Archive for the Category Sportsy Stuff

07.07.08 | Comments Off

Soccer Trivia and Facts

There’s nothing like a little bit of trivia to test your knowledge of the sport of soccer. You may say that soccer is your favorite sport, but how much do you really know? Following are some facts and tidbits that you may or may not know about soccer.
Soccer originated generally in its present […]

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A conventional F1 circuit typically features a selection of straight road on which the starting marks are positioned. The pit lane, where the Formula One drivers come in for petrol and replace old tyres during the motor race, and where the Formula 1 constructors operate on the Formula 1 cars prior to the Formula One […]

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More than 3261 people have climbed to the summit since it was first conquered in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary, who died in January, and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay.
They flexed their muscles this year all the in name of the Olympic spirit, but it was hardly spirited at all.”
They basically coerced the Nepali […]

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21.05.08 | Comments Off

Why Coach Soccer? And How To Have Fun

Warren Buffet might not know soccer, but when he said, “Tell me your heroes and I’ll tell you how your life will end up”, he was onto something.
When it comes to coaching, everyone wants a say but few are willing to turn their words into action and take a team… even under 8’s which is […]

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When you desire to pick up your tennis rank then a better quality of racket should ought to be undeniably one of the items on the top of your list. However, previous to purchasing a tennis racket there are a great quantity of factors that need to be assessed. These contain: the tennis rackets mass, […]

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20.04.08 | Comments Off

The 13 Hour Superbowl

Well, we’ve managed to get through another Superbowl game. With all of the hype it is almost shocking a game is actually played. The Steelers took this Superbowl and go home happy. For the rest of us, well, it is simply the end of the football season.
The Superbowl has now become a soap opera. The […]

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Erickson returned to Idaho to become head coach at the school that gave him his start. Erickson who won two national championships at Miami had his last stop at San Francisco, where after two disappointing NFL seasons with the 49ers he was fired in January 2005.
The 58-year-old Erickson signed a five-year contract worth about $200,000 […]

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The Chicago Cubs have dominating starting pitching, a possible Triple Crown winner, and a former batting champion shortstop. So why are the Chicago Cubs a losing ballclub?
To answer this question we must start at the beginning of the 2005 season. Glendon Rusch was put in the bullpen at the start of the year, […]

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Over the years that I have been a fan of ice hockey I have
always had a favorite ice hockey team that I have cheered for.
I have to admit that my favorite team has changed every now and
then though, but that is merely because I have been moving
around from city to city.
I guess that humans somehow […]

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We as golfers have heard the term swing plane many times during our golfing careers. But do we really know the definition of it and the bearing upon our golf swing?
Recently, I had a conversation with Dean Reinmuth (top 30 teaching pro ranked by Golf Digest) and I think he described swing plane the […]

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