Athletic example sentences

Let us try to understand this from an example from athletics.Studies indicate that by the age of 6 to 7 years, children seem to have formed selfesteem at least in four areas: academic competence, social competence, physical/ athletic competence, and physical appearance, which become more refined with age.At a more specific level, a person may have a very positive view of her/his athletic bravery, but a negative view of her/his academic talents.Dorothea Beale told the school council in 1893-1894: I am most anxious that girls should not over-exert themselves, or become absorbed in athletic rivalries, and therefore we do not play against the other schools.Our history of cricket will look first at the evolution of cricket as a game in England, and discuss the wider culture of physical training and athleticism of the time.