Sports Essays

The area of biomechanics is a mammoth field, with many millions of pounds invested into research and development. Possibly its main use, is for the design of non-living things such as buildings, bridges, cars, boats and planes, but biomechanics can be applied to sport and different sporting situations, and has …

Association football allows for both team and individual analysis, with recent research suggesting for a need to move beyond merely describing behaviours, and progress towards the actual ability to predict performance (Grehaigne et al, 2001). One aspect of performance prediction is for a technical comparison on individual players. The aim …

Good afternoon. As you all know, I am Yathooshan, and today, I will be addressing the issue of the need for team sports to be a compulsory part of the school curriculum. By this, I am arguing that team sports- sports requiring at least two players per team, such as …

The athlete is a 30-year-old male golfer. He is a relatively new golfer on tour and has a reputation for hitting the ball an extremely long way off the tee. His coach is concerned however, as when things are not going well for the athlete he can become very aggressive …

A) Environment A definition for environment; the aggregate of all external and internal conditions (such as temperature, humidity, radiation, magnetic and electric fields, shock vibration, etc.) either natural or man made, or self-induced, that influences the form, performance, reliability or survival of an item. Altitude As altitudes increases air density …

During the past 40 years the use of performance enhancing substances in athletics has increased at every level. Sports have been played by men and women on artificial testosterone for more than four decades. Every legitimate athletic achievement has been shadowed by a parallel universe of counterfeit Olympic gold medals, …

In many ways, the sports drink category mirrors the fitness-minded individual that it targets. As any fitness instructor will tell you, a good hard workout should be followed by a cool down. After Gatorade hit the market in 1968, the sports drink category experienced double-digit growth. However, by 1996, growth …

Muhammad Ali is one of the most controversial Egyptian leaders in history, and historians to this day continue to argue his significance and achievements. Many label him “The founder of Modern Egypt,” while others consider him the first Arab nationalist. Despite this everlasting debate, one thing was clear: Muhammad Ali …

“I’m terribly sorry Crystal, you’ve known that this Cancer would not let you live for a long time, I’m sorry you’ve just got a few hours left”, announced Dr. Radisson. Crystal, lay still on her deathbed and tears ran down her pale cheeks. The pain and anguish that ran through …

The transit Link Transport Authority (TTA) has been created by statute to run an integrated network of transport services (rail, bus, train) in the City of Melchester. It is charged with the task of running transport services without a state subsidy and is under a number of statutory obligations laid …