The Soccer Touch

Why dont you dribble your way over to Andy over at Soccer Depot. Come watch with RDTV as we show you this awesome piece about the latest soccer equipment that will surely help you on the field. Filmed by Roy Allen and Chris Mauldin. Edited by Chris Mauldin. Produced by Revolving Door TV.

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Ever catch yourself daydreaming about what it would be like to walk the links with your own personal caddy at a PGA golf tournament instead of watching all the action unfold on TV? Wondering if the right training and mentoring could someday help you channel your talent and passion for the sport into your own professional golf career?

While it might seem like a far fetched idea that would hardly turn into a reality, just remember all of the great golf legends. Take for example some of the true icons of the game like Lee Trevino, Phil Mickelson, and Tiger Woods. These individuals learned the sport inside and out and have realized such huge success and amazing accomplishments throughout their professional golf careers.

It might be difficult to imagine these stars focusing on anything other than golf since incredible drives, chip shots, and putts seem to go hand in hand with the mere mention of their names. But here’s a rare look behind the scenes at where some of golf’s greatest players got their starts and where the game took them.

Perhaps with one of the most interesting stories, is Lee Trevino’s. One of golf’s first and finest players grew up with little money and began working at an early age to help his family make ends meet. He started working in cotton fields and found his love for golf shortly after as he began caddying at a local course. Before making a professional golf career for himself, Trevino also served four years with the U.S. Marines.

Starting out on the college track, crowd favorite Tiger Woods first attended Stanford University. He left school after a few years to focus on golf and turned pro in 1996 at the age of 21. Other college bound pros include Phil Mickelson who attended Arizona State University where he studied psychology. Tom Lehman who got his degree in business and accounting. Fred Couples went to the University of Houston.

Taking a look back at some other players also proves that golf was not always the sport these legendary names started out playing, but rather, the one they stuck with in the long run. For example, Davis Love III, a big name on the course today, had a real affection for ice hockey in his younger years. Fellow teammate Lee Janzen took up baseball as a kid and spent his summers participating on Little League teams. He also pursued tennis for a while before realizing golf was the sport he liked and played best.

Other sports enthusiasts include Ernie Els who took his hand at rugby, cricket and tennis before turning pro in 1989 and starting his professional golf career. Like Els, Vijay Singh also played cricket and rugby when he was younger and dabbled in soccer before settling on golf and turning pro in 1982.

With golf as their main focus, many pros can’t seem to get enough of the sport and have kept with it in other ways. Fred Couples has done work involving golf academies, equipment companies and clothing lines. Tom Weiskopf has helped design several courses across the nation and spent time as a golf analyst on TV.

So as you can see, not every professional golfer started out on the greens. Many pursued other educations, sports and hobbies and some even had to take it upon themselves to create their own opportunities. It just goes to show that with the right training, focus and determination, a professional golf career can be achieved if you’re up for the challenge.

Andy West
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/before-their-professional-golf-careers-took-off-72842.html

functional strength and conditioning with michael schwartz. athlete: gabe hoffman-johnson, dartmouth college, soccer. equipment: playground jungle gym, kettlebell, 1.5″ triple braid nautical rope. pre-season workout.

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Shop for all your soccer equipment and apparel needs from EUROSPORT including soccer shoes, replica soccer jerseys, soccer balls, team uniforms, goalkeeper gear and more.

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Sports in Sheffield hold a special place in the hearts of the citizens of the Steel City, and football reigns supreme. Many other sports are popular in Sheffield of course, but not like football. Sheffield United crowds arrive to cheer like it’s their job. There are chants and songs that have to be sung in different game situations, the most popular being The Greasy Chip Butty Song. The words to the song mention Magnet Beer, Woodbine Cigarettes, snuff, and a greasy chip butty (which, for those not sure, is a kind of sandwich!).

A scene from the Full Monty provides more evidence of the passion with which football is followed in Sheffield. While practicing their dance routine, the lads cannot seem to get it together until a soccer analogy comparing the dance line to an offside trap is put before them. That comparison makes crystal clear what is needed as the offside trap is second nature to the Sheffield men, and the necessary footwork is also common knowledge.

The world’s oldest football club was formed in Sheffield in 1857. Founders Nathanial Creswick and William Prest called their team Sheffield F.C. The founders decided to write a rulebook known as “Sheffield Rules”, and by 1860 there were 15 football clubs in Sheffield alone. Sheffield United Football Club was formed in 1889. The United part is from the team’s origins as the Sheffield United Cricket Club. The team kept the United, and dumped the Cricket. Since the infancy of football, cricket interest in Sheffield has waned a little, but it still has many followers.

Sheffield first won the FA Cup Final in 1899. More recently they have been on what would kindly be described as a cold streak as they work towards their second cup win. Sheffield United is not the only football club in the city. Sheffield Wednesday FC was another reformed cricket club that used to play on Wednesdays, which explains the unique name. Other clubs include Hallam F.C., Sheffield F.C., Steel City Wanderers, and Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.

Not all of the cricket teams went belly up when football’s popularity exploded. Sheffield United Cricket Club, Hallam Cricket Club, and Sheffield Collegiate C.C. are some local clubs, many of which represent Sheffield in the South Yorkshire Cricket League that originated in 1947.

Since 1991, the Sheffield Steelers have played Ice Hockey at their home in the Sheffield Arena. By 1994 the Steelers had won more championships than Sheffield United did in the past century. A few other ice hockey teams in town are the Sheffield Scimitars of the English Premier League, The Sheffield Spartans play in the English National League and a women’s team called the Sheffield Shadows do battle in a premier women’s league. The Sheffield Ice Tigers are a recreational level hockey club.

Basketball is quite popular as well. The Sheffield Sharks play at Ponds Forge in the British Basketball League. The team won their first league championships in their inaugural season in 1994. They have since won it two more times. The Sheffield

Arrows play in the English Basketball League, and the Sheffield Hatters play the female version of basketball in the city. They dominated the National League from 1991 to 2002, but have been in rebuilding mode since that amazing achievement.

Sheffield is home to some world-class sports facilities, most built to host the World Student Games which took place in 1991. Don Valley International Athletics Stadium, Sheffield Arena, and Ponds Forge International Swimming and Diving complex are among them. The city also has facilities for golf, ice skating, bowling, climbing, and skiing. Sheffield is also home to the English Institute of Sports, and will host the Commonwealth Games in 2014 or 2018.

Sheffield City Council is very interested in sports as well, and has formed the Sheffield Major Sports Events Unit to help bring sporting events to the city and provide income to the local economy. In the twelve years from 1991 to 2003 the council determined sporting events to bring in 46.7 million pounds, created 990 full time jobs, and brought 639,000 visitors to the city who would not have come without the sporting events. These figures don’t include the World Student Games of 1991, and are the main reason the City Council has developed a strategy to get more events in Sheffield.

Sheffield’s Major Events Unit Strategy is to improve the image of The City of Sheffield and show a diverse economic base to attract outside investment in the city. They emphasize that ‘Made in Sheffield’ still means quality, whether it be cutlery, or sporting events, they bring income to their event venue partners, and they help the people of Sheffield regain a sense of pride they must feel has been lacking in the later part of the last century.

The list of spectator sporting events that take place in Sheffield certainly has something for everyone. Swimming, judo, bowling, basketball, cycling, squash, table tennis, snooker, running and volleyball are all sports represented by an event on Sheffield’s sports calendar this year. Some of the events do however just sound made up however; during August 15th – 26th Ponds Forge ISC hosted the World Underwater Hockey Championships. I would think the equipment would weigh you down and skates would rust, but that’s one I would have attended if I’d been in the area. Finally, how could we forget the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible? There are plenty of events to choose from, so if you are in the Sheffield area get out and support your local team, or attend one of the many sporting events Sheffield plays host to.

Article by Susan Ashby of Sheffield Singles. To read more articles like this or for dating in Sheffield visit http://www.sheffield-singles.co.uk

Susan Ashby
http://www.articlesbase.com/dating-articles/sheffield-city-of-sport-81118.html

One wrong tackle could mean a serious injury if your shin guards are not well maintained. Keep your shins safe with the helpful tips from a professional soccer player in this free video on soccer shin guard care.

Expert: Joey Mattina
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Bio: Joey Mattina grew up in Missoula, Montana. He played soccer with with the Colorado Rush, one of the top youth clubs in the United States, and at St. Lawrence University in New York.
Filmmaker: Robert Conway

Series Description: Soccer has become an increasingly popular sport among youth players. Train new players properly and efficiently in this free video series on soccer tips.

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Test of new protective soccer technology by Storelli Sports, the latest soccer brand focused exclusively on high-performance protective soccer gear. Market launch: June 2011

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When one thinks of sports, it is usually a mainstream activity, such as football or baseball. In reality, there are hundreds of lesser known and alternative sports, some of which stem off from primary ones. Similar sports are grouped into categories. The category of Team Sports comprises most of the familiar sports, from basketball to soccer. However, dozens of other categories exist as well, and each category can hold twenty to thirty individual sports!

Table sports include games like air hockey, billiards, and chess. Many table sports are not played professionally, as certain board games, like Stratego, are considered table sports. All card games, such as Poker, fall under this category as well. Even though all of these activities are in the same category, their level of involvement varies greatly. For example, table tennis requires more energy than Connect Four (which surprisingly is considered a table sport).

Sports in which animals participate are referred to as animal sports, logically. Well known sports, including horse racing and bull fighting, are part of this category. There are several interesting and somewhat humorous sports as well. One in particular, hamster racing, involves placing hamsters in wheels attached to cars and having them race down a short track. People even bet on hamster racing online, although many gamblers do not like to because of the unpredictability of the sport.

You probably never thought a radio could be the subject of a sport, but in amateur radio direction finding, it is. Participants use a compass and special equipment to locate a radio signal transmitter hidden in a forest. Depending on the power of the transmitter, the sport can be quite easy to incredibly difficult.

Remote control sports are ideal for those who enjoy fast-paced action but do not like to move around a lot. The most popular RC Sport is racing, which can be done with cars, boats, or flying craft. Robot fighting is more intensive than racing, as players usually need to build their own robot, which requires a fair amount of technical knowledge, and the willingness to allow something you spent months working on be destroyed in a matter of minutes.

Shooting sports have been popular for decades, and include activities which involve stationary or moving targets. Rifles, shotguns, and occasionally pistols are used in shooting sports; you will rarely find an automatic weapon utilized, mainly because they are illegal for civilians to own in most states. Trap shooting, in which shooters destroy mobile clay pigeons, is even an Olympic event. In fact, at the turn of the twentieth century, live pigeon shooting was a real Olympic game.

Kites are not just for general recreation, for there are a variety of sports which employ them. The most unusual of these sports is kite fighting. Participants attach knives to kites and attempt to break the lines of the other players, and the last man standing is deemed the winner. Other popular kite sports include kiteboarding and snowkiting.

Most people are familiar with competitive typing, but the sport is taken to a more intriguing level with the game of high speed telegraphy. In these competitions, participants are challenged to transmit Morse code signals at high speeds. HST is played worldwide, and international events are organized annually.

Daniel Millions
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/an-overview-of-several-irregular-sports-451335.html

Our Foot Doc, Ezio Margiotta, a sport injury specialist, sits down with Gavin Fox from Pelé Sports Ireland, explaining the design features that make a football boot safe, reliable, and helpful for the player.

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