The following post was provided by Grant Bilski:
Does god care if you hit a home run? Does God care if you score a touch down? I would say no but that may be just me. I understand faith/religion is important in many peoples lives but is it necessary to point up to the sky or make the sign of the cross every time you do something of merit on the playing field? In the age of excessive sports celebration how far is too far?
Here are two examples...
http://cardinals.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10059103
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9744845
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Youth Sports - Travel Teams (Part II)
This post was provided by Stacey Sheetz:
After reading these short articles and from what you may know personally how do you feel about kids in grades 3rd-5th participating in the traveling sports such as AAU, Jr. Olympic volleyball, hockey, softball, baseball, and soccer? What are the benefits for these kids?
http://livefitblog.com/2010/03/15/how-parents-are-hurting-their-child-athletes/
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;119/6/1242
http://topnews.us/content/23808-children-should-not-overdo-sport-experts-warn
After reading these short articles and from what you may know personally how do you feel about kids in grades 3rd-5th participating in the traveling sports such as AAU, Jr. Olympic volleyball, hockey, softball, baseball, and soccer? What are the benefits for these kids?
http://livefitblog.com/2010/03/15/how-parents-are-hurting-their-child-athletes/
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;119/6/1242
http://topnews.us/content/23808-children-should-not-overdo-sport-experts-warn
Friday, July 23, 2010
College Sports
This post was provided by Sascha Hansen:
Read the Sports Illustrated article, “Troy Burning: Mike Garrett saw no evil: Now USC is paying the price,” by George Dohrmann. You can find the article at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1170882/index.htm . After reading the article respond by stating if you think the punishment fits the violation. Is it too harsh or should more be added to it? Finally, do you think that it is fair that athletes and coaches at USC are being punished for violations that they did not commit?
Read the Sports Illustrated article, “Troy Burning: Mike Garrett saw no evil: Now USC is paying the price,” by George Dohrmann. You can find the article at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1170882/index.htm . After reading the article respond by stating if you think the punishment fits the violation. Is it too harsh or should more be added to it? Finally, do you think that it is fair that athletes and coaches at USC are being punished for violations that they did not commit?
A Father's Impact on Sport
This post was provided by Byron Thomas:
In the movie Boys N the Hood, John Singleton tells a story about three young men (Tre, Ricky and Darin (Doughboy)) growing up in South Central, Los Angeles. All three grew up in the same community and faced with the struggles. Ricky and Doughboy were brothers and they grew up without a father. Ricky was a phenomenal football player and was possibly a future USC Trojan. Tragically, he was murder on the streets of South Central. My question to you is what role does a father play in the success of their sons or daughters today? We typically hear the heart felt stories like Tiger Woods father teaching him how to golf at a young age or even Venus and Serena Williams dad handing them their first tennis racquet. What if Ricky and Doughboy father would have handed them a football? Generalization, can having a dual parent home help in the success of athletes in today’s society?
In the movie Boys N the Hood, John Singleton tells a story about three young men (Tre, Ricky and Darin (Doughboy)) growing up in South Central, Los Angeles. All three grew up in the same community and faced with the struggles. Ricky and Doughboy were brothers and they grew up without a father. Ricky was a phenomenal football player and was possibly a future USC Trojan. Tragically, he was murder on the streets of South Central. My question to you is what role does a father play in the success of their sons or daughters today? We typically hear the heart felt stories like Tiger Woods father teaching him how to golf at a young age or even Venus and Serena Williams dad handing them their first tennis racquet. What if Ricky and Doughboy father would have handed them a football? Generalization, can having a dual parent home help in the success of athletes in today’s society?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Children and Sport - Parents!
The following blog post was provided by Sara Braatz:
Childhood is an exciting and impressionable time is one's life. Many youth spend much of their childhood playing sports in organized leagues where parents are their biggest cheerleaders. Many parents often become upset when their child does not perform to their expectations, or at all. A recent study (see http://www.nays.org/fullstory.cfm?articleid=10389) shows parents in the United States display the worst behavior at youth sporting events. Parents often become angry at coaches or officials and even gone so far as to fight or shoot officials (see http://www.naso.org/sportsmanship/badsports.html). Children watch their parents behave in such a manner and believe it is acceptable for them to behave in this way as well. What steps should we take to reduce to occurrence of such behaviors among adults and children to enhance the sport experience for all.
Childhood is an exciting and impressionable time is one's life. Many youth spend much of their childhood playing sports in organized leagues where parents are their biggest cheerleaders. Many parents often become upset when their child does not perform to their expectations, or at all. A recent study (see http://www.nays.org/fullstory.cfm?articleid=10389) shows parents in the United States display the worst behavior at youth sporting events. Parents often become angry at coaches or officials and even gone so far as to fight or shoot officials (see http://www.naso.org/sportsmanship/badsports.html). Children watch their parents behave in such a manner and believe it is acceptable for them to behave in this way as well. What steps should we take to reduce to occurrence of such behaviors among adults and children to enhance the sport experience for all.
GPA and Sport
This blog was provided by Cy Wainwright:
Does competitive sports contribute to education? High school sports VS College. In high school you are required to have a 2.0 same as college but does it make a difference having a teacher and a coach making sure you succeed? Where college you only have a coach? Think of Boobie Miles (Friday Night Lights) case for example. Try and predict if he was to go into college what do you see his outcome being?
Does competitive sports contribute to education? High school sports VS College. In high school you are required to have a 2.0 same as college but does it make a difference having a teacher and a coach making sure you succeed? Where college you only have a coach? Think of Boobie Miles (Friday Night Lights) case for example. Try and predict if he was to go into college what do you see his outcome being?
Is sport recession proof?
The following post was provided by Jeremy Crowley:
Have you gone to a professional game in the last year? Attending sporting events has been seen as a luxury since the games are usually on TV, so why go to the games? Sports are an integral part of our society as we have seen in this class and throughout our lives. Many people cherish their sports or sport teams so it would seem that the sports industry would be recession proof. However, recent figures regarding the biggest sporting event in America, Super Bowl, has shown a different story. Here is a short article relating sports to the recession http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2009/01/28/are-sports-recession-proof-not-judging-by-super-bowl-festivities/. Discuss sports as being recession proof or not? Use your own experiences to explain why people are continuing to attend games or stop attending?
Have you gone to a professional game in the last year? Attending sporting events has been seen as a luxury since the games are usually on TV, so why go to the games? Sports are an integral part of our society as we have seen in this class and throughout our lives. Many people cherish their sports or sport teams so it would seem that the sports industry would be recession proof. However, recent figures regarding the biggest sporting event in America, Super Bowl, has shown a different story. Here is a short article relating sports to the recession http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2009/01/28/are-sports-recession-proof-not-judging-by-super-bowl-festivities/. Discuss sports as being recession proof or not? Use your own experiences to explain why people are continuing to attend games or stop attending?
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