Lipsyte’s Perspective on “SportsWorld: An American Dreamland”

Sports occupy a significant place in the modern world because they unite millions of athletes, fans, managers, reporters, and others. It is a typical case that people associate professional sports with luxury and richness. It is so because the most famous athletes are among the wealthiest individuals in the world....

Training for Speed and Explosiveness

Plyometrics has been known to be one of the most efficient methods of training speed and explosiveness in athletes. With numerous studies supporting this statement, the article entitled “Effects of Plyometric and Explosive Speed Training on Recreational Marathoners” was chosen for analysis. This paper is going to briefly summarize it...

An Evaluation of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics’ Bidding Process

The International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) approved France to host the next summer event in 2024. Paris was chosen as a strategic city of welcoming professional sportspersons in international sports, including athletics, football, basketball, and volleyball, among others. The decision of awarding the bid was based on significant social factors relevant...

The Sports Industry During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Literature Review Background The impact of COVID19 on the world’s health remains one of the essential limitations for numerous industries and organizations across the globe. All the industries suffered from the quick breakdown that forced them into a seriously altered ecosystem that no longer allowed them interpersonal contact and isolated...

The NBA Global Expansion

American men’s professional basketball league, the National Basketball Association, is one of the most well-known sports leagues in the United States and the whole world. The popularity of the game itself, NBA teams, and signed players is only growing, which in turn explains the Association’s plans for further global expansion....

Speed Drill: Agility Training in Young Elite Soccer Players

The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain a speed drill for a specific athlete, using logical arguments and visual elements. The video that was provided for this discussion suggests several crucial points that will be taken into account when devising this exercise. A description of the target...

Sir Matt Busby’s Contribution to the Manchester United

An Introduction about Football and its Reach Football is a game that is played all across the globe; millions of fans watch the game each day and enjoy the experience of watching it. Soccer is more than a game; the game has got everything in it which a person can...

Sport Coaching: Examining the Difficulties

The research by Christine Nash, John Sproule, and Peter Hortonhad aimed to examine the difficulties encountered in the coaching roles, assess the importance of its philosophy, and evaluate the function of the coaches. Consequently, it was targeted that the findings of this study would help students to develop necessary life...

Warm-Up: The Effect on Athletes’ Performance

It has been acknowledged that warm-up has a positive effect on athletes’ performance as well as their overall physical state. Although it is sometimes assumed that warm-up may lead to a decrease in muscle power or strength, Sim, Byun, and Yoo (2015) found that there was no such a link...

College Athletics and Its Role in America

The role that athletics play in the higher education system in America, whether regarded as a commercial product or a cultural development college sport (popularly known as an intercollegiate sport) have been and continue to be for many Americans one of the best-known characteristics of higher education. College athletics programs...

Development of the Esports Entertainment Industry

Esports became an increasingly global entertainment sphere that brings millions of users online. It is expected that 500 million people will become involved in esports in 2020 (SevenVentures, 2017). Based on revenue sources, the primary target market for esports is sponsorship & advertising, which unites game publishers and sponsors who...

Team Sport With the Ball: Softball

Softball is a team sport with a ball; it is a form of baseball. This sport originated in 1887 and is generally popular with non-professionals. This is due to the fact that, unlike baseball, softball is adapted for less physically prepared people and is not traumatic. Initially, softball was developed...

Job Satisfaction in High School Athletic Administrators

The research performed by Gregory Green and Shirley Reese reported on the level of job satisfaction experienced by the athletic administrators in high schools. The authors assessed researches on the feeling of teachers in regard to the combination of teaching and administering the responsibilities that athletics demanded after noting various...

Football and other Sports: Influence on Children’s Life

Children are the future. We dedicate our lives to raising kind and active individuals who can lead a healthy and meaningful life. This letter is to request that you send a coach, member or player to Stanford HS, Stanwood, WA, to help children lead that rewarding life. Currently, I coach...

2012 Olympic Games: Sports Management

When it was announced in Singapore that Britain will be hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, not many British supported the idea then. But currently, public opinion is changing due to several reasons. After only one year’s lapse, research has shown that public support is rapidly increasing. 53% of those interviewed...

The Intersection of Hip-Hop, Sport, and Movies

Hip-hop has become one of the best-known genres in the world. Although the focus of hip-hop is on music, it has influenced many other industries. The most notable is the intersection of hip-hop, sport, and film. The connection between hip-hop and sports is in the competitiveness that both sectors have....

Measuring Muscle Function: Muscle Size and Strength Training

The target population includes young (18-30 years) and older adults (55 years and older). Young adults, individuals between 18 to 30 years of age, require endurance and muscle size training. Endurance is recommended because it is at this age, it is important for an individual to build up muscle mass...

New Policy on Steroid Testing: Morally Justified?

Introduction In 2004, there was a great scandal in the world of athletics. Things could have been otherwise had it not been for a careless athlete who mistakenly forgot a syringe in his hotel room. As a result, a coach came across the syringe and reported the matter to the...

Effect of Physical Activity on Motor Performance

Introduction Competitive swimming entails contesting and increasing speeds (Everett, 2015). Consequently, elite swimmers strive to enhance their aerobic capacity and hone their race strategies. Other technical aspects of swimming include starting and turning at the wall (Veiga & Roig, 2017). Inspirited swimming, relay starts are swifter than starts from a...

Standard Expectancy Model in Sports

People estimate their targets and outcomes through following certain fundamental behaviors and actions. This aspect of decision making referred to as expectancy theory has three components namely efforts, performance and outcomes or rewards (Averbeck & Miller, 2014). The probability in which a person is deemed fit to take a venture...

Sport Coaching: Positive Development in Young People.

The study undertaken by Vella Stewart, Oades Lindsay, and Crowe Peterson investigated the eagerness of coaches in implementing and desiring positive results for athletes directed towards youth development. They examined whether coaches needed the outcomes from the youth athletes that exceeded their on-field success. The results were aimed at providing...

Standard Sports Facilities for Nigerian Students

The study conducted by Eruteyan (2012) evaluated the standard facilities of sports as images of competitive sporting attributes from the university students of Nigeria. This study was conducted prior to the reappearing arrogance of universities to release winning techniques in the sports. The researcher pointed out that the universities had...

Developing Trust and Building Positive Team Relations

Introduction Teamwork involves working in a group of people, where an individual’s opinions are coordinated with other contributions, and refined to produce the desired outcome. At times, individual opinions may be sidelined for the benefit of unity and efficiency of a group. Through teamwork, people enhance their communication skills and...

Public Funding of Professional Sports Stadiums: Public Choice or Civic Pride?

Before 1950, most sports teams played in the private stadiums and arenas in the United States. The emergence of public stadiums and arenas after 1950s has compelled the state and local governments to fund entire sports projects or subsidize their construction in various cities. A number of studies have indicated...

Power and Authority in Professional Sports

Professional leagues emerged after sports clubs found it wise to centralize the organization of their games. Clubs saw it fit to organize themselves into leagues to increase the benefits that would accrue from combining their operations such as better operating profits (Rosner & Shropshire, 2011). In this sense, professional leagues...

2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Stadia Development in Cape Town: Resident Perceptions

Research performed by Bob and Swart (2009) assessed the ideas and suggestions of the people surrounding the venues of the 2014 FIFA in South Africa. This study was conducted after overlooking the residents’ ideas even though they were to be affected by the sports. It was performed before commencing the...

Sports Tourism and Events in Barbados

Elcock (2005) evaluated the connection between the developments of sports in relation to tourism prowess. The researcher performed this analysis through assessing the trends of tourism where affected by the sporting activities held within and outside Barbados. Primarily, this country was located within the tropics where the weather conditions favor...

Sexual Discrimination in Olympic Speed Skating

Introduction Eradicating old and unfair eligibility procedures and phrases that unjustly distinguish male’s participant capabilities from female’s capabilities contribute to attaining sexual equality during skating. The social construct that people should not be given prevalence by being members of the pampered gender needs to be applied in sports (Sarah, 2011)....

Corporate Social Responsibility for Development Through Sport

Levermore (2011) presented an empirical study depicting the association between CSR and sports as aspects fueling economic and social development. The research was conducted to address the paucity and dilemma apparent in relation to the evaluation of CSR. The results had the capability to avail vital information on how development...

The Negotiation Process in Football

Negotiation is a progression in which two sides try to resolve a dispute or argument and come to a mutual agreement (Barry, Lewicki, and Saunders, 1). According to Cellich and Jain (2003), negotiation involves the presentation of arguments by both parties to the negotiation then trying to initiate a pact...

How to Be Physically Fit

Introduction There are two types of fitness. The performance-related fitness and the health-related fitness. Performance-related involves athletic performance; it measures coordination and response time to a particular exercise. Health-related is linked to items that are designed to reduce the advent of diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. This...

Basic Weight Training. Recommendations.

Introduction To begin with it is necessary to emphasize that the training program is generally suited individually, as there are no equally trained people. AS for the muscles of the back and the neck, it is widely known that these muscles are the most subjected to traumas during training, as...

Physical Activity and Relationship Characteristics

One is said to be engaged in physical activity if he or she makes use of energy (Donatelle2009, p.3221). Lifting weights, walking, jumping, and stretching are all forms of physical activity. Other forms of physical activity include doing household chores such as cooking and sweeping. Other activities such as carrying...

The Retaining Fitness Center

There is a need for the Rocky Mountain Mutual Insurance Company to grow and develop by way of improving its profits and reducing its costs. One strategy that can be adapted to ensure this is by retaining the Fitness Center. This is in spite of the high cost associated with...

The Benefits of a Home Gym

Introduction Obesity is a health problem that peoples from all walks of life battle with daily. The most common solution to such problems is to follow a proper diet and participate in an exercise program. The need for a proper exercise program is the reason why fitness gyms have become...

Important Dietary Considerations for Endurance Athletes

Introduction Endurance entails the fundamental elements of physical fitness. Therefore, it is important for a majority of the athletes to have a certain level of cardio-respiratory as well as muscular endurance to enable them perform better in various sports. Nutritional assessment of the diets taken by endurance athletes reveals greater...

Teams Should Maintain the Spirit of the Game

This is a reply to the article “England may want to be tough but Wickets and Runs are important” published by you on 15th August 2009. This article brought to light the reality surrounding sports. This article tells us about the teams which were strong till recently, had to face...

Martial Arts. Ultimate Fighting Championship

The world of aggressive sports currently lists boxing as its most popular incarnation. Why not? Boxing feeds off the need for an adrenalin rush and allows for the spending of excess energy among men. For decades, boxing was king. But in the 1990s, a new sport began to emerge that...

Impact of Early Sports Specialization

Introduction Burnout in athletes is the result of various factors that can lead to painful injuries, intense stress levels as well as deterring performance, due to excessive pressure. Intense training schedules forms one of the most basic issues that can result into burnouts. Sometimes, it is also the age factor...

The Panathenaic Prize Amphorae

Introduction In the contemporary setting, different sport competitions are considered as a method to demonstrate competitiveness civilly, whether they are on the local or the national level. Additionally, they are frequently linked to a special event giving the competition a certain symbolic nature. In that regard, the rewards bear not...

Sports Violations: Drug Use in Baseball

Sports, all over the world, are a very important part of most of our lives. Many people cannot finish their day if they have not played sports at least once a day. For centuries, it has been one of the most appreciated and favorable for human health activity. Many different...

Meaningful Life and Sports

Introduction First of all, it is necessary to mention, that sports have been deeply interwoven with our lives. Everyone has an opportunity to either going in for sports themselves or following the sports matches and competitions by means of the media. Currently, we have the freedom to sit back and...

Shoes as an Aesthetic Object

Shoes can be seen as an authentic object as they reflect the cultural traditions and values of a particular nation, its artistic vision, and its experience. Understanding shoes as an authentic object leads to a distinctive view of the nature of the self which is a challenge to individualist rationalism,...

Psychology of Physical Activity. The CATCH Kids Club

Population and Setting. The study was done in 16 after-school programmes in El Paso and Austin, Texas. There were 258 students at baseline, but only 182 were present during the post-test measurement. All in all, 157 students were able to complete both the baseline and follow-up measurements. The mean age...

Increasing Physical Activity Among Church Members

Population and Setting. The study involved 889 participants from 303 churches in South Carolina. The participants were at least 18 years old and attended church services at least twice a month at baseline. Individuals (n=889) from 303 churches (170 immediate and 133 delayed) were trained. Theory (or theories) the Intervention...

Discussions in Sports Media

Sports and its events have seized world attention as not only entertainment and leisure but as a symbol of national pride and recognition. A South American school student has the biggest dream of becoming a national soccer player; that would be cricket in South Asia. In recent decades, sports have...

Advantages vs. Disadvantages of Incentive Pay Programs

Sports is becoming a strong social and economic movement during the last decades and this movement is a determining factor for any sphere of our life. It influences the forming of a variety of spiritual, moral, ethical, and social-economic relationships. The growth of public significance of modern sports (mainly big-time...

Modern Electronic Sports Contradictions

The first thing a person thinks about when he or she hears the word sport is something connected with movements, strength, competitions, hard training, and special physical abilities. Football, tennis, hockey, volleyball, ski race, weightlifting, track and field, swimming, and other activities are familiar sports. Also, no one is surprised...

Self-Efficacy and Confidence in Sports Management

Introduction Sport management is a very important aspect in sports industry. Sports management is highly related to business aspect in sports industry. Sportsmen and women need to have vast knowledge in sports management as this is essential to enable them to succeed in sports. There are many sports activities that...

Daily Stretching Program: Benefits for Endurance and Resistance

Introduction Daily stretching refers to a consistent weight-training program. This may include Aerobic sessions, jogging, and physical workouts. Beginners of a body exercise program have targets and goals in mind, which motivate them to train on their weight. The need to exercise your body can have short-term or long-term benefits....

Qatar Hosting FIFA World Cup 2022

Introduction FIFA World Cup is one of the largest soccer tournaments in the world. It is scheduled to occur in 2022, and the host country will be Qatar. The FIFA World Cup is one of the prestigious and widely popular sports events, which gives a hosting nation a number of...

Physical Exercises as Obesity Treatment

Introduction Obesity is a chronic, recurring disease, and the prevalence rate of obesity in both economically developed countries and developing countries is comparable to the epidemic. The development of obesity is based on the fact of a prolonged, positive energy balance, which occurs when food is consumed in quantities exceeding...

The Super Bowl’s Impact on Work Attendance & Cultural Significance

The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) held annually between mid-January and mid-February. In 2020, the game will take place on February 3rd, and so far the event has gained a good deal of traction. 2020 Super Bowl LIV is featuring a great number...

Sport Investment Analysis

Sports and physical culture have been developing rapidly in recent decades, turning into a whole industry of sports and spectacular events, which, from a business perspective, is a promising object of investment. In modern society, these are the most important factors in maintaining and strengthening people’s health, improving the technical...

Sports Law & Game Commercialization: Issues & History

Introduction In the modern world, political science and sport are increasingly being integrated. As a result of any actions that may be perceived ambiguously by the international community, conflicts arise in the sports industry. Although sport may have existed initially outside the legal framework, sports law is now used to...

NCAA Rules on Paying College Athletes: A Debate

Introduction The issue of college student-athletes being paid has been widely debated due to the range of different opinions surrounding it. However, in this paper, the argument that student-athletes should be paid for playing collegiate sports will be presented, despite the existence of current rules established by the National Collegiate...

Western Australia’s Approach to Hosting International Basketball Tournaments

Executive Summary Basketball Australia has managed major basketball events in the country. It has always strived to allow upcoming players to improve their craft professionally and progressively. The 2015 Australian National Basketball League is not different because the association strives to provide the same opportunity for new entrants to play...

Exercise Stages & Decisional Balance in Obese Patients: APN Care

Research Problem and Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between “exercise stage and decisional balance in overweight and obese people seeking advanced practice nurse (APN) care” (Smith, Griffin, & Fitzpatrick, 2011, p. 92). This study highlighted that no studies have focused on obese and overweight...

Mobile Phone Usage and Mental Health: Thomée et al.’s Study

Research Problem and Purpose The general purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between psychological elements of mobile phone usage and mental health issues in a potential group of young people. Specifically, the study focused on investigating various elements of the frequency of the use of mobile phone,...

Peculiar Collegiate Intramural Sports

Introduction College students need plenty of ways to vent frustrations, and stay sane under the pressures of papers and projects. Goofball sports can help. Here are some prime examples of collegiate silliness. PennUltimate Frisbee Although no longer considered weird, the 1970s aficionados of what used to be called Ultimate Frisbee...

Intramurals vs. Mainstream College Sports

College sports are usually referred to any sports activities and competitions held for students either in the form of intramurals, “within walls”, or extramural, mainstream college sports. Both having their pros and cons, intramurals and extramural sports are likely to be compared in various aspects, particularly from the psychological point...

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Plan and Its Benefits

Goals The goals of this cardiorespiratory fitness plan include: To enhance the physical fitness of individuals whose age range between 18 and 60 years. To lower the blood pressure and cholesterol levels of the target audience through aerobic exercises. To reduce obesity while strengthening and shaping strong bones through aerobic...

Ichiro Suzuki: Leadership and Character in Sports

The introduction: some basic points The first and most important thing I would like to share is that I’m a real sports fan. I am glad to represent you with an autographed baseball. This item is of great importance, as Ichiro Suzuki is my favorite RF of Major League Baseball....

Gabrielle Douglas’s Rise to American Beauty After the Olympics

Introduction Globally, American beauty has been very exceptional. The American people define beauty. American’s normally accomplished greater things in diverse engagements. The exceptional accomplishments in areas such as TV shows, media, music, sports, and politics define beauty. Most importantly, great achievers in America are normally lauded by everyone. Evidently, some...

Canadian National Identity and Sport

Introduction Almost every nation/country has unique elements that distinguish it from other nations in the world. For instance, physical features, languages, currencies, cultures, wildlife, and sports are some of the elements that define countries and distinguish nations from others. It is imperative to note that some countries are multicultural and...

Why Hockey Has Fewer Injuries Compared to Other Team Sports

Introduction There are various kinds of sports with each having rules and regulations that govern it. Some sports are considered risky than others based on the situations that surround them especially in terms of injuries that are endured by the team players (Bird, Black & Newton, 1997). This piece of...

Developing Physical Activity Programs in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Strategies

Background Summary The article by McCoy et al. focused on an intervention program seeking to promote physical activities among African American adults using text messaging (2). According to this article, African American adults are less likely to engage in physical exercises than an average American resident. Most of them rarely...

Southeast College Showcase 2011: Soccer Talent in Knoxville

Introduction I chose to attend the third annual South East college showcase (boys) which was held on 31st January 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The event was hosted by a nonprofit organization; FC Alliance which seeks to promote the game of soccer among the youth in the region. The organization partnered...

The Impact of Exercise on Adults Above 18 Years Old: Benefits and Routines

Abstract The study’s objective is to determine the impact of exercise on the blood pressure, sleep, and mood of adults above 18 years old. The study pays attention to both physically active and people with a sedentary lifestyle within the same age group. The null hypothesis states that there is...

The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Bid

The award of hosting the World Cup in the year 2022 for the tiny desert country Qatar came as a surprise to many beating favorites such as Australia and the United States of America, which many people thought could win the rights. The FIFA executive committee had picked Russia to...

The Santos Tour Down Under Event Sponsorship: Pros and Cons

Introduction The Santos Tour Down Under (Santos TDU or TDU) is fast becoming a major global event in Australia, especially because it is the first event of its kind to be held outside Europe. In fact, it is clear that the event has also become the first cycling competition outside...

Australian Rugby Union’s Limited Digital Presence

Rugby is considered one of the most popular sports in Australia. Australians love rugby, whether it is playing with friends in the yard or spectating finals in a crowded sports pub. Its sheer speed, tenacity, and roughness in combination with individual and team effort are appealing to many viewers both...

World Refugee Crisis: Insights from the Rio 2016 Olympics

This essay presents the main theme, two subthemes, global connections in relation to major ideas discussed. The number of persons displaced from their home countries by conflicts and persecution in the recent past is larger than in any period since more thorough record keeping started, according to the UN refugee...

Ranking Systems: FIFA and US College Football

Introduction Sport championships and leagues all over the world revolve around the spirit of competition that is maintained through the application of systems of ranking. Such systems determine how points are assigned to teams or individual competitors in order to identify the strongest ones and assign trophies fairly. It goes...

Sports Venues and Events Management

Introduction Maintaining and increasing spectator satisfaction is an important goal in stadium management (Hock, Ringle, and Sarstedt, 2010). This need is more profound in multifunctional stadia that cater to different customer needs. Therefore, the stadium management process needs to cater to the needs of a wide spectrum of customers who...

Life Saving Sport

Introduction A sport is usually an essential activity that is planned, requires mental and physical skills and competence, and has some aspects of entertainment and competition. There are usually certain rules and regulations that govern specific sports and must strictly be followed. The sports industry has developed to great heights...

The 2008 Beijing Olympics: Public Relations Issues

Analyze the reasons why the Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics There are several reasons as to why the Chinese government decided to hire a western public relations firm during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. One of the reasons stems from the challenges...

Hosting the World Cup in the United States

Abstract Soccer is one of the most popular games in the world. However, it seems that the case is different among American game lovers. The game is not as popular in this country. Analysts have explored the possibility of bringing the World Cup to the US. The current paper discussed...

The Southeast Showcase: An Overview of a Premier Sports Event and Its Community Impact

Introduction When organizing for an event, the host organization needs to ensure that they promote customer satisfaction by delivering the expectations of all the relevant stakeholders through the event. This can only be achieved through successful event planning and management. The organizers should ensure that they engage in extensive planning...

Group Dynamics in Baseball

A human being is a social animal. Moreover, society tends to value people based on their relationships, so even those who do not crave a sense of belonging must form them in order to gain a positive image. Membership, such as belonging to a sports team, teaches an individual to...

Major Sport Event Bidding Process: the Olympics Games

Bidding process for host cities was unknown until 1984 during the Los Angeles Olympics. Cities that previously hosted were selected based on their financial capability. It was after this event that organizers realized about the surplus income earned and a calendar of events, which require host cities to bid, has...

Promotion of Sports Events

Sports events are important because they play a significant role in the development of the society. Their significance in unifying diverse cultures and restoration of peace can even be dated back to 1914, during the Christmas truce of the First World War (Masterman, 2009: 6). This was the period in...

Can Future Success in a Skill Be Predicted?

Generalization today is one of the most frequently discussed issues. Developing stereotypes is a form of judging that is typical for our way of thinking as humans. This ability helped the humanity survive till present days. In ancient times, judgment and stereotypes were one of the major helpers of people....

College Sport Ethical Issues

In the contemporary world, sport has become the source and the target for a variety of social issues of different characters. The popularity of sports in contemporary society, their financial and political aspects triggered a number of conflicts and scandals in different fields of sports. The scholars today explore sports...

Olympic Games Economic Impact: Myths vs. Reality

It has always been assumed that the Summer Games, also popularly known as the Olympic Games is a boon to the economy due to the number of tourists that are expected to flock into the host city and neighboring provinces. Financial windfall is also expected from the businesses that will...