...Competitive sports has been controversial subject in schools lately. Despite this, sports has shown to provide many benefits for students. Athletics has also had a role in the school environment for a very long time. School sports have been shown to develop skills that prove important in life and creates a sense of pride for students. Another benefit seen in studies was the improvement of student academics. Overall, competitive sports should remain in school systems. High school athletics have led to the growth of mental and physical skills. This varies from instilling life lessons, to learning how to stay in shape and keeping up with physical fitness. One former NFL player, Donté Stallworth, tells of the impact sports made on his life “As I move beyond my NFL career, I incorporate much of what coach Al taught me as a teenage boy - teamwork, responsibility, perseverance, accountability- into other aspects of my life” (Stallworth) This excerpt shows that all of these favorable traits were learned during school sports, and that he was able to put them into play throughout his life. All in all, sports lead to the progression of important traits....
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...High schools’ sports seasons are some of the most important times for a student athlete. Especially for those looking to further their sports career. There are many ways to prepare yourself for the advantages. It takes hard work and a lot of practice. It is very crucial for an athlete, in high school, to stand out as they look to draw attention to themselves for future scholarship opportunities. In addition, they also seek opportunities such as sport camps, special awards, and scholarship money for college. To improve, or become better, a player needs to have a certain attitude. A large aspect of being apart of something you care about, or that involves others is teamwork. Coaches and teammates push each other to get better so that...
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...I disagree with the school board’s proposal to eliminate all sports with high rates of tragic injuries. Student athletes may get hurt once or twice but participating in a high school sport can be very vital to students. First and foremost, student athletes tend to have higher grade point averages and lower dropout rates then other students who do not participate in athletics. Secondly, being a part of a team allows students to become motivated as they have the support from their coaches, families and other student body. Finally, playing a sport in high school helps to install values and life lessons that will be endured after high school which prepares the students for reality. Additionally, many student athletes look to sports as an outlet and without it they may become involved in illegal activity after school. Studies have shown that students who participate in athletics tend to do better in academics than nonathletic students. A reporter recently stated in a video that “students who participate in athletics tend to have lower dropout rates and higher grade point averages.” High school sports helps students with time management as they have to find a balance for practice and time for their homework. Athletics...
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...Essay 1 Rough Draft Competitive sports can have many positive effects such as health, fitness, and learning positive values such as sportsmanship, but should competitive sports be mandatory within our school systems, i think not. Competitive sports have been around for centuries. From the Roman empire with wrestling or the Native Americans with games such as Stick Ball or Winchishkin. Competitive sports can have positive effects such as fitness and personal health, but are those effects not also possible results of Physical Education classes or for the schools that have it, Personal health classes or if the students simply exercise? The debate on whether to make competitive sports mandatory in high schools has been a topic of debate for...
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...The tense moment in our childhood when we face an enormous choice of whether we should play sports or not will come sooner than we think. Our stereotypical, over cautious mom may prevent us from playing because she views high school sports as an extremely intense war and fails to notice the benefits they actually provide. Educational rewards, sportsmanship, team bonding, confidence, learning experience, health and fitness are the prime reasons high school sports have become a key part of today’s culture. Sure, a few sports may cause a little bump on the forehead or a minor scratch, but these reasons are not even comparable to the outstanding positives they provide. It’s like whining that trees takes up too much space but overlooking that they provide us with daily essentials. Some people may automatically draw the conclusion that high school sports create a loss of time for students, eventually lowering their grades. However, according to Daniel Gould in his article “Are High School Sports Good For Kids?” “school sports are justified because of their potential educational benefits,” and “children who participate in sports have increased educational aspirations, closer ties to school and increased occupational aspirations in youth”(pg, 1). Sports may also promote high end...
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...Julia Bunnell/ Mile Cristobal /Caleb Pippins/ Luke Byrd ENG II-3 Mrs.DeGrood 2/15-22/18 School Sports School sports are an extracurricular activity offered in most school. According to Teen Magazine 46% of students play a school sport during their four years of highschool. The most common high school sports are baseball, basketball, and football, but some schools may offer others such as bowling, tennis, volleyball. School sports may open doors for student athletes. School sports are beneficial because they can keep students in shape, help with social and team player skills, and offer scholarships. School sports are important because it can often help keep high school students stay in shape or get in shape. They can help with maintaining...
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...Generally, sports play a considerable role in our lives. Everyone enjoys a sport in their own different ways: some do sports and other half enjoys to follow it. Giving students opportunity to be part of sports in college will definitely have positive sides on college as well as on students. As an example, we can notice how top colleges like Harvard or Stanford recruit young athletes. Usually, those athletes are becoming prosperous and making good names for the schools. However, in our college situation is totally different. Even if the college has established sports, their main goals are not to improve our college or to have a beneficial influence on students. However, we can alter this miscues by reconstructing athletics of our school, and...
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...most of their lives to sports at a young age. They set goals high, and dream big that one day they will reach a professional level of sports. High school students have huge aspirations on pursuing an opportunity to the next level during their four years in high school. They play high school sports because they center their attention on teamwork, winning, getting in better shape, and building character traits that they’ll use forever. But, what if one year one student endures an injury that will forever hinder his or her ability to play the game he or she loves the most? How will the contributors of this article encourage high school students to participate in sports despite that fact that safety is the main issue? Students in today’s society fight the ongoing battle against obesity or being overweight. They struggle finding ways to get active in school and it shows significantly. According to sports advocates: Many health experts maintain that the rising popularity of high school athletics is a good sign. They stress that sports can help to keep students physically fit and healthy, and counteract the current trends towards inactivity and obesity in the U.S. High school...
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...When you think of high school sports what comes to mind? You might imagine a massive crowd roaring with the animated cheerleaders as your team hits the final home run that wins the big game. Or maybe you conjure up more behind the scenes; with long tiring practices, and repetitive work that only builds up stress till the whole wide world is sitting on your shoulders. At first glance it seems there are only those two types of reactions. But in reality, both are part of the entirety of high school sports. Everything has positives and negatives, even school athletics. Without further ado let’s get the ball rolling. High school sports keep students active. Not all students get exercise outside of the sports they take part in. Athletics keep athletes healthy year round. Some coaches even put their players on a diet so they aren’t just getting exercise, they’re being trained to watch what they eat. Sports make kids strong, there’s no doubt about it....
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...Moral failings in athletic programs are well documented in journals, newspapers, and books. It is difficult to watch the local or national news without hearing about a scandal in an athletic program. These scandals range from youth programs all the way up through club programs, high school programs, and NCAA athletics. These moral failures hurt the student athletes and cause them to suffer. This literature review explores the possibility of servant leadership and transformational leadership helping administrations and their organizations navigate the current sports’ culture and help them return their programs to a reputable state. This literature review will begin by identifying and explaining the current state of youth, high school, and collegiate...
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...article to a disk, a flash drive, or to the desktop of your computer. You can also e-mail yourself the web-link for the article. If you are using a longer article, make sure you print the sections that you use to complete the assignment, as you may need them for later reference as you complete your final research paper. If you are using a shorter article, you may want to print the entire article. Assignment Specifications: Length: 2 to 3 pages Format: This assignment must be typed in 12 point font (Arial or Verdana is preferred) and be double spaced. Make sure your assignment contains your name, the course number and section, the date, and the assignment description in the upper left hand corner of your paper. This information should be double spaced. Your paper should also have page numbering in correct MLA format. School Sport and Academic Achievement Full Text Online by Bradley, John; Keane, Francis; Crawford, Susan Journal of School Health, ISSN 0022-4391, 01/2013, Volume 83, Issue 1, pp. 8 - 13 BACKGROUND: Physical Education and School Sport (PESS) is an integral part of the school curriculum in Ireland. Historically... team sports, physical fitness and sport, PESS, academic...
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...The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Adolescent and School Health www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth Revised Version — July 2010 (Replaces April 2010 Early Release) Acknowledgments: This publication was developed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) under contract #200-2002-00800 with ETR Associates. Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary . 5 Introduction . 8 Methods 10 Conceptual Definitions . 10 Inclusion Criteria . 10 Identification of Studies that Met the Inclusion Criteria . 11 Classification of Studies . 11 Study Coding Process . 12 Data Analysis . 13 Results . 14 School-Based Physical Education Studies . 16 Recess Studies . 19 Classroom Physical Activity Studies . 21 Extracurricular Physical Activity Studies . 24 28 Summary . Overall Findings . 28 Findings for Physical...
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...Sports have become a major business and attraction for the American public. The print, radio, television, internet, and cinema media have contributed to the explosive popularity of both professional and collegiate sports. Billions of dollars are spent on the proliferating professional and collegiate sports industry. It is not surprising, therefore, that the popularity of professional and collegiate sports has been reflected in the sports programs of American high schools. The pressure to win and the allure of financial gain have always been a part of the professional ranks, as well as the collegiate sports scene. Intercollegiate athletics are a big business and a lucrative source of revenue for many universities. It is not unusual to find that coaches in our major universities make a great deal more income than tenured academic professors. The pressure to win is felt by most college coaches and athletic directors. It is therefore not surprising that a conflict has developed between the academic and athletic communities on many of the nation’s college campuses. Similarly, it is possible that athletic communities in high schools have developed a negative reputation with respect to academic performance. While a number of researchers studied athletic participation and academic performance in college (Ferris & Finster, 2004; Gaston-Gayles, 2005), few studies addressed the relationship between academics and athletic participation at the high school level. Similarly...
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...Sports, Youth and Character: A Critical Survey Robert K. Fullinwider* Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy University of Maryland * rkf@umd.edu CIRCLE WORKING PAPER 44 FEBRUARY 2006 CIRCLE Working Paper 44: February 2006 Sports, Youth and Character: A Critical Survey TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION....................................... 3 a. methodological limitations..................... 4 b. conceptual and theoretical infelicities...... 5 II. THE LESSONS OF SPORT......................... 5 III. BASICS................................................ 6 a. too much too early?.............................. 8 b. competition’s role understood ............... 11 c. competition, participation, and fun......... 12 d. not enough?........................................ 14 IV. WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE?.................... 15 V. THE MICROWORLD OF PARTICIPATION...... 17 VI. APPENDIX A......................................... 19 a. Shields and Bredemeier...................... 19 a.1. moral maturity: what are psychologists looking for?............ 22 a.2. game thinking............................. 24 a.3. moral confusion........................... 25 b. Stoll, Lumpkin, Beller, and Hahm.............. 27 It has been recognized for centuries that sport can contribute to education values that make for the development of character and right social relations . . . . [Within this contribution] there are many intertwined and interwoven threads of influences...
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...Rugby is a popular sport in past decade. In recent years rugby had became a popular sport in the United States with athletes from primary and secondary school to adults playing the game. Now, there are more than 80,000 players were registered with USA Rugby, 20,000 of these players are high school age (Woods C, 2004). Rugby is one of the sport had highest injuries rate sports in the world. And this paper will show and research of how to set a prevention plan to reduce the injuries rate of rugby. After a large amount of literature review, this apply paper will show and study the prevention of rugby players. So, based on a complete literature review it can clear and identify the major problems, main issues and obviously problems within the intrinsic knowledge of thea....
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