Football World Cup, explores issues surrounding the world cup of 2006, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of [...]
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 653

Risk Management in Athletics

Supervision management All athletic trainers should be trained in warning athletes of the possible dangers in the activities in which they participate in and also the proper safety precautions they must take to minimize the [...]
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2856

Strategy Application in Sports

Elements of strategic management in the conduct of the Tour de France emerge in the selection of the team members and in the conduct of the race.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1990

Physical activity and cognitive health

In a book titled "Fit and Well", the authors present a close connection between fitness and well being of the mind and body.
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Sports and Religion

It is obvious that sports and religion are important elements of people's culture in different parts of the world including America.
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1260

Dynamo Swimming Club and Its Competitiveness in the US

The institution owned clubs are as well under the jurisdiction of the of the US swimming national governing body. Home school program: this program is offered in both swimming facilities of the club.
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1270

Core Stability Training

The article, "Core Stability Training", describes the role of particular training approaches in the enhancement of health and strength of athletes.
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 833

Sport Drugs and Its Ethic and Morality Impacts

Ethics and morality have often been a part of the debate in the usage of such drugs and especially, the influence that the case will have on the greater public.
  • Subjects: Sports Culture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 840

Time to Exercise: The Tabata Method

It is recommended for people who are taking part in weight loss programs to engage in low-intensity cardio-vascular activities because they use the oxygen dependent system. One of the most effective weight loss methods is [...]
  • Subjects: Fitness
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 444

The game of golf

In the US, the sport of Golf was introduced in the 1700s. In the 1950s, Golf gained popularity in the US owing to rampant coverage in the mass media.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 822

Girls Softball as an Olympic Sport

Consequently, many people have questioned the legality of the reasons given by the IOC and demanded that the sport be included once again in the Olympics.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 609

Origins of the Mesoamerican Ballgame

Striking the ball by the hips was a widespread and common version of the ballgame, however there were some versions which allowed the use of bats, handstones, forearms or the rackets.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1457

Prenatal Yoga for Women Health

Sleeping abdominal stretch pose, and flapping fish pose are effective in preventing constipation during pregnancy while half butterfly pose is helpful in alleviating edema in during pregnancy.
  • Subjects: Fitness
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 810

Horse Showing: A Sport That Is Worth Its Salt

This event is essentially a test of the degree of respect that the person has for his horse, and the amount of confidence that the person and the horse have for one another.
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  • Subjects: Other Sports
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2424

Wire Walking’s History and Examples

Money was not an issue to him, despite its meager pay, he continued participating in the dangerous activity, the love he had for this game and the joy he derived from it could not be [...]
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1202

Influence of Coaches on Players

On top of helping players to adopt values in life, coaches can use the influence they have over the players to transform their behavior.
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1566

Yoga Relaxation Exercises

To begin with, guided relaxation is one of the best relaxations that involve relaxing all the body muscles in a comfortable position as one imagines a smile. This exercise is referred to as eyes on [...]
  • Subjects: Fitness
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

Violence in Sports: When Life Is Dangerously Threatened

Calculating the percentage of the cases of explicit aggression in the sports field, the authors come to the conclusion that aggression is determined both by the inherited instincts and the social role of the sportsmen.
  • Subjects: Sports Culture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 592

Conventional Chess v. Outdoor Chess

On balance, it is possible to state that conventional and outdoor chess have certain differences which define the role both games play in peoples' lives.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 546

Rod Sanford: Traditional martial Arts

It is during that time that Rod finally realized that his heart was not so much on being the sheriff he was and instead wanted to teach more and the idea of a martial arts [...]
  • Subjects: Martial Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 649

Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippen

During the 1987-88 season, averaging 35 points per game, he led his team in wining 81 games out of the 82 game season.
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

Random Drug Testing for Collage Athletes

Despite the regulations, drug usage among college athletes is currently in the increase and is in greater relation to the fear of appraisal as opposed to repercussions. Lastly is the importance of continual testing and [...]
  • Subjects: Sports Culture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 873

Unions and Compensation in Major League Baseball

This paper will discuss concepts of the unionization of professional baseball, impacts of the unionization of the game to players, managers and the game in general.
  • Subjects: Sport Games
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3328

College Athletics for Mental and Physical Health

A great portion of the money is in most cases used in the development of the university but some portion of it is used to offer scholarships, mostly to the college athletes.
  • Subjects: Athletes
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

Sport’s Gender Differences

Although they are aware of this fact as well as the role that sports play concerning the immune system of their bodies, they have neglected sports based on claims of issues of gender and racism [...]
  • Subjects: Sports Science
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1250

The Benefits of a Routine Physical Exercise Program

Physical exercise experts are of the opinion that individuals must at least train for a month or so before they can start reaping the benefits of improved appearance in the form of a trimmer and [...]
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  • Subjects: Fitness
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 730