Taylor+White-Sporting+History

= __AUSTRALIA and SPORTING AUSTRALIA __ = ==== __﻿Welcome to My page were I will be informing you about The Australian Sporting Culture. __  ==== This photo of one of soccers best goalkeepers is a homelyfeeling. this photo is of mark schwartzer the Australian Socceroo's Goalkeeper who is diving just to stop a ball going past him, which is showing lots of characteristics that is shown in Australia. this representation that i have chosen to post is showing how he does not just stick his hands out like some people do this australian dives arm's stretched so he can save that ball, this is showing how we australians try hard do our very best to achieve something in all we do wether it is stop a ball from going past you or passing exams, and so that is why i decided to choose this picture of australia.

A poem by: Lee Emmett representing australian culture growing up in country play a lot of sport fun thing to do with mates use bat, or ball is caught

we were always swimming in the creek at first then moved to Olympic pool chlorine in eyes was worst

play short-stop at softball in hockey centre-half-back have casual hit of tennis Dad teaches golfing knack

thankful for opportunity built strong lungs and bones helps with co-ordination and team skill hones

This poem is written by a famous artist called lee emett, lee emett is using a very obvious technique that most poet's don't use and this is no descriptive nouns of descrptive adjectives. This technique gives a very strange feeling to it as it doesnt happen a lot making you interested and curious to what is going to happen as it is so different. this poem consists of mainly just what is happening or what is being done. the poem is using rhym but only every second line the first gives a little description then the second line gives it the rhym(eg. X, A, Y, A) this is a effective technique as it gives the poem flow rythm and speed, But if the first and 3rd lines rhymed then the poem would sound very strange as it would be too many short sentences loosing the effect of its rythm. The Artist has done lots of research as it is shown in the poem where he says"we were always swimming, in the creek at first, then moved to Olympic pool, chlorine in eyes was worst" this is giving us the idea he asked someone or did research into how people started and became olympic atheletes. He also has researched some of the sports played casually at home as you get examples of people playing cricket or people playing hockey, something that i played when i was younger. Resources i used: [] (picture) [] (poem) the main theme we see here is the raich vs poor theme as England is in a nice expensive unifrom with sleek gelled back hair, and australia wears a cap with just a t-shirt on, it is representing the typical movie scenario but it is actually not correct in real life, this image shows australia as a rough rowdy tough person. the main idea's that you have a race or fight to win or to claim the trophy and prove that they are the better country. a example of real life version of a man representing his country is the olympics, The olympics have been very good for Australia as they have won Lots of Gold medals Proving that australia is not how it is shown on this video as a country full or poor, rough people.

The theme that is foregrounded in the text is the cricket ball, this is showing the sporty side that Australia. you also have the silenced idea of the grassy background representing the pitch as it is subliminally there. You have the Title saying "bodyline" which is a type of bowl in cricket which swings back towards the batter aiming for his body, this was immediately banned after being a deadly bowl and hard to hit. its similar to the f1 where they added skirts to the car giving it a better grip on the track, it was a cheating advantage.

Movie Tralier "The Club" [] The main theme that i picked up from the trailer was the rough attitudes that they had, and the rough environment that was there for the sport like they would do anything to win and also the idea that money did not always cover the sport there were people who were not in for the money but for the game. This movie starts with a commentator saying "130 thousand we've just heard" this quote shows the ginormous crowd that turns up just to watch people play a single Australian Rules football match (AFL) "its a lot of macho competitive " this quote from the main character says lots about Australia and it foregrounds the idea that women don't get heard of in this sport and also that Australian sport is more dedicated for men as there is no womens AFL or cricket team in Australia. but a major theme that is silenced is the typical Australians point of view in this trailer it talks of how The football stars view them which is fat, drunk old men, where again women are being silenced that they don't play sport or like sport, in this context.

Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) [] **"W**OMEN are very often keen followers of the game, but their excitement over a match and their sympathetic interest in the players are offset by the uneasiness and disquietude of mind they create in the team's family circle.'' a quote foregrounding the idea that everyone silences and that is women like sport and play sport.