Playing sport means preparing well before the sporting season starts. Before pre-season training, every player should be screened to check their health, lifestyle and physical condition.

Sport psychology (or sports psychology) is the study of a person's behavior in sport. It is also a specialization within the brain psychology and kinesiology that seeks to understand...

Hydration and nutrition are critical parts of the sporting experience. Hydration replaces fluid lost during sweating and maintains sports performance, while nutrition provides an essential fuel supply for exercise.

The misuse of drugs to enhance sports performance is wrong for three important reasons.
1. It contravenes the code of fair play

The sports environment includes not only the weather, but also the facilities, surfaces and equipment that are being played on and with, as well as the ‘safety culture’ in the sports club or organization.

Protective equipment is there to protect players against injury and should be used wherever possible. Protective equipment includes personal equipment such as mouth guards and headgear as well as equipments such as padding around goal posts.

Sports injuries are injuries that occur to athletes in major sporting events. In many cases, these types of injuries are due to overuse of a part of the body when participating in a certain activity. For example, runner's knee is a painful condition generally associated with running, while tennis elbow is a form of repetitive stress injury at the elbow, although it does often occur with tennis players.7