BOBBY ORR BIOGRAPHY By: Luca Esposito For many, the greatest hockey player the National Hockey League (NHL) has ever seen is a Canadian born legend. The “Magic Number 4”, Bobby Orr, was a star player in the NHL in the late 1960’s to the mid 1970’s. His achievements and defining moments as a hockey player continue to be highlighted and discussed today and will forever be honoured in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Robert Gordon Orr (Bobby Orr) was born March 20th, 1948 in the town of Parry Sound, Ontario. From a very young age, Bobby Orr started skating and quickly demonstrated a passion for hockey.
Shaun White. That name personifies the snowboarding world. At the age of five he was described as a snowboarding prodigy. Already winning amateur championships and semi pro championships. Shaun White is in a class of his own sweeping the winter X-Games and Olympics for years on end in first place.
Play time can also become a family experience which serves to bond family members together and allow adult members an opportunity to model healthy exercise habits for children. Exercise also helps young children develop a healthy self-image and positive self-esteem as they take pride in their physical accomplishments. The exhilaration that comes with running, laughing, and playing can also boost a child's mood. This leads to one of the most important reasons kids should play outside: its fun! When children do exercise it can benefit from regular exercise because if they are active they will have stronger muscles and bones.
Cold Breath; True Canadian. By: Jesse Boughey ENG4UI Southwood Secondary School Ms. Layfield March 8th, 2012 Cold Breath My first pair of skates we’re handed to me at the age of four. I was ecstatic. Words cannot describe the feeling I had when the laces ran through my fingers for the first time. Hockey has consumed my life, and like-wise for my peers from a young age onward.
Focus on competitive sport Summery Competitive sport for children at the heart of the Olympic legacy(text1) The author starts by telling about Prime Minister David Cameron, who has declared that competitive and individual sport will be, at the core of the new curriculum for primary school. He wants the government to hold on to the inspiration from the Olympic Games, that can inspire many children to take part in sports, in their schools and outside in sports clubs. In the new curriculum they will aim to enable the kids, to be physical active in longer periods, be skilled in a range of physical activities, among them team sport and also help kids lead a more healthy and active lifestyle. Furthermore the Government has run the first school games were the final were held at the Olympic venues, to inspire competition in every school in the country. The government planes on giving out 1 bn pound to help promote sport in schools and clubs.
Sportscotland has established several different methods of achieving its aims, in regards to improving Scottish sport as a whole. One such example is the Active Schools Network. The main focus of Active Schools is participation, and aims to improve the opportunities for people to get involved in sport, especially “hard to reach groups”. These groups include girls and young women, ethnic minorities, children from deprived areas and the disabled. Active Schools also attempts to build bridges with other clubs and organisations which will give youngsters the chance to continue and develop their sporting potential outside their school.
What is the truth about youth sports? In this essay I will cover the different opinions and facts of youth sports. As a youth coach, I have gained an increased interest to learn the effects and benefits our youth are implementing at such a young age. As children we played sports for many different reasons. Some of those reasons were because sports are fun and competitive, because our friends played or because of the status that we gained from playing these sports.
From this, my students will be able to express their individuality and I can help them develop this. I want my student athletes to be unique and, with that in mind, possess unique skills as it pertains to sports. I believe that if student athletes possess a firm understanding of who they are as individuals and what they are capable of, and then they can truly develop their individual style(s) of play. This in turn can help lead to team unity and can establish a team spirit within all the student athletes that can lead to camaraderie and ultimately, success. It is our job as educators and coaches to help develop our student athletes not only physically, but mentally as well; promoting uniqueness, along with individuality, can help in this developmental
Physically, playing basketball can increases body coordination and reflex which consequently allows a person to have a quicker reaction as well as a lesser time needed to coordinate the body to assemble movements. This can be useful in real life situations. For instance, when you are crossing a road and an automobile is about to hit you; you can dodge it, and prevent getting hit if you react quick enough. Secondly, basketball enforces discipline. It is not commonly known that such aggressive sport would require a first class discipline.
I first started skating when I was five years old and I could barely stand on my two feet. But my determination to learn how to skate, motivated me to come back the next week and give it another shot. Before, I knew it I was going to the rink two to three times a day for practice. I had a real blast learning all the new spins and jumps. I then began to take the tests required to advance to the next level.