Second, Americans love violence, and soccer doesn't deliver on that subject the way that American football and hockey do. ... Finally, the field in soccer is enormous. Considerably larger than the American football field, the soccer field could contain at least a dozen basketball courts. Americans like their action condensed, in a small field of vision. In soccer, there is an emphasis on spreading out, not infringing upon the area of the field occupied by a team-mate. ...

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The study helps prove Patron's (1990) belief on coping model, "That structured personal interviews and deductive content analysis form an effective approach to identifying a process or series of thoughts and actions that occur in field settings." ... So a study should be done on individual sports teams (football, basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, baseball, tennis, track and field, etc). ...

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Throughout out my school career I have taken the many of the opportunities open to me, such as sports clubs visits and I have also taken part in school politics. I have also enjoyed and worked at a high standard in the majority of subjects. I have always worked well in the three sciences and I ...

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Elizabeth Allan explains a story of young sophomore girls who are hazed by their older teammates: Picture yourself as a 15 year-old girl at a summer sports camp with your high school field hockey team. ... The so-called hazes were seniors on a team that had won the Bergen County field Hockey Championship for the past three years. ...

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Sports Figures as Role Models Since the beginning of time people have strived to be the best they could physically and athletically. Sports have always played a large role in society from the Primitive games to Greeks to modern day cultures. Through out time everyone has wanted to be the superstar ...

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"Due to budget cuts the hockey and football teams are cut starting in the fall of 2004" picture our Athletic Director announcing that in front of a packed McQurk or Mullins. ... They hold the tryouts, make the rosters, arrange the schedules, buy the equipment, coordinate field time, design the uniforms, oversee the practices and run virtually every other aspect of their team. ...

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The images that the song "U + UR Hand," by Pink, bring to mind thoughts that aren't exactly "G" rated. But that was the purpose of this girl power song. She just wanted to go out to a bar and have a good night without being fondled by some drunk strangers. She helps sets the precedent for the cultur...

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As a child, every athlete dreams of that day when they can step out of their "field of dreams" and lead the game winning drive with two minutes left or hit a game winning homerun in the bottom of the ninth with two outs in the World Series or even shoot the game winning shot at the buzzer in overtime. ... Whether it's steroids in major league baseball or bar fights and women in hockey and basketball respectively. ...

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"Due to budget cuts the hockey and football teams are cut starting in the fall of 2004" picture our Athletic Director announcing that in front of a packed McQurk or Mullins. ... They hold the tryouts, make the rosters, arrange the schedules, buy the equipment, coordinate field time, design the uniforms, oversee the practices and run virtually every other aspect of their team. ...

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• Grade Level: High School