By Elle Shi, Grade 7 Referees have a big impact on how athletes perform in sports. Their decisions can influence confidence, focus, and most importantly, the outcome of a game. While athletes rely on skill and training, referees help shape the environment in which they compete. One way referees affect …
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By Elle Shi, Grade 7 In sports, leadership is often associated with team captains or star players, but being a great leader goes beyond wearing a title. A true leader influences a team through actions, attitude, and the ability to bring out the best in others even if those people …
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By Elle Shi, Grade 7 In sports, talent and training matter, but confidence can be the most important thing that separates good athletes from great ones. That important factor is confidence, more than believing that you can win, is trusting your preparation, staying composed under pressure, and continuing to compete …
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By: Elle Shi Grade 7 Especially in sports, there is a common belief that the more you work, the more improvement there is. There is this simple idea of: if you want to get better, you just have to outwork everyone else. However, this is one of the main reasons …
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By: Elle Shi Grade 7 In 1972, professional hockey landed in Houston, a city better known for heat, oil, and NASA than ice. The Houston Aeros joined the World Hockey Association, a bold upstart rival to the NHL that challenged the established league’s monopoly on talent, markets, cities, and money. …
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By: Evan Shi Grade 12 My varsity hockey team’s senior night is coming up and for it, the other seniors and I have to create a trifold with photos illustrating our hockey experience over the years. I spread out four years of team photos on the table in our living …
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By: Elle Shi Grade 7 At the school game, when the cheering is so loud that you can barely hear the game, parents often have the loudest voices in the bleachers. However, their influence on their kids, both good and bad, can shape the competition, success, and even failure of …
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By: Elle Shi, Grade 7 International sports events are supposed to bring countries together through friendly competition and teamwork. However, recent wars and global conflicts have begun to affect national sports teams and their ability to attend major events such as the Olympic Games, the Winter Olympics, the FIFA World …
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