Athletic mastery depends on understanding official gameplay rules, optimizing equipment technology, and implementing sport-specific conditioning drills.
Michael Jordan changed the face of basketball, and sports, with his superior athletic ability and knack for marketing and endorsements. His contributions on and off the court helped catapult the popularity of basketball to a new level -- one that now garners the attention of the world.
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Basketball has come a long way since its creation in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts. It has become a global phenomenon with millions of individuals playing the game at the professional, collegiate, high school and recreational levels.
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For basketball fans across the country, the No. 23 often conjures up images of Michael Jordan soaring across a basketball court in a Chicago Bulls jersey. Considered one of the NBA’s greatest players, Jordan remains one of the most well-known athletes years after his retirement.
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The duathlon is a run-bike-run combination, multisport race. Held as a standalone race or in conjunction with a triathlon, duathlons typically range from 50 to 200 competitors.
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In Spain, football -- the sport known in the United States as soccer -- is the most popular sport. The Spanish national football team won the FIFA World Cup in 2010 and also has been successful in the UEFA European championship and multiple Olympic tournaments. The Spanish word for football is "futbol."
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Low kick shafts are designed to launch the ball higher at impact. This is helpful to many weekend golfers who have average swing speeds and want to gain carry distance on their drives.
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Don’t lace up just any gym shoe for your sport of choice, the soles of athletic shoes offer sport-specific functions that can help improve your performance. Main technical and style features include differences in traction, flexibility, weight and even removable components.
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Basketball came about because a doctor and physical education teacher wanted a sport his students could play indoors during the harsh Massachusetts winter. His hopes were the game would help players work on hand-eye coordination, jumping, running, shooting and ball handling, but not a lot of player contact.
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Throwing events are amongst the oldest in track and field athletics. Where competitors once threw rocks and spears, they now use the shot and javelin. Throwing events require great strength and throwers are usually the biggest athletes in any athletic competition.
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When spending time on the mountain skiing, certain gear is essential both for your performance and safety. One of these pieces of gear is eye protection that can keep your vision clear while you are navigating the slope.
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The shot put was first introduced in 1896 and is still used today as a traditional field event at the Olympic, college and high school levels. This sport combines strength, form and technique.
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If you’re planning to take up golf, be ready for a game that requires good body control and hand-eye coordination. Playing golf can also improve your fitness, particularly if you carry your clubs instead of riding a cart.
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Every year, golf club manufacturers come out with new clubs with new technology based on millions of dollars of research. But, for the most part these new technologies only change the materials of the clubs, not how they work. One basic measurement of drivers is loft angle.
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There were 3,533 fatal drownings in the years 2005 to 2009 -- a rate of around 10 per day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children aged 1 to 4 have the highest risk, but your 5-year-old could still be injured in the water if he doesn't know how to swim.
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Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Naismith, who later taught at the University of Kansas, had been searching for a game of skill that could be played indoors in a relatively small space during the harsh New England winters.
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The shot put has been an Olympic event since the first modern olympics in 1896 in Rome. It’s a sport that requires technique as well as strength, and changes in throwing style have since led to significant gains in the power of the thrower and the distances achieved.
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In its early years, Major League Soccer in the United States briefly modified FIFA’s Laws of the Game to avoid ties in the regular season. As of 2010, soccer in the United States had dropped this and other modifications to stay in step with FIFA.
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A balance beam scale is very different from the electronic scale you may have in your bathroom. Scales are measuring devices. That is true for both instruments, but when you step on an electronic scale, you are determining how much your body weighs. Balance beam scales do not measure weight, instead they value mass.
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In basketball, players cannot run with the ball without dribbling it. Players cannot begin and end an infinite number of dribbles, however. National Basketball Association rules prohibit players from beginning a second dribble after they have voluntarily ended the first.
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You'll never have an easy 140.6-mile race, but proper training will get you to the finish line. An Ironman triathlon, consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run, is arguably the most grueling one-day competitive event you can enter.
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