trophy carries dust. Memories last forever,” a retired olympic gymnast, Mary Lou Retton, stated. High school sports play a huge role and impacts many students and families lives because of the memories they are left with. The student and the family asses the risks and ultimately decided to play the sport regardless of what can happen. The government and public should not hold the power to decide what sports are safe enough for your child to play however, they should implement and enforce more safety…
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The 1970’s faced a shift in sports. What once was a favorite, fun pass-time became a competitive win-based activity for only the elite (David, 1998, pp. 36-45). Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for early bird, followed by seven hours of school, track practice, volleyball open gym, and a few mundane hours of homework is the norm for the student athletes at Bellevue High School (BHS). This excessive workload not only results in physical stress, but mental suffering based on pressure and expectations of these…
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Today, athletes from all sports around the world suffer from one common head injury. This injury can cause permanent damage and could end an athlete’s career or cause lifelong effects. Concussions in sports are becoming more common. Concussions cannot only affect athletes during the game but as well as after. Concussions have been known about since the early 1900s. During this time concussions did not receive nearly as much attention that it receives now. Concussions are a growing issue, not only…
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A drug test is defined as a “technical analysis of a biological specimen, to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites”. With more professional and college athletes being drug-tested regularly, I believe high schools should subject high school athletes to regular tests as well. High school students are at a higher risk of being pressured into drugs, so getting them drug accustomed to early drug testing will reduce the risk of them taking them. Early drug testing…
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at the high school level; while Little League helped many become great athletes. In the analysis of one article and one report on this topic titled: “Pros and Cons of Sports Competition at the High School Level” and “Should Elementary School Children Take Part in Inter School Sports Competition?” one can infer that sports have benefits and drawbacks depending on the scholastic level at which they compete. Interscholastic competition is detrimental for the average student in elementary schools simply…
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High School Marketing Plan Performance-Based Assessment Marketing Myself Table of Contents Title Page Table of Contents Executive Summary Market Research/Analysis Marketing Environment Consumer Market Situation Analysis Target Market Marketing Problem Marketing Strategies Proposal Product or Service Price Place Promotions Executive Summary A project, mainly to sell myself to Kapi’olani Community College, that will help set me into college by meeting the requirements. Also, I’ve…
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Number: 10820846 Performance Analysis Review of performance literature Our chosen sport was Basketball, before we started our analysis we reviewed the current performance analysis literature on basketball. The research we found was not all related specifically to turnovers which is what our analysis would be on, by looking at the research we found that. Research on data analysis system of a basketball game suggest That by having performance analysis of a team a coach will be able…
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Why are we let the government control the way we learn in schools? When today’s children are having a hard enough time experiencing life outside of electronics. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) makes it more challenging for students when they are cutting activities outside of school. The No Child Left Behind Act has so many pros and cons to it. In ways it can help but in other ways it disturbs the way a school functions. President Bush revised the act in 2002, it now raise a lot of…
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I will be attending Saint Ursula Academy for high school. I chose Ursula because it achieves the expectations I want in a high school. In my four years of high school I hope to discover who I really am as a person and adventure off. I believe Ursula will help me accomplish finding who I really am because the school is open to anything you believe. The teachers will support and help individuals in any way they can, to make students comfortable about themselves moreover express their inner selves…
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Anabolic Steroids in High School Sports Anabolic-androgenic steroids are drugs that have similar effects to testosterone on the body, and increase protein within cells, especially in muscles. Most stereotypically they are used by athletes to increase muscle mass and to increase performance in sport, because of this many athletes have used them and been disqualified in sporting events and even become ineligible to compete. l. - History of anabolic steroids, and uses Anabolic steroids or AAS were…
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