Female Coaches May Be Detrimental to Male Sports Teams
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This 15 page paper provides a proposal for an experiment to prove the hypothesis, in addition to reviewing a great deal of research in the field. Literature pertinent to sports and gender relationships in general provide support for the thesis. Research which addresses female coaching specifically is also provided, inclusive of the psychological effects it has on the male. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Female Swimmers Over 40
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6 pages in length. Directly correlated with the extent to which women over forty choose to participate in swimming is how active they were in this or other sports throughout their lives; one who has engaged in swimming or some other physical activity either consistently or in phases is much more likely to undertake swimming after forty than one who has had little experience with that or any other sport. The writer discusses other issues pertaining to female swimmers over 40 including gender limitations, discrimination and mass media agenda setting. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Football and Adolescence
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A 5 page paper which examines the impact of football as a sport on adolescent growth by considering what it teaches them in terms of education and life, and evaluates whether participation is healthy or damaging. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Football and Soccer; A Comparative Analysis
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This 10 page paper examines American football and English football, also known as soccer. After looking at how each of the games are played there is a comparison of the differences and similarities, with an interpretation of how these may reflect and influence the cultures in which they take place. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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Football Past and Present
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7 pages. This paper is an overview of the history of American football and its relation to football as we know it today. Comparisons are made between players in the first football league to those of today's players, as well as information on salaries, drafts, players' lifestyles, and other intriguing information about the game of football. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Football Safety Issues
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An 11 page exploration of safety and how it relates to football. Includes a description of major injuries and measures which could be implemented to rectify the problems. Bibliography lists nine sources.
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Football: Yesterday and Today
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A 7 page paper which discuses the differences between football in history and football today. Subjects covered include attitudes, lifestyles, and pay. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAfootball.wps

Foreign players in English football
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A paper which considers the changing way in which foreign players in English football have been perceived since the 1930s and the impact which the influx of foreign players has had upon the game in the past few decades. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: JLengfoot.rtf

Fred Fiedler’s Comprehensive Contingency Model: Applications in Sports, Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Everyday Life
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A 7 page discussion of Fiedler’s contingency model of leadership, a model which postulates that leadership effectiveness is based on “situational contingency”, i.e. that in order to be most effective the situation had to be favorable to the leadership style being utilized. The author contests some writers’ interpretation that Fiedler is contending that the leader himself cannot change. This criticism is unjust in may respects. Fiedler’s model recognizes, of course, that not all situations will be favorable and either the situation or the leadership style must be changed in order to correspond with one another. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Free Weights Vs Weight Machines
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6 pages in length. One of the many debates within the world of exercise is whether free weights are superior over weight machines when it comes to overall outcome. Clearly, there is no easy answer to this issue, inasmuch as there exist a number of variables the need to be addressed in order to make an informed and effective decision. While one method may work well for one person, it might not be at all productive for another based upon such aspects as physical condition, time constraints and fitness goals. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Frequency of Upper Extremity Injuries Verses Lower Extremity Injuries in Athletes (A Review of the Literature)
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This 12 page paper provides a literature review for injuries sustained by athletes. Different types of injuries are discussed and those involving the lower extremities versus the upper extremities are compared. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Friday Night Lights/High School Football
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A 6 page essay that draws on the book Friday Night Lights, the 1990 bestseller by H.G. Bissinger that describes a high school football program in Odessa, a small town in Texas. Bissinger quotes one of the supporters of this high school football team as saying "Life really wouldn't be worth livin' if you didn't have a high school football team to support" (Bissinger, "Friday" 20). Considering the extensive cultural and historical background that Bissinger offers in this text concerning the town of Odessa, this statement is understandable, but the degree of fanaticism that it indicates is not defensible. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Functional Analysis of a Forehand Ground Stroke in Tennis
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The forehand ground stroke in tennis requires the coordination of more than 130 muscles in the legs, back, shoulder and arm for the approach, the back swing (initiation), the forward swing and the contact, and the deceleration. This 20 page paper provides a functional analysis of the forehand ground stroke in tennis by evaluating the connection between skeletal and muscular components in evaluating elements like range of motion, the phases of the swing, and the desired effect (hitting the ball) that come into play in determining the physical motion of the swing. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Gambling in College Sports:
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This 3 page paper offers an overview of gambling in regards to college sports. Furthermore, this paper explores some of the controversy which surrounds this topic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Gender constructs in sport: cheerleading
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A paper which looks at gender constructs in sport, with specific reference to masculinities and femininities in football cheerleading squads. Bibliography lists 1 source
Filename: JLcheer.rtf

Gender Issues Concerning Anabolic Steroids in the Field of Sports
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A 14 page paper which discusses various gender concerns with relationship to anabolic steroid use in sports. The paper presents information concerning the supposed benefits and realistic side effects of steroids. It also breaks down the gender concerns and illustrates how the anabolic steroids effect men and women, as well as adolescents. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Gender Issues in Sports
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This 3 page paper examines six articles about the issue of gender differences in sports. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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