Sports Blog

Basketball, the five player team sport is one of the most popular and most viewed sports in the world and has evolved to become an international competition with renown associations such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) inspiring the dreams of many young children.

Being a competent basketball player is no easy feat. Agility, speed, acceleration, power and a worthy vertical jump are all standard necessities any aspiring basketball players must have. Asides from these skills, a basketball player must also be able to remain on a continual “high” throughout games as rest periods are minimal.

Game techniques include shooting, passing and dribbling. In order to master these essential skills, continual repetitive practice is required. Determination and perseverance must be developed before attempting more intricate skills such as jump shots and slam dunks.

The acronym “B.E.E.F” is commonly circulated in basketball training sessions, to remind players to pay attention to four key areas during their performance; balance, eyes, elbows and follow-through.

Just like any other athlete, basketball players must identify their most prominent area of weakness and commence intense conditioning to transform their weaknesses into strengths. With the endurance, physical and mental agility required by basketball players, it is not difficult to see how they are internationally praised as being incredible athletes.  Read more...

Leatt Adventure Neck Brace: Leatt’s Collection

If you have a caring for off-road racing, you should be by all odds searching into the assortment of neck braces and other motocross supplements from Leatt. They carry a deluxe collection that is fashioned to provide elated quality protection, which is needful in this sport. Otherwise, you will end up with lethal hurts and bad falls. Leatt’s neck braces like the Leatt Adventure neck brace curtails the rider from performing a array of far-flung moves but leaves plenty coverage for any sort of grave damage. All you necessitate is five minutes to realize used to wearing the neck brace, and after that, the rider senses vulnerable and exposed with them them off. The braces from Leatt work with all safety and seat belt configurations, and it will also sustain the safety harness in place specially during an impingement. It adapts and follows with all safety criteria and is SFI 38.1 certified. So when we say Protection is not Perfect without them, then are definite for telling you the truth.

Protecting the Neck Up  Read more...

Soccer has been the sports lifeline of many countries including the United States. The love of the game is so intrinsic that parents provide soccer equipment and soccer gear to their kids at a very tender age. Guided by such soccer parents, some children are given a soccer ball as soon as they learn to walk, some even earlier. In some cases, this is the first exposure kids have to the game of soccer.

However, for the right grooming to play professional soccer, it is imperative that soccer coaching be provided at a young age. A youngster with the right soccer training can be groomed to be a quality player and more importantly a better student of the game. It is all about learning the tactics of the game where you learn not only the skills of how to make a great pass, score an incredible goal, dribble by someone with ease; but also to develop strategies to win which is the ultimate aim.

Soccer enthusiasts however, stress on that aspect of soccer coaching, that the ultimate goal of the players in the learning period is not to focus on match results but to work towards creating a level of confidence and comfort with the ball. It is imperative that a youth soccer player loves the game and works on improving skills with regular soccer drills.  Read more...

Are you too confused about weight training for golf?

There are many opinions in the golf world on whether weight training is beneficial or counter-productive to the golf swing.

On the PGA Tour it is a well-known fact that the majority of professional golfers are implementing golf fitness exercises into their training regimen. The goal of such golf fitness exercises is to improve their play on the golf course.

First and foremost, as a professional strength and conditioning coach on the PGA Tour, I see the benefits of a golf specific exercise program are well documented.

The confusion for most amateur golfers probably centers around what specific training modalities and exercises should they include in their golf fitness programs and what are the professional golfers doing.

I get a lot of questions on how are the professional golfers programs set-up, what specific exercises do they incorporate in their programs, and are the exercises in such programs similar to those found in local health clubs. A lot of people ask me if they should include actual dumbbell and barbell exercises into their golf exercise program.  Read more...

India never had a rich sporting history in comparison to other countries. If we take Olympics as a benchmark, India has always struggled to find a place in the top of the medals tally. Besides a few selected sports such as hockey and cricket, India has not made a major mark on any other sporting event if we look back at the history of Indian sports. The problem always is related to the development of good sporting infrastructure in the country and the perceptions of the people towards sports as a career launcher.

However, things have started moving ahead for the good if we look back at the past few years of performances by Indian sports stars. Government of India Sports Ministry has started making huge investments into the development of other sports in India. Many sports bodies have been set up to look after different sports in India. These bodies function in coordination with the government in ensuring that best of the facilities are provided to Indian athletes and sports stars.  Read more...

If you are familiar with the historical details of this tournament, as tennis fanatics does, you must know a little bit about this. In the 1991, this event was the part of the WTA Tier v series and then again it was held in the same style in 2001 to 2003. From 1993 to 2000, it was held as Tier IV event but then promoted back as Tier IV in 2005.

Today it is known as WTA PTT Open international event and allures the minds of people with surprise and amusement. Many tennis players are working with enthusiasm of winning the title of this tournament. Bad luck for Conchita, a great tennis player who had to miss this great tournament as she had not fully recovered from illness and unfit position.  Hmm! It is a good day for great tennis player Serena Williams who had got top WTA rankings after winning grand slam title in the Australian championship this weekend. Serena William is quite lucky women who has got this title third times in the women tennis championship and got this position in 16- 57 weeks  from July 2002 to August 2003 and last season.  Read more...

All-Stars are the best players in the NBA, and in most cases the ones who sell the most NBA tickets at http://www.stubhub.com/nba-tickets. Let’s take a look at which five players were named as starters for the Eastern Conference in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. (Note: All statistics are as of January 26th.)

Guard – Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat: Wade is definitely deserving of a starting spot. After an injury-plagued campaign last season, Flash is back and better than ever. He’s leading the league in scoring and has his team in good position to make the playoffs, much to the surprise of most NBA pundits. Wade’s all-around game has really impressed me this season, as has his return to utter dominance. We could see he was healthy again during the Beijing Olympics, but I don’t know if anyone expected him to be this good again this quickly. Wade has regained his status as one of the best five players in the league and it doesn’t look like he’s ready to relinquish that standing anytime soon.  Read more...