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General Paper - Statistics, Evidences and Arguments
Sports
Over-Emphasis
Yes No
Sport obsession, 2nd grade basketball Team work
nationals. Germany world cup 2014
Times 2013
Canadian psychologist Roger Barnsley
showed that children born from Jan
to March 5 times more likely to be
chosen as junior hockey players than
those born in Nov to Dec
Overtraining
Stunt growth for those in
gymnastics, weight lifting, etc
Singapore Context Singapore Context
Tennis ranking U10, U12, rankings Dunman high student won
Schools training up to 7 times a week sportsmanship award
DSA through sports
Elite schools win sports
Foreign talent - Aim of winning
2008, Feng Tian Wei, Li Jia Wei, Wang
Yuegu - Olympic silver medalist
FST adopted in 2000, Singapore
Soccer Team, Daniel Bannett -
England, Agu Casmir Nigeria, Billard
champion Peter Gilchrist from
England
MAP (Multi-million dollar award
policy), payout of 1mil to gold
medalist, 500,000 for silver, 250000
for bronze
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General Paper - Statistics, Evidences and Arguments
Race
Tennis, soccer, basketball favours
certain races westerners, table
tennis, badminton favours Asin Ma
Long, Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei
Exceptions Li Na 1st Asian women to
appear in finals, winning French
Open 2011 and Australian Open 2014
Kei Nishikori got into finals in US
open 2014
Timo Boll table tennis
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General Paper - Statistics, Evidences and Arguments
Yao Ming
Jeremy Lin
Singapore Context Singapore Context
Cheating Match fixing
Arresting of Global match-fiixing ring
leader Dan Tan fixed matches in
champions league and even World
Cup qualifying games
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General Paper - Statistics, Evidences and Arguments
True Untrue
Unfair Advantage -Equipment Technology Essence of some Sports
Advantage to sportsmen who are Motor Sports Formula One World
privileged and supported by Championship, dependent on design
governmental funding of car, aerodynamics, suspension,
Speedos 2008 LZR Racer series Full- tires, not just drivers
length bodysuit developed in Fencing previously based on honour
conjunction with NASA system, now electrical scoring system
Arena, Jaked, led to record-breaking
results during 2008 Olympics Decreased Human Error
Hawk-Eye computer system in tennis
Unfair Advantage -Drugs High Speed digital cameras to
2012 Lance Armstrong, banned for establish placing in sprinting
life and stripped of all titles, massive Reflectors to establish distances
doping during discus and javelin, laser signal
Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell bounced off reflector to measuring
20 of 21 podium finishers in Tour de device
France from 1999-2005 were directly
tied to likely doping Promotion of Sport
Olympics, World Cup, Wimbledone,
Abuse of technology English Premier League
UK and USSR match, Russian fencer, Slow Motion, Replays, Close ups
Boris Onischenko wired his blade
such that he could control when he Performance Analysis
had supposedly scored by means of a Haptic Sports Garment, ability to
button in his glove sense movement to allow user to
know which areas to improve on
Babolat, strings which are able to
identify users power, spin and other
traits
Performance Consumption
Diet Supplement creatine, muscle
build up
Recovery
Physiotherapy, medical treatment,
kinesthetic tape
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General Paper - Statistics, Evidences and Arguments
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General Paper - Statistics, Evidences and Arguments