Going in for Sports

Go ……	Заниматься (спортом) для всех неигровых видов спорта
~ fencing	фехтованием
~ rowing	греблей
~ swimming	плаванием
~ wrestling	борьбой
Play ……	Играть … для игровых видов спорта
~ football	в футбол
~ handball	в гандбол (ручной мяч)
~ hockey	в хоккей
~ tennis	в теннис
~ volleyball	в волейбол
Practice	для игровых и неигровых видов спорта «заниматься спортом»
aerobics	аэробикой
bobsleigh	санным видом спорта (бобслей)
Bodybuilding	бодибилдингом
Boxing	боксом
Cycling	велоспортом
Curling	керлингом
Diving	прыжками в воду
Football	футболом
Hockey	хоккеем
Judo	дзюдо
Jumping	прыжками
Pentathlon	пятиборьем
Running	бегом
Shaping	шейпингом
Swimming	плаванием
Swordplay	фехтованием
Tackwondo	тхеквондо
Target shooting	стрельбой
Weightlifting	тяжелой атлетикой
wrestling	борьбой

To complete (competition, competitor)

To contest (contest, contestant)

To participate (participation, participant)

To take part in (a competition)

To perform (performance, performer)

выступать, исполнять, исполнение

выступление – выполнение (упражнения)

TEXT 2. WHY STUDY SPORT SCIENCE?

Sport and physical activity are important in maintaining a healthy existence, and for many individuals sport is the focus of much of their leisure time.

There are many reasons why you should study Sport or Exercise Science. For example, you may be a sportsman, sportswoman or coach interested in improving individual and team performance, or you may seek to become a healthcare professional concerned with the fitness, health and rehabilitation of general or specific populations. Within a good Sport or Exercise Science degree you will find the disciplines of exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor control and sports psychology, all of which address many participant, coach or healthcare professional.

The exercise physiologist studies how the body functions during exercise, and how it responds to long term exercise training.

The biomechanist applies the principles of Newtonian mechanics to human movement and the muscular and skeletal systems; from which the biomechanist will seek to understand the reason for failure.

Motor control is the study of movement, and the techniques used to study this have much in common with those used in biomechanics. The student of motor control will examine the mechanisms that enable movements to be produced, and the processes that underlie control, skill acquisition and retention.

The sports psychologist is concerned with the thoughts, feelings and emotions of individuals and how these influence human behaviour in sport and exercise settings. Together, all of these disciplines develop your understanding of how the mind and body work, which can then be applied to a sporting or rehabilitation context.

However, studying Sport and Exercise Sciences is also an exciting way to develop your understanding of the biological sciences and the interaction of the individual with the environment. A good scientific education will act as a springboard for your future career, whether within sport and exercise or another graduate profession.

"Sport defines us as a nation. It teaches us about life. We learn self- discipline and teamwork from it. We learn how to win with grace and lose with dignity. It gets us fit. It keeps US healthy" (Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, UK.)