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FIND THE PERFECT BASKETBALL SHOES

10 June, 2010 (16:05) | Athletics Health Issue, Information | By: mctreve

In finding a perfect basketball shoes you have to consider two major things: just like in clothing, it has to be fit and comfortable to wear. Look for the brands that guarantee you that it will not easily be worn out since you’ll be playing on concrete grounds, gymnasiums, etc. You also have to check [...]

ON CHEERLEADING

10 May, 2010 (16:04) | Athletes' Field, Information | By: mctreve

Cheerleading, popularized by the movie Bring it On, is one of the most entertaining sports ever! Through the years since it was first begun, cheerleading has evolved in so many ways, from the monotonous chants and their flag/banners comes a new trend that made it more exciting. In this generation, cheerleading became a sport competition [...]

How Hard To Be An Athlete?

10 February, 2010 (18:54) | Information | By: Chino

Being an athlete requires time, effort, money and sweat. People do not become athletes overnight. There is a need for training, conditioning and practicing.

The following are the basic requirements for athletes:
?Time ? for practice, training, contest participation, seminars
?Money ? for comfortable outfit, protective gears, healthy food
?Optimistic Mind ? for self-growth and self-confidence
Being an athlete is [...]

A Young Athlete’s Life

27 June, 2009 (18:18) | Information | By: Chino

I admire the athletes because I know what they gone through. When I’ve heard about young athletes, I admire them more. Knowing that discipline, determination, and persistence are the 3 important must have qualities of athletes, I became challenged because this means that young athletes have these.
Children athletes’ training is different than those with the [...]

Pentathlon

25 May, 2009 (14:12) | Athletes' Field, Information | By: Chino

In Ancient Greece, the pentathlon was an athletic event in the Olympics and other Panhellenic Games. From the word penta, which means five, pentathlon was derived from Greek words for “five competitions.” There were events which are held separately like the stadion or a short foot race and wrestling. Events that were not held as [...]

Superman

16 April, 2009 (14:08) | Different Athletes, Information | By: Chino

When we were kids we always dream about possessing super powers. One of our heroes we dream about is Clark Kent possessing super strength. Superman doesn’t just exist in animation and comic books. There are real supermen that conquered in the world of athletics. They are men of steel who can compete in five different [...]

The World’s Greatest Athlete

12 March, 2009 (14:14) | Athletes' Field, Different Athletes, Information | By: Chino

The title “World’s Greatest Athlete” began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe after Jim won  the decathlon  at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, “You sir, are the World’s Greatest Athlete.” Jim Thorpe was of mixed Native American and white ancestry. Despite struggling with racism for most part of his life, Jim excelled [...]

The importance of warming up

11 February, 2009 (19:26) | Information | By: editor

Whenever engaging in any form of sport, it’s always best to warm up first as warming up helps your mind and body prepare to engage in strenuous activity. Warming up helps the blood flow to the various parts of the body, warming both the body’s core temperature and muscle temperature, which minimizes the chances for [...]

Africa – Land of Rising Athletics Stars

31 January, 2009 (01:22) | Information | By: Chino

They have come and gone with records that are still to be broken, much has been gained by the many impoverished African states that have produced some of the best runners in the world. Why then does the continent produce some of the best runners if they have more pressing issues to address such as [...]

Cases of Medals, Doping and DQ’s

30 December, 2008 (09:55) | Athletics News, Information | By: editor

With the Olympics a few month’s past, scandals and intrigue still plague the winners and losers. There were straightforward cases of banned substance use and there were muddled cases of mistaken identity whereas drugs were seen as another. These events have stripped many athletes of their medals in history but these medals being hard-earned, cheated [...]