Sport Flashcards

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What are the benefits of sport?

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fitness
stres buster
healt
self confidence
character building
teamwork
socialising
constructive use of time

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explain the fitness

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many sports require a great amount of athleticism so people indulging in sports gradually become fitter

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What does indulging in mean?

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to treat yourself - enjoy doing something

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explain stress buster

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‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’ is a cliche - but it’s true : most sports involve excercise, which facilitates soothing of the mind and endorphins are released

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What are endorphins?

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feel good hormones and stress busters - they induce a relaxing feeling

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What does facilitating mean?

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speeding up

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explain health

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regularly indulging in sports helps keeping the immune system strong - physical and emotional health

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synonym for self confidence

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self-esteem
self-worth

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explain self confidence

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your health is improving, you’re generally fitter, you feel better about yourself

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What do sports do when it comes to self esteem

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they definitely fulfil the criterion of contributing towards the growth of someone’s self-esteem

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explain character building

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all sports have an outcome, therefore winning as well as losing is inevitable - the realisation of this makes us stronger ; we accept that there are also hardships in life and we are better at taking losses with grace and move on

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what does sport increase?

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our stamina/endurance

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explain teamwork

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team sports in particular inculcate in players team spirit and values and skills like leadership, communication and sacrifice - these valueas are indispensable if one is to lead a good life

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tr. inculcate in

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vcepiti v glavo

instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction

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what does it mean to be indispensable

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absolutely necessary

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explain socialisng

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sports enhance the social life of a person - interaction with other people (on your side or your opponents) ; keep one away from becoming anti-social

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explain constructive use of time

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one uses their physical energy in a positive way

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what important vocabulary words should you remember from sport?

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athleticism
indulging in
facilitate
endorphins
induce
immune system
fulfil the criterion
winning as well as losing is inevitable
stamina
inculcate in
leadership, communication and sacrifice
indispensable
enhance the social life
interaction
anti-social
physical energy

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how do amateurs play sports

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-take part (in) just for enjoyment
-participation is more important than the result
-train in their spare time
-they choose to play
-sport is a leisure activity

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how do professionals play sports?

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-take part for money
-winning is the most important thing(the more they win the more they earn)
-train full time
-they have to play when they are told to
-sport is work

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in what way can non monitored competitive sports harm athletes?

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physically
mentally
socially

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What happens in case if certain behaviour/attitude transgresses/disregards the rules of sport?

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athletes can be exposed to physical and emotional pain, risk of injury, mutilation, death

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What is transgression

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and act that goes against a law

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What are athletes constantly exposed to?

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extreme stress,
depression,
intense pressure - possible eating disorders

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What can eating disorders do to an athlete?
make them have a potentially deadly relationship with food
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What poses a health risk connected to performance?
performance enhancing drugs
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How should we protect child athletes?
there should be measures to prevent exploitation and abuse
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What is a bad mentality to have as an athlete and what does it lead to?
win-at-all-costs mentality leads to attitude problems
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badminton
racket shuttlecock
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tennis
racket court
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fishing
bait rod hook waders
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waders trns.
škornji
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volleyball
umpire referee
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Who is an umpire in volleyball?
the referee on a platform
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golf
course stroke club
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club trns.
palica
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ice-hockey
rink
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boxing
ring
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gymnastics
pommel horse vault parallel bars beam rings floor
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skiing
poles lift run boots goggles bindings cable car
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cable car trns.
gondola
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what kinds of snorkelling/skindiving do we know?
diving scuba-diving freediving
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Is skinny dipping connected to snorkelling and why/why not?
no, skinny dipping is swimming naked
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windsurfing
board wind waves
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athletics
stadium hurdles relay pole vault javelin throw high jump long jump triple jump
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relay trns.
štafeta
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pole vault trns.
skok s palico
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javelin throw trns.
met kopja
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showjumping
saddle hrudles reins
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When do we say that we play a sport?
when it includes a ball of somekind
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Which sports do we play?
volleyball, football handball
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When do we say we go ... a sport?
when it ends in -ing
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Which sports do we go ...?
sailing rowing skiing
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When do we say we do a sport?
when it ends in -ics
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Which sports do we do?
gymnastics athletics aerobics + boxing, wrestling, yoga, ballet, parkour, judo, weight lifting
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How do we call extreme sports?
action sports/alternative sports
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What are extreme sports?
sporting events or pursuits characterized by high speeds and high risk
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Who is the target audience?
it is a youth-oriented culture
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What are extreme sports about?
EXHILARATION and about getting one's kicks
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What does exhilaration mean?
extreme excitement
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What does 'getting one's kicks' mean
seek out indulge in enjoy sth fun and pleasureable
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What do athletes that do extreme sports do?
use skills and experience to control the risks
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What is typical for an extreme sport?
few rules : typically they operate outside traditional mainstream sports
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Are extreme sports individual or team?
they typically don't involve teams: emphasise individual creativity
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what do athletes get from doing extreme sports?
an adrenaline rush from inpredictability - adrenaline pumping thrills
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How do we call people that try to get the adrenaline rush?
thrill seekers
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Why do people like the thrill pf extreme sports?
they are hooked on the buzz of the extreme - addicted to the excitement
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exmp. extreme sports
cliff jumping bungee jumping motocross off-piste skiing snowkiting ice climbing rock climbing parkour hang-gliding paragliding wingsuit flying
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What flying accessory do we use when hang - gliding
'zmajček'
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What flying accessory do we use when paragliding
parachute
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What flying accessory do we use when wingsuit flying
a suit
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What sports do people in the UK do most?
cricket football rugby tennis golf horse racing polo fishing/angling snooker darts rowing
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cricket
england's traditional sport
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football
most popular sport in the UK
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rugby
increasing in popularitiy
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tennis
Wimbledon - the oldest tennis tournament(1877)
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What is typical for tennis?
-outdoor grass courts -all-white dress code for competitors -strawberries and cream are traditionally consumed
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golf
Scotland - home of golf
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horse racing
'sport of kings' ; the Derby Grand National
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polo
brought from India
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darts
pub game
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rowing
the University Boat Race (Oxford and Cambridge) the Thames - for almost 200 years, late March or early April
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What are the focus group for childen in sport and their negative aspects?
national and international athletes - ELITE CHILD ATHLETES
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Who are the perpetrators for children in sport?
coaches or trainers peers or team mates significant adults
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What kind of harm can child athletes edure?
emotional harm sexually harassing behaviour physically harmful treatment self-harming behaviour
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In what way can child athletes be emotionally harmed?
being critisized about the performance being embarassed or humiliated being bullied being shouted and sworn at
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What is a bad way of critisizing a child?
damaging/adverse/hostile criticism
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What is a proper way of critisizing a child?
valid/justifiable/constructive criticism
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What types of sexual harassment can children endure?
- non-physical - between sexual harassment and sexual harm - sexual harm
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What is non-physical sexual harassment?
- being subject to sexist jokes - being whistled or leered at - having sexual comments made about your appearance
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What is between sexual harassment and sexual harm?
- being touched during instruction in a way that makes you uncomfortable - having someone expose themselves to you
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What counts as sexual harm?
forced kissing sexual abuse
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What types of physically harmful treatment exist?
contact physical abuse non-contact physical abuse excessive intensive training performance-enhancing drugs excessive dieting
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What counts as contact physical abuse
slapping beating spanking shoving
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What counts as non-contact physical abuse
- requiring an athlete to remain motionless - isolation in a confined space - denying use of the toilet - access to needed water, food, sleep
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Examples of excessive intense training
- overtraining or competing through injury and exhaustion - returning to training too soon after an injury
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What does it mean if someone uses performance-enhancing drugs
the use of prohibited substances to unfairly improve sporting performance
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Why do child athletes forced to excessive dieting
to change body shape achieve/mantain the perfect weight
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Why do child athletes self harm?
- negative self-image and body image - failing in competition -> comparing yourself to other athletes - overtraining and physical exhaustion - the pressures and resentment at being forced by adults to a sport you don't like
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Examples of self harm?
cutting, scratching, inhaling substances, overdosing, attempting suicide