Sports RegionsErin Pietzman, Andrew Helmick, Sam Whitaker

Introduction

Basketball, Football, and volleyball

Each sport has qualities that cause them to thrive in specific regions.

Inner Cities, West, South

Basketball

Basketball is a major part of recreation in inner cities.

Why?

Equipment and Availability

Courts are small.

Equipment

You don’t need a lot of people to play.

What It Means

School and opportunity

Basketball provides a dream.

What is the reality of that dream?

Moving Forward

What are the concerns for the emphasis on basketball in these areas.

Changes are slowly being made to provide more options for recreational activities.

Giving Back

Stars like Lebron James give back.

Clubs and programs

Basketball has become a large part of inner city life, much like football in the south.

SouthFOOTBALL

Best Athletes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7e-17mja7w&feature=fvst (Hurdle)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLC4ooJUxs (Catch)

High School Football Stadiums

In this region, high school football stadiums can be packed with 15,000 plus people on game nights

Texas state game held at Dallas Cowboys Stadium

Quotes

“Someone once said that in the South there are three seasons: football season, recruiting season and spring practice” – Bob Bell

“I'm from Ohio, but if I'd known when I was two what it was like down South, I would have crawled here on my hands and knees” - Frank Sinkwich, University of Georgia

Bill Murphy

Gainesville Times Sports Writer

SEC (Southeastern Conference)

The SEC (Southeastern Conference) is the most dominate football conference in college football

In the National Championship this year, it squares off two teams from the SEC, Alabama Vs. LSU.

In the head to head against other conferences in bowl games, the SEC is dominating

West Coast

Football can be popular along the West Coast, but is not its most accepted sport.

West coast

Topography

Coastline (W)

Arid (S)

Mountainous (E)

rainy (N)

Most popular non-professional sport in the west coast

Answer: Volleyball. Both beach and sand volleyball.

Tourists.

Very famous

Why the west coast?

Volleyball is very popular in the west coast (and the rest of the world) for many reasons:

Everyone can play it

Cost

Courts are readily available (beach).

Can be played both indoor and outdoor.

It’s a team sport

Whole families can get together and play.

Volleyball is also not gender specific

Tourists

Cost effective.

Equipment

Free courts

gyms

Easy to find and easy to play

Multiple courts.

Easy set up

Easy rules

Outdoor and indoor.

Volleyball can be played both indoor and outdoor.

Beach, grass, outdoor court.

Indoor gyms

Conclusion

Certain sports are popular to specific regions.

Positive effects of sports on the regions.

http://www.fanattic.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Allen-Stadium.jpg (Stadium)

http://www.collegecharlie.com/FB.html (Quotes)

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/archives/20813/ (Bill Murphy Quote)

Works cited

Google image search

Clip art

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html

http://adventuresfrombehindtheglass.com/2011/12/14/its-an-east-coast-vs-west-coast-thing-photographic-topography/