VIOLENCE IN YOUTH SPORTS It's a beautiful fall day. There is a touch of autumn in the air and the azure sky contrasts the dark green grass of the peewee football field. Children line up in a mock exhibition of an NFL pro game. Signals are called and the ball is clumsily hiked and so...

When I was young, I was dreaming to play football. I imagined that I was a striker and scored a lot of goals. When I went to school, I was playing with my classmates. We could play it until evening. I asked my PE teacher whether there was a football team in Bishkek. He said no. At that moment I real...

The Underlying Qualities of Sports Any competitive sport takes practice and experience to play. Although some people are born with the coordination that gives them a little head start, all who attempt to pursue a sport must devote ample time to it. The introduction to a sport starts as a child g...

Reaching the Horizon I cannot even really remember the first time I saw him. It's one of those things that everyone can remember knowing about since the beginning, but cannot really remember the first time it popped into their minds. If I had to guess, I would say it was around 3rd grade ...

THE CIRCLE Wouldn't it be fun to go back in time and relive history? Wouldn't it be great to go back in time and correct mistakes? And wouldn't it be cool to go back in time to relive you childhood? If I could choose, I would go back and relive my childhood. This period of my life contained not...

Intro: If a professional athlete dislocates a joint or tears a ligament, it makes the news. But anyone who plays sports can be injured. Three groups-children and adolescents, middle-aged athletes, and women-are particularly vulnerable. Contact sports have inherent dangers that put young athletes a...

Sports are a major part of our culture. Many people grow up playing them before they can even tie their own shoe. They are glorified, taught and fed to us. We are taught from a very early age to pick a sport and pursue it. Most kids pick a sport to play with world famous players such as Wayne Gretzk...

How Does Your Child Act? First of all I think that in the back of every parents mind are questions concerning their child's future. Like will it be a doctor, a lawyer, or the next president of the United States. But with these questions there are also more questions that are not di...

Culture is defined as the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought or a group of people centered around a language, activity, region, or interest (www.dictionary.com). Many objects and/or people their attribute ...

"Hey beer man another beer please" yells a fan. I look to my friend and say, "This is only his third beer and is already drunk and using foul language." Many parents with kids have left because he is getting more obnoxious by the minuite. My friends turns to me and says, &qu...