On the contrary, “Prevalence and Risk Factors of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Parkour” does not make use of pathos, but it has basically no visible influence on the piece. The article preserves neutral and objective tone and uses professional language to convey the point. There is no place for appeal to emotions, but it is compensated by the other strategies used by the authors, which are more suitable for such type of writing.
Appeal to logos is present in both articles, but Da Rocha utilizes it more extensively and successfully in his writing. Yang structures his blog post in coherent manner, especially in the part concerned with the recommendations regarding the strategies for preventing and coping with injuries. He uses subheadings to separate
each claim and it serves well to make the article more organized and credible. However, he does not refer to any credible sources when addressing such serious medical issue, and it negatively impacts his trustworthiness. Still, he manages to back up his claims with detailed explanations. For example, he advises to “take this time while you are injured to really familiarize yourself with the structure of the human body and proactive step you can take to accelerate the healing process” (Yang). It is logical explanation that supports his initial claim and also adds up to the logos of the piece.
A pathos appeal allows an emotional connection through empathy, while a logos appeal is based on logic. Vidal’s use of the logos appeal will attract logistical people, and will be mostly used in research papers. “If we really want to reduce the human impact on the environment,” Vidal states “the simplest and cheapest thing anyone can do is to eat less meat” (p. 1). His tone throughout the article is apathetic, so readers will only get the information, not knowing what it has to do with their personal life. Having both appeals, like Lundberg demonstrates, is better for readers because it takes the emotional and technical stance.
Throughout Rajiv Joseph’s play, Gruesome Playground Injuries, the two characters, Doug and Kayleen, sporadically meet throughout the course of 30 years due to injuries ranging from getting “beaten up pretty badly” (Joseph 31) to going into a “coma” (Joseph 27). The play starts out with the two characters first meeting in the school nurse’s office with injuries of their own. This is the start of a relationship that is full of pain and healing throughout the years. Told in a very unique structure of five year increments, the play shows how injuries, a reoccurring image that may be self-inflicted or inflicted upon one, bring the pair together when either is in a dire situation.
Injuries are common in most sports that have a contact component attached. Whether it’s at a professional level, or a school level, injuries are always bound to occur in contact sport. This analysis will look into the role headgear could, should and would play, and debates whether it should be made mandatory. Olympic sports such as Ice Hockey, Bicycle Riding and Baseball are just some examples that currently require athletes to wear a form of headgear. However, Australian contact sports such as AFL and Rugby give the option for players to wear headgear for protection. In 2011, 14 year old Ben Robinson was hospitalised after being treated 3 times in a game for head blows in a rugby game . In 1994, professional boxer Bradley Stone died from head injuries whilst boxing against Richie Wenton . Examples like these show the brutality of contact sports. Because of this, my paper will look at the issue of headgear in contact sport and will particularly look at this issue at junior sports level.
The logos aspect appears to be the weakest up until her last few paragraphs. Her descriptions and explanation of trigger warnings and safe spaces provide some logos in the beginning, but towards the end is when she begins citing articles on issues that she is discussing. The sources she uses seem to be reliable—The Chicago Maroon, The New York Times, even the University of Chicago’s
She uses testimonial device to bring in the well-known reliable source known as Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones from “The Atlantic” to help support her case. She uses pathos to appeal to her audience’s emotions by pulling on their heartstrings. She uses the logos to provide support to her article which she means to convince her audience by use of logic, reason, or statistics. She uses euphemism to make something harsh or distasteful sound in a somewhat positive way. She uses ethos to convince her audience of her credibility. There are very few weaknesses in her article which are greatly outweighed by the many strengths in
There are a whole host of defenses that amusement parks and ride manufacturers may raise in a personal injury lawsuit. The defenses discussed below can be defenses involving amusement park rides.
A course in the sociology of sport and physical activity should be part of an undergraduate curriculum in a kinesiology program because social issues that impact sports and athletes are often overlooked within kinesiology program despite playing an important role within sports. Kinesiology programs tend to focus on the impact of sport and importance of sport and physical activity and could use the insight that sociology of sport and physical activity can provide. The more we know about the social issues around sport and physical activity, and how to limit them, the more we can understand sport and how to improve it and the equality within it.
In this assignment I will be talking about the four legislative factors that influence health and safety in sport. On each of the four legislative factors I will be describing them in more details also I will be giving examples for each of them. Here are four legislative factors that I will be talking about:
The number of girls and women participating in all levels of sports has risen greatly in recent years, and the way they play has changed too. Women's sports used to be played by a slow defensive style. Today, the sports are played with speed, precision, and power. With these changes have come increased injuries, and female athletes have higher injury rates than men in many sports. Knee injuries have been rising in female sports. Anterior crutiate ligament (ACL) injuries have become the most common injury in the knee to female athletes. Females are four times more susceptible to injury then men.
Walker, N., Thatcher, J., & Lavallee, D. (2007). Psychological responses to injury in competitive sport: a critical review. The Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 174-180.
In Crawford’s case, he also uses subtopics to organize the work. The technique creates a logical flow of ideas that is especially necessary since he has a specific elite target audience. Crawford directly addresses the matter and avoids any attention getters or creativity that may waste the audience’s time since he targets using logos. Thus, there is a logical flow of the article through the use of facts based on various reliable references. Therefore, the style that Crawford chooses to organize his work is entirely different from that of Mujica because they are targeting two different types of
Findings from this study contradicts Caraffa, Cerulli, Projetti, Aisa, and Rizzo’s (1996) study which found that balance training significantly reduced ACL injuries in male soccer players. Intervention groups showed improvement for non-dominant leg with extended knee balance, however that was the only change seen throughout the study in both groups. No significant difference was found for balance and postural sway of the lower extremities for both groups. Results showed that the intervention group had a major injury rate compared to the control group. However, difference in injury rate was determined to not be related with balance board training by having a separate study. Even though there were drop outs during the study, it was not enough to affect the detection of reduction in injury. It can be concluded that one season of balance board training did not reduce lower extremity injuries in female soccer
The sheer energy of a gymnast alone can be felt by audiences of all ages, but what the spectators lack the ability to feel is the pounding of the bodies that bear the impact of the athletes in action. Gymnastics consists of a mixture of acrobatic performances of four different events for females, and six different events for males (Gianoulis 1). Gymnastics is demanding in a multitude of ways, including: physically, emotionally and mentally. It requires countless hours of dedication. The concerns of most gymnasts are moving up to the next level, or getting a more advanced skill, while the concerns of the doctors, coaches, and parents revolve mostly around the athlete’s health, which is put at stake for the adored yet dangerous sport. Injuries are common among both male and female gymnast alike, but due to the fact a female gymnast’s career peaks at the same time of major growth and development, a female gymnast’s body as a whole is more likely to undergo lifelong changes or affects (Gianoulis 2). Among the injuries of the mind blowing athletes, the most common ones affect the ankles, feet, lower back, wrist, and hands of individuals (Prevention and Treatment 1). From sprains, to the breaks, the intriguing sport of gymnastics is physically demanding on a gymnast’s body.
In The Dangers of Snowboarding, told by Taikoh Dohjima the dangers of snowboarding are at high risks and bring many risks to the sport and show that many of the snowboarders have little experience. The high dangers of snowboarders has become more of a problem during the years. Snowboarders attempts for hard maneuvers are of novice snowboarders who don’t have the right equipment. “The dangers of snowboarding are becoming known, and protectors and releasable bindings are becoming more widely available”(660). The attempts snowboarders make hard maneuvers for the first time are very hard, and are shown by their accidents and injuries that happen.
Volleyball, although it is not a contact sport, injures the many athletes in its own unique way. Volleyball injuries are more commonly referred to as either acute (traumatic) or cumulative (overuse) injuries. Acute also known as traumatic injuries can arise as an affect of abrupt force on a part of the body which could potentially unfortunately effect an athlete's overall game. Cumulative injuries develop over time due to tension on the muscles, joints and other tissues without appropriate resting time to allow for the injury to heal. The longer these injuries are ignored the more deleterious the condition will become. Injuries also lessen the time spent in recreational activities, lower your fitness level as it also may demote competitive performance. Injuries are one thing that can completely ruin many pro volleyball player careers. There are some guidelines for the betterment of yourself to prevent injury as it can be reduced severely if action is taken by athletes to take better care of there bodies.