ipl-logo

Analysis Of Position On Dodgeball In Physical Education By Rick Reilly

400 Words2 Pages

The persuasive techniques Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are used to assist the author in their claim and sound convincing. In the articles “Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education,” by The National Association for Sport and Physical Education, and “The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym,” by Rick Reilly, both authors use persuasive techniques to make their claims on dodgeball in physical education.
The article, “Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education,” created by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, short for NASPE, focuses on using logos throughout the article. To illustrate, when discussing keeping children and adolescents active it’s stated that, “61.5% of children aged 9-13 years do not participate in any organized physical activity during their non-school hours and 22.6% do not engage in any free-time physical activity”(986). In other words, NASPE believes that many children don’t get any physical exercise. Since dodgeball is a game that eliminates players, it won’t allow these children to get the exercise needed. By suggesting that children who don’t …show more content…

For instance, Reilly thinks that those who want dodgeball removed are too soft and quotes, “Their kids will stumble out into the bright light of the real world and find out, yes, there’s weak and there’s strong and teams and sides and winning and losing”(1010). To put it in other words, Reilly believes that if the younger generation is pampered too much when they become adults and need to fend for themselves, they’ll struggle. By suggesting that, the emotional appeal of wanting what's best for your children will resonate well with readers who have children of their own and share a similar sentiment as Reilly. Clearly, Reilly's use of emotional persuasion of thinking about the children works well for presenting that dodgeball doesn’t need to be removed and benefits a child’s

Show More
Related
447 Words | 2 Pages

Persuasion in DodgeBall TDA Response Persuasive techniques such as Logos, Ethos, and Pathos help support and state his claim in the text. In the two articles, “Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education.” and “The weak shall inherit the gym.”

Read More
545 Words | 3 Pages

To close the article the authors ask the audience if “‘this [is] the type of game that [they] want [their] children to be exposed to?’” The group wraps up the article with this line to leave a lasting impression on the reader. This quote provokes emotions in parents who don’t want their children harmed. In short, the NASPE group uses emotional and ethical persuasive techniques to support their position. Through the use of comedy the author of “The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym,” Rick Reilly, uses pathos and logos to exhibit his position on the topic of dodgeball in physical education classes.

Read More
212 Words | 1 Pages

Youths should not be banned from participating in sports such as dodgeball, cheerleading, and football. To begin with, dodgeball teaches physical and mental education. According to the text, ”Rick Hanetho, founder of National Amatuer Dodgeball Association said,” It teaches hand-eye coordination, concentration, and to draw quick conclusions” (171). This proves that youths shouldn’t be banned from dodgeball since it teaches them at a young age and it teaches mental and physical lessons. As for cheerleading, youths shouldn’t be banned because the coaches are trained and certified.

Read More
659 Words | 3 Pages

To create a strong argument, writers use persuasive techniques such as Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. In the articles “Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education,” by The National Association for Sport and Physical Education, and “The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym,” by Rick Reilly, both authors focus on using persuasive techniques to make claims about the relevance of dodgeball in physical education. Through the use of statistics and emotional appeal, the National Gym Association presents its argument and leads the reader toward their anti-dodgeball stance. To begin, when the author is arguing against the benefits of dodgeball, he claims, “The students who are eliminated first in dodgeball are typically the ones who need to be active and practice

Read More
583 Words | 3 Pages

Furthermore, Kids all around the world love dodgeball and enjoy playing the sport. Dodgeball should not get banned in schools all around the world because it encourages kids to be active. According to the article Top 10 health benefits of Dodgeball “Dodgeball is also a fun way to meet new people or just enjoy a day of fun with friends and family.” Dodgeball requires kids to leap out of the way, as well as running and throwing. Dodgeball can give unathletic kids a chance to play.

Read More
624 Words | 3 Pages

In Elkton Maryland a School Principals recently ban dodgeball because they state that dodgeball is inappropriate,unsafe,and some kids get out and don't play and don't get exercise. They removed it from all physical education curriculums. The principal in Elkton Maryland states that the game dodge ball is against all the thing they teach in school.

Read More
493 Words | 2 Pages

When talking about how other parents feel about dodgeball, Reilly states “They want their Ambers and their Alexanders to grow up in a cozy womb of noncompetition, where everybody shares toful and Little Red Riding Hood and the big, bad wolf 30 set up a commune.2 Then their kids will stumble out into the bright light of the real world and find out that, yes, there's weak and there's strong and teams and sides and winning and losing”(1010). In other words, Reilly believes that parents want their kids to grow up in a world where everything is equal and there is no such thing as winning or losing Reilly is saying that in the real world, things aren’t always equal, there are going to be winners, losers, the strong, and the weak. As one can see, Reilly's use of emotions can strike agreement or even anger in the readers as a way of supporting his argument. As a result, Reily’s use of emotion through humor and fear helps support his claim that removing dodgeball from schools can limit kids from learning valuable lessons that can apply to the real

Read More
279 Words | 2 Pages

My opinion on dodge ball is they should get rid of it. Dodge ball is an elimination game and most of the people that are eliminated are weak and need more physical activity. So schools need to help and work with games that involve more physical activity and games that do not eliminate kids. Half of the time schools like to have everyone participate in everything and when you're eliminating people they are not participating. Another reason they banned dodge ball is because it's violent and inappropriate.

Read More
869 Words | 4 Pages

‘’The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym’’, states that ‘’Dodgeball is one of the few times in life when you get to let out your aggressions, no questions asked, we don’t need less dodgeball in schools, we need more!’’(Reilly 2). That is proving to use that they feel the need to allow this because it lets them get out there aggressions on the weaker kids. That is telling the people who don't want to allow it to do something about it because the others want

Read More
679 Words | 3 Pages

In one case, as a counterclaim the author states, “Neil Williams, a physical education professor at Eastern Connecticut State, says dodgeball has to go because it “encourages the best to pick on the weak.” Noooo! You mean there is weak in the world?” (1008). What the author is trying to convey is a counterclaim which he argues too by saying there are weak in the world and that is inevitable and banning dodgeball will not help.

Read More
357 Words | 2 Pages

Dodgeball shouldn’t be a p.e game because not everyone participates. The game of dodgeball is all about teamwork but not everyone participates and teamwork isn’t shown. In the article, Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education, it’s says “61.5% of the children aged 9-13 years don’t participate in any organization physical activity” and dodgeball is going to

Read More
747 Words | 3 Pages

Dr. Frank L. Smoll states, “All children and youth need vigorous physical activity as part of their daily lives, and sports provide the benefits of exercise and the potential for acquiring a sense of accomplishment.” (Smoll 1/2).

Read More
990 Words | 4 Pages

Summary “Children Need to Play, Not Compete,” by Jessica Statsky is a thoughtful insight on the competitive sports for children. She is of the view that the competitive sports can ruin the enjoyment that games are supposed to provide. These methods of playing the games like adults can prove to be lethal for physical and psychological health. The author quotes from an authentic source that “Kids under the age of fourteen are not by nature physical.” (Tutko)

Read More
971 Words | 4 Pages

“In the U.S., about 30 million children and teens participate in some form of organized sports, and more than 3.5 million injuries each year” claims Stanford Children’s Health. It’s definitely true that competitive sports can cause all sorts of injuries from big to small. The media teaches people simply that sports leads to horrific injuries and can cause stress, but what the mainstream media hardly discusses are the great benefits of competitive sports. While there may be some negatives to competitive sports, that’s just life, and to add on to that; there are plenty of benefits which are sure to override to media’s facts. Kids should play competitive sports because competitive sports teach children powerful life lessons, contributes to their social and mental stability, and because of the physical gain competitive sports provides.

Read More
852 Words | 4 Pages

According to the article How Physical Fitness May Promote School Success, children who take part in physical activity absorb and retain new information more effectively than other students who are out of shape. This suggests, that to help students do better in school and in the classroom, they should make physical education mandatory. With physical activity present in a young students daily routine, they tend to have better grades.  The article Physical Education Should be a Mandatory Class all Four Years of High School informs the reader that, According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, physical education doesn’t just lower the risk of diseases later in life but also improves focus in the classroom. In other words, P.E doesn’t just lower the risk of obesity and heart failure, it helps students in the classroom which is an even better reason to keep it around because it has multiple

Read More

More about Analysis Of Position On Dodgeball In Physical Education By Rick Reilly

Related Topics

Open Document