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You see and hear about professional athletes
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players, golfers, skaters or race-car drivers f) *■
The job may sound like a lot of fun, but it’s
a lot of work, and not many people make it jgk yaffil
to the professional level.
A professional athlete is one who gets paid ■s* '9*
for participating in a sport. In order to continue
being pro, athletes have to keep fans and team
management happy by playing well and
winning
Professional athletes work hard, and they must
stay in great shape. Along with playing and _ •fc. 'i.
practicing during their sport’s season, they ,
have to stay in shape during the off-season.
too. Athletes practice two to three hours a day
during the season. They also go to meetings
and watch films to learn more about the
competition. Those who are involved in "
team sports have rules about when they
have to be home and what they can and
cannot do outside of the sport /
Being a pro athlete also can be stressful
Athletes risk getting hurt every time they
are involved in a sport, and some injuiies
can end their careers Athletes who play on
a team can be traded, and that sometimes
means they have to move to a new city.
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need to get involved in a sport at an early ,
age Most pro athletes played high school
and college sports And in order to be
involved in sports in school, you have
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No It has nothing to do with the sport of boxing
Boxing Day is actually a holiday celebrated in
Great Britain Australia, New Zealand and Canada
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however, if December 26 falls on a Saturday or
Sunday, it’s celebrated the following Monday
Although it is celebrated in countries around the
world, it's not known when or how Boxing Day
was actually started The tradition may have
started between the 400 s and 1500 s with the
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presents in boxes the day after Christmas Or. it
may have started with priests taking money from -IS
the charity boxes the day after Christmas and then
giving the money to the poor
tin Newfoundland, Boxing Day also means the start
of mummenng That’s when people put on a disguise
and go from house to house singing, dancing and
playing music When they get to a house, _____
they keep up the fun until the host or !r\JnTl
hostess can guess who they are
Then they are given food and
drink, and when they're done,
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