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There Is Far Less Attention For White Privilege Sports That Do Not Adapt

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By Toni Vang


Everyone should try and do some or other form of sport as it not only keeps one healthy but also teaches how to interact with other people. It also helps many to accept how to be gracious when winning or losing. There are some people that still ask if there are any white privilege sports left but irrespective of color it is a sport where many still make friends no matter what the race might be.

Joining a sports team not only helps to improve one's confidence but also helps one to work and if need be to fight for what they believe in. It teaches one to learn how to accept criticism and to also recognize all their weaknesses as well as strengths. The most important aspect is that everyone can learn how to become a team player and try ones best if not for themselves but for the other members.

If one is willing to work hard and not rely on others in order to survive one will become a respected citizen irrespective of race. The same applies in sports. Working hard for what one believes in will always secure success no matter what field it may be.

Netball is also a very popular game and although mainly woman play it some men also enjoy it. It plays an important social and public part of life and in the apartheid era in South Africa it was mainly a white's game. It has now become a more predominantly black sport very much the same as Soccer. The President of the South African Netball team is Mimi Mthethwa and the Chief Executive Officer is Blanch de la Guerre.

If one has never exercised and is overweight rather check with ones general practitioner first. If trying to decide which activity would best suit one try asking a few simple questions. If one does not like the cold or the heat then any outdoor activity should be avoided always try to pick something that you will enjoy. Playing racquetball is a great sport as it will keep the heart healthy as well as use all muscles in the body.

The censor also says that out of the one hundred and seventy five corner backs, one hundred and seventy are black. At the running back position one hundred and seven out of one hundred and twenty players of African American. The decision for recruiting these players could very well be because of their height, weight as well as their skill and has nothing to do with their color.

The first magazine for this sport was published in nineteen sixty four by the Quarterly Skateboarder. There were unfortunately only four issues ever printed but eleven years later they did manage to resume the publication. When this was finally recognized and considered a sport for competitions there were only two disciplines and they were the slalom and freestyle.

The freestyle is the oldest style and was very popular in the nineteen sixties and then again in the nineteen nineties. This is best done when there is music and during the years the flat surfaces have fallen away to having steps as well as banisters to ride on. The slalom is when the riders go down a hill weaving through a course of plastic cones.




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