Introduction When reviewing the issues that are based on gender discrimination in sports, one can see that lack of awareness of cultural backgrounds, media representation, awards, and training opportunities are the main problems that contribute to the inequality in sports and a lesser number of women athletes. Since this problem...
The topic under examination Researchers have long expressed interest in the impact of doing sports on children and adolescents. The chosen article investigates the perceived benefits of sports participation for children through their parents’ lens from a sports and exercise context. Young childhood is formative in many ways: it is...
Basketball can simply be defined as a sport that is played by two teams each containing five players. At the end of the game the team with the highest score wins. Today it has become a very popular game and there are almost 213 teams, which compete at the Olympic...
Introduction According to the expert analysis the struggle for size has been part of the athletic society since the early initial stages of man. Moreover, gladiators, wrestlers, and sprinters are several of the early kinds of athletes that competed. These particulars are even obvious in today’s society. Now there are...
Introduction The controversy regarding whether college athletes should be paid remains the topic of heated debates. At one side of the argument, there is a view that sports are a part of public education, thus there is no need to pay athletes for their participation in any sports endeavors. On...
In comparison to numerous other countries, college sports are wildly popular in the United States. In many areas, college-level events are not inferior to more professional ones, gathering large crowds and attracting mass media coverage. Hence, educational institutions rival not only for academic heights but also for prestige in athleticism,...
Story Digging through my childhood closet, I pulled out an old wooden hockey stick. A relic of the past, comparable to the modern aluminum and fiberglass sticks. The model was the Titan 2020, an iconic brand for hockey in the 1980’s used by the legend himself, Wayne Gretzky, at his...
The Atlanta weather was especially a major challenge in the Olympic games of 1996. There were high temperatures and humidity and therefore the possibility of many cases of heat cramps, exhaustion and stroke. It was therefore necessary for the medical sector to get as many volunteers as they possibly could...
The Olympics is dubbed as “The Greatest Show on Earth”. It is a sporting spectacle that has gained worldwide following. There are two main Olympics held in different locations: the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. Both are quadrennial events held in various cities. Between the two games, the Summer...
Curling is an Olympic sport supposing that participants of the two teams alternately slide special heavy granite stones toward the marked target on the ice. In this sport, momentum collisions play an essential role. First, the significance of massive stones should be noted. According to the World Curling Federation, the...