Olympic

Why Fencing Is Good For Your Health

Fencing is one of the oldest sports and one of 4 to be included in every modern Olympic Games. It is a great activity to be involved in since fencing is a great way to get and stay fit. Fencing involves lots of movement. It is a sport which requires the players, in this case the fencers, to be constantly on the move. Fencing requires footwork (movement around the fencing piste). A fencer is constantly in motion. More and more parents are trying to encourage their children...

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Canoeing

If you've never tried canoeing before then it's high time that you did. Basically, canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves paddling a canoe or kayak either as recreation, transportation or as a sport. Enthusiasts stress that canoeing only uses a paddle to propel your kayak or canoe and human muscle power, nothing more. There are differences in the way one propels a canoe and a kayak. To propel a kayak, one uses a paddle with two blades and where the paddler sits with...

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Sprint Triathlon For The Tough Hearted

Even the fittest and the toughest of the athletes do get some shares of pain during the triathlon race. Triathlon is simply a game of endurance. The only thing that one can do is to believe that somehow, he will be able to reach the finish line. One has to battle with distances, with fatigue and with lack of strength. And it is likely that at the end, he'll be having thoughts of quitting but his inner self will convince him that's its already too late to quit. Sprint triat...

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The America’s Cup

When you talk about the best sailing competitions in the world, all discussions start and end with The America's Cup. It is by far the most popular and the most heralded regatta in the sports of sailing. Known as the Holy Grail of yachting, The America's Cup is also the oldest active international competition where a trophy is at stake. It is older than the FA Cup by over 20 years and older than the Modern Olympics by nearly five decades. It is no wonder why the best sailors ...

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Fly Fishing Redefined

Fly Fishing. A sport for the crafty and gifted and a form of recreation for the patient. Just a simple aficionado of the sport hoping to add a little grain to your sack of rice.

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What Is Ping Pong?

Table tennis is a sport where two players hit a ball back and forth to each other, with a racket on a table, in a manner similar to tennis. The rules are slightly different, but the concept is essentially the same. Table tennis is an Olympic sport, "ping-pong" is the recreational version of the same sport. Spin, speed and strategy play an important part in competitive table tennis matches. The speed of the ball can vary from slow spinny serves to fast smashes that travel as f...

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Table Tennis

Table Tennis originated in the 1880s in England. At the time it was an amusement for upperclass Victorians rather than the sport that it is turned into in current times. Surprisingly enough, table tennis is one of the most popular sports in the world, with more people playing it than most other sports. It is particularly popular in China, Japan and Korea. As the popularity of table tennis grew, more more manufacturers started making equipment that became increasin...

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How to Pick the Winner of the World Cup

A bit of advice for those that are trying to decide who will win the World Cup and how to make those decisions and wagers pay off.

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Girls Don’t Abide By The Rules

Are you planning a beach wrestling fundraiser for your club? Beach wrestling events are a fun way to raise money for your club or organization. When making up the rules for your events, particularly the mixed events, you should be aware that once the girls get started they operate strictly on an 'anything goes' approach.

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France Records Win In Women’s Epee At World Championships

France won the Women's Epee team competition, crushing the home town Russian team 45-37 in the gold medal bout. Germany earned bronze with a 42-40 win over Estonia. In epee, fencers attempt to earn points by hitting their opponent's 1/24th of a second before they get hit. The event simulates a duel to first blood and is the only fencing discipline in which both fencers can score a point on the same action. The U.S. women's epee team defeated South Africa 45-17 in their fir...

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Athletes Foot

Thanks to an aggressive marketing plan and succession of shrewd endorsements, it has been dominated by the Nike 'swoosh'. In a business saturated with players, Nike's 36% market share represents a substantial margin over the competition.

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Fencer Nominated For Sportswoman Of The Year

One of US Fencing's brightest young stars has been nominated to be 2007 Sportswoman of the year by the Women's Sports Foundation. Founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Women's Sports Foundation is a national charitable educational organization seeking to advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity. The Foundation's Participation, Education, Advocacy, Research and Leadership Programs are made possible by gifts from individuals, foundations...

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Collecting Sports Memorabilia Is An Unusual Hobby

Collecting sports memorabilia may help fill your time with an enjoyable hobby and provide you with a diversion from daily hassles. Collecting memorabilia can be anything from football jersey or collection of snaps for scrapbook to collecting every item you might find about a particular player, team, or sport you are fascinated about. Putting together display cases with jerseys, game balls and helmets along with pictures from particular events can be fun. You could buy some...

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Allen Iverson’s Exclusion from the Dream Team is a Clear Mistake

I considered it insulting and inexplicable when I heard that Allen Iverson got left out of the Dream Team by Jerry Colangelo. The executive and managing director of the United States Men's National Team made a sure mistake when he decided not to ask Iverson to the tryouts in Las Vegas this summer.

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Important Triathlon Training Tips

A triathlon is one of the most brutal and taxing sports that you can take part in. However finishing a triathlon can also be one of the most rewarding things that you can do in a lifetime. The worst thing that you can do is signing up to compete in a triathlon without training properly. Many people think that if they are a good athlete and they are in good shape, then they can compete in and finish a triathlon without too much trouble. This is not true.

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The house of the opening match for the 2006 World Cup, the Allianz Arena Stadium

The responsibles for the construction of the stadium that will host the opening match between Costa Rica and Germany are the architects Herzog and DeMeuron; they opted for a similar construction as the old Munich Olympic stadium which was categorized as one of the most spectacular pieces of post-war architecture in Germany.

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How To Choose A Martial Arts School

What to look for when choosing a martial arts school or club to join.

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How to Choose a Martial Art

Once you've decided that you want to start training a martial art, you'll need to decide which one is best for you. Of course, your choice might be dictated by the schools available in your area, but if you're lucky you'll have the choice of at least a few different types. There are many different types of martial arts (and even variations within the basic types) so it's important to make sure that you research the techniques and features to find the best fit for your lifestyle and needs. This general explanation of the six most popular styles in the United States can help you get started on the decision.

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Golf Training Exercises You Need To Improve Your Game Are Very Simple

Golf training and conditioning exercises are not as difficult as most people think they are. It is important to understand that these exercises are very different from many of the rigorous exercises that you will often see athletes using to condition their bodies and stay in shape.

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Archery History

Archaeological findings show that the bow and arrow has been around for at least 20,000 years. Findings of stone arrow heads in Africa indicate that the bow was invented there possibly as early as 50,000 BC. The bow is considered to be the first machine constructed by humans that could store energy. The principle has always been the same, the archer transfers his muscle energy into the bow with help of the string and then the bowstring passes on the power to the arrow and giv...

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Roller-Skating – a popular sport

Many people seem to think that roller skates are a relatively recent invention, and a popular 20th-century kids' toy

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The Difference Between Karate and Tae Kwon Do

Describing differences and similarities between karate and tae kwon do, the two most popular martial arts in North America.

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Winter Olympics: Canada Lost Another Athlete

During the Winter Olympics tournament, the Canadian alpine ski team lost a second racer to injury. Allison Forsyth of Nanaimo, British Columbia, who is one of the country's top medal threats in long-track speed skating failed to live up to expectations.

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Record Setting Season For Us Men’s Sabre

The race to Olympic qualification is like the Indy 500. The race is a rolling start where you get to carry the momentum from prior tournaments into the race. In terms of Olympic qualification, things are looking good for the US Men's Sabre team as they are off to a torrid pace for the first half of the 2007 World Cup Season. With 3 world team events remaining, the US team ranks 8th in the world and is the top team from the Americas zone, both of which would qualify the US ...

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Patriotism is a Feeling Standing out in the World Baseball Classic

Dontrelle Willis is quite a professional baseball player; he has participated in the World Series, pitched in an All-Star Game and nearly won a Cy Young Award in his brief but brilliant career. But, he has still never played for his country

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Kayaking – a sport with lots of history

Kayaking is like canoeing, only better

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Having Fun With Trampolines

A trampoline is essentially a gymnastic and recreational equipment made of a steel frame with a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over it using coiled springs as anchors. The attached fabric or strong canvas sheet is used for tumbling. Innovative trampolines are made of dense net, stretched elastically on a frame of varied shapes. Durable materials like tarpaulin are often used as an alternative to nets. Trampoline inherited its name from the Spanish "trampol'n" meani...

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The Fastest Nation

Find out why the Americans have clear superiority over others in individual sprint disciplines.

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Three Steps to Picking a Karate Studio.

Learn the right way to pick out a karate studio. It's not that hard to do.

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