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Q: The World Health Organization reported that physical inactivity is as important of a risk factor as ___________ for developing heart disease. Ans: smoking Q: Sport as a health reform tool can be traced back as far as_____________. Ans: Plato and the Ancient Greeks Q: Plato and the Ancient Approximately what percentage of youth sport participants has experienced a sportrelated injury? Ans: 50% Q: Which of the following socialization age...

Q: what is sport? Ans: 1. sport is physical. 2. sport involves two people 3. sport involves competition 4. sport has rules of competition Q: What is physical activity? Ans: any body movement produced by skeletal muscles. Q: What is exercise? Ans: a form of leisure physical activity. Q: In 2011, according to Nielson company, what was the most watched broadcast in US history Ans: super bowl Q: What does the internet do with s...

Q: what are characteristics of sport? Ans: competition, formal rules, involves at least 2 people Q: physical activity Ans: movement produced by skeletal muscles and resulting in substantial increase over the resting energy expenditure Q: to say sport is a microcosm of society means that Ans: sport is a window into, or a mirror which reflects the underlying values, benefits and assumptions of a cultural group Q: sociology focuses on Ans: f...

Q: youth sport Ans: First organized in the late 1800s and early 1900s Help children develop physically, mentally, and socially.(Functionalist Theory) Pass on "masculine" values to boys. YMCA stands for Youth Mens Christian Association Schools and communities began sports programs as part of the "educational" experience. However, most programs were for boys 8-14 years old. Q: Monea Davis Ans: a girl pitcher for Little League Series that actually s...

Q: Sport Ans: "an institutionalized competitive activity involving two or more opponents and stressing physical exertion by serious competitors who represent or are part of formally organized associations" "a competitive activity involving at least two competitors, requiring physical skill, following formal rules, and occurring within a formal organizational framework Q: What does sport represent? Ans: represents "well-established, officially gove...

Q: According to recent studies, how many division 1 intercollegiate athletic departments are self-sustaining? Ans: 22 Q: What is NOT a governing body for intercollegiate athletics? Ans: NCSA Q: Student athletes identify themselves primarily as athletes can be attributed to Ans: the glorification of student athletes in college athletics, the positive affirmation they receive from participation in college athletics, the negative stereotypes of concer...

Q: When were youth sports first organized? Ans: Late 1800s-1900s Q: youth sports help children develop ____, ____, and ____ Ans: physically, mentally, and socially Q: early on, youth sports were only for Ans: boys, most programs for boys 8-14 Q: Adults wanted to pass on ___________ values to boys through youth sport. YMCA wanted to pass on _____ values. Ans: masculine; religious Q: Growth of youth sports and reasons children get i...

Q: Sport is Ans: "an institutionalized competitive activity involving two or more opponents and stressing physical exertion by serious competitors who represent or are part of formally organized associations" (Nixon, 1984, p. 13). "a competitive activity involving at least two competitors, requiring physical skill, following formal rules, and occurring within a formal organizational framework" (LeUnes, 2008, p. 5). Q: Sport represents Ans: "well...

Q: To say that there is a symbiotic relationship between the social institutions of sport and the media means Ans: Sport influences the media, and the media influences sport Q: According to chapter 7, the primary objective of the sports media is to Ans: Generate financial profits Q: In efforts to achieve its primary objective, the sports media performs which of the following functions? 26/02/2025 23:25:54 Ans: all of the above -provide entertainm...