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Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:09:04 MST

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is the style of yoga taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India, and originally established by Sri Krishnamacharya at the Mysore Palace. The asana sequences in Ashtanga Yoga' are largely based on Krishnamacharya's book Yoga Makaranda. It is an energetic, aerobic style and was originally intended for teenage boys, but is now practiced by students of all ages.

History of Ananda Yoga

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:06:20 MST

Ananda Marga, officially known as Ananda Marga Pracharaka Samgha (AMPS) meaning “the organization for the propagation of the path of bliss” was founded in Jamalpur, State of Bihar, India in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921-1990), known by his spiritual name of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti. Ananda Marga bases its ideology on the theory that total human development can only be achieved through both personal development, and social service to the community.

Ice Hockey History

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:24:19 MST

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. Ice hockey is most popular as a sport in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural, reliable seasonal ice cover. It is one of the four major North American professional sports, represented by the National Hockey League (NHL) at the highest level. It is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity, and is also the most popular spectator sport in Finland.

Proficient in the Hockey Goal

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:21:44 MST

Two minutes to game time! The distant hum of the crowd sends a rush of excitement through the dressing room. Your coach has delivered the pre-game pep talk. There is a shuffling of skates as your team members attend to the final details of their equipment before skating on to the ice. For some, the all too familiar feeling of nausea, right before the beginning of the first period, catches hold and settles in. The team is silenced in their last minute of personal mental preparation.

Pre-Season Soccer Training

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:22:10 MST

With soccer season coming up and the agility conditioning of your athletes is unknown, are you looking for new exercises to have your team explode onto the scene? Fortunately, there are 10 tried-and-true exercises that are guaranteed to get your players ready and in late-season shape in no-time!

History of American Football

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:39:57 MST

The history of American football is an important part of both the culture of the United States and the broader history of various football games around the world, in which a ball is kicked at a goal and/or or carried over a line.The Rutgers College football team of 1882, wearing uniforms typical of the period. The team would have played under the slightly modified rugby union rules used in American football at the time.Before the 19th century, when modern forms of football first emerged, the name "football" was applied to a widely-differing variety of codes of rules.

Lance Armstrong Profile

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:46:20 MST

Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He attended Clark High School while he lived in Plano. He won the Tour de France, professional cycling's most prestigious race, a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. In doing so, he beat the previous record of five consecutive wins, held by Miguel Indurain and five non consecutive wins shared by Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Jacques Anquetil.

The Game of Cricket / History of Cricket

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:11:08 MST

Cricket is a bat and ball sport, played between two teams of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field (which is usually roughly oval), in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of wooden stumps, called a wicket. A player from the fielding team (the bowler) propels a hard, fist-sized cork-centred leather ball from one wicket towards the other.

How to Throw a Boxer's Left Hook and Right Uppercut

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:25:52 MST

The left hook is technically one of the most difficult punches to learn, but if correctly executed it can be a powerful weapon , whether used at medium to full range, to the head or body. The punch starts with a weight transfer to the left side, the left elbow is brought up almost parallel to the floor so that the arm forms a sort of hook shape

Professional Boxing History

no@spam.com (Contributing Author) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:09:45 MST

Professional boxing fights are far longer than Olympic bouts (ranging from four to twelve rounds, the championship limit since the 1980's when it was shortened from fifteen rounds in an effort to increase fighter safety), headgear is not permitted, and boxers are generally allowed to take much more punishment before a fight is halted.