To lose is to win. These words are come from ancient China, which means a loser can gain something profitable to be defeated deliberately. People always want to win to satisfy own sense of superiority, especially teenagers and boys. In the noble, Crash, written by Jerry Spinelli, there is a boy named Crash, who always wants to win and attention. However, he lets a boy named Penn win, because he wants him to run at next Relays, to return for Penn’s gift for Scooter, and he thinks too much about his opponent. Also, he gains profit to become a loser, for example, he learns a loser’s feeling, he learns friendship, and he learns to think other’s minds.
Firstly, Crash wants Penn to run at Penn relays. The Penn Relays is the important race for both Crash and Penn. Penn has wanted to run at the relays, since he was little, because Penn’s great-grandfather won at the relays. His name is also come from the relays’ name; therefore, this track meet is something special for him. To participate the relays, he always practices hard at night. Crash knows these things, and he thinks that the proper runner for the relays is Penn. As the evidence, Crash tells Penn “Don’t forget to lean” (Spinelli, 155) before the race-off. His advice shows that he wants Penn to try best, and win, because people who wants to win do not advice their rivals. As a
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In sports matches, especially track sports, the players should concentrate about their performance. However, his mind cares about Penn, and he cannot focus on himself. Thus, he said “for the first time in my life, I didn’t know if I wanted to win”. (Spinelli 155) A player, who does not want to win strongly, he or she must lose. However, to care about his opponent is a benefit for him. He always does not care about others, for example, he often teases Penn, and Forbes. Therefore, this race is the start point, which Crash thinks others’ minds and
In David Foster Wallace’s essay, “How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart,” he argues that the true talent of star athletes is to completely engross themselves in playing the game. While worshipping the “abstractions like power and grace and control” of Tracy Austin, he notes the contradicting quality, her inability to articulate such abstracts (143). He continues by writing, as people’s expectation while reading the autobiography of a successful athlete is to take a peek at the secrets of their god given gifts, whereas the expectations are rarely met, making spectators, such as himself, disappointed. As a matter of fact, Wallace suspects that the exceptional talent of athletes may be brought out by their apathetic and ignorant nature when it
Give a brief summary of the reading. What event was it describing and how was it analyzing that event?
The following essay will discuss the argument that the current pre-dominance of black athletes in the world of sprinting is a social and not a racial phenomenon. Firstly the article will examine the physical differences between black and white athletes. Secondly, this article will discuss stereotypical beliefs in the world of sport. This essay will give an objective examination of the above issues and to challenge beliefs held and conveyed by individuals.
A prominent theme in the book Seabiscuit is the existence of generational rivals. During The Great Depression many people focused their attention on the horse racing business. With this booming trend making many rich during a time of immense poverty, I find it no surprise that there is a father son rivalry. Often in competition there will always be a struggle between the older, more experienced competitor and the young up and coming superstars, this is brought on by a constant need for dominance which is created by human nature.
The example of an athlete is adapted to clarify this belief. If one wants to be a star athlete, then it is important for one to train properly and work hard before the event. Supposing that one does not prepare for the event, then the expectation sh...
Reinforcement is one of the root cause of violence in athletics. Athletes are reinforced to be highly aggressive while competing either in the field or the track by the coach and captain. Their desire to be successful athletes also contribute to the aggressiveness. Sometimes, this aggressiveness may spill over into their social lives. When these athletes exaggerate their aggressiveness and direct into to their opponents, this leads to violence. The aggressive behavior in the filed or tack might sometimes be carried into other areas outside the sports arena. This can be a public place, the place of work or the domestic environment. When the athletes transfer their hostile behavior into these avenues, it is termed as violence many legal action can be taken against them.
Many athletes would agree that they have felt butterflies in their stomach or a sudden rush of adrenaline before an important game. This feeling can either translate into legendary performances or monumental failures. According to Sharon D. Hoar (2007), to fully comprehend anxiety’s effect on performance, one must understand the discrimination between two unique sets of sources: trait and state anxiety, and cognitive and somatic anxiety. Anxiety symptoms are numerous and unique to every athlete. Hoar suggests that athletes might report cognitive symptoms (eg. Inability to focus), somatic symptoms (eg. Sweaty palms), or both. The author discusses a variety of sources of anxiety and argues that it can have both positive and negative effects on performance. Anxiety has a significant affect on athletes and garners numerous research studies pertaining to performance.
Statsky also makes another faulty assumption, which is that competition is an adult imposition on the world of children’s play. She says in her article, “The primary goal of a professional athlete – winning – is not appropriate for children” (629). Children compete to win in the same way that adults do, and they do so on their own without any adult pressure. Common playground gam...
A real loser is someone who's so afraid of not winning he doesn't even try-Grandpa. This quotes is a very important part in the movie, where all components evolve around it. The five big questions. These five big questions are what makes a person a person? Such as your religion, your beliefs, sexuality, and education. The second question is what makes a civilization? For example unique style, population, and social class. The third question is going to be how is innocence lost? Like asking questions, seeing the truth with your eyes. The fourth question would be how ambition become greed? Such as a want and a need, obsessions, striving for better. The last question is what our responsibilities to the world evolving? Such as socially, environmentally,
When discussing why sports matter and the influence it has had over the course of history, many controversial issues have been whether or not sports have taught us to cultivate discipline. Sheed explains that sports can play an important role in the lives of people by helping them discover who they are and where they want to be. The lesson of sports goes deeper than just practicing or playing a game, they help build characteristics that will prepare you for many obstacles in life. Sheed mentions that sports were created and put into schools to teach discipline, patience, and honesty to male students. He continues to point out that sports are very competitive and that sportsmanship and discipline does not matter anymore, but instead the very need to win. In “Why Sports Matter,” Wilfrid Sheed, contends that “sports did not only outlaw cheating but drilled its participants to detect and despise it in each other”. This was a crucial lesson taught to a nation based on transactions.
Nothing in this world angers me more than losing, that’s why I participate in track and field. Track and field is such a competitive sport, it’s a sport that requires someone to push themselves past excursion, which sounds pretty awful but the feeling of winning is worth it. After I win a race dopamine receptors fly through my brain going twenty-five thousand miles an hour giving me temporary high. This causes me to crave winning even more, I crave winning like a squirrel craves acorns. Winning races comes with a big price, temporary body pain everywhere. My body feels as if I was ran over by a semi going eighty-five miles an hour. Running has to be the easiest part of track, but flipping the positive switch on in your brain has to be the most difficult. The switch always seems to be weighed down by an elephant, somehow by the grace of God I turn the switch on. Winning to me is like someone listening
Sports psychology is an essential field of psychological study, which emphasizes the importance of performance enhancement through training your psychological and mental abilities. Sports psychology is a specialization within brain psychology and kinesiology and it seeks to understand psychological/mental factors that affect performance in sports, physical activity, and apply this knowledge in order to enhance individual and team performance. As we make advancements in science we grasp the increasing importance of the human mind, thus exponentially increasing the value and power of thought. As contrary to popular belief, every thought we think, and every word we say before a race/event can trigger a major effect upon your ending results, whether it may be positive or negative. It is thoughts that are conjured before an event that can make or break a race, thus putting the utmost of importance on self-affirmation and motivational thinking in the pre event stages of a race (or an event). The main aspects that play a considerable role in a successful athletic performance are motivation and self-efficacy.
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the ethical implications and problems in elite sport as it gets closer to the human performance limit. Modern elite sport must be viewed on the background of the idea of systematic progress. The Olympic motto, 'citius, altius, fortius'-faster, higher, stronger-gives a precise concentration of this idea. Modern sport is also influenced by the liberal idea of a free market where actors can perform, compete and be rewarded according to performance. However, one may ask why and how athletes are willing to risk their health and even their life on the free market of sport when they do the extreme: push limits, break records, set new standards, develop new events. This paper discusses what may be the result as sport moves toward the limits of human performance. The ethical focus on the development of the elite sport should not be restricted to the individual athlete, but should also include the various systems that make up elite sport. Other actors, like coaches, leaders, sponsors, medical personnel, service people, etc., are taking part in the same development. One problem in the modern context is that society is divided into different moral sectors. What is accepted in entertainment or art may not be accepted in sport. It is suggested that we should develop a common ethic for all performance-centered activities like music, painting, science and research, acrobatics and stunts, acting, top politics and business. Or one could include all situations and events where people are put under extreme stress and have to perform well, like during expeditions, in idealistic humanitarian work, during hazards, and catastrophes. At the same time, one should not develop a sort of elite ethic. We need a new ethic that defines the ethical tolerance level in elite sport and that also points to some of the possibilities for development of both character and virtues under extreme pressure.
Jowett, S., & Sagar, S. (2012). “Communicative acts in coach-athlete interactions: When losing competitions and when making mistakes in training.” Western
It is about the mindset children have going into competition rather than the outcome. Some say that in competition, no one besides the winner can find success, and no one besides the winner can feel good. An illustration for “Everything’s a Competition in America” from Ramen Noodle Nation Blog depicts one person pointing upward on a pile of struggling people, none of which look happy. What the image doesn’t show is the success that some of the “losers” find. For some of the so-called “losers,” that loss is the best they’ve ever been, and that’s something to celebrate because for them, “‘. . . [t]he goal is actually improving upon [themselves]’” (Turner). Others say that “[s]uccess comes to be defined as victory,” which causes losers to have low self-esteems and winners to depend on winning to have high self-esteems. This is, admittedly, true—a sentiment shared by many. It is a problem in society that people are trying to solve. What isn’t true is that removing competition is the solution to this problem. Just like when someone cuts his arm, he doesn’t chop it off, people can’t just remove competition. Instead, people should try to change what competition means. People need to begin thinking