VIOLENCE IN SPORT

   Discussion

     o How many of you participate in a team sport?
     o Which sport is it?
     o What are the rules regarding physical contact or violence in your sport?
     o How do you feel if someone trips or slashes you during a game?
     o What happens if a player breaks one of these rules?
     o How often does this happen in your sport?

   How would you define a "Good Sport"? Do you consider yourself a good sport when you play your
   favorite game?

   Now that we've thought about the sports that you play, let's take a look at the sports that we
   see on TV.

     o What sports do you watch on TV?
     o Compare the sports that you watch to the sports that you play. Which sports seem more
       violent?
     o What kind of violence do you see in sports on TV? In hockey, for instance, could the
       referees stop the fights sooner? Why are the fights allowed to go on and on?
     o The hockey players who often fight are usually grown men 20 or 25 years of age or older.
       Some are fathers. If they handled themselves like that off the ice, for example, because a
       clerk at Canadian Tire wouldn't take back their kid's flawed skates, what would happen?

     o How do you feel when you see a fight during a professional hockey game, or a baseball
       player yelling at an Umpire?
     o What message does sports violence give to kids?
     o Can you think of any sports on TV where there is no violence? Do you find these sports
       exciting to watch? What is it that makes them exciting?
     o Why do you think TV emphasizes the violence in these sports and not positive behavior?
     o Think back to our definition of a good sport. Can you think of any professional athletes
       who you would classify as good sports? Who would you classify as poor sports?

   Activity

   Complete a project on your favorite athlete. Your projects are to include:

     o Biographical information regarding the athlete, including, if possible, what drew the
       athlete to his or her particular sport
     o Statistics relating to the athlete's performance
     o Reasons why you feel that this athlete is a good sport, including examples of
       sportsmanship on the field, rink or court, community involvement, etc.

   

   

   

   Vocabulary

   

   Below are things the referee does. Match the verbs with the phrases on the right:

   

   1. give/ award               a) a player for a bad foul

   2. disallow                     b) his whistle to stop play

   3. book                          c) a free kick/ a penalty

   4. send                          d) a goal for offside

   5. blow                          e) a player off

                             

   

   

   

   Soccer – a sport to die for

   

   Complete the gaps with suitable words:

   

   Belgium, 1985. Thirty-eight ___________ were crushed to death and over 450 injured at the 1985
   European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus, in Brussels.

   

   Colombia, 1994.  Andres Escobar, a member of the Colombian team, returned from the World Cup
   in the USA and was shot dead in the parking lot. Escobar had __________ an own goal in the
   game against the USA.

   

   Italy, 1995.  Three Genoa fans died of heart attacks when their team was _________ by Padova.
   Two fans died at the game, one watching on television.

   

   Turkey, 1996.  Two fans of Trabzonspor killed themselves after their team had __________  a
   crucial game 2-1 against Fenerbahce. In a separate accident, a Fenebahce fan died when
   adjusting his television antenna to improve the reception of his team´s __________ against
   Manchester United.