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Learning to Focus in Sports and Other Life Pursuits

original publication but today the techniques he advocates are widely recognized in a diversity of disciplines. Those techniques ...

Team Sports and Cohesion Importance

individuals (Matheson et al, 1997). The evidence of high levels of cohesion in successful sporting teams is widely acknowledged (...

Sponsorships and Special Events

these days are finding themselves in competition with other organizations for sponsorship dollars (Allen, 2002). Non-profits and f...

Sports Psychologist's Role

ability yet still allow them to enjoy their participation of the sports. The methods utilized by the sports psychologist ...

Legal Role of an Agent in Professional Sports

side in either the non-union or the union workplace. For example, even unorganized workers have the right to engage in unified act...

Soccer and Sports Psychological Motivation

will ensure proper motivation in young athletes. Researchers in sport psychology consider motivation "to be one of the most comple...

Sports Coaches and the Impact of Using Tobacco

34(9): 42. A surprising look at the number of runners that continue to smoke in spite of the fact they are competitive runners an...

Campaign to Increase Sporting Activity for Single Mothers

barriers which prevent them from taking part (Kotler and Keller, 2008). Effectively it needs to make the sport accessible. The cam...

The Benefits of Running

This slide presentation provides a look at the benefits of this popular sport. There are two sources contained in the bibliography...

Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success in Business, Sport, and Beyond by Saul Miller

health care and the arts is when teams achieve a "synergy of intelligence, energy, talent and spirit" (Miller, 2009, p. 8). Mill...

BUSINESS PLAN: SPORTING GOODS STORE

Because MiddleTown Sports is the only game in town, so to speak, with little competition, its done well. However, it is within dri...

How the Popular Game of Basketball Evolves as an International Sport

controlled, Naismith decided that teammates would move the ball by either passing it or bouncing it on the floor, but was uncertai...

Why High School Competitive Sports are Desirable

children, and many team players end up using steroids to get an edge over the competition. Clearly, there are two sides to this is...

The Results of South Africa Hosting the FIFA 2010 World Cup

Manzenreiter, 2006). However, there is no certainty that there will be positive impacts, Bohlmann and Van Heerden, (2008) points o...

Beer and Circus by Murray Sperber

nations universities, in order to stay viable financially, have placed undue emphasis on their sports programs, utilizing a perspe...

Game of Life by Shulman and Bowen

Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values (2002) a study of the athletic programs in 30 colleges and universities that...

Attention Control Theory

training techniques that support mental skills to assist the athletes when they go out and compete (de Dirac, 2009). At the crux o...

Law and Gambling in Professional Sports

hoping no gambling is occurring, thus there is no sensible regulation. As a result, we dont protect the integrity of any game bec...

Applications of Orthopedic Sports Medicine

have only just applied the very tip of what technological mastery they have uncovered. The "rapid advances"1 in bioengineering no...

Motivation, Interactionism, and Sports Psychology

In five pages interactionism is defined and then considered as a motivation approach in sports psychology. Four sources are cited...

Female Athletes and Injuries to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

In eleven pages the reasons that women are eight times more likely to suffer injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament than men p...

Overview of Sports Marketing

In eighteen pages this paper discusses twenty first century sports marketing in a consideration of present issues and what the fut...

Changes in the Sports Car Industry

In nine pages this paper examines sports care industry changes, micro and macroenvironmental issues, and concepts of core marketin...

Sports Journalism and Ethical Theory

In twenty two pages the ethical theories of Rawls, Aristotle, Kant, and Mill are applied to basic principles of sports journalism ...

Personal Statement of a Northeastern Student Regarding the Future

In five pages this paper examines the incorporation of business and sports interests in this Northeastern student's personal state...

Gambling in Sports and the Pete Rose Betting on Baseball Case

In five pages this paper discusses gambling by athletes in professional sports in this consideration of the case involving former ...

Assessment of Nike

publicly listed firm there are also increasing pressures to create value this is also seen in the supply chain management. In ma...

UNDER ARMOUR AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

portion of the running-shoe market to be successful and to improve on financial performance (Mehta, 2009). Other potential opportu...

Mike Lupica's Mad As Hell How Sports Got Away from the Fans-And How We Get It Back

In 5 pages this text and the impact of greed on sports and how fans can assist in halting this disturbing trend are examined. The...

Winning is the 'Only Thing' in Sports Mentality and Ethical Alternatives

In nine pages the concept of winning as it pertains to sports is examined in a discussion of goal accomplishment. Seven sources a...