Essays on Rugby

1. Introduction: Concussion occurs from traumatic injury to the brain and results in a temporary disruption of brain function or loss/altered consciousness for a short period (Moser, 2012). Concussion is common in contact sports, where there is a collision between players. It is expected to have an adverse cumulative effect on the persons cognitive and mental functioning (Moser, 2012). With course of time, this could adversely affect once athletic career. Identifying incidence of concussion in a particular sport, will help to determine risk and initiate preventive measures. Rugby is a full body contact sports and there are high chances ...

Some can touch the ball with their hands while some cannot. Some can get yellow cards while others can get red. Some always run and are never involved; others cannot cross the line and only wave their flags. What are these words about? Obviously, they are about a wonderful game of soccer. It is truly the Earth's national game. It gathers many millions before their televisions or computers and gets the stadiums full to the rim. It leaves calm very few and can make the most modest and polite people rage and burst the emotions in their support for ...

Summary of the main themes of the field study

Violence in sports-sports is often marred by violence and other forms of hooliganism. Sports fans in most cases take their passion for the game to extreme heights where they turn a blind eye to the sensibility and decorum. The numerous fights are a clear demonstration of violence in sports. Qualitative research offers firsthand information regarding field incidences (Corbin & Strauss, 2014). Intolerance in the game-while sports acts as a uniting factor in the society. It is often full of intolerance. Fans normally find it too hard to withstand contentious decisions that go against them. As a result, the referees are ...

Introduction

An elite athlete development system refers to a process whereby a significant period of time is taken to nurture young talents so that they can develop into elite athletes in their respective sporting activities. These games range from football, athletics, swimming, tennis, basketball, and much more. The process mainly focuses on the continual improvement of skills and understanding of the game. All the coaches in this process are ultimately improving and preparing players so that they can move to the next stage of development. Who will be the next Lionel Messi, Tiger Woods or even Venus Williams? With the ...

The emphasis area that interests me most is playing rugby and being a sports chiropractor. I started playing rugby several years ago when I was still a young child. When I reflect back, I realize that this is the best decision I ever made in my life. While there were a variety of other sports for me to choose from, I settled on this unique sport for which my friends ridiculed me whenever we went out to play. However, I have never regretted being a rugby player. In my life as an amateur rugby player, I have discovered that ...

The Movie, Invictus, portrays various leadership qualities among two national icons between characters played by Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar (Invictus). The movie is an inspirational piece of art; it portrays post-apartheid racial divisions that existed in South Africa between the Blacks and the White South Africans immediately after the country attained independence. Morgan Freeman acting as the Country’s President, Nelson Mandela, exhibits essential leadership qualities that unites the Whites and Black citizens (Invictus). One of these qualities is Wisdom; immediately after taking office as the first Black President, he wisely recognizes ...

Introduction

Nowadays, the comprehensive learning programs in school are designed specifically to improve health-based concepts of body fitness. Recent recommendations provide that the youth must engage in 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous exercises daily. The physical fitness regimes are constructed in an enjoyable and mentally appropriate manner that involves a variety of activities. Not only are the exercises crucial for adequate development and growth, but also a physically active lifestyle during a person’s pediatric years helps to limit the chances of suffering from chronic illnesses later in life. The exercises are normally grouped based on the mode of ...

A contract can be defined as an agreement that is private and voluntary in nature that binds at least two parties. For instance, a car buyer could enter in an agreement with the seller to pay him the agreed amount of money over a given period while the seller delivers the car to the buyer. It can be viewed as a way of ensuring a promise is kept with the use of law which is aimed at protecting the consumer. Stakeholders in sports have the need to work based on contracts which bind these parties. Sports contracts are formed ...

Abstract

The O’Hub is a conceptual, up-and-coming hostel that will be located in the heart of Dublin. Dublin has long been a center of tourism for people around the world, and it seems likely that Europeans and international guests will continue to flock to the city (Failte Ireland, 2016; Bacon, 2009). Indeed, there have been suggestions that the hotel and hostel industries in Dublin are over capacity; this indicates that there is a need in the market. The overarching vision for this particular project is to create such a unique design and atmosphere that the O’Hub is able ...

A social commentary is a piece of work that expresses opinions and expressions about a historical event, appealing to the audience’s sense of social justice. George MacDonald Fraser wrote a novel known as “Flashman “in 1969, which he identified as a reflection of his childhood memoirs.The novel entails the escapades of Flashman. The character is a fictional character that initially appeared in Tom Brown’s work “School days”. The author used his interest in being a soldier in Asia, and quitting his job as a journalist as the majormotivation for writing this novel, and the other series that ...

Introduction

Soccer, or association football in many countries around the world, is a ball game played by teams consisting of eleven players each. The game itself is played on a rectangular field with goals at either end. The objective of the game is to score a point by making the ball enter the opposing player’s goal. Each team has a goalkeeper, a player who guards their respective team’s goalposts and prevents the ball from entering it. Except for the goalkeeper, players are only allowed to use either their head, torso, or feet to kick and touch the ball. ...

The Decline and Fall of Apartheid: National, Regional, and Global Factors

Introduction The struggle for independence in the Republic of South Africa was weakened by certain policies and directives that were passed on by the then ruling Afrikaans. Apartheid was the biggest obstacle that these freedom fighters were to face. It was characterized by racial segregation that gave preference to the white people while the black people were not viewed as equals. Racial segregation was seen in many other areas such as health care facilities, schools and places of work such as mines where the black people were forced to work. The Apartheid regime came to an end and allowed ...

Interview

Company: SIDEARM Sports Specific focus of the company: Provision of software and technology needed to power livestats, websites, and video streaming for over 600 high schools, colleges, and universities across North America.

Engagements other than business: Teaching in the university as an Associate Professor

Education: A graduate of iSchool at Syracuse University Previous work experience: Teaching Personality: Practical and fact-minded with undoubted reliability. Very perceptive, energetic, and smart person who really enjoy living on the edge (16 Personalities, 2016). Motivations: Changing the way people experience the college sport through SIDEARM. Also teaching and/ or mentoring college students. When, how, and why the company was founded: Company established in 1996. It started ...

Introduction

Soccer is one of the most viewed sports across the world. The sport boasts of many enthusiasts, ardent fanatics, and players from youngsters to many adults. Normally, playing soccer takes an inherent part in children, and they begin playing it at an early age for different reasons, which explains its popularity. Understanding soccer is simple, a factor that enables children to play it effortlessly since its rules are not complicated as compared to other different games such as basketball, hockey or cricket. Its simplicity has made the sport as a good vessel for bringing different people together despite their ...

MANCHESTER

ASSIGNMENT OF tourist destinations 2016 NOVEMBER, GROUP 4 Tourist Destination Introduction There are different modes of traveling and the fastest is through the air. Most of the people prefer to travel through the air because it facilitates them in reaching all parts of the world. A lot of changes has been made from the inception of airplanes and now the customers have an entirely experience, as the airplanes offer several facilities to its customers. Today, aircrafts have become sophisticated, safer, faster, and cheaper. For these reasons, tourism has exploded. In 2013, 3 billion air passengers arrived at various world ...

Application of Legal and Best Practice Procedures for Greater Health and Safety in Sports Facility Operation: A Case Study of the Nottingham University Sports Centre Application of Legal and Best Practice Procedures for Greater Health and Safety in Sports Facility Operation: A Case Study of the Nottingham University Sports Centre

Introduction

A sports facility is a work place with highest potential risk of accidents and disastrous incidences. This is owing to the vast number of physical transactions that take place which though regulated by rules of the games or sport being played are still at risk of human errors of ...

Rugby union participants continuously grow in magnitude and potency from 1995 due improved professionalism of the sport. The study indicates that the muscles increase the strength, body weight and muscular fortitude of the participants. As the members have changed in potency and acceleration, the sport has become increasingly bodily with contact rising in rate and might. A concussion is the most common sport associated damage. The collective result of an increase in dimension, physicality, might and figure of sports participated has lead to a rise in the threat of concussion and recurring of the same in skilled participants of ...

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Three issues may arise for the parties involved in this scenario that fall within the Rugby World Cup ticket terms and conditions. Bob will not have any issues regarding the purchase of the tickets as Bob purchased the tickets legally. Sadiq will not have any issues as he is attending the match with Bob and this is permitted under the terms and conditions. The relevant condition states:

If more than one Ticket is issued to a Ticket Purchaser, the Ticket Purchaser must

retain one Ticket for his/her personal use. Any remaining Tickets may only be used

the Ticket) who accompany the Ticket Purchaser to the Match However, the tickets may not, according to terms ...

Tasks of the finance function in a business

The finance function is tasked with both internal and external functions in a business. The major functions include budgeting and forecasting, recording financial transactions in both the ledgers and books of original entries, financial reporting of statements and to adhere to regulatory rules and to meet the business tax obligation. The finance function also has a role in the management of business accounts such as costing records, budget and pricing. The management accounts are usually used by managers for decision-making purposes when making critical business decisions such as pricing strategies and the amount of money to be allocated to ...

The movie Invictus portrays Nelson Mandela in his role as a transformational leader, who undertakes a delicate and sensitive act of political engineering in his nation, South Africa, torn apart by fratricidal race war. South Africa at the time lacked national identity, while politicizing sports emerged as an excellent nation building strategy to unite the nation and build the national identity. The core strategy underpinning Mandela’s approach to nation building was “No Losers Strategy”, a win-win approach to national reconstruction, nation building and national identity.

Politicization of Sports: Politicization of sports can have both positive and negative outcomes. When a sport ...

Introduction

“Invictus” is a film that shows an inspirational story of how Nelson Mandela united his fellow countrymen by using rugby team as a catalyst, subsequent to the end of apartheid. During this time Mandela was serving his term as president and as he campaigned to host the Rugby World Cup in 1995, he used this opportunity to unite divided nation. After the apartheid, the white minority fears vengeance while the black majority seeks revenge. The movie portrays the racial trapping that prevailed in South Africa through the almost all-white rugby team, Mandela’s security and the divided nation to narrate ...

Invictus (2009) film

The film talks about the inspiring life of Nelson Mandela and how he worked in unison with the captain of the rugby team of South Africa to bring the country together. The new president knows that his country is in a state of disintegration because of the discrimination and all forms of apartheid. He believed that he could use sports to unite his people in the Rugby World Cup Championship tournament.

Mandela is released from the dungeons of prisons and his rise to power to become the president of South Africa indicates a form of radical change. Because of apartheid, the ...

1. From the Finding the Leader in you highlight on page 272 in the text, we read about Nelson Mandela's use of power for the greater good. Using the books' discussion of power and influence as a backdrop, analyze Mandela's power from multiple perspectives and assess how his use of power changed the perspective of a nation.

Being the president, Mandela used position power or legitimate power to control the people. This refers to his hierarchical authority, which compelled his followers or his people to obey him. Because Mandela was well respected by his people, especially by the blacks, ...

1.0 Introduction of the Book and Background Information Essentially, USA has become an increasingly capitalistic nation that concentrates on individuality rather than a community-based orientation. This condition is embedded in almost all aspects of the Americans’ lives that include social, environmental, and political activities. The alarming self-centeredness has raised a lot of concern from scientists, socialists, psychologists, and scholars in general. As a result, it has been investigated and researched widely in order to come up with ways of combating and reducing its levels in the social realms. In this line of thought, Twenge and Campbell (2009) addressed self- centeredness and ...

Invictus Movie

The movie ‘Invictus’ a sport based film written by Clint Eastwood. The title means ‘unconquered’. The main actors are Morgan Freeman, and Matt Damon. Freeman and Damon represented the President of South Africa Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar Springbok captain respectively. It gives a description of rugby events that took place through the 1995 world cup that the president used as advantage to unite the country and fight apartheid. It portrays the challenges that the president faced to achieve the common good of the State and eradicate the apartheid era that had faced the citizens of South Africa for a long period.

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Consent is one of the recognized grounds for a defense in the commission of a crime. This type of defense is usually invoked in the cases involving criminal sexual conduct, physical assault and battery. The court’s approach when recognizing consent as a defense will vary based on the causal conduct of harm afflicted to the victim by an accused. The circumstances will dictate whether the court will appreciate consent as a valid defense against liability. As a general rule, the victim’s consent will not automatically excuse an accused from liability for the harm caused. It is actually the nature of a crime that ...

The Republic of Ireland, more commonly referred to as Ireland occupies five-sixths of the island of Ireland, the second largest island of the British Isles. Its demography, history, geography and culture are unique (see Appendix 1 for scale map).

Ireland, which is to the far west of Europe, is also west of the island of Great Britain. The Republic covers 70,280 of the island’s total area of 84,431 square kilometres. The climate is temperate maritime, modified by the North Atlantic Current which contributes to its mildwinters and cool summers. Because of the high precipitation, the climate ...

Globalization is an integration process that occurs across the world and arises from interchange of products, world views, ideas and cultural aspects. The act of globalization can be traced from the old ages to present modern world (Stromquist M. P 2009). It begun with investments, trade, migration and dissemination of knowledge and was further linked with global climatic challenges, cross boundary pollution and sharing of socio-economic resources. Location of globalization begins at the local, national then regional continuum with economic and social relations organized at all stated levels. Modern forms of globalization can be said to have begun during ...

According to Sacks, the subtext that is provided over the epidemic of childlessness in the lives of most executives is that men are to blame. According to the women, men are to blame because according to them, men refuse to be left at home and be the primary caretaker of the kids. This would mean that, for a woman who wants to concentrate on her career, she would have to shelve her need to have kids and concentrate on her work first because if she had kids she would have to stay at home to take care of them, consequently ...

Annotated Bibliography

Dunning, E., Murphy, P., & Williams, J. (1988). The roots of football hooliganism: An historical and sociological study. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 2-345 Retrieved from http://www.worldcat.org/title/roots-of-football-hooliganism-an-historical-and-sociological-study/oclc/18412025 This book specifically uses a solid background to show the origin of Hooliganism in football. The book through its well structured chapters denotes how football was used by ancient people to carry out manslaughter and eliminate those who were weak and unfit to live in the society. Through it development, it denotes the numerous stages the world has undergone to achieve the current rules and standards governing the game. Knapp, B. A. (2011). ...

Introduction

Living by the principles is exhausting, so thought William Webb Ellis, who in April 1823 picked up the ball and ran to the opponent’s goal amidst a football match that was held in Rugby, a British town. An ordinary foul at the first glance, however turned to be the first ever mentioning of rugby. Since then the game has received wide popularity and even turned into an Olympic sport in the beginning of the twentieth century, and on the Olympics of 2016 rugby teams will be among the represented national groups. This type of sport demands high level of physical ...

Wheelchair Rugby

Abstract In order to understand this sport, we have to understand how it is played and the rules that the players need to follow in order to be fully qualified to step in the court and play this beautiful sport. This sport has in the recent past grown into one of the best sports for the persons with disabilities. Others include basketball and handball but as West (2014) argue, wheelchair rugby does what basketball and handball, do better and collectively and as some may say, simultaneously. Hodges (2012) explains that wheelchair football game is completed with two ...

Invictus was a Latin word that could be loosely translated to mean undefeated in English. It could also be interpreted to mean an unconquered territory. Their choices for a movie title were well choreographed as it went to show a springbok side that, according to the movie, was undefeated in the 1995 Rugby world cup in South Africa. It was also a good theme that went ahead to prove to the nation of South Africa that, in unison, they were always going to be conquerors. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he successfully contested and was elected the first black president ...

Procedures.

Warm Up (5 minutes). The teacher asks students about differents kind of sports they know: - what kind of sports do you like? - have you tried all those sports? - do you enjoy watching championships? - do you know some kind of weird sports from other countries? - are there some kinds of sports you would like to try? - why haven't you tried it yet?

Development.

The teachers tells about national sports of different countries. A national sport or national pastime is a sport or game that is considered to be ...

Introduction

Every sport that currently exists in the world is comprised of a dedicated pool of supporters or fans. In modern days, sports have graduated to become commercial enterprises with fans primarily being the end consumers. Therefore, when making any decision related to sports, the fans usually take center stage. However, the wide popularity of sports that has continued growing over the years has given rise to a new trend. Traditionally, sport was viewed as a platform to have fun but recent days have seen a lot of emotion attached it (Hunt 440). Across different types of sports, fan have exhibited various behaviors that ...

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- Football and soccer are highly acclaimed games, but soccer has worldwide attraction. - Earliest known games having the similarity with football or soccer are reported to be in the third and second centuries BC. - Since 1871, soccer and American football came as different versions of football. - Soccer and American football have some similarities such as the number of players. - Soccer and American football have many differences such as fields, scoring systems, time limits, geographic limits, leagues, and tournaments. These are described below.

Introduction

Football and soccer are highly acclaimed games of ...

Introduction

Sports and gender is not quite phenomenal since it has lived on since time immemorial. Even so, gender inequality is something that has been sung for quite some time and some attempts have been made to try and level of the balance so that women can have the benefits that men seemingly enjoy. On many occasions, games that mainly feature men are the ones that have been invested ever since and only recently have they started to feature women in the respective games like football, rugby, athletics, and even handball. On many occasions, the global sports have tried to ...

South Africa in the 20th century had many words to describe it but none were flattering. Words like hate, suffering, anguish, separation, ignorance and apartheid. Apartheid is best described as government institutionalized racism and is Afrikaans for apartness. The South African government disfranchised black voters and non-white citizens. An American example that is similar is the Jim Crow laws in the south While there was wide spread racism in South Africa for several years before that, it was made into law in 1948. It took the resolve of Nelson Mandela to guide the country in a new direction. Nelson ...

Communication-Comparing Two Events

Introduction Whether it is international or local business, sports or cultural festivals, hosting events provides a country with numerous benefits including provision of employment opportunities to the residents of that particular country. Events and festivals are the building blocks of tourism attraction that forms a significant percentage of gross domestic products. There is a positive correlation between the number of tourists’ attraction and economic growth of a given country. Countries endowed with numerous tourists’ attraction both domestic and international earn relatively high foreign exchange (Ricky, 2010). In addition festivals and events boost national pride as well as encouraging international collaboration. Citizens have ...

Ethics and social responsibility in a leadership context specifically focusing on Australian anti doping authority investigation into drug use in the national rugby league and Australian football league

It was easier to gather information about ethics and social responsibility in sports because it falls in my area of specialization. In the research on ethics and social responsibilities in leadership context, various instruments of research were used to collect the relevant data. Because the research involved gathering of information from a large group of participants, secondary information was gathered from books, journals, newspapers and Australian Anti Doping Agency investigation (ASADA) publications. The ...

The football team

American football is the most popular and the most lucrative sport in the United States. Every state has dozens of football teams which play in the NFL’s championship, college football, youth football or high school championships. The Super Bowl is the most prestigious American Football event that takes place annually between the winners of the Eastern and the Western conference. I have been to the USA for two years now and I have enjoyed every bit of it. It’s a great country with wonderful people who have great passion in what they are involved in their daily ...

Introduction

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 also known as the miracle in the Andes was involved in an accident. The airplane was carrying 45 people who included the Uruguayan old Christian club rugby team, their friends, families and associates (Silvera, 2008). The aircraft departed Montevideo on the tenth of October 1972 with the team heading to play against a team in Santiago Chile. The trip was a straight travel through Argentina. However the Andes Mountain at the border of Chile and Argentina was a major obstacle. The aircraft clashed on the mountain as it was going through them. There are three major ...

Evolution of Baseball

The National League was founded in the year 1876. That is when organized baseball began.

Practices to limit unrestrained competition for players and stabilize the market emerged.

The success of company sponsored teams led to the transformation of businessmen attitudes towards baseball and was a source of company pride (Lomax). Henry Chadwick is a pioneer of what we know today as baseball. He influenced the changes in the game, introduced the modern box score, statistics, and wrote instructional manuals. He made baseball popular during those early days of establishment. He wrote a book on baseball in 1868. He promoted the game as a journalist. Alexander Cartwright is yet another person often referred to ...

PERSONAL REFLECTION & ANALYSIS OF ISSUES RAISED THROUGH

Introduction: NNITV first started beaming out its programming on 13 July 2007. Its origins go back further than that; it is a result of the Indigenous Austrians campaigning for 25 years for cultural and linguistic representation in the media. Created with the intent to provide innovative Indigenous Austrian and Torres Strait Islander programs by an Indigenous run organization that properly represented the first Australians it faced many hurdles, with still more to come. Never the less, thus far it has succeeded brilliantly exceeding expectations and winning national and international recognition for its programming. In 2005, NATI got its first ...

The Invictus movie tells of an inspiring story about Nelson Mandela uniting with the Springboks captain Francois Pienaar in an attempt to unite the South African country, a country due to apartheid is divided across racial and economic aspects. The two presume the roles of the heroes in the Invictus movie in an endeavor that they will end up uniting the country through the love of sport. The entire movie has employed Joseph Campbell’s concepts on how to become a hero, how he is nurtured, designed and prepared to become a great hero in society. The journey President Mandela faces before ...

INVICTUS (2009)

Introduction

Nelson Mandela unites with the Springboks captain Francois Pienaar in an attempt to unite the South African country a country that due to apartheid is divided across racial and economical aspects. The two presume the roles of the heroes in the movie Invictus in an endeavor that they end up uniting the country through the love of sport. The entire movie has employed Campbell’s concepts and ideas of how a hero comes to being, how he is nurtured, designed and prepared to be termed as a hero in society. As it will be noted in this discussion, the journey ...

Introduction

In his book, Pathway to Bliss, Joseph Campbell talks about the journey that a hero must go through before he or she can be considered to be a true hero. According to Campbell, a hero’s journey is comprised of 12 stages. These stages test the strength, ability and motivation of the hero/heroine and it is only at the final stage that the hero gets rewarded for his struggle and attains ultimate success.

Question 1

In the movie Invictus, the hero is Nelson Mandela. There are several scenes that depict his heroic journey in this movie. Having just been released from, Nelson Mandela faces ...

“He who does the right thing is bound to prosper” and “nothing good comes easily” (Thomas Muller). Imagine of a journey of a thousand miles. How does it start? It starts with a single step and progresses to the end of the journey. That is exactly how American football started. As the sun sets in each an everyday, American football evolves to where it is currently. We are going to look at the origin of the American football we know today, where it urinated from and the changes it has underwent so far. Football originated from rugby, a game that began in ...

This section presents a description of the research methodology used by the researcher, a description of how the research was set up, the instruments used, and the sample used. The purpose of this research study was to examine the extent in which cultural diversity in women influences their participation in sports. In order to investigate the relationship between women participation in sports and cultural influences, the researcher adopted survey research design. Survey methodology was used because of the unique nature of the study. It required gathering information from primary sources. Survey design also allows the researcher to use a sample which represents a ...

“Murderball” Review: Masculinity in Men with Disabilities

In the movie “Murderball,” directed by Rubin and Shapiro, the paraplegics who play for the USA rugby team are practicing to compete in the Athens 2004 Paralympics. However, the most interesting part of the movie is the individual story of each character that is not always directly connected to rugby or their daily activities. Rather than focusing on their sport and the violence required to excel at it, it is more interesting to listen to their accidents, choices in life, and their paths to rehabilitation and leading a normal life. The behavioral aspect of the movie “Murderball” is the most ...

What is the history of American football?

American football is a sport that is traced to the earlier versions of association football and rugby football. In both of the games there is involvement of kicking of a football at a goal and/or it runs over a line. They do have an origin in Britain. American football came to result from several and major divergences from rugby which occurred after the rule of changes instituted by Walter Camp which is from time immemorial considered to be the ‘Father of this American Football’. The rules included the bringing in of the line of scrimmage rule, down and distance and the forward pass. ...

I graduated with a GPA that was not good staring at. It all started in the first quarter when I used to get grades that were not any good at all. Yes, I knew that I had to do something worthwhile with my life, and further knew that getting such awful grades would never serve me with a platform to do the ‘something good’ that I had never given a serious thought. My dad warned me a thousand and one times about my lack of seriousness in school work, all in vain. However, towards the end the first quarter it dawned on me ...