Athletic mastery depends on understanding official gameplay rules, optimizing equipment technology, and implementing sport-specific conditioning drills.
Swimming laps provides a moderate to intense aerobic workout that can help you burn calories and manage your weight. Swimming can also help you strengthen muscles in your upper body, lower body and core. Some strokes work core muscles better than others.
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A good aerobic exercise that improves your heart and lung health, lap swimming also helps tone your entire body as it works all your major muscle groups. Swimming is a highly technical sport, though, and swimming properly helps you perform multiple laps without becoming exhausted, no matter which stroke you choose.
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Your golf clubs translate directly to your game. If the clubs aren't fitted to your height and swing, they'll affect your shot. According to GolfSpyder.com, clubs that are too long or too short impair your ability to transfer your weight during your swing.
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The Schwinn Air Driver 700 4-in-1 bicycle pump uses an internal switch valve to automatically shift between needle-valve and bike-valve modes.
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The balance beam, or beam as it is often referred as, is a competition apparatus used by women gymnasts. Once made of wood, todayβs balance beams are now covered in leather or suede to minimize slipping.
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Ping celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009. Since 1959, Ping has grown from a workshop in Karsten Solheims's garage to a company that employs more than 1,000 workers.
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Cricket is a non-contact bat and ball sport with similarities to baseball. A batsman faces a bowler and attempts to hit a hard, leather-covered ball to score runs. Cricket bats are traditionally made of white willow wood that has been treated with linseed oil to make the wood waterproof and less likely to split.
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A scholarship is a type of full or partial financial aid awarded to a student who exhibits outstanding performance in a specific academic field or sport. Athletic scholarships are regulated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Archery dates back hundreds of years when bows were used during battle. Some of the first bows were developed by the Egyptians and were made from wood, animal horn, sinew and glue. Since that early wooden bow, recurve bows, longbows and other traditional bows have been made from various types of wood.
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Although he is perhaps better known for his fall from grace than for his performances inside the ring, "Iron" Mike Tyson was one of the most formidable boxing champions in the history of the sport.
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If you don't generate a lot of clubhead speed when you're golfing, don't despair. Golf equipment manufacturers are ready to help. Clubs and balls are designed with a sophistication akin to rocket science -- for example, "Golf Digest"
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Athletic differences between men and women have much to do with innate characteristics determined by genetics and hormones. These include height, weight, muscle mass, body fat and aerobic capacity. As a group, women do not run, jump or swim as fast as men.
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Swimming is an ancient sport that has long promoted survival, health and recreation. It skyrocketed in popularity in the early 1900s thanks to the competitions held by the National Swimming Society of Great Britain. By then, four particular strokes were already well known to most of the competitors.
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Basketball is played all over the world, and the most talented players have the opportunity to earn millions of dollars playing at the highest levels.
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The sticky, brown substance known as pine tar is produced through distillation of pine wood. Baseball players coat their bats -- and sometimes their hands and helmets -- in this sticky substance in the hopes of getting the best grip on their bats.
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Move over, road bikes -- hybrid bikes are increasingly taking a starring role in big city commutes. Some key differences in the design and components of the hybrid bike make it more comfortable for casual riders.
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Cricket requires a variety of skills that are commonly used in a number of sports. Hand-eye coordination, throwing or catching a ball, balance and intense, long-term concentration are just a few.
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Different versions of badminton have been played for centuries, but it was the game of "Poona" in India that was the basis for the game of badminton we play today. In the 1860's a group of stationed British army officers learned the game and took it back with them from India.
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The shot put is one of several field events that use distance measurements to determine a winner. As with each event, the shot put has a standardized measuring method. Every competition shot put should be measured in the same way.
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Bicycling outdoors is an effective way to include aerobic workouts into your exercise plan and can help prevent the boredom that sometimes sidetracks weight loss efforts. With nearly 20,000 miles of open rail-trails across the United States, you'll find plenty of places to bike.
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