There are 43 county football association and they are the backbone of grassroots football throughout the country. The counties are independent bodies, affiliated to The FA, but responsible for running
Introduction It is estimated that around 70 thousand boys play football, for either a school or club team, at each age level between the age ranges of Under 11 to Under 16, and that over 500 thousand play between the ages of nine to 16. Therefore, there should be a lot of English players playing in the English Premier League, coming up the ranks through academies. But this is not the case as you will clearly see when watching the premiership and hearing some of the critism clubs like Arsenal get for having too many foreign players. I personally feel that a lot of these English players in the academies get dropped at around the Age of 16 or when they are ready to take that step up into the reserves or first team. This is probably due to the growing number of foreigners playing in the premiership. 25 man squads will be limited to 17 foreigners by 2008-2009. This is for the UEFA Cup and Champions League (UEFA Ruling) which will make clubs oblige the law as if the want to be playing European football and be a big club they will need to do this. Football is the sixth most popular participant sport in the UK. It is the most popular team sport by far. Most kids play it and watch it but adults tend to just watch it. Grassroots development There are 43 county football association and they are the backbone of grassroots football throughout the country. The counties are
History of the Olympic games.
History Of The Olympic Games In this essay I am going to write about the Olympic Games. They interest me as I am an athlete myself and enjoy watching and following them. The Olympic Games is held every four years, in a different country each time, and takes place over about two and a half weeks. It is the biggest and probably most popular sporting event in the world today, with thousands of sportsmen taking part in more than twenty sports. The audiences are measured in billions and people watch it on television all over the world. Most of the countries of the world have teams competing in the Olympics. But the Games are not a contest between nations. Although tables are often published showing how many medals are won by each country, this is not why they are held. The spirit of the Olympics is to take part in friendly competition and bring the top sportspeople of the world together. Although athletes put in years of vigorous training, it is still a friendly competition. The idea of the Olympics was started nearly 3000 years ago in Greece. During the festivals in honour of the Greek gods, there were sporting contests held. The most important was the Olympic Games, held every four years in dedication to the father of the gods, Zeus. Free men from all over the Greek world gathered at the Games to demonstrate their sporting spirit in the sacred surroundings of Olympia, in the
What are the benefits of London and England hosting 2012 Olympics?
What are the benefits of London and England hosting 2012 Olympics? England will not only become famous for the 2012 Olympics like every other country has become, it will reap the benefits of hosting the Olympic Games also; Sebastian Coe: "A London Games in 2012 would create a lasting legacy for sport, the environment, and for local, national and global communities." The Olympic games will increase tourism dramatically via this the country could earn more than 2 billion pounds in extra tourism revenue, a million more international visitors are expected to travel to England to see the Olympics. Also the 2012 games has the potential to generate around 3,000 full-time equivalent jobs in east London and probably more throughout the country. The government will also use the Olympics as a 'shop window', this allows the government to in a way boast about how good they are running the country; this enables the government to show all the world that there way of running things is the right way and also increases the government popularity within the country. Some examples in the past where this happened was in the Berlin games in which Hitler tried to use the games as propaganda and also the eastern bloc. Hosting the Olympics also makes the public feel very patriotic for England's athletes, this will create sporting models which children will model themselves on and progressively get
Report On Comparing Assignment 1 Documents With Assignment 2 Documents.
Report On Comparing Assignment 1 Documents With Assignment 2 Documents I am going to compare the professional documents which I commented on in Assignment 1. They were the agenda, the minutes of the meeting, the letter, the newspaper article and the flyer. These will be compared with the documents which I created in Assignment 2 which were the agenda, minutes of the meeting, the letter, the newspaper article and the party invitation (flyer). Agenda The professional agenda which I commented on in Assignment 1 is somewhat different to the one which I created myself in Assignment 2. The first difference is that with the professional agenda, the information which tells you the name of the meeting, the date of the meeting, the place of the meeting and the time of meeting is above the title 'Agenda'. Whereas I have done it the other way around and I centralised the name of my meeting which is 'Fame Production Committee'. The second difference is that on the professional agenda, the items are not numbered whereas on my agenda I have numbered the items. The third difference is that on my agenda I have not listed any action points because I didn't think I needed them, however on the professional agenda there are action points which are named 'Report A, Report B, Report C, Report D and Report E'. The fourth difference is that on the professional agenda, it gives directions
Should professional athletes be held to higher standards of accountability? For instance, there is raging controversy about steroids. Steroids have been used by athletes to gain an edge
Mike Hartman Marsha Walker Core 101-20 September 30, 2006 Professional athletes hurting teenagers Should professional athletes be held to higher standards of accountability? For instance, there is raging controversy about steroids. Steroids have been used by athletes to gain an "edge" over their competition, mostly in sporting events, such as baseball. Many people just use steroids to enhance their physical features. Professional athletes are not only hurting themselves, by taking steroids, but high school athletes as well because of the influence the professional athletes promote to the high school athletes. I feel that steroids are a serious issue in professional athletes today and it needs to be addressed in a more serious manner. Many athletes, throughout their careers, have considered using steroids to give them an "edge" over other athletes. The athletes that do decide to take steroids are ignorant to the effects, or they just think nothing will happen to them. For example, Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds always had a petite stature. Less than ten years later Bonds became one of the most fearful and muscular player in the league. After all of the steroid allegations in the past few years, Bonds is well-known to many that he indeed did take steroids. Why is he still playing in the MLB then? I agree with the fact that the league has put harsher
Football Coursework Sources Questions
Football Coursework Sources Questions Question 1: Source A tells us that football began in the public schools of the south, and one of the major developments is how the games image was changed from a `traditional mob scrimmage' to `a game of remarkable skill'. The origins of the game then spread to the universities and then to London. Places in the south were very wealthy, teams such as Harrow, Eton and Westminster, well known public schools, came from these rich counties because they saw the importance of a team game. These southern clubs organised the game and launched the English Cup. For this to happen the game needed rules, and I know that in 1948 the first set of serious rules were being compiled at Cambridge University, fifteen years later the F.A. (Football Association) was formed and they published the first set of official rules in November 1863. From London the game spread to the largely industrial north and the Midlands. The Industrial Revolution, in the middle of the 19^th century created lots of jobs and a larger population. People began to see the importance of leisure time and bank holidays were introduced. People could now play football in their spare time and factory teams and church groups began to pop up. Many of the well-known clubs of today originated from church groups, like Liverpool, Everton and Aston Villa. What I know about
Nutrition - Hydration
Hydration Our bodies are 60 - 70% made up of water, which is almost 2/3 of our body weight. We lose water through sweat, urine, faeces and in the air we breathe out. It is the main component in blood cells, which carry oxygen, nutrients and waste around the body. Water in the blood also maintains temperature regulation by absorbing heat produced during exercise. Almost every function in the body takes place through water and it acts as a solvent removing nutrients, antibodies, hormones and oxygen through the blood. In order to maintain homeostasis we must consume optimal amounts of water everyday otherwise our bodies could not function efficiently. Water is lost everyday through our regular activities and exercises, but also through our body functions. Elimination of waste is where we lose most water, which includes urination and excretion. As our body is made up of water and we consume water and fluids during the day there is a limit to how much fluids we can consume. When we reach the limit of fluid consumption our body uses urination to get rid of excess fluid but waste products also. If we do not drink enough water the amount of urine being expelled decreases and the urine becomes concentrated. Although when we become dehydrated the body rations and recycles water, and all fluid losing functions are reduced meaning waste that should have been carried out of the body by
Sport, media and current issues
Social aspects of sport assignment 1 Sport, media and current issues The relationship between sport and the various different media has developed over time, with more significant developments in recent years. This has had and impact on both sports that are well covered and sports that are not covered by the media. Some sports have become multimillion-pound empires whereas some are virtually unknown. The media is any type of communication that reaches a large amount of people. There are many various types of media that have developed over time with the invention of newspapers, radio, television and the Internet; sport has been made more accessible to millions of people worldwide. A brief timeline of media and sport 733 Boston gazette first reports on sport 800s circulation rose along with sports coverage The "sporting life" the first paper devoted just to sport is a success Regularly reported football and cricket instilled them as national sports Steady increase in coverage 1900 - 1975 Relationship developed between sport and media 920s radio developed (1922 BBC developed) 936 the arrival of television 988, 97% of houses owned a television set watching 28 hours a week Entrepreneurs became aware of selling rights to TV companies Increased participation in sport Sports enter into a war for ratings and coverage Sports start developing rules to assist their TV
The development of sport throughout the nineteenth century.
The development of sport throughout the nineteenth century. Pre-industrialisation sport in Britain came in the form of popular recreation. It was often a rural and parochial activity. Sport often had no rules and was poorly structured and organised. It commonly took place around public houses or during Wakes and Fairs and was therefore closely accompanied with heavy drinking and gambling. Sport typically took the form of mob games; there were too many people playing the games and there was a severe lack of order and rules. As a consequence there was a lot of violent behaviour; kicking, tripping and punching was recognised as part of the game, but this meant that injuries were common. During this time popular recreation was generally based around cruelty; animal sports such as hunting, shooting, baiting, coursing and dog and cock fighting, were widespread. Public schools; such as Clarendon Boys' school were an endowed place of education with great social standing. The Sons of Gentlemen, the talented and the elite attended them. They were exclusive schools although they were often frugal and the teachers severe; they therefore acquired the title "Barbarian schools" because of these harsh conditions. These were privately owned schools and there were only 9 of them around the country. They were established in the 1864 Clarendon report. Most schoolmasters at this time
Search engines & SS.
Project Imformation Name: John Dogza Form: 10 Postgate Title: Leeds UTD Project imformation Website links http://www.lufc.co.uk http://www.skysports.com/skysports/football http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/channelnav/0,,2960-,00.html http://www.leedsutd-mad.co.uk/ Search engines & SS On This google search I typed in 'Leeds United Football Club' and I found some relevant sites and some none relevant sites like the West-ham football club... When I searched 'Leeds United Football Club' some irrelevent sites came up like westham website... So I did a Advanced search On This advanced google search, I made it find me websites with the exact frase 'Leeds United Football Club' So I didn't find any irrelevent websites Leeds UTD Facts Record History Premiership Titles: None League Championships: Three FA Cup Wins: One Address of Leeds United FC Elland Road Leeds LS11 0ES Ticket Sales Leeds United Football Club Ticket Office: 0113 226 1000 Credit card line: 0113 226 1000 Price Guide: £20-£35 per match ticket for home and away fans and £299-£499 per season ticket Ground Leeds United FC ground capacity is 40,204 General Facts Year Formed 904 (Leeds City) 919 (Leeds United) Turned Professional 920 Limited Company 920 Colours All white with yellow & blue trim (Change) Blue with yellow trim, blue shorts Yellow with blue trim yellow