Sciatica is usually caused by a herniated or protruding disk, which pinches the nerve. The pain typically starts in your lower back and radiates along the sciatic nerve through your hip and butt, and continues down the back of your leg.
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Volleyball players use a technique referred to as a block to stop an attack, usually a spike, from the opposing team. To perform a block, players jump, reach high beyond the net with their hands and stop the ball from coming across. To be a legal block, players must follow specific rules or a violation may occur.
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Basketball players maneuver around the court while dribbling, a skill for which you repeatedly bounce the ball with one hand while walking, running or standing still. Rules govern how to properly dribble, specifically where your hand contacts the ball.
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The jump ball has been a part of every basketball game since the creation of the sport -- Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891 at Springfield College in Massachusetts.
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Some may argue this point, but the catcher might just have the most dynamic position on a softball team. She has more jobs than any other player -- giving signals, catching pitched balls, blocking bad pitches, throwing out base runners, catching foul balls, tagging players at home plate and fielding bunts.
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If you think the sport of tennis is the only game that uses a tennis ball, think again. Many entertaining games exist that also use one of these fuzzy, yellow balls.
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Buying a tennis racket for your child can be a little tricky because manufacturers make junior rackets in five different sizes. One that's too big or too small can hamper your child's learning experience.
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Your style of play, how you hit your forehand and backhand or the type of racket you use can all be reasons you experience pain in your forearm and wrist after you play tennis.
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If you think only tennis players get tennis elbow, think again. Painters, carpenters and plumbers can also develop this painful condition. Tennis elbow is an overuse injury caused by activities that put repetitive stress on forearm muscles.
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Playing tennis involves a series of complex movements that begins with your feet and ends with you hitting a ball with a tennis racket. Tennis is very demanding on your body. It requires a well-trained muscular system for strength, power, endurance and speed.
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Originally designed as a toy called a Gymnastik, the exercise ball has predominantly been used in fitness and rehabilitation settings. Today, many office workers are replacing their desk chairs with an exercise ball chair because it provides a mini workout while at work.
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When you think of working out, getting in shape and dropping a few pounds, a gym is probably the first place that comes to mind. A pool workout with an aqua noodle, though, can be just as effective. Instead of machines and free weights, the water provides the resistance with less stress to your joints.
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Ballroom dancing may not be considered a sport, such as soccer, tennis or basketball, but it definitely places a lot of demands on your body while providing many health benefits.
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Yonex, one of the leading badminton racket manufacturers, designs rackets with specific skill levels and playing styles in mind. Yonex also provides racket selection guidelines based on the playing characteristics of its rackets. Although some rackets are better than others, there are no best rackets.
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No matter your fitness level, an exercise ball, also called a stability ball, fitness ball or Swiss ball, can add an element of fun to your workouts. When used correctly, the ball enables you to perform a number of exercises to help improve your balance, muscular and core strength, and flexibility.
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Tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, is a painful injury caused by repetitive stress and strain to the tendons that connect the muscles to the bone at the elbow. The pain is due to tiny tears in the tendons that get inflamed.
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The javelin throw is the field event where an athlete runs down a narrow runway then tosses a long, spear-like object as far as he can into a marked field area. The layout of the runway, the specs for the javelin and how it's thrown are all governed by the rules and regulations of the sport.
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Most golf equipment companies make three styles of putters -- standard, belly putter and the long putter. The putter’s length is important; it affects the distance and directional control of the ball, according to Ralph Maltby, golf equipment expert.
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