Month: November 2019

Fitness Drills for a Soccer Player

November 23, 2019
Soccer
  • The most obvious fitness drill that a soccer player will do is running. This can be anything from a steady 1 mile jog, to a challenging 5 mile uphill run!

Running will work muscles all over your body and is proven to enhance aerobic and anaerobic fitness levels.

  • A shuttle run is a more intense form of running and involves quick sprints over short distances. Set up about 4 cones in a line with a gap of around 7 metres between each one.

Start by sprinting to the first cone, touching it, then sprinting back. Then sprint to the second cone. Again, touch it, and sprint back. Repeat this with all 4 cones and that is one set complete.

About 5 sets per training session is regarded as sufficient.

  • Another fitness drill for a soccer player is fartlekking. Fartlekking involves speed changes when running. It is best done over a
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English Premier League

November 23, 2019
Soccer

With more choices come more success

Consumers, in this case sports addicts, love choices. They often don’t know what to do when the season of their favorite sport is over and can actually enter into a depression not unlike Seasonal Affective Disorder as a result. But the more things that people have to be excited about, the more they will follow them throughout the year. While some may feel that the rise of the NFL and even Major League Soccer (MLS) is a bad thing for English Premier League, the reality is that they all tap in to the same community, for the most part, and help to bolster interest outside of the season. This is good for advertising sponsors, good for merchandise, and good for enthusiasm once the new season starts.

English Premier League still attracts the best athletes in the world

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Easiest Job In Sports

November 22, 2019
Sport

Without a doubt, the easiest job in all of sport is if you are over 7’0 and are good enough to make a pro team, you will have a luxurious life, and the honor of having to not worry about getting injured either, for the most part. I was able to get a taste of how easy it was, when I was slightly taller than most other kids in my county basketball league. I would have had an easy time of it — had I had the sense to keep playing, instead of dropping out. I was easily the fastest, and I could throw my weight around also. Once everyone else caught up to me, in my middle teens, I became easily intimidated, in large part, because of my insecurities of everything else (another story). Even if I didn’t turn out to be very insecure as a teen, I still… Read the rest

Youth Soccer Training

November 22, 2019
Soccer

The first happening that you should take to your youth football training session is a soccer ball for each participant. Though you ought to give them the option to use for playing their own soccer ball, it is good to see that a lot of children may know their own football ball. There are numerous children who may simply drop off their football ball. This is why it is a must to acquire a surefooted distribute of balls open. Be reliable to accomplish a bound that if a tyke brings along their own football ball. They should enumerate in lasting marker on it. This practice guarantees proper detection later on when soccer training session is over.

The next thing that you should be reliable to modify with an cohort soccer training session is a cosmic container of prepared ice smashed or braced ice Gatorade. You will be able to buy … Read the rest

Cold Weather Camping

November 22, 2019
Sport

Some basic rules for anytime:

  • Always make certain that someone not with you knows exactly where you will be.
  • Always check in with the ranger station and let them know where you plan on hiking, when you will start and time expected out.
  • Never go out alone.
  • Always have extra dry clothing and possibly snow equipment depending on the elevation you plan on hiking.
  • And be prepared for the unexpected! You and your hiking companion may be the only folks you can count on for some time.

Camping can be enjoyable even in cold weather if you are prepared. Dress in layers and keep dry. By dressing in layers you can add or subtract clothing easily to fit the temperature to stay dry and warm. Do your best to avoid sweating and rotate your layers on and off to get wet clothing off and dry clothing on. Don’t feel bashful … Read the rest

Predict Sports Scores

November 19, 2019
Sport
  • List of Injured Players
    When a key player is not playing in the upcoming game, this can really alter what should take place.
  • Where The Game Takes Place
    Typically some teams play better at home in front of the home crowd. So in certain situations that could account for a few extras points scored.
  • Statistical Formulas
    There are formulas that allow you to take certain statistics for each team and come up with similar predictions as media sites a sports books.

Some of these formulas account for things like how many points a team typically scores, how many second chance or free scores opportunities a team gets on average. It’s important to know how often they convert on those opportunities.

  • Efficiency is a big deal in sports. One team may get a lot of chances to score on certain teams but if they can’t convert against a better defensive team
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About Fake Sports Autographs

November 18, 2019
Sport

The Scams of Sports Autograph Collecting

You can find sports autographs from sports stars of today as well as those from long ago. Autographs of baseball, hockey, football, basketball, NASCAR and many other sports can be found, with those items ranging from cards to t-shirts, posters and more. The costs of these items vary based on the autographed item, the sports star and other factors.

There are thousands of people across the United States who consider this a hobby or make it their goal to have the signatures of their favorite players. These people take autograph collecting very serious and often dish out the big bucks for these signed items. They are also at-risk for a fake autograph is they are not careful.

Types of Fake Autographs

A fake autograph isn’t always easy to spot, especially if you aren’t familiar with signatures and the actual autograph you are after. One … Read the rest

Passing the Ball

November 17, 2019
Soccer

This drill will require you to practice in an open space of about 15 by 15 yards. Space can be modified according to ability level. Players are placed in groups. Each group consists of four players with two balls in each group. Three of the players in the group are offensive players and one is the defender. It is easier if defenders are provided with a different colored jersey of some sort. The objective for the offensive players is to dribble and control the balls with one player opened until threatened by the defender. The role of the defender is not to intercept the ball from the other players but to touch one of them before they are able to pass the ball to one of the other offensive players. It is very similar the game of keep away. If the player who needs to pass the ball is touched

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Soccer Lingo

November 12, 2019
Soccer

Every soccer field has a circle in the middle of it. This is called the Center Circle and each team starts on their own half of the field.

There is an 18 yard rectangle in front of each team’s goal that’s called the Penalty Area. If an attacking player is fouled in this box, they’ll receive a Penalty Kick from within the box.

If a team knocks the ball over the sideline, the other team is allowed to throw the ball in, from the place the where the ball exited.

However if a team knocks the ball out at end of the field (adjacent to the goals), the opposition team is able to kick the ball back. The attacking team takes a corner, kicking it towards the goals; and the defending team takes a goal kick, typically kicking it as far up-field as they can.

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Electric Rideables

November 10, 2019
Sport

Electric Transportation for our Modern Age

It used to be that if you wanted to go somewhere without a car you’d have to push or pedal your way to get there. Now in today’s modern world we have eco friendly electric alternatives to traditional transportation, and they’re called rideables.

Advances in electric motors, battery life, changing lifestyles, urban congestion, and funding options have made electric rideables a viable and popular way of commuting. A growing number of startups have taken an interest in the wheeled tech market, allowing for improved design, availability and costs. It’s because of these reasons that electric transportation is becoming a more common appearance on streets and sidewalks.

So what exactly do rideables look like? You’ll know pretty quick when you see one for the first time, they’re pretty hard to miss. Rideables come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and definitely make you stand … Read the rest