Charles Burgess (C.B.) Fry was born in Croydon on 25th April 1872. He has been referred to as 'The Greatest Sportsman to have ever lived', and 'The Superman' - huge praise indeed, but does he live up to the nicknames?Fry proved himself to be a brilliant scholar as well as an athlete during his time at Repton Public School and Wadham College Oxford, to which he had won a scholarship. During his time at Oxford he gained 12 sporting Blues and in one year he captained the football, cricket and ...Read the rest of this entry »
The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to their seventh Super Bowl game, facing the Arizona Cardinals on February 1, 2009. The Super Steelers and their fans hope to make NFL history by winning the franchise's sixth NFL title. It may be hard to imagine now, but all did not start well for Pittsburgh professional football. It took 40 years for the Steelers to finally win their first division title in 1972, but over the next decade they achieved a level of success unprecedented in professional ...Read the rest of this entry »
Even though many of us love to play soccer, for the most part we'll never make it to the big time. Keep your head up because you can still show off your cool soccer tricks and moves on the field. A word of warning, it is a good idea to master the basics first. As you master the basics, you can then take your game to the next level by learning some advanced soccer tricks.
When we watch our favorite players on TV or in person we usually catch a glimpse or two of their best moves, ones they are ...Read the rest of this entry »
Conditioning plays an increasingly more important role in today's soccer, so if you ever want to become a pro, you'd best start working on your fitness and endurance levels from early on. Unlike popular belief, soccer conditioning drills are not just short-term, in that you can't "forget" how to be fit like many states.
Indeed, if you stay off sports for a while and gain weight, or simply lose touch to your conditioning, you won't be able to run for as long a time as before, your muscles will ...Read the rest of this entry »
2K gave up the college basketball license and now it's only EA Sports who's left playing in this field. Now let's see what EA Sports has to offer with its NCAA Basketball 09 game. Check out the features of this popular sports game: Execute your GameplanDecide what strategies to execute. You can choose from a list of pre-game strategies. Another tool can help you improve your game - the Game Tempo Meter, which lets you adjust your settings in a jiffy. Game EngineYou can now use styles of play ...Read the rest of this entry »
Coaching youth sports is a challenge. Most of our kids are
really happy to have us step up to the plate and coach and,
despite the time we give up, most parents find the experience
equally rewarding. However, there are some major things that
every coach needs to do and understand before they start the
season: 1) coach with the proper attitude; 2) coach with the
proper fundamentals; and, 3) learn and teach the difference
between the 'Dad Hat' and the 'Coach Hat'.
Coaching the Right Attitude
We ...Read the rest of this entry »
The question as to whether or not athletes in general and soccer players in particular, should be earning the kind of money they're earning is more vibrant then ever these days, with clubs paying their players incredible amounts of money each year.
The comparison to other sports is also very relative. A gymnast will train all his life, miss out on a lot of his younger years only to be able to handle a world class performance, but he will still not win as much in his lifetime as one of the ...Read the rest of this entry »
Do you know that you can download NCAA Football 10 and unlimited PSP/PSP Go games download for your console without spending a lot of money? If not then it is time that you can visit PSP Go Fan Club for more information.
Download Unlimited PSP/PSP Go Games From PSP Go Fan Club!PSP Go Fan Club is the one stop solution to all needs of PSP/PSP Go games. All you need to do is join the Club get access to 300,000 games, music,movies along with popular TV shows and episodes. You can download the ...Read the rest of this entry »
Although soccer is not THE sport in the US, the history of soccer in US is one of the longest around, right next to that of the English or the Scottish.
After the English set out to form a set of rules for the game of soccer, these were soon taken to the new World, where Americans learned to love this rising sport, right next to another game that grew strong roots in the US back then: baseball. Actually, the American Football Association is the second oldest sports league in America, after the ...Read the rest of this entry »