Sportsmanship

A thing that all athletes our exposed to at a young age in youth sports is sportsmanship. It has gotten to a point in today's youth activities that the kid's our being babied to a point where kids don't feel the need to work hard because they can win anyways. But some parts of sportsmanship is needed and is important for the sport to remain under control and have it fun. For example people shouldn't be able to just fight and disrespect officials, they need to respect there calls either way they go. Here is an example of an extreme case of sportsmanship would be like no vulgar trash talk, sometimes that helps the game is just part of it.

In today's world at youth sporting events the kids aren't allowed to swear or use a little trash talking to make the game exciting, sometimes that how the game is played such as football you should be allowed to trash talk and say your better just so you can see a nice rivalry and some big things happen. Another big things is you aren't allowed to just dominate teams, they make it so that once you our beating them extremely bad you should not keep running up the score. Now the thing about running up the score is that you technically can not be penalized for it, but it is just viewed as wrong and disrespectful by a lot of people.

Sportsmanship is also good though because you need it to keep kids enjoying it even the ones that aren't as good, i think it is very good to stay active and who knows that kid could develop into a very good player. You don't want fights and just extreme amount of vulgar language or threats in the sport because it will steer some people away from the activity and viewing it won't be as popular. I strong believe in sportsmanship to the refs and officials in the game because they make the sport possible and it is a tough job to do.

Basketball shoes

Basketball shoes our always the talk when it comes to basketball season, every basketball player wants have the freshest kicks on the court. NBA players get paid a very large amount of money from sponsors to create there own apparel. There biggest sales come from there shoe sales, such as Micheal Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and etc. they all our known for selling basketball shoes and other sneakers.

A lot of players also want to have the safest shoes so they don't get injured and help keep there body good over the years. So many choose to get shoes that have good ankle sport and have good heel support and cushion to on your foot. Is it really worth the money to buy the newest brand named shoes such as Kobes, Jordans, and Lebrons. These shoes typically cost around $250 to $350 when they first come out. It's crazy to think how much these shoes cost and the reasons people buy them our just for brand name on the shoe.

Are these shoes actually better than the shoes that $100, nobody really knows but a lot of people think that. Also, many people wear basketball shoes just for casual events such as school or just around. The most commonly seen type of shoe people wear our called Jordan's. People will go out of there way to have the nicest Jordan's. Kid's will buy and sell theres and spend up $500 on  a pair. Nobody wears these shoes in bad weather or to play around in because they our of such great value people cherish them.

college basketball

College basketball is about to start there season off and the number 1 team in the country is North Carolina which last year they did not have a very good season they lost to a horrible team like Iowa and lost other games they should not have. All there players our returning and they for they got ranked the number 8th best recruiting class. I do not think they should be ranked 1st at all. Duke which is north Carolinas biggest rival and also the defending champions had a very good recruiting class as well, so did the almost perfect basketball team last year Kentucky.

A reason I believe college basketball is better than NBA is because they actually give it there all out there on the court instead of being cocky and trying to show off to get paid. In college basketball they actually play team basketball not just one on one. The best high school basketball player in the class of 2015 commited to the university of Kentucky. the number one kid in the class of 2016 commited to Duke. recruiting is the key to having a solid basketball program.

Basketball programs work in different ways on building there teams up some teams don't have try very hard such as the university of Kentucky they just have freshman come in win them a championship in then go straight to the NBA, in then the following year they just rebuild and have an another amazing season. Duke's basketball program is completely different they always recruit very good people and they stay and play 2 to 4 years with some exceptions they might have a freshman that goes pro right away.

College football standings

College football rankings are a very discussed thing among people especially towards the end of the season to see what teams make it to the playoffs. A lot goes into ranking college football teams such as there win/loss record and there conference. there conference plays a major role in ranking them because there is more competition in some conferences than others. The hardest conference in college football is the SEC, which is where teams such as Alabama, LSU, Auburn, and etc play. Currently Alabama is ranked 2nd in the nation in the past couple years they have one a couple championships and been to the championship game more and lost.

Currently in the college football standings an unusual team has made an appearance that team is Iowa. they play in the big 10 conference and our undefeated. Iowa is ranked 5th at the moment only 4 teams can make it to the playoffs, therefore they are fighting for a chance to make it there. Iowa has an easier schedule than the higher ranked teams because they play in a conference where the competition just isn't as good. The playing styles of the different conferences is completely different most teams on the coast and the south play with a more fast pace team and out good at scoring. Conference in the north and the Middle of the country typically play a more hard knock slow pace game, they also focus more on defense.

I think that the standings will change again throughout the season because big upsets happen all the time, but I do think that Alabama will win it all and I also think that Iowa will not finish this high in the standings. I think this about Iowa because they play in a bad conference and once they go to a bowl game and play a good team they will get out played and lose. College football is just very unpredictable and anything can happen that's what's exciting about it.

Most Challenging Sport

The most challenging sport in the world is a heavily debated topic by athletes around the world. The problem with determining what the most challenging sport is, is that you can look at challenging in different aspects. It could be physically challenging or mentally challenging. examples of this would be golf and football; golf is all about technique and composure while football is all about aggression and getting hype and being strong and athletic. Both sports can be very challenging jus in different ways so it depends on how you are made up physically and mentally to know what sport suits you better.

Football players will constantly talk crap about golf or tennis or a sport that does not have a large amount of physical contact, but personally I've tried golf and it is very challenging it takes a lot of focus and proper technique to be good at the sport. For football you just need to be big and workout and be mentally crazy. In tennis you must also need very good technique but also you have to be in very good shape because you are constantly running back in forth hitting a ball and retrieving it.

Basketball is also a sport that is not very physical but you must put a lot of time and effort into the sport to become good because ball handling and shooting takes a lot of practice to perfect it. So what I am  trying to get at is that all sport our difficult in there own ways so you shouldn't compare sports on there difficulty because there is to much that goes into judging them. Genetics can play a major role because if you don't have the right build for a sport then you cant become amazing at it, such as I couldn't be an offensive lineman I am way to small and that is just in my genetics.

Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey's first loss was a very big deal in the sports media, in her fighting career she has not lost a single match or even had competition. Ronda Rousey is known for knocking her opponents out very quickly and just dominating the match. This time around though things went the opposite she got completely dominated for the whole 2 rounds she was awake and able to fight. This was a major shock to anyone who was watching or knows who Ronda Rousey is.

The fight was on November 14th, against Holly Holm. before the fight Rousey was confident she was going to win this fight there wasn't a doubt in her mind she could be beaten. Her record coming into this fight was 12-0 while holly holms was 10-0 so both fighters our very good and everybody knew this was going to be a very good fight to watch. But lately in sports media there has been so much hype around Rousey that nobody could picture her losing. She is also vey cocky she got into an argument with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and told him she could knock him out.

Rousey has not had fighting as her top priority in recent weeks leading up to the fight she has been more interested in the media and starring on TV shows and in movies. This fight could have woken her up and made her realize she can be beaten and she's not the best anymore. This fight should've woken her up and made her want to train more and become the best. Hopefully there will be a rematch between these 2 top fighters and it should be an even better fight to watch. I don't know who will win but it should be fun to watch.

Pros and Cons of steroids

Bodybuilding is a worldwide activity, a huge controversy in lifting is whether or not steroids should be used. I will be writing about the pros and cons of the use of steroids. It’s decision time, you’ve been lifting for a while now and you’ve hit a plateau. You begin to notice that some lifters are starting to supplement their income and get even bigger. The guys that you though were natty the whole time, turns out they have been juicing since Capri-Sun. Your reality has shifted and you’re now at a crossroads. To the left you have 20 miles to a weekend in Vegas with your lifesaving in your pocket, you’re gonna hit highs there that you’ve never hit anywhere else. And to the right you have the unpaved dirt road, across the country to the house with a family and a sustainable life. When you think about it whats really more important here?…. Yeah I thought so.

 If you are still having doubts I’m now gonna break down the pros and cons of taking steroids. The pros. No one ever really wants to talk about the pros of taking steroids, lucky for everybody, I’m not no one, so here we go. Up first is MAD GAINZ. This is a no brainer, this is what you’re here for right? This is like grabbing your playstation controller and hitting triangle-up-down-square-L1-R2-circle then BOOM, unlimited guns, unlimited ammo. I mean you still gotta play the game but once you enter the cheat code you’re never gonna play again without it. Number two, strength. Its not about how much you can lift but about how much you look like you can lift…. but it also helps if you can lift a lot too. Gainz and strength are a one-two punch, if gainz is Jordan, then strength is Pippen. I mean Jordan probably could have done it all by himself but ya know Pippen did his part too. I’ll tell ya one thing though, I never had a poster of Scottie Pippen in my room. Number 3, cuts and veins. You will finally be able to achieve that “my skin looks like a leaf” look. There will be zero doubt that you lift. Your muscles are so dense they look like a tight bag of rocks. Its like when you look at a pyramid, you know exactly what it is, its a pyramid, its shaped like a pyramid, it invented the word pyramid, there is nothing else too it and no other way to describe it. Number 4, fast recovery. Its like you’re racing NASCAR and you never need to make a pit stop, yeah you’re going to win.

  Alright well we got a pretty epic list for pros, time to move on to cons, or as I like to call them, hater points. So the first con of taking steroids is that it messes with your natural testosterone levels. When you’re on juice you’re golden, you have higher test levels than head male of a pride of lions, but when you get off you’re in gym class, there’s no test here. Over night you go from he-man to she-man. Its just like you being at a table in Vegas where you’re always up but you can’t leave with your winnings, you just have to keep on playing. Number two on the cons list is emotional instability.  On the outside you look rock solid but on the inside you look like Michael J Fox on a trampoline playing Jenga against an actual time bomb. For example the other day I saw my bro jump out of his car at an intersection and threaten a stop light with a knife because his favorite color is blue. And later that day I walk in on him sitting alone in the dark bawling his eyes out to the beginning of the Titanic, not a good look bro. Number three on the list is that you think you’re better than everybody. When you started juicing its like you downloaded the expansion pack. If you don’t juice you’re not even in the game. You literally cannot play on that level. You know what? Actually I’m going to move that point over to the pro side. Retake of number three on the list is that juicing is extremely expensive. So maybe you have no problem investing 5, 10, 15…. 20…….. 25 years off your life for some mad gainz right now but now you also have to dip into your 401k to fund this meat market?

  You already invest all your money into supplements, food, supplements, the gym, and supplements so its something you really have to think about. Spot number four is going to needles. Juicing isn’t like pounding down some preworkout or a protein shake, you literally have to stab yourself and inject chemicals into your blood. But hey it could be worse, you could be small. Number 5 is having to explain to your doctor for the 20th time that its cool. He spent 12 years studying the body, you spent 12 months building it. I don’t need to listen to his dumb science for regular people because I’m an animal and last I checked hes not a vet and the only science I need is broscience, which I’m an honorary brofessor of. So beat it Doc. Lastly here are some facts about steroid use that i found on http://nml.gov  which stands for the national library of medicine, acne, breast growth and shrinking of testicles in men, voice deepening and growth of facial hair in women, high blood pressure, heart problems, including heart attack, enlarged organs, liver disease, including cancer, kidney damage, and aggressive behavior. As you can see its a pretty close race and as you can see there is no clear winner in the pros and cons of taking steroids.

Teammates

Every team has teammates they absolutely love or they have no interest in being around them. It is hard having teammates that don't get along. That is something you never want when you are searching for a team to play with. You want to make sure that the girls are people you see yourself hanging with and being friends with forever. When I think of a good teammate, I think of someone that will help me get better, or someone that is going to be in my life and friends with for as long as I live.

Teammates are not just people you say you play a sport with. They should be known as one of your best friends. A good teammate doesn't cheat their way out of things. For example, if you are lifting with another teammate you don't want to skip any lifts or reps. It is kind of like not cheating in school. That doesn't help you or your partner. There are a lot of aspects in being a good teammate. Giving positive and not negative feed back is good. Sometimes the other player likes when another teammate says something like, "hey you should go left next time" or "you almost had it, just more step and you could have blocked that shot." A lot of times players like hearing something from another teammate instead of getting yelled at by their coach. Little things like that could help your teammate go a long way. Doing something so little as giving tips doesn't just help them, but puts you in a great spot called a leader. Colleges look for this and want this on their team. 

No matter what your job is on the court or field, you have a huge aspect to the team. If you are a bench player that is just as big of a role as the quarter back or point guard or the libero in volleyball. Cheering on the bench could be the determination of what will be the outcome of the game. Maybe the team isn't playing very good and needed a boost, but the bench wasn't cheering loud enough then they lose. Now what if the bench was loud and did everything they could to get the team fired up? Most likely the outcome would have been different. A good teammate cheers on the team no matter what position they are in. They should want the best for all of their team(family).

Kids Should Be in Sports

I think sports are a very healthy thing for kids to participate in during there childhood and carry on with till they grow older. Sports are very healthy and an active thing to be apart of. It doesn't allow kids to lounge around and play videogames or watch TV all day. Our generation nowadays has a lot of distractions such as phones and videogames so they aren't as active as children use to be. This is why I believe strongly in children being apart of a sports program growing up.

Playing sports as a youth can also be a great way to introduce your kid to new people and he will meet and create long lasting bonds with these other kids he's playing with. When he is in high school if your child is apart of sports there is a good chance that he will hang around the jocks instead of the druggies and negative people who will try and bring them down and keep them from succeeding in life. If they are extremely dedicated to the sport they are apart of they will avoid those negative people and stay out of bad situations. Also, they will stay healthier because they want to stay in shape for there sport. They won't have to feel the need to be apart of something that will keep them from going far in life.

People who play sports as a youth typically stay in better shape when they get older. They have the work ethic to work out and stay in-shape. You don't see many big athletes to turn out fat and with a beer belly when they are older. Usually, their kids are fit too. Their kids want to grow up to be just like their mom or dad. They hear stories and see pictures and videos of their parent playing sports and decides to be just like them but better. A lot of times athletes are in the best shape of their life after their career of playing sports than when they are playing. I am not sure why this is, but my assumption would be, because they have a determination to stay in shape and not slack off when they aren't required to do such hard workouts anymore.

Parents should work with their kids when they are little in sports. Kids who start out young are more likely to stick with the sport and love it, so when they get older it keeps them out of things like drugs.  If parents work with their kids too they will end up having a bond with their parents that can't be broken. They will always have something to talk about and be apart of with their mom or dad. The biggest thing is to get your kid in sports when they are young, so they have something to hang on to when they grow up.

Why Football Teams Should Have New Uniforms

Do you ever look at a football team and judge them on their uniform? Well if you don't do this I do. Their uniforms tell a lot of a team. It is kind of like the saying "don't judge a book by its cover." We should not judge a team on their uniform, but we all do it. The cooler the uniforms look the better they seem. It is almost like wohh get out of their way. 

Especially in college the football team should receive new jerseys every year. A new year should mean new jerseys. An entire year is a long time for things to go out of style. Yeah they might look extremely cool one year, but the next year it is already getting old. Fans want to see new ones. For example the Oregon Ducks receive new jerseys every year and it ends up all over twitter, Facebook etc. That will draw more publicity and fans towards that school just for a little thing such as the uniforms. The cooler they look the more publicity the school is going to receive. Now this doesn't happen for basketball teams as much. Football is a huge important sport in the United States, so a uniform is important to look cool. 

Now it is kind of like a art project. The cooler and more design on the jersey the cooler they are going to look. If the jersey is one solid color with design in a different color it is going to look more professional than just one solid color jersey. Usually the jerseys that look the best are the Nike ones. Something about Nike designs them the best and has the best colors. The bigger school are supported by Nike, so they have to make sure they look cool. The teams in the Super Bowl receive new jerseys, and this is because they want to look athletic and like a bad ass team. During this time the two teams in the Super Bowl receive so much publicity, that they probably get the jerseys for free. The better the jerseys look the more the team is going to look good. 

Injury

Usually, when a person is playing a sport it is, because they enjoy it and are good at it. Some cases it is their life. They are in the gym or field (depending on the sport), working hard to improve on the thing they love. One thing can always crush a dream.. and that is an injury.

There are multiple injury's that could destroy someone's career or set them back from a certain goal.  The worst injury that can happen to someone that would destroy their career would be multiple concussions. Concussions are something that are taken serious now a days. If a helmet comes off during a football game the person has to sit out a play before coming back in. Concussions have destroyed so many people careers that people are trying to do stuff about it now. They are trying to do whatever they can to prevent a concussion from happening. If a person has the awful luck of receiving multiple concussions then they are not allowed to play sports anymore. That would be the one of the worst injury's to receive, because once you get one you are more likely to get another one.

A lot on injury's push the athlete back and keeps them from achieving one goal they have in life. Every injury a person receives, the longer it take them from reaching that goal. The more injury's a person has the less time they are going to be able to play that sport they love.

Injury can either break or motivate a person. There can be two perspectives to an injury. There can be a fight back, and actually want to get better and be a better athlete than what they were. Or they can look at an injury and say they don't want to do what it takes to get better and be better. Some people are motivated and see a good outcome from it and others think it is the end of the world and they don't want to do put the effort in of being better.