Sports Articles

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Amit Kheterpal @ Wednesday, 15th October 2008 @ 6:31 AM

As a sports person especially athletes you need every ounce of help that you can get to avoid the resistance to your body. Athletes running a 400 meter race or a cyclist in a race always have resistance when they encounter air as they try to push forward. This resistance if reduced can cause immense benefits to the athletes as he can run faster than his opponent. Another arena where advanced materials have been used is swimming whereby resistance by water once you try to swim faster is a ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Debby Jones @ Tuesday, 14th October 2008 @ 11:05 PM

On a longer board, you will have better balance. Therefore, you have greater ability to change positions while riding a wave. Long boarders can really show off on a wave by doing pirouettes, 180-degree turns, or by hanging 10. Hanging 10 is a phrase that means dangling your 10 toes off the front of your board, something that is possible only on a long board. Another phrase you might hear that refers to this maneuver is having your toes on the nose, which literally means that you have 10 toes on... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Debby Jones @ Tuesday, 14th October 2008 @ 10:58 PM

Experienced surfers have dozens of great surf breaks to choose from even if they live on the New England coast, but each of us has to decide which break to call our own on any given day. Or, if you are just starting out as a surfer, you will want to choose one break as your wave of choice and continue going there until you have expended all you could from it. All surfers must decide where to paddle out, so here is a list of criteria to help you make the most informed decision. People ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Victor Epand @ Tuesday, 14th October 2008 @ 10:58 PM

Women's swimsuits have come a long, long way over the past 100 years. While women in the early 20th century were expected to keep the majority of their bodies covered while swimming, modern swimsuits expose a great deal more than they conceal. When it comes to women's swimsuits today, there are a lot of choices. Even though most women's suits can be categorized as either one-piece or two-piece, both categories have a number of subdivisions. French cut one-pieces, string bikinis, t... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Victor Epand @ Tuesday, 14th October 2008 @ 10:53 PM

As an athletically minded individual, I am extremely grateful for the existence of modern athletic shoes (sometimes called tennis shoes or sneakers). If you're ever bored, consider for a moment what it would have been like to be a devotee of physical activity 100 years ago. Shoes at the beginning of the 20th century didn't exactly scream comfort. If you wanted to pursue a sport in those days, you were basically stuck with your everyday footwear. Contrarily, the athletes of the 21st cen... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Karin Manning @ Tuesday, 14th October 2008 @ 2:23 PM

One of the most common questions coaches hear is from athletes wanting to quickly and easily increase their vertical jump. This article will reveal some powerful vertical jump power coaching tips. Keep reading to get instant access to some powerful vertical jump training tips and myths. Your vertical jump can be defined as your jump minus your standing reach. The standing reach is performed with both feet together and flat on the ground and with your arm extended as high as you can above ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Jarvis Malone @ Monday, 13th October 2008 @ 7:09 AM

Skateboarding has become ever so popular these days. It is no longer just for punk kids and has become a part of our culture. Skateboarding can be seen in movies, on tv, and in video games. One of the funnest video games I played when I was younger was tony hawk, a skateboarding game. And skateboarding games keep popping up too, some of them rather good. Now, as far as how skateboarding began, there is some debate. Some say it was started by surfers that wanted to try and surf on land. Sa... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Shaun Parker @ Saturday, 11th October 2008 @ 9:13 PM

New surf clothing is on the market that is so stretchy and water tight that there are no seams, seals, joints or fastenings. You climb into this wetsuit through the neck. Now correct me if I am wrong but this sounds like a feat beyond all reasonable physical possibility. I'm not a surfer but I am a scuba diver and have been exposed to the ritual of donning and removing a wetsuit and it is never an easy task. Putting it one gets you into such a hot state that you are glad to throw you... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Cindy Heller @ Friday, 10th October 2008 @ 8:44 AM

Wheelchair sports were invented because the awareness that even disabled people have rights to play sports and participate in competitions. Nowadays, wheelchair sports are very popular and people who are physically disabled and affected due to their intellectual disability can participate. Most of the sports are adapted from the normal sports with some modifications in the rules and regulations to accommodate wheelchair players. Wheelchair sports are also part of international competition for di... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Richard Neesal @ Thursday, 9th October 2008 @ 9:37 AM

The first-ever recorded game of Golf was played in Edinburgh, Scotland. The modern game of golf first spread from the land of the bagpipes to England, but now the whole world is hooked onto this wonderful sport. A golfer is never seen on the greens without a golf set. A bad set of clubs can be a handicap to your performance and game score. In other words, it's crucial to find the right set of clubs. There are 5 types of clubs that golfers use during a game, they are: 1... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Richard Neesal @ Thursday, 9th October 2008 @ 9:36 AM

For many golfers across the world golf is life itself. No doubt, golf is a very popular sport but there is a lot to it than that what meets the eye. Though golf may look like a non-athletic sport but don't be quick to judge a book by its cover. Golf requires the same level of athleticism as many other sports. A good fitness program is a must if you plan to play golf on a regular basis. Any professional golfer will tell you the importance of strength, power, flexibility, and stability... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By David Horne @ Tuesday, 7th October 2008 @ 4:25 PM

Strength training should be implemented into a tennis squad training program to assist the players in developing more power in their shots and thus improving their game. It is also essential as a precursor to starting plyometrics training. Too often we see inexperienced trainers and coaches making their young players perform these high-impact power training exercises that have more of a negative impact on the athlete than a positive one. Strength training before Power Training! I have eve... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Roger Munns @ Sunday, 5th October 2008 @ 1:25 PM

At 27 years old, Spanish race car driver Fernando Alonso captured the first race in the inaugural Formula One Singapore Grand Prix - this was Alonso's first win of the current season and his 50th overall since he started racing professionally. Sunday's race was a thrilling affair, although reports are coming out that President of Ferrari Luca di Montezemolo is none too pleased with the event. Quotes published online have di Montezemolo criticizing the racecourse as being unsuita... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Patrick Omari @ Thursday, 2nd October 2008 @ 9:43 AM

The Supporter Trust movement is funded and supported by the Labour Government through Supporters Direct. Amongst the aims are to give supporters the right and the power to protect the clubs they love from unscrupulous owners who do not care for the interests of the club and who wish to exploit their assets for profit. Supporters Direct help to advise and establish supporters' trusts, aiming to deliver responsible, democratic representation at football clubs to help promote the highest stand... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Shaun Parker @ Tuesday, 30th September 2008 @ 5:39 PM

There can't be that many surfers, particularly around the British coast, that are silly enough to brave the elements of British waters without a wetsuit. The wetsuit has been a godsend for those surfing fanatics who are not content with only participating in their sport for the 2.6 weeks of summer that this country gets. Wetsuits have opened up the whole sport to something that you can do for pretty much the whole of the year. They have come a long way from the constrictive, skin rip... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By MIKE SELVON @ Tuesday, 30th September 2008 @ 3:14 AM

An archery club can make the life of a die hard archer easier than they ever imagined. When joining a club a person can learn new techniques for bow hunting, target archery, and even Japanese archery, which is an art all within itself. However, if a person is not sure how to locate their local club that is devoted to this activity they may need to resort to the internet which has an unlimited amount of information at one's fingertips in regards to finding the right club to join. If o... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Roger Munns @ Monday, 29th September 2008 @ 6:18 PM

The ever changing weather added to the intensity as Sebastian Vettel led from the pole and throughout the Monza circuit. In the end he finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen. Vettel, a 21-year-old German, is the youngest ever F1 winner. That glory previously belonged to Fernando Alonso, when he won the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel is 73 days younger than Alonso was when he won that race. This was the team Toro Rosso's maiden win. The so... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Shaun Parker @ Thursday, 25th September 2008 @ 6:41 AM

If there's one big attraction to water sports it has to be the fact that boundaries are pretty limitless in comparison to other sports. You won't find fences or markers to hold you in. There are no whistles blown or referees to contend with and pretty much the rules are only governed by the fact that you don't want to die doing it. Nature is something that man has long wanted to be the master over but it is a law unto itself. This is part of the reason that surfers put the... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Roger Munns @ Thursday, 25th September 2008 @ 12:59 AM

For sunshine, a friendly welcome and a great holiday destination in both the winter and summer, Lanzarote seems to have it all. And for the surfer looking to catch great waves in a top beach destination, Lanzarote has just been recognised as being one of the best locations in the world to pursuit the sport - or just for fun. A leading internet for surfing puts Lanzarote high on their list of the hundred best places in the world, coming shortly after another travel site suggested La... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Sports | By Aydan Corkern @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008 @ 3:44 PM

Are you or someone you know a very big sports fan? These people will get all fired up about the games or the teams that they are watching. Sometimes they might get violent and end up in jail because they will get upset if their teams are losing. They might even start a bar fight because someone talked bad about their teams. They will make bets on these games, and sometimes they might lose a lot of money. Sometimes they might go to a loan shark, which is not a good thing to do because thes... more...