 Personal experience

o Boston
 For professional sports it is highly competitive and the area has great
expectations for its teams
 Many high school kids want to get out of their high school no matter the
sport
 Big hockey town and growing lacrosse scene
 Sports that require expensive equipment do impose some sort of socio-
economic herding towards certain sports
 For basketball, AAU is a necessity if you want to get to the next level
 In part forces kids to specialize in a specific sport
 New Jersey
 Specialization at a young age everyone only plays one sport
 Everyone strives to play in college so they commit to playing one
sport
 Baseball, football, lacrosse, and hockey
 Basketball in some places
 No professional sports teams but everyone is a New York sports
fan
 Socio-economic challenges are not as prominent because people
commit to only playing one sport

 Sports in Brazil
o Peteca
 Throw rubber thing with feathers over a net played like badminton
 Acqua ride
 Throw a raft down a river and race
 Frescobol
 Tennis on sand without a net
 Sandboard
 Surf in the sand
 Futevolei
 Foot tennis with net up high
  Beach futebol
 Soccer in the sand
 Capoeira
 Arts, dance, and acrobatics

 Largest Country in South America hosting 2014 World Cup

 Concern over renovated stadiums
 Soccer has profound impact on Brazilian culture
 Soccer also used to empower the youth
o Street Football World launched Football for Development Project
 Initiative promoting social change through football
o Development project wants to utilize world cup to spread awareness