Sports Essays

Methodology for Sports Research
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Task 1 Quantitative research is defined as social research that employs empirical methods and empirical statements, Cohen (1980). It is a formal, objective and systematic method in which...

Athletes’ Motivation for Performance-Enhancement Drug Abuse
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Research focusing on performance-enhancing drug used (doping) by athletes from 2006-2017 was reviewed. Seven articles were selected based on definition, or related overview on t...

Race and Gender Developments in Sports
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Sports are one of the great American pastimes. People all over the nation turn their TVs to major sporting events and converge to support their team. It’s clear that in today’s society males ...

Is the Women’s National Basketball Association Disappearing?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Female basketball players in the WNBA are being paid way less than NBA referees and NBA benchwarmers. WNBA players should be paid as much as NBA players because the league could end, WNBA players...

The NFL: Looking at Diversity & Inclusion Behind the Shield
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Introduction: The NFL: Looking at Diversity & Inclusion behind the Shield   Introduction The National Football League (NFL) was first founded in 1920 as the American Profes...

Research Essay on the International Olympic Committee
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: My research essay is on the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”). I have chosen this topic because I am passionate about sports. In fact one of the sports I compete in is Freestyle...

Should College Athletes Be Rewarded Financially for Playing a Sport for Their School?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction: Should college athletes be rewarded financially for playing a sport for their school ? According to an article by ncaa.org on April 9th, 2019 “More than 480,000 compete a...

Role of Philosophy and Ethics in Sport
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Introduction: Philosophy(from Greek φιλοσοφία, Philosophia, literally “love of wisdom”) is the of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. The academic d...

Do Basketball Shooting Sleeves Really Help Improve Your Shooting Percentage?
Example essay. Last modified: 18th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract A basketball sleeve is worn by basketball players sometimes as an accessory or for the benefits of the compression. It extends from the biceps to the wrist and is made of nylon ...

Developing Individual Abilities for Successful Teamwork
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Introduction: Many sports enthusiasts believe “the best players make the best team.” Without question, this notion may be true in some instances in sport and exercise settings. However, throughout history,...

Gender Representations in Coaching
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Introduction: CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION 1.1    Introduction There has been a rise in female coaches in recent years (UK Coaching, 2015, 2017), yet females are still underrepre...

Sport as a Release for Aggressive Behaviour
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Introduction: Aggression behavior occurs within sport and exercise settings. Many spectators watching sporting events believe these events provide an opportunity for participants to release aggressive behavior...

Concussions in Collegiate and Professional Football: Who Has Responsibility to Protect Players?
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Introduction: Concussions in Collegiate and Professional Football: Who Has Responsibility to Protect Players?  When we think of football its always something we enjoy every Sunday with our family...

Should College Admission for Sports Still be Used?
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Introduction: (a) I believe that doing away with special admissions for athletes is not practical. College athletics attracts fans and brings in revenue to the schools. Let’s be honest, most college athlet...

Injuries and Liabilities in Organizational Athletics
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Introduction: Abstract Coaches, athletic trainers and athletic directors have legal responsibilities as well as other responsibilities as it relates to keeping students safe and healthy. As learned so...

Effects of Collegiate and Professional Sports on Post-Career Athlete Health
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Introduction: Results  The following studies seek to show the effects of collegiate and professional sports has on an athlete’s physical and psychological health after their career is over....

Psychological Factors Impacting Exercise Performance
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Introduction: Purpose of this chapter is to provide a unique insight into the background of our studied athlete, Georgia Lee Dickson. Georgia began to gain an interest in tennis at the young age of 5 at school...

Debates on Transgender Individuals in Sports
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Introduction: Transgender in High School Sports “Transgender” is an umbrella term that describes people whose gender identity or expression does not match the sex they were assigned at birth (...

Relationship Between Motivation, Self-confidence and Improved Ability in Competitive Sport
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Examine the relationship between motivation, self-confidence and improved ability in competitive sport. Consider the psychological implications for performers, coaches and significant others ...

Team Identification and the Impact
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Introduction:   Introduction Sports fans and consumers have a wide variety of morals, attitudes, and behaviors that they tend to display when attaching themselves to a specific sports te...

Influx of MMA into the Global Sporting Consciousness
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Over the last 10 years, the visibility of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in global sporting culture has notably increased. With reference to appropriate theories related to globalisation, critically ex...

Gender Developments in Sports
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Sport to Signal Prowess  We all can agree sports represent prowess and status in some way. When we think of NFL players, we see them as icons, people who can push their bodies to th...

Beta-alanine Effects on Endurance Performance
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Beta-alanine is an amino acid of the beta class and it has grown popularity in the exercise and sports world because of some of the specific effects it has been said to have such as enhancing per...

Doping in Track and Field Sports
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction:  The date was September 27, 1988, in Seoul. In the men’s 100 final there was a Canadian man named Ben Johnson and an American named Carl Lewis. They were the biggest rivals in track an...

E-sports Development in China
Example essay. Last modified: 8th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction The paper is going to look at various aspects of E-sports especially in China with reference to the South Korean country as a whole. Note that it gives an overview of a seri...