Category: Sport
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Women in Motorsport
Formula 1, GT3, Le Mans and MotoGP are all diverse types of motorsports and in those motorsport only 10% of the people involved are women; this means that 90% of people involved in motorsport are men. No woman has raced in Formula 1 since 1970. That’s fifty six years since a woman has raced in Formula 1 – one of the biggest, if not…
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The Psychology of Sport
The psychology of sport is how psychological factors influence athletic performance and how physical activity improves well-being and mental health. Throughout this project, we have zoomed in on four main sports: netball, snowboarding, running and horse riding, meaning we cover solo sports, team sports, extreme sports and sports with animals. However many of these skills can be used across a range of sports.. Netball…
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The Technology Behind Sports
Most people would think that sports are all just physical games where you must use your strength and strategies, but there is way more to sport than just that. And most of that is technology. Now you may think that it’s just because people want to modernize everything and add their own technologies to sports but the truth is that it actually plays a…
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Francesca on Rowing
Firstly, what is psychology and how does it relate to rowing? Psychology is how our brains think and how they make us make decisions. Some of the aspects in rowing includes: the motivation to succeed which is competitiveness and a drive to improve and better your strength as well as knowledge of the sport, also a major aspect could be community and the way…