... in 1997 and was titled, "Abstention from sex and other pre-game rituals used by college male athletes." In this study, 83 football and 73 baseball players from PAC-10 schools were given a survey with questions regarding their individual beliefs and rituals they used within their respected sport. ... from and were instructed to mark themselves down for all that applied to them and their personal beliefs. The results showed that 39 of the football players and 15 baseball players believed abstaining from sex 24 hours prior to a game conserves strength while 26 13 baseball players, respectiv...

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... . Adrenaline isn't even similar to violence. Aggression, maybe, but nothing that would be harmful to anyone else. This might be a factor to why contact sports are so popular. For example, football, hockey, rugby, wrestling, and boxing. Contrary to predictions of instinct theory, several studies show that contact sports exist and thrive in the same societies that have high rates of aggression ... ...

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... have the highest number of steroid users are weight-lifting and body-building. Up to ninety percent of men in these sports have reported using the drugs at some point. Football players and field athletes such as shot-putters and javelin and discuss throwers show only a slightly lower percentage. If these athletes wish to succeed, they are required to have superior ... ...

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... sport you are talking about. The reason it is so scary to see in young athletes is because, they think that they wont succeed if they are not the best football player, or fastest sprinter on the track team. The thing that many of these athletes fail to realize is that when you look at the best athletes of all time ... ...

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