Performance enhancing drugs in sport

Introduction: Performance enhancing drugs in sport play a big role in today’s society. Many different athletes who compete in a wide range of different sports insist on taking the drugs to improve their performance at events such as the olympics or other top competitions around the world. Although different PED’S have been banned in different … Read more

Derek Jeter’s speech

Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees said farewell to Yankee Stadium on September 21st, 2008. Yankee Stadium was home to the most iconic franchise in sports history for 85 years. The New York Yankees are a universally re known franchise winning 27 World Series Championships (26 during their time at the Old Stadium), producing … Read more

Mary Prudence Wells Smith – The Great Match

Baseball for centuries has been characterized as America’s national pastime. Its history provides evidence as to how its cultivation in society served as a catalyst during the Civil War, and how it evolved American culture and society. Baseball’s roots stem from the early 1800s as variations of the game cricket. By the mid-19th century, several … Read more

Doping in Professional Athletics

The issue of doping is plaguing the professional sports world and creates an international debate about it’s legality and bodily effects. Doping is defined as the illegal use and abuse of a substance like anabolic steroids or any technique to enhance an athlete’s ability to perform in a game or event. Steroid use creates a … Read more

The commercialisation of Australian sports

Australia’s progression from amateur to corporate sports emerged as a result of both domestic and international social, economical, and political factors. Australia’s multiethnic population, mixed economy, and international position within the capitalist world made it a prime candidate for corporate sponsors to profit greatly off sports. With the rise of corporate sports in Australia, such … Read more

Gender issues in sport – rugby (relational approach to feminism)

Introduction This essay will focus on gender issues in sport, in particular, on rugby and the reasons why there is less female participation in this sport compared to male participation. The essay uses the relational approach to feminism to explain this. In 2009 Sport England did a survey which showed the participation rates in rugby … Read more

Sports Related Concussions

Abstract The number of sports related concussions continues to rise in this country.  Several journals have been identified to discover the effects of those concussions, mainly on high school and college players.  Quantitative data consists of cognitive and physical effects on those who were studied and quantitative analysis discovers the emotional effect concussions have on … Read more

Biomechanics – High Intensity Interval Training

Kinesiology is made up of five sub disciplines, which are biomechanics, exercise physiology, motor learning, psychology, and sociology. Biomechanics is the study of forces and their effects on living systems or in other words the study of movement and their effects on human beings. For example, a bio mechanist might look at Olympic weight lifting … Read more

Steroid scandals

News of steroids has spread across the athletic industry since its usage has become the norm in the athletics for performance-enhancing outcomes. Steroid use has reached epidemic proportions in professional sports. Steroids, often called “roids”, are being used by athletes who are professional bodybuilders as well as in the National Football League (NFL, )  Major … Read more

Banned Substances in the Olympics

The Olympics is a sacred event that can be dated back all the way from 776 BC.  It was originally used to be part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus, Father of the Greek gods and goddesses.  However, over the many hundreds of years since then, the underlying basis of the Olympics have … Read more

Right Ventricular Adaptation Is Associated with the Glu298Asp Variant of the NOS3 Gene in Elite Athletes

Certain physical activities engaged by humans have been found to result in a ‘cardiac adaptive response’ called THE ATHLETE HEART.  Responses to these activities usually have more effect on the Right ventricle than it does on the Left ventricle, leading to increased stroke volumes or right or left ventricular hypertrophy. The right ventricular has been … Read more

Theories and views of motivation – sport and fitness environments

In this Essay, I will discuss how relevant theories and views of motivation can be applied to develop the motivation of people in sport and fitness environments. I will be discussing three different theories; Need achievement theory (McClelland, 1961; Atkinson, 1974), Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (Maslow, 1943) and finally, Herzberg’s motivators and hygiene factors (Herzberg, … Read more

Physiological adaptation to exercise

Introduction Exercising can prompt wanted changes in your body’s physiology, regardless of whether you concentrate on quality preparing or cardiovascular exercise. In any case, the human body is to a great degree versatile to the burdens put upon it and soon you may find that the exercise program that at first brought you comes about … Read more

Omar Jarun

”What was your most important goal defense?” I asked Omar. “The most important goal defense in my journey was in the game of Palestine and the Philippines at the AFC 2014, the hard work on defense won us the AFC Challenge Cup Championship.” He replied. Omar remembers that the lights surrounding the field were very … Read more

Super Bowl LI

It was a Super Bowl for the ages, as the New England Patriots stormed back from a 25-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34 to 28 in overtime at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Regarded by many as the most exciting Super Bowl ever played, the game was truly a story of two halves. … Read more