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THE POLITICAL ANNEXATION OF THE SPORTS HERO IN CONTEMPORARY ROMANIA. THE CASE OF SIMONA HALEP
2021
The present article aims to highlight the ways in which the sports hero in Romania is annexed, ie used and mstrumentaliyed by the politicalpower, represented by public institutions, politicalparties and / or politicians. The case study analyzes the ceremonies and awards bestowed upon the tennis player Simona Halep, the most prominent sports figure of Romania in the past decade, by a number of local authorities in the country (Buşteni, Constanţa, Călăraşi, Bucharest, Cluj) and by the Romanian Presidency, from late 2013 to the present day. We scrutinize the reasons behind such feats of public homage and the media coverage it entailed, while also trying to explain why sport, and tennis in particular, is courted assiduously by politicians in the country - and what this reveals about the standing of the sports hero in Romanian society and political legitimization strategies. We also explore the reasons why apparently similar political strategies of gaining political kudos through association with a sport hero work brilliantly for one Romanian politician and dramatically backfire for another. Last but not least, we take a look at the way the sports hero was instrumentaliped during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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THE NEW “YOUTH FOUNTAIN” OF ROMANIA: HOW TENNIS OVERTOOK GYMNASTICS AS THE PREMIER JUVENILE SPORT OF THE COUNTRY
2020
Starting with the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, which saw then 14-year-old Nadia Comaneci book her place in the history of sport with the first perfect 10 ever recorded, gymnastics became a national craze in Romania, where thousands of young girls, as little as 3, would flock the Deva training complex in Transylvania, in a bid to become \"the new Nadia\". Following the Romanian Revolution in 1989, gymnastics remained at the fore of sport in a society marred by corruption and poverty, acting as a unique springboard to stardom for disadvantaged youth from all over the country, second only to football prestige-wise. However, after peaking in the early 2000s, Romanian gymnastics eventually dwindled. We argue that this reverse in the history of the sport in Romania and its sharp drop in youth appeal come down not only to falling standards or the steady \"bankruptcy\" of the Communist-inherited sports system, but also to a change in mentality and the emergence of a new socio-economic class which embraced tennis as a positional good. Interest in the sport is today at an all time high thanks to the exploits of Simona Halep in particular, making tennis the new \"youth fountain\" of Romania.
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Defensive vs offensive style on clay courts
2021
Introducere. În tenis, cunoaşterea caracteristicilor stilurilor de joc este esenţial pentru obţinerea rezultatelor dorite precum şi îmbun t ţirea procedeelor tehnico-tactice specializate în funcţie de suprafaţa de joc pe care se disput meciul împreun cu particularit ţile individuale şi ale adversarilor. Scop. Adoptând stilul de joc potrivit particularit ţilor individuale, ale adversarului şi caracteristicilor suprafeţelor de joc, se pot îmbun t ţi şansele de câştig a juc torului aflat în majoritatea timpului în defensiv . Acest studiu comparativ îşi propune s evidenţieze cu ajutorul procedeelor şi mijloacelor alese, diferenţele dintre cele dou juc toare aflate într-un turneu pe o suprafaţă lent . Metode. Principala metod de cercetare utilizat a fost metoda analizei celor 6 meciuri prin indici statistici diferiţi. În cadrul acesteia, s-a procedat la compararea mediei rezultatelor obţinute în toate cele 6 meciuri disputate de cele dou juc toare pân la accederea în final cu rezultatele indicilor statistici din ultimul meci (finala). Pentru acest studiu am selectat indicii principali pentru tema abordat . Rezultate. Rezultatele studiului au ar tat c un juc tor defensiv petrece mai mult timp pe teren în timpul unui turneu. Cu ajutorul analizei şi înregistr rii datelor se observ ca juc torul ofensiv sau defensiv se evidenţiaz în funcţie de parametrii studiaţi, anumiţi parametrii fiind specifici unui stil de joc. De asemenea, un juc tor defensiv cu o bun vitez şi agilitate se poate adapta mult mai uşor pe o suprafaţă lent (zgura). Concluzii. Suprafaţa de joc poate afecta rezultatele obţinute în marile turnee dac nu se pune accent în antrenament pe dezvoltarea jocului adaptat particularit ţilor individuale. De asemenea, juc torul care se poate adapta în timpul meciului are o şans mai mare de a câştiga un turneu de Grand Slam.
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