Cleveland sports fans have not had much to cheer about. We need not touch on the decision of LeBron James leaving, the burning of jerseys in front of Quicken Loans arena speaks enough. And although the Browns may be turning the corner with Mike Holmgren, they have not won a playoff game since returning to the league in 1999. And then there’s the Indians. A team that was arguably the best in the MLB in the mid-90s, yet failed to win the World Series. Then, a 2007 run, in which they blew a 3-1 ALCS lead to the Boston Red Sox, raised hope that Cleveland was back to the glory days. Instead, the trading of stars Cliff Lee, C.C. Sabathia, Victor Martinez, and others, have lead to 3 straight seasons of the doldrums for the Tribe, with no end in sight.
Until now. The Indians today capped off a 4 game sweep of the Detroit Tigers, a team they lost 18 straight games to until finally defeating them earlier this season. While the Indians currently sit at 38-54, out of the race for the season, there are numerous reasons to believe that the Indians are finally starting to turn the corner.
First, is the development of prospects that were netted in the deals that they have made of their stars. Carlos Santana is going to make the fans forget about Victor Martinez. Santana, since debuting last month, has hit .274, mostly in the 3rd or 4th spot. However, he also has 6 homers and 18 RBIs since coming up on June 11th, as well as being a doubles and walks machine. Santana is going to be in the middle of the lineup for years to come.
Matt LaPorta is going to be joining him. LaPorta was the key to the dealing of Sabathia, and Indians fans were almost ready to give up on him, when nothing developed for the first year and a half of his tenure. LaPorta has now turned it on after being promoted to the starting lineup for good. He raised a .202 batting average up to .250, and has 5 homers now, including a stretch where he hit 4 in a 5 game span. The Indians need LaPorta to produce as the key home run hitter in the lineup, and while his power was never in question, his ability at the major league level did not connect until recently.
The Indians also have other prospects. Jeanmar Gomez, who threw a perfect game in double A last year, got his first major league win today, throwing 7 innings of 5 hit ball, giving up no earned runs and 4 strikeouts against a potent Tigers lineup. They also have Carlos Carrasco, and Jason Knapp, pitchers ready to produce. There are other encouraging signs as well, the team is at .500 at home on the season, showing they have the capability, with more experience to turn a winning record at home, which are games that you must win. They also have had an extra base hit in 40 straight games, which is a season high record for a team this season in MLB.
So, cheer up, Cleveland fans. While the Cavs may be bad for awhile, there is hope for a team that has always consistently rebuilt under Mark Shapiro. Let’s just hope they can win the big one when they do.
2013年10月29日星期二
2013年10月22日星期二
Niseko Snow Fields
Ways of spending Holidays in Lapland
If you are deciding to spend your holidays in Lapland you have a lot of options. The place has a wide ranging of activities to the tourists. But it is always wise to book your activities long before you are visiting Lapland for your holiday. As you land in Lapland you might be amazed to see the number of activities that it has to offer. In fact you have to somehow squeeze in some time if you want to savor a little of all the adventures.
In Lapland your options are so wide that you would like to visit the place again and again. This is because if you visit the place with a week's time in your hand you may run short of time to be a part of all the adventures those of which are an integral part of Lapland.
The winter activity of this place has a snowmobile safari. This is very suitable for all the beginners. In this you will be moving through the charming snow covered forests of Lapland till you reach the half point. Once you reach that place it is time that you take a break for a warm drink at the tepee. Having a hot drink at a tepee amidst a snow covered land is simply amazing. After this you carry on with your journey or you return to your starting place.
White Silence is another prominent and exciting activity of Lapland. This [particular activity involves challenge as well as thrill. In this you move about in a snow shoe amidst the snowy forest. The trip is not only thrilling but at the same it also involves a lot of hard work in it. Those who are first timers it is better that you go in for group trips. But once you get used to it you can venture alone.
The Siberian Jay's Walk is a wonderful horse ride amidst the beautiful forests. As you move about the forests there are is every chance that you admire the beautiful scenic beauty of the place.
Another important part of the entire trip is a visit to the Lainio snow village. This is really an exhilarating experience and you just can't resist its attraction. As you move about in the snow mobile you reach the snow village where you find the iced bars and the snow rooms. The ice sculptures which you find almost mesmerize an onlooker. Hence you can say that altogether you have a wonderful experience in Lapland.
If you are deciding to spend your holidays in Lapland you have a lot of options. The place has a wide ranging of activities to the tourists. But it is always wise to book your activities long before you are visiting Lapland for your holiday. As you land in Lapland you might be amazed to see the number of activities that it has to offer. In fact you have to somehow squeeze in some time if you want to savor a little of all the adventures.
In Lapland your options are so wide that you would like to visit the place again and again. This is because if you visit the place with a week's time in your hand you may run short of time to be a part of all the adventures those of which are an integral part of Lapland.
The winter activity of this place has a snowmobile safari. This is very suitable for all the beginners. In this you will be moving through the charming snow covered forests of Lapland till you reach the half point. Once you reach that place it is time that you take a break for a warm drink at the tepee. Having a hot drink at a tepee amidst a snow covered land is simply amazing. After this you carry on with your journey or you return to your starting place.
White Silence is another prominent and exciting activity of Lapland. This [particular activity involves challenge as well as thrill. In this you move about in a snow shoe amidst the snowy forest. The trip is not only thrilling but at the same it also involves a lot of hard work in it. Those who are first timers it is better that you go in for group trips. But once you get used to it you can venture alone.
The Siberian Jay's Walk is a wonderful horse ride amidst the beautiful forests. As you move about the forests there are is every chance that you admire the beautiful scenic beauty of the place.
Another important part of the entire trip is a visit to the Lainio snow village. This is really an exhilarating experience and you just can't resist its attraction. As you move about in the snow mobile you reach the snow village where you find the iced bars and the snow rooms. The ice sculptures which you find almost mesmerize an onlooker. Hence you can say that altogether you have a wonderful experience in Lapland.
2013年10月16日星期三
Secret Carp Bait Keys To Making And Designing Addictive Fishing Baits!
Why do humans eating meats suffer diseases caused by fermenting food in the gut, while vegetarians avoid such protein-related diseases? Why in contrast do carp naturally thrive predominantly on aquatic protein foods; and why are they so sensitive to substances that natural foods like bloodworms, snails, mussels, shrimps, algae and plankton release? How do we go about exploiting these secrets within our bait recipes to make them more addictive to carp and more competitive in order to seriously multiply our big carp catches? Read on and all will be revealed!
Ultimately we are the product of the vital energy food sources we have evolved alongside, that through evolution we have predominantly been dependant upon. Carp are just the same because they too have evolved in direct response to the food around them so they can instinctively detect and consume it and digest it as energy-efficiently as possible! Just remember for a second that by constant evolution over millions of years, we only see a miniscule number of all the creatures that have ever lived and that the majority were the constant refinements of creatures that only survived for limited periods in time, but led to us and the life forms we see today.
Most creatures and plants etc will never show up in fossil records but this just demonstrates how much of the history of life on earth has been lost to science! Note: the chances of finding a so-called human missing link are next to zero due the unreliable nature of fossils actually being preserved in the first place or found. In fact we are long-lost descendants of the ancient group of fishes called teleosts of which carp are a part!
Very many creatures that are now long extinct died out because their modifications and adaptations to their environment, and food availability that provided that vital energy necessary for survival, simply failed them! Thus they were unable to survive in order to pass on their particular genome. All creatures are subject to predation or diseases and if the mechanisms for survival are not evolved and refined sufficiently, it is very probable such creatures will not pass on their genes within future generations and they will go extinct. Fish are ancient and their form and design bear many features and characteristics of life forms that are hundreds of millions of years old that bear testimony to the success of their design!
Most people do not realise that man as a species is a work in progress as are carp! For example many older people will have noticed the increase in height of younger Westerners over the last 20 years. This is due to the readily available excess nutrition that is consistently available so triggering increases in growth. The instinctive genetic responses within life forms to their surroundings and food sources can be very fast and seen very quickly within just a few generations.
It is a fact that if your grand parents became hooked on certain foods, it likely you will too because your genes from them will ensure you have guaranteed extra sensitivity to the substances in those foods – even if they are harmful to you when eaten too much! Great examples anyway are milk and wheat which in some people can actually cause fatal illnesses due to their hypersensitivity to the bioactive substances in them which are addictive. Genetically modified maize foe example is banned in Europe because it is well proven that even the process of altering the genes is harmful not just to humans and test rats eating it, but also to crops and the environment; and genetically modified crops do not adjust to the changes of climate and pests and diseases that natural crops can!
This leads to the absolutely staggering fearful very real possibility of entire crop wipe-outs in the future causing mass starvation; because no natural seed might be available any longer in many areas due to very obvious aggressive and also far more insidious behind the scenes nobbling by Monsanto! Even the world seed bank holds seed for genetically modified crops that are actually harmful to humans and not resistant to the changes that occur in terms of pests, diseases and climate changes of so many forms! Make doubly sure you campaign against genetically modified crops when they next are argued-for in Europe; use your websites and Facebook pages etc; they are not safe! I trained at Writtle Agricultural College and I have relatives who are professors in testing substances in foods; I know the truth on the inside of the machine!
At least so far in Europe the powers have not been nobbled yet by the devious profit at all costs manoeuvres of Monsanto! Think about the food you eat –and avoid genetically modified soya and maize at all costs; for yourself and for use in carp baits! Another related point about genetic adaptation is that some people have vestiges of previous adaptations, such as sixth fingers or extra rows of teeth which are already manifested at birth. We all have spine vertebrae extensions that show we used to have tails for example.
It is a fact that some people have far better than 20:20 vision as do some tribes in Africa, and some people are proven to be sensitive to ultraviolet light. Humans are not supposed to be sensitive to ultraviolet light. I am one of those sensitive to the ultraviolet light in halogen bulbs used in cars and now in houses and it immediately leads to headaches – more healthy less stressful alternatives are required right now!
There are great advantages to extra sensitivity and carp vision includes sensitivity to both the ultraviolet and infrared parts of the light spectrum. This enables extra detection of potential foods and threats in turbid water and the dark! Carp have other so-called super powers for example, how is it that they feel the vibrations of concentrations of minute water fleas in the water around then when feasting on the, and how is it that carp detect bloodworm when it is deep under silt? Answers to questions like this can really help you maximise your baits and their performance but only when you think out of the rigid box of standard readymade boilies!
The growth rates and sizes of carp in the UK and in other countries have sky-rocketed in response to many multiple factors. In the 1970’s and early 1980’s the average UK carp angler would very often have been ecstatic to catch 20 twenty pound carp in a year or even just 5. This is because such big fish waters were few and anyway the carp in them mostly did not exceed the low thirty pounds in weight. At most the average carp water held a few twenties at best and only the odd far rarer thirty although this varied between regions in the UK. At one time the vast majority of the twenty pound carp in the UK were estimated to be found in North Kent waters despite the Colne Valley and waters in other areas!
In fact during this period most average carp anglers never even saw a thirty pound carp or even visited a carp holding more than 2 or three thirty pound fish, let alone caught one! During the Seventies and very early Eighties it was exceptionally rare to meet a carp angler who had landed a thirty pound carp because such fish were just so rare!
On one syndicate water I fished it took me 8 years of very regular fishing every week to catch my first thirties from there. This was simply because they did not grow to that weight until they had been in the lake for 8 to 10 years. This scenario has been echoed in so many waters around the UK and even the legendary Darenth only held a small number of big thirties. But now those twenties and thirties from 20 years ago are now in the forty pound bracket or rapidly approaching it and beginners today know no different and it is taken for granted! (However, the big fish of today average 25 to 30 years of age or much more!)
For example my results sheet at one Essex syndicate water for one season started with no twenty pound fish landed in a year’s fishing (circa 1983.) This was because that year the biggest fish the lake contained was a mere19 pounds! How things change; by contrast, during my last ever session on the lake around 1991 I banked 20 fish averaging 19.12 pounds, caught in a 5 day session that included the biggest in the lake at 35 pounds; this was the best catch ever by a single angler (not a team) by that date.
Of course this all sounds crazy to new carp anglers today. A complete beginner can go to any of the new brand of commercial instant carp angler fisheries, armed with ready made baits and all the fancy over-priced rods, reels, bivvies and alarms etc. Now beginners can hook thirties, forties and even fifties and above on their first ever cast; and such catches are pretty meaningless now! Such fisheries really were not a part of the carp fishing scene 30 years ago when I really started after bigger carp, but all this just demonstrates how meaningless it really is to set targets based on fish weights alone like Mr Maddocks etc did.
This method is basically meaningless today with instant carp fishing beginners going to some carp waters and banking thirties, forties or even 50 pound fish on their very first trip; it is hilarious when I think that a beginner just 30 years ago had a very long way to go to even catch 20 pound fish consistently because he had to find a lake with fish of that size for a start before even plotting baiting schedules etc!
I recall a young angler I fished beside at Darenth big Lake on one trip who landed a 47 pound carp on his very first cast there ever! To put this fully into perspective, when I was a young angler you were very fortunate to ever meet a single angler who had actually landed even one thirty pound carp in their whole lives and the numbers of anglers who had caught any fish of any species weighing over 20 pounds was rare!
I remember taking a walk around a well known commercial water at a fishing complex in Sussex where I met a complete carp fishing beginner who had set up in the morning and had landed 2 thirties and 3 good twenties by late afternoon. What a joke; I mean I bet he never appreciated each of those fish and barely even remembers each one now! I chose to fish to fish what was regarded as the hard water on the complex instead and in about 14 sessions came away with 15 forties and a huge amount of jealously and resentment from other anglers.
What they did not realise was that I was no rank beginner I had previously paid for my success having fished for 10 years on a very similar water which was extremely hard and where I only landed 2 forties and something like 30 thirties in 10 years of very consistent regular fishing throughout each year I fished it. (In 2009 only one thirty was caught from this water despite heavy fishing pressure by hundreds of anglers.) Add to this my other previous 10 years on an extremely competitive Essex syndicate and my various club and day ticket waters over 20 years previous to this and hundreds of thousands of hours had been accumulated in my experience.
Although I can complain about the huge numbers foreign fish now present in UK fisheries which many angler catch in waters that obviously contain them and those that contain rogue fish that anglers do not realise are foreign, imports have allowed far more anglers access to big fish without having to fish for over thirty years as I have. But it does totally belittle catches of smaller fish which may in the past have been some of the mostly highly regarded, most significant and difficult fish to catch in the countries best known carp waters from the past! In fact they also make past achievements that rank very highly in the memory look stupid if you only focus on fish weights. I vividly remember the season I first caught 2 English thirties in a season. By comparison I’m not so sure of the year I first caught over ten thirties from a commercial fishery because these catches were so easy compared to old English fish captures!
Frankly the 20 forties I have banked to date from UK commercial waters do not compare at all with the achievement of my first few thirty pound fish although they all came on homemade baits. This is because of how many years the thirties took to grow in a water where I caught them at double figures and twenties first; before catching them at over thirty pounds. This is despite the captures of some of my forties that were the result of some of the most intelligent fishing and creative bait designing and bait applying I have ever done!
Ultimately we are the product of the vital energy food sources we have evolved alongside, that through evolution we have predominantly been dependant upon. Carp are just the same because they too have evolved in direct response to the food around them so they can instinctively detect and consume it and digest it as energy-efficiently as possible! Just remember for a second that by constant evolution over millions of years, we only see a miniscule number of all the creatures that have ever lived and that the majority were the constant refinements of creatures that only survived for limited periods in time, but led to us and the life forms we see today.
Most creatures and plants etc will never show up in fossil records but this just demonstrates how much of the history of life on earth has been lost to science! Note: the chances of finding a so-called human missing link are next to zero due the unreliable nature of fossils actually being preserved in the first place or found. In fact we are long-lost descendants of the ancient group of fishes called teleosts of which carp are a part!
Very many creatures that are now long extinct died out because their modifications and adaptations to their environment, and food availability that provided that vital energy necessary for survival, simply failed them! Thus they were unable to survive in order to pass on their particular genome. All creatures are subject to predation or diseases and if the mechanisms for survival are not evolved and refined sufficiently, it is very probable such creatures will not pass on their genes within future generations and they will go extinct. Fish are ancient and their form and design bear many features and characteristics of life forms that are hundreds of millions of years old that bear testimony to the success of their design!
Most people do not realise that man as a species is a work in progress as are carp! For example many older people will have noticed the increase in height of younger Westerners over the last 20 years. This is due to the readily available excess nutrition that is consistently available so triggering increases in growth. The instinctive genetic responses within life forms to their surroundings and food sources can be very fast and seen very quickly within just a few generations.
It is a fact that if your grand parents became hooked on certain foods, it likely you will too because your genes from them will ensure you have guaranteed extra sensitivity to the substances in those foods – even if they are harmful to you when eaten too much! Great examples anyway are milk and wheat which in some people can actually cause fatal illnesses due to their hypersensitivity to the bioactive substances in them which are addictive. Genetically modified maize foe example is banned in Europe because it is well proven that even the process of altering the genes is harmful not just to humans and test rats eating it, but also to crops and the environment; and genetically modified crops do not adjust to the changes of climate and pests and diseases that natural crops can!
This leads to the absolutely staggering fearful very real possibility of entire crop wipe-outs in the future causing mass starvation; because no natural seed might be available any longer in many areas due to very obvious aggressive and also far more insidious behind the scenes nobbling by Monsanto! Even the world seed bank holds seed for genetically modified crops that are actually harmful to humans and not resistant to the changes that occur in terms of pests, diseases and climate changes of so many forms! Make doubly sure you campaign against genetically modified crops when they next are argued-for in Europe; use your websites and Facebook pages etc; they are not safe! I trained at Writtle Agricultural College and I have relatives who are professors in testing substances in foods; I know the truth on the inside of the machine!
At least so far in Europe the powers have not been nobbled yet by the devious profit at all costs manoeuvres of Monsanto! Think about the food you eat –and avoid genetically modified soya and maize at all costs; for yourself and for use in carp baits! Another related point about genetic adaptation is that some people have vestiges of previous adaptations, such as sixth fingers or extra rows of teeth which are already manifested at birth. We all have spine vertebrae extensions that show we used to have tails for example.
It is a fact that some people have far better than 20:20 vision as do some tribes in Africa, and some people are proven to be sensitive to ultraviolet light. Humans are not supposed to be sensitive to ultraviolet light. I am one of those sensitive to the ultraviolet light in halogen bulbs used in cars and now in houses and it immediately leads to headaches – more healthy less stressful alternatives are required right now!
There are great advantages to extra sensitivity and carp vision includes sensitivity to both the ultraviolet and infrared parts of the light spectrum. This enables extra detection of potential foods and threats in turbid water and the dark! Carp have other so-called super powers for example, how is it that they feel the vibrations of concentrations of minute water fleas in the water around then when feasting on the, and how is it that carp detect bloodworm when it is deep under silt? Answers to questions like this can really help you maximise your baits and their performance but only when you think out of the rigid box of standard readymade boilies!
The growth rates and sizes of carp in the UK and in other countries have sky-rocketed in response to many multiple factors. In the 1970’s and early 1980’s the average UK carp angler would very often have been ecstatic to catch 20 twenty pound carp in a year or even just 5. This is because such big fish waters were few and anyway the carp in them mostly did not exceed the low thirty pounds in weight. At most the average carp water held a few twenties at best and only the odd far rarer thirty although this varied between regions in the UK. At one time the vast majority of the twenty pound carp in the UK were estimated to be found in North Kent waters despite the Colne Valley and waters in other areas!
In fact during this period most average carp anglers never even saw a thirty pound carp or even visited a carp holding more than 2 or three thirty pound fish, let alone caught one! During the Seventies and very early Eighties it was exceptionally rare to meet a carp angler who had landed a thirty pound carp because such fish were just so rare!
On one syndicate water I fished it took me 8 years of very regular fishing every week to catch my first thirties from there. This was simply because they did not grow to that weight until they had been in the lake for 8 to 10 years. This scenario has been echoed in so many waters around the UK and even the legendary Darenth only held a small number of big thirties. But now those twenties and thirties from 20 years ago are now in the forty pound bracket or rapidly approaching it and beginners today know no different and it is taken for granted! (However, the big fish of today average 25 to 30 years of age or much more!)
For example my results sheet at one Essex syndicate water for one season started with no twenty pound fish landed in a year’s fishing (circa 1983.) This was because that year the biggest fish the lake contained was a mere19 pounds! How things change; by contrast, during my last ever session on the lake around 1991 I banked 20 fish averaging 19.12 pounds, caught in a 5 day session that included the biggest in the lake at 35 pounds; this was the best catch ever by a single angler (not a team) by that date.
Of course this all sounds crazy to new carp anglers today. A complete beginner can go to any of the new brand of commercial instant carp angler fisheries, armed with ready made baits and all the fancy over-priced rods, reels, bivvies and alarms etc. Now beginners can hook thirties, forties and even fifties and above on their first ever cast; and such catches are pretty meaningless now! Such fisheries really were not a part of the carp fishing scene 30 years ago when I really started after bigger carp, but all this just demonstrates how meaningless it really is to set targets based on fish weights alone like Mr Maddocks etc did.
This method is basically meaningless today with instant carp fishing beginners going to some carp waters and banking thirties, forties or even 50 pound fish on their very first trip; it is hilarious when I think that a beginner just 30 years ago had a very long way to go to even catch 20 pound fish consistently because he had to find a lake with fish of that size for a start before even plotting baiting schedules etc!
I recall a young angler I fished beside at Darenth big Lake on one trip who landed a 47 pound carp on his very first cast there ever! To put this fully into perspective, when I was a young angler you were very fortunate to ever meet a single angler who had actually landed even one thirty pound carp in their whole lives and the numbers of anglers who had caught any fish of any species weighing over 20 pounds was rare!
I remember taking a walk around a well known commercial water at a fishing complex in Sussex where I met a complete carp fishing beginner who had set up in the morning and had landed 2 thirties and 3 good twenties by late afternoon. What a joke; I mean I bet he never appreciated each of those fish and barely even remembers each one now! I chose to fish to fish what was regarded as the hard water on the complex instead and in about 14 sessions came away with 15 forties and a huge amount of jealously and resentment from other anglers.
What they did not realise was that I was no rank beginner I had previously paid for my success having fished for 10 years on a very similar water which was extremely hard and where I only landed 2 forties and something like 30 thirties in 10 years of very consistent regular fishing throughout each year I fished it. (In 2009 only one thirty was caught from this water despite heavy fishing pressure by hundreds of anglers.) Add to this my other previous 10 years on an extremely competitive Essex syndicate and my various club and day ticket waters over 20 years previous to this and hundreds of thousands of hours had been accumulated in my experience.
Although I can complain about the huge numbers foreign fish now present in UK fisheries which many angler catch in waters that obviously contain them and those that contain rogue fish that anglers do not realise are foreign, imports have allowed far more anglers access to big fish without having to fish for over thirty years as I have. But it does totally belittle catches of smaller fish which may in the past have been some of the mostly highly regarded, most significant and difficult fish to catch in the countries best known carp waters from the past! In fact they also make past achievements that rank very highly in the memory look stupid if you only focus on fish weights. I vividly remember the season I first caught 2 English thirties in a season. By comparison I’m not so sure of the year I first caught over ten thirties from a commercial fishery because these catches were so easy compared to old English fish captures!
Frankly the 20 forties I have banked to date from UK commercial waters do not compare at all with the achievement of my first few thirty pound fish although they all came on homemade baits. This is because of how many years the thirties took to grow in a water where I caught them at double figures and twenties first; before catching them at over thirty pounds. This is despite the captures of some of my forties that were the result of some of the most intelligent fishing and creative bait designing and bait applying I have ever done!
2013年10月14日星期一
Super Bowl Hangover Edition of the LAP Dance
** Packers QB Aaron Rodgers capped off a super playoff run with a 308-yard, 3-TD performance against the Steelers. It’s easy to imagine he would have had another 100 yards and at least 1 TD had his teammates not dropped 4 perfectly thrown balls. Aaron Rodgers’ 2011 postseason performance will go down as one of the greatest of all time. In 4 playoff games, A-Rodg racked up 1,094 yards and 9 TDs, joining Kurt Warner as the only QBs to throw for 1,000+ yards and 9+ TDs in one postseason. And with his 111.5 QB rating in Sunday’s game, Rodgers’ career postseason passer rating now stands at 112.6 – the best all time among QBs with at least 150 attempts. The previous record-holder? Packer great… Bart Starr.
** Packers WR Jordy Nelson saved his best performance for the biggest stage. Forced into a bigger role due to Donald Driver’s ankle injury, Nelson set career-highs with 9 catches and 140 yards against the Steelers on Sunday. Sure – he dropped 3 balls, but no one will remember those in a month. Nelson is a name to track this offseason with Driver considering retirement and James Jones hitting free-agency.
** Throughout most of Super Bowl week, the mainstream media began speculating on whether a Steelers victory would mean (i) this version of the Steelers was a dynasty, and (ii) Ben Roethlisberger was a Hall of Fame QB. File those two musings as putting the cart before the horse. A quick look at Ben’s Super Bowl performances shows a not-ready-for-prime-time player. Against the Seahawks, his QB rating was a putrid 22.6. He rebounded with a 93.2 and game-winning drive vs. the Cardinals. And backslid against the Packers with a 77.4. In each of those Super Bowls, he was outperformed by his counterpart. Matt Hasselbeck pitched a 67.8; Kurt Warner posted a 112.3; and Aaron Rodgers had an MVP 111.5 QB rating.
** Gene Collier from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote this on Saturday: "Without the benefit of experience, for example, how would Ben Roethlisberger know to take his offensive line to a piano bar and, according to TMZ, ‘sing his face off’ until 1:45 a.m.? ‘I haven't been out carousing,’ Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said the morning after Steelers karaoke. ‘I am a homebody, so I've been spending a lot of time in my hotel room watching film.’ The Green Bay quarterback is the most productive player on either team right now, partly because his maturity has paralleled nicely with the Packers' peak performances." In his hotel room watching game film the week of the Super Bowl?! Not out sampling the local strip joints like Hines Ward and Ike Taylor?! Not being the Piano Man at the swankest dueling piano bar in Dallas? Huh. Who knew winning the Super Bowl could be so damned boring?
** The most disappointing Steelers performance goes to S and Defensive Player of the Year, Troy Polamalu. He finished with only 3 tackles all game. Part of it was the function of the Packers spread offense, and part was a player who always looked a step too slow in the playoffs this year.
** Major props to the Steelers O-line. I trashed them in the last LAP Dance, but they played a standout game in opening holes for Rashard Mendenhall, as well as pass protecting for Ben Roethlisberger. They also had a very strong game against the Jets in the AFC Championship Game.
** With 12 minutes left in the game, and down by 2 scores, it was hard to figure out why the Steelers offense seemed to be running out the clock. Didn’t they watch the Patriots pull the same blunder against the Jets 3 weeks ago?
** The new playoff overtime rules didn’t get tested at all this season. All that over-thinking for nothing.
** If you’re wondering what the consensus 2011 fantasy football rankings might look like, check out the free article on the Draftsharks site.
** Just another reminder that you can still take advantage of our Early Bird Special and get a 1 or 2-year subscription to Draft Sharks for the lowest price of the year. If you were a 2010 member, simply log-in and click the link for the Early Bird Special. If you weren’t a member last year, just click right here to join our exclusive community!
** So let’s say you dropped 5 grand on a couple Super Bowl tickets, another $1,000 on a round-trip flight to Dallas, and another grand on your hotel. Then you show up to the much-heralded Cowboys Stadium on game day only to find out that your seats aren’t available because they didn’t meet safety codes. How would you react? Here’s how a few of the 400 displaced fans decided to handle the situation.
** Best Super Bowl commercial of 2011 – and perhaps of all-time – was the Faith Hill’s Teleflora commercial. Who woulda thought sending flowers could be such a tender moment?
** Worst commercial was Joan Rivers as a GoDaddy girl. It brought up a little chili I had eaten 20 minutes prior. Honorable mention goes to M&M who pimped Brisk iced tea and Chrysler cars. That whole perpetual white, whining, angry kid from the inner-city act doesn’t mix with corporate America.
** Suggestion for future Super Bowls. Bag the halftime entertainment. The performers are typically marquee names way beyond their prime – or current stars who bomb. Speaking of which, why is it so bloody difficult to remember the words to the national anthem? I understand it takes talent to hit all the notes. But to memorize just 8 lines when you have weeks to prepare... How hard is that? From now on, just have a military honor guard walk out with a wounded veteran. And ask anyone who can blow a horn well to perform the honors of the national anthem.
** How’s this for a confident head coach… Less than 24 hours before the biggest game of their lives, Packers HC Mike McCarthy had his players fitted for Super Bowl rings. "It was just something to show that he had a lot of confidence in us," CB Sam Shields said. "Getting fitted for the ring showed he had confidence in us." Gotta like that. McCarthy had my vote for Coach of the Year even before yesterday’s Super Bowl win.
** The Packers might have been a 6 seed, but remember that all of their 6 losses this year were by a combined total of 20 points. And 6 of their Week 1 starters were on IR by the end of the season. They should see a few more Super Bowls before Aaron Rodgers retires.
** In a season filled with all sorts of injuries, it was fitting that the Packers were able to pull out another victory on Sunday despite another handful of guys leaving early. WR Donald Driver, CB Charles Woodson, and CB Sam Shields all missed a large portion of the game with various ailments. "When somebody goes down, you know you still have to play football," Woodson said. "It doesn't matter who it is or at what point in the season it is. You still have to go out there and perform. That's the kind of example you try to show to your teammates and they follow. They followed all the way to the Super Bowl with a victory."
** And DC Dom Capers deserves all sorts of props. He’s been brilliant all season long, but he was at his best on Sunday. After Woodson and Shields went out, Capers went with a more conservative game plan, cutting back on his blitzes and going with more zone coverage. "We were scrambling there for a while because a big part of our game plan went out the window," Capers said. "We planned on playing a lot of man coverage and when those guys went out we had to become more of a zone team." And just when Capers had Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers lulled to sleep, he dialed up 3 straight blitzes on Pittsburgh’s final drive of the game. Capers deserves another head coaching job and should get one in the near future.
** The price just went up for Eagles QB Kevin Kolb. On Saturday, news leaked that Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald is campaigning for his team to go out and acquire Kolb. You can bet that will be brought up in any negotiations between the Eagles and Cardinals.
** A couple crazy internet rumors have been spreading since late last night. One is that the Eagles were getting ready to fire HC Andy Reid and replace him with Jon Gruden. The other: HC Sean Payton was leaving New Orleans for a position with the Cowboys. Both rumors have been shot down and were pretty ridiculous to begin with.
** In case you missed it from the Draft Sharks YouTube channel… check out the latest.
** Next on the DS agenda… The NFL Combine starts on February 23. We’ll be hitting the Draft information in the coming weeks, and beyond. And keep your eyes open for our 1st mock draft later this month.
** Packers WR Jordy Nelson saved his best performance for the biggest stage. Forced into a bigger role due to Donald Driver’s ankle injury, Nelson set career-highs with 9 catches and 140 yards against the Steelers on Sunday. Sure – he dropped 3 balls, but no one will remember those in a month. Nelson is a name to track this offseason with Driver considering retirement and James Jones hitting free-agency.
** Throughout most of Super Bowl week, the mainstream media began speculating on whether a Steelers victory would mean (i) this version of the Steelers was a dynasty, and (ii) Ben Roethlisberger was a Hall of Fame QB. File those two musings as putting the cart before the horse. A quick look at Ben’s Super Bowl performances shows a not-ready-for-prime-time player. Against the Seahawks, his QB rating was a putrid 22.6. He rebounded with a 93.2 and game-winning drive vs. the Cardinals. And backslid against the Packers with a 77.4. In each of those Super Bowls, he was outperformed by his counterpart. Matt Hasselbeck pitched a 67.8; Kurt Warner posted a 112.3; and Aaron Rodgers had an MVP 111.5 QB rating.
** Gene Collier from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote this on Saturday: "Without the benefit of experience, for example, how would Ben Roethlisberger know to take his offensive line to a piano bar and, according to TMZ, ‘sing his face off’ until 1:45 a.m.? ‘I haven't been out carousing,’ Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said the morning after Steelers karaoke. ‘I am a homebody, so I've been spending a lot of time in my hotel room watching film.’ The Green Bay quarterback is the most productive player on either team right now, partly because his maturity has paralleled nicely with the Packers' peak performances." In his hotel room watching game film the week of the Super Bowl?! Not out sampling the local strip joints like Hines Ward and Ike Taylor?! Not being the Piano Man at the swankest dueling piano bar in Dallas? Huh. Who knew winning the Super Bowl could be so damned boring?
** The most disappointing Steelers performance goes to S and Defensive Player of the Year, Troy Polamalu. He finished with only 3 tackles all game. Part of it was the function of the Packers spread offense, and part was a player who always looked a step too slow in the playoffs this year.
** Major props to the Steelers O-line. I trashed them in the last LAP Dance, but they played a standout game in opening holes for Rashard Mendenhall, as well as pass protecting for Ben Roethlisberger. They also had a very strong game against the Jets in the AFC Championship Game.
** With 12 minutes left in the game, and down by 2 scores, it was hard to figure out why the Steelers offense seemed to be running out the clock. Didn’t they watch the Patriots pull the same blunder against the Jets 3 weeks ago?
** The new playoff overtime rules didn’t get tested at all this season. All that over-thinking for nothing.
** If you’re wondering what the consensus 2011 fantasy football rankings might look like, check out the free article on the Draftsharks site.
** Just another reminder that you can still take advantage of our Early Bird Special and get a 1 or 2-year subscription to Draft Sharks for the lowest price of the year. If you were a 2010 member, simply log-in and click the link for the Early Bird Special. If you weren’t a member last year, just click right here to join our exclusive community!
** So let’s say you dropped 5 grand on a couple Super Bowl tickets, another $1,000 on a round-trip flight to Dallas, and another grand on your hotel. Then you show up to the much-heralded Cowboys Stadium on game day only to find out that your seats aren’t available because they didn’t meet safety codes. How would you react? Here’s how a few of the 400 displaced fans decided to handle the situation.
** Best Super Bowl commercial of 2011 – and perhaps of all-time – was the Faith Hill’s Teleflora commercial. Who woulda thought sending flowers could be such a tender moment?
** Worst commercial was Joan Rivers as a GoDaddy girl. It brought up a little chili I had eaten 20 minutes prior. Honorable mention goes to M&M who pimped Brisk iced tea and Chrysler cars. That whole perpetual white, whining, angry kid from the inner-city act doesn’t mix with corporate America.
** Suggestion for future Super Bowls. Bag the halftime entertainment. The performers are typically marquee names way beyond their prime – or current stars who bomb. Speaking of which, why is it so bloody difficult to remember the words to the national anthem? I understand it takes talent to hit all the notes. But to memorize just 8 lines when you have weeks to prepare... How hard is that? From now on, just have a military honor guard walk out with a wounded veteran. And ask anyone who can blow a horn well to perform the honors of the national anthem.
** How’s this for a confident head coach… Less than 24 hours before the biggest game of their lives, Packers HC Mike McCarthy had his players fitted for Super Bowl rings. "It was just something to show that he had a lot of confidence in us," CB Sam Shields said. "Getting fitted for the ring showed he had confidence in us." Gotta like that. McCarthy had my vote for Coach of the Year even before yesterday’s Super Bowl win.
** The Packers might have been a 6 seed, but remember that all of their 6 losses this year were by a combined total of 20 points. And 6 of their Week 1 starters were on IR by the end of the season. They should see a few more Super Bowls before Aaron Rodgers retires.
** In a season filled with all sorts of injuries, it was fitting that the Packers were able to pull out another victory on Sunday despite another handful of guys leaving early. WR Donald Driver, CB Charles Woodson, and CB Sam Shields all missed a large portion of the game with various ailments. "When somebody goes down, you know you still have to play football," Woodson said. "It doesn't matter who it is or at what point in the season it is. You still have to go out there and perform. That's the kind of example you try to show to your teammates and they follow. They followed all the way to the Super Bowl with a victory."
** And DC Dom Capers deserves all sorts of props. He’s been brilliant all season long, but he was at his best on Sunday. After Woodson and Shields went out, Capers went with a more conservative game plan, cutting back on his blitzes and going with more zone coverage. "We were scrambling there for a while because a big part of our game plan went out the window," Capers said. "We planned on playing a lot of man coverage and when those guys went out we had to become more of a zone team." And just when Capers had Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers lulled to sleep, he dialed up 3 straight blitzes on Pittsburgh’s final drive of the game. Capers deserves another head coaching job and should get one in the near future.
** The price just went up for Eagles QB Kevin Kolb. On Saturday, news leaked that Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald is campaigning for his team to go out and acquire Kolb. You can bet that will be brought up in any negotiations between the Eagles and Cardinals.
** A couple crazy internet rumors have been spreading since late last night. One is that the Eagles were getting ready to fire HC Andy Reid and replace him with Jon Gruden. The other: HC Sean Payton was leaving New Orleans for a position with the Cowboys. Both rumors have been shot down and were pretty ridiculous to begin with.
** In case you missed it from the Draft Sharks YouTube channel… check out the latest.
** Next on the DS agenda… The NFL Combine starts on February 23. We’ll be hitting the Draft information in the coming weeks, and beyond. And keep your eyes open for our 1st mock draft later this month.
Basketball Wear: How to Make Sure You Are Happy With Your Online Purchase
For dedicated sports lovers, NBA basketball wear is a pre-requisite to earning the coveted status of true 'fanhood'. Whether you are part of the crowd or watching from home, every game is more exciting when you can proudly wear your team jersey and stand and cheer for your favorite player.
Nothing speaks loyalty louder than game gear.
You can support your franchise, create the spirit of competition - and maybe even a little rivalry - with NBA apparel that will make you feel like you are part of the team.
Basketball is one of the world's most popular sports, and with the recent influx of European players joining American leagues, the NBA has received international interest and gained fans from all over the world. But, if you have been a fan for any length of time you know that finding authentic jerseys or officially licensed merchandise is not as easy as it would seem.
Finding what you want can be difficult, especially if your favorite team is not local or if you live outside the United States. Buying online is usually your best choice, but the options can be overwhelming, prices can vary, and you often question whether or not you are getting the best quality for your money.
From retro Michael Jordan or Larry Bird jerseys to authentic Lebron James or Kobe Bryant merchandise, true fans love to remember their heroes and cheer on their idols.
Whether their team is winning or losing, through challenges and championships, basketball followers everywhere will proudly wear their jerseys, hats, jackets, watches, and even shoes, wildly wave their foam fingers and shout at the top of their lungs in an effort to push their team to victory. But, basketball wear can be costly, so before you spend your hard earned cash for an online purchase, there are a few things you should consider.
Is the seller reputable?
It is important to make sure that the website offers a safe and secure way to make a purchase and guarantees that your personal information will be protected. Also, it is a good idea to check customer feedback and seller ratings or reviews before making a final decision to purchase a product from any particular online store or company.
Selection.
There is nothing more frustrating than finding the perfect jersey or jacket only to discover that it is not available in your size or for your favorite player. Does the online store offer a variety of products, sizes, or teams, and if they don't have what you are looking for, will they find it for you?
Is their merchandise in stock or does it always seem as if everything is sold out or unavailable?
When buying basketball wear, you will be much more satisfied with your experience if you find a website that is reputable and able to please the customer by offering a wide selection of available products so you can get everything you need and want at one place.
Quality.
When purchasing online you run the risk of receiving counterfeit or poor quality products. Cheaper basketball wear is not always the best option since it does not look like what the players wear on the court and will not be as durable.
Look for stores that sell licensed goods that carry the official NBA logo. From the authentic player jersey, to the popular swingman or less expensive replica jersey, hats, jackets, or footwear, make sure the store you are purchasing from carries high quality and licensed merchandise so you will be pleased with your selection and be able wear it proudly.
Customer Service.
Buying basketball apparel should not be a difficult task, especially if you are using a reputable online store with excellent customer service. Your purchase will be more enjoyable if the website is simple to use and if the seller is easy to contact by phone or email.
Are the prices reasonable, is the shipping reliable and quick, and does the seller put the customer first?
Basketball wear is a great way to encourage team spirit, cheer for your favorite player, and increase the excitement of any game. But, purchasing merchandise and proudly supporting your home team can be costly, so you want to make sure that you are getting high quality, officially licensed products for a fair price, and that you are receiving your purchase from a reputable seller that offers great customer service with a user friendly website.
By doing a little bit of homework, you can find basketball wear that will fit your budget and make you feel like you belong on the court with the pros.
Nothing speaks loyalty louder than game gear.
You can support your franchise, create the spirit of competition - and maybe even a little rivalry - with NBA apparel that will make you feel like you are part of the team.
Basketball is one of the world's most popular sports, and with the recent influx of European players joining American leagues, the NBA has received international interest and gained fans from all over the world. But, if you have been a fan for any length of time you know that finding authentic jerseys or officially licensed merchandise is not as easy as it would seem.
Finding what you want can be difficult, especially if your favorite team is not local or if you live outside the United States. Buying online is usually your best choice, but the options can be overwhelming, prices can vary, and you often question whether or not you are getting the best quality for your money.
From retro Michael Jordan or Larry Bird jerseys to authentic Lebron James or Kobe Bryant merchandise, true fans love to remember their heroes and cheer on their idols.
Whether their team is winning or losing, through challenges and championships, basketball followers everywhere will proudly wear their jerseys, hats, jackets, watches, and even shoes, wildly wave their foam fingers and shout at the top of their lungs in an effort to push their team to victory. But, basketball wear can be costly, so before you spend your hard earned cash for an online purchase, there are a few things you should consider.
Is the seller reputable?
It is important to make sure that the website offers a safe and secure way to make a purchase and guarantees that your personal information will be protected. Also, it is a good idea to check customer feedback and seller ratings or reviews before making a final decision to purchase a product from any particular online store or company.
Selection.
There is nothing more frustrating than finding the perfect jersey or jacket only to discover that it is not available in your size or for your favorite player. Does the online store offer a variety of products, sizes, or teams, and if they don't have what you are looking for, will they find it for you?
Is their merchandise in stock or does it always seem as if everything is sold out or unavailable?
When buying basketball wear, you will be much more satisfied with your experience if you find a website that is reputable and able to please the customer by offering a wide selection of available products so you can get everything you need and want at one place.
Quality.
When purchasing online you run the risk of receiving counterfeit or poor quality products. Cheaper basketball wear is not always the best option since it does not look like what the players wear on the court and will not be as durable.
Look for stores that sell licensed goods that carry the official NBA logo. From the authentic player jersey, to the popular swingman or less expensive replica jersey, hats, jackets, or footwear, make sure the store you are purchasing from carries high quality and licensed merchandise so you will be pleased with your selection and be able wear it proudly.
Customer Service.
Buying basketball apparel should not be a difficult task, especially if you are using a reputable online store with excellent customer service. Your purchase will be more enjoyable if the website is simple to use and if the seller is easy to contact by phone or email.
Are the prices reasonable, is the shipping reliable and quick, and does the seller put the customer first?
Basketball wear is a great way to encourage team spirit, cheer for your favorite player, and increase the excitement of any game. But, purchasing merchandise and proudly supporting your home team can be costly, so you want to make sure that you are getting high quality, officially licensed products for a fair price, and that you are receiving your purchase from a reputable seller that offers great customer service with a user friendly website.
By doing a little bit of homework, you can find basketball wear that will fit your budget and make you feel like you belong on the court with the pros.
2013年10月13日星期日
Ethan's Seedhouse Tent Review - It's My Pick for A Rugged, Lightweight Little
Trying to find a great value in a strong, comfortable backpacking tent that's quick to set up and yet strong and resilient? The Big Agnes Seedhouse 1 just could be the tent for you.
The Seedhouse 1 can be a roomy tent, even for my 6'2" and 235 pound body. It has an excellent weight-to-price ratio and is easy to set up, yet includes 11 stake-down points for rough weather.
Though a little heaver than it's super-light cousin the SL1, this tent is much more durable and to me is worth the extra weight. Of course, if you are willing to invest a small a lot more and want a super-light model, the SL1 could be your selection.
Features for both tents include: - Super lightweight hub/pole system with plastic clips that quickly and easily attach to the tent body - Durable waterproof-coated polyester rip stop fly ensures minimal stretch and long-life UV protection - Woven nylon mesh walls that provide 360-degree views and excellent ventilation - Includes a clear plastic window in the vestibule door and handy mesh floor pockets for keeping up with the small stuff - Comes complete with tent body, poles, fly, stakes and stuff sacks
This is really a wonderful tent - roomy sufficient even for Massive Agnes. I adore that I can turn over and even turn around and not have to slide in feet first. Also, since I often travel off the beaten path and set up on uneven terrain, a massive feature for me is the ability to conform the tent to odd shaped footprints. The T-shaped pole set-up genuinely aids in both flexibility and comfort, along with the stakes are light and durable.
I'd just add one thing to this wonderful tent. Bring along a clip or some thing to tie back the net door - an attached tie or holding pocket could be an excellent addition. Would you mention that to Agnes next time you run into her on the trail?
The Seedhouse 1 can be a roomy tent, even for my 6'2" and 235 pound body. It has an excellent weight-to-price ratio and is easy to set up, yet includes 11 stake-down points for rough weather.
Though a little heaver than it's super-light cousin the SL1, this tent is much more durable and to me is worth the extra weight. Of course, if you are willing to invest a small a lot more and want a super-light model, the SL1 could be your selection.
Features for both tents include: - Super lightweight hub/pole system with plastic clips that quickly and easily attach to the tent body - Durable waterproof-coated polyester rip stop fly ensures minimal stretch and long-life UV protection - Woven nylon mesh walls that provide 360-degree views and excellent ventilation - Includes a clear plastic window in the vestibule door and handy mesh floor pockets for keeping up with the small stuff - Comes complete with tent body, poles, fly, stakes and stuff sacks
This is really a wonderful tent - roomy sufficient even for Massive Agnes. I adore that I can turn over and even turn around and not have to slide in feet first. Also, since I often travel off the beaten path and set up on uneven terrain, a massive feature for me is the ability to conform the tent to odd shaped footprints. The T-shaped pole set-up genuinely aids in both flexibility and comfort, along with the stakes are light and durable.
I'd just add one thing to this wonderful tent. Bring along a clip or some thing to tie back the net door - an attached tie or holding pocket could be an excellent addition. Would you mention that to Agnes next time you run into her on the trail?
Rugby coaching tips for team captains
Some rugby players have team captain potential from early in their playing days, others grow into these skills. So what sets apart a good captain from a great motivational captain and how can you coach these skills?
Key rugby coaching tips Keep instructions simple
Whatever the captain says, it should be simple and understandable.
When a captain starts to ask for complicated targets, players become demotivated.
The difficulty and the size of the task seem too daunting. To avoid this, on the pitch, the captain should translate targets into small segments of effort. For instance, "Let's up the pressure for the next five minutes boys." Understand players' fears
Understanding fears from a player's point of view is an essential skill for captains.
A motivational captain keeps the players feeling secure. A fear of failure will inhibit players – they need encouragement when they are afraid. The captain will often be the closest person of authority to ensure this happens.
A secondary message, a message passed via another player from the captain, can also boost player confidence should they feel under pressure.
Often a player will fear for his place in the side. A captain will be able to communicate this fear to the rugby coach and together they can work to make the player feel secure for this match.
Of course, should the player be too secure, the reverse motivational talk might be required! Build self-esteem
Once a player feels secure, especially in his role and position in the team, the next level of motivation is to build self-esteem.
A key rugby coaching tip is to make the player understand their self-worth. You are born with self-worth and it grows with your ability. A captain can show a player what they are capable of, remind them of their best moments in previous games or training. Fire up players' imagination
A captain needs to help the players imagine their best. This prepares the mind, and focuses the thoughts.
Every player will improve with the ability to close his eyes and "see" the next process. The captain can encourage this.
"Remember what it was like when... " should be a well-worn phrase as the captain gathers the players at a stoppage.
Create a challenge
A competitive player responds to a challenge. The captain's role is to create this challenge as the rugby game progresses.
"Are you better than that player? Do you want to beat that target?" These might be the words ringing in the ears of the good players as the captain individually addresses each of them. Shoulder responsibility
A good rugby team captain can be motivational to a team, because he is the "team."
When a decision is made, the team captain takes responsibility. Should an error of judgment occur, then the captain shoulders this.
Key rugby coaching tips Keep instructions simple
Whatever the captain says, it should be simple and understandable.
When a captain starts to ask for complicated targets, players become demotivated.
The difficulty and the size of the task seem too daunting. To avoid this, on the pitch, the captain should translate targets into small segments of effort. For instance, "Let's up the pressure for the next five minutes boys." Understand players' fears
Understanding fears from a player's point of view is an essential skill for captains.
A motivational captain keeps the players feeling secure. A fear of failure will inhibit players – they need encouragement when they are afraid. The captain will often be the closest person of authority to ensure this happens.
A secondary message, a message passed via another player from the captain, can also boost player confidence should they feel under pressure.
Often a player will fear for his place in the side. A captain will be able to communicate this fear to the rugby coach and together they can work to make the player feel secure for this match.
Of course, should the player be too secure, the reverse motivational talk might be required! Build self-esteem
Once a player feels secure, especially in his role and position in the team, the next level of motivation is to build self-esteem.
A key rugby coaching tip is to make the player understand their self-worth. You are born with self-worth and it grows with your ability. A captain can show a player what they are capable of, remind them of their best moments in previous games or training. Fire up players' imagination
A captain needs to help the players imagine their best. This prepares the mind, and focuses the thoughts.
Every player will improve with the ability to close his eyes and "see" the next process. The captain can encourage this.
"Remember what it was like when... " should be a well-worn phrase as the captain gathers the players at a stoppage.
Create a challenge
A competitive player responds to a challenge. The captain's role is to create this challenge as the rugby game progresses.
"Are you better than that player? Do you want to beat that target?" These might be the words ringing in the ears of the good players as the captain individually addresses each of them. Shoulder responsibility
A good rugby team captain can be motivational to a team, because he is the "team."
When a decision is made, the team captain takes responsibility. Should an error of judgment occur, then the captain shoulders this.
2013年10月10日星期四
Efficiency with illegal golf drivers
The initial golf shot you play is the most considered one to be as per professional estimation. This is just like the small kid playing the game on the playfield and someone trying to learn football on the ground understanding the importance of equipments of respective games. It is not very easy to play with non confirming golf drivers but one has to play because they are not very expensive and fulfill the purpose of game very well. Golfers have to pay attention to minute details while playing the golf game because one cannot play and hit the ball always in similar manner with accurate angles such that ball easily goes into the court in one stroke.
There are golf clubs which are legal and illegal too. This means that the Legal US system which will not confirm and abide the rules by golfing committee are called the illegal golf drivers such that a golf club can actually range from professional sticks having lofts and shafts of iron and putter. These golf sticks are convenient to use but they can be played only for the tournaments held outside United Nations and otherwise can only be used for practicing. There are some custom built specified drivers which are assembled only for you.
If just an analogy is to be made then you can compare your golf clubs in following ways such as: As these golf drivers are confirming drivers and it's not actually how you dress up into something fashionable and buy it you just hope that it fits the shaft and your style of hitting the ball. It is always said that shafts are the most important part of the golf club. It can also be called as golf building. Golf drivers are golfer’s best friend and one has to find several ways and try to battle it out with endless tournament demands. Sometimes sunny day and dust off the shoes plays havoc with the game despite that you know how efficient non confirming golf drivers you have. It's just that you have to be sure that in US legal tournaments you don't mistake to put this in the bag, else the consequences can be grave. Sometimes the efficiency of non confirming golf clubs decrease due to the unclean dust and dirt settled for while.
What is the best way to clean the legal and illegal golf drivers?
The easiest way to clean golf clubs is to buy the cleaning kit. You can easily clean off your golf drivers. Just sometimes take mild washing detergent in a plastic bucket. You can clean the narrow areas of stick with non bristle brush and can help you in easily being wiped off. Now you can use the old non confirming golf drivers anytime and enjoy the efficiency of game with improved skills and efficiency.
There are golf clubs which are legal and illegal too. This means that the Legal US system which will not confirm and abide the rules by golfing committee are called the illegal golf drivers such that a golf club can actually range from professional sticks having lofts and shafts of iron and putter. These golf sticks are convenient to use but they can be played only for the tournaments held outside United Nations and otherwise can only be used for practicing. There are some custom built specified drivers which are assembled only for you.
If just an analogy is to be made then you can compare your golf clubs in following ways such as: As these golf drivers are confirming drivers and it's not actually how you dress up into something fashionable and buy it you just hope that it fits the shaft and your style of hitting the ball. It is always said that shafts are the most important part of the golf club. It can also be called as golf building. Golf drivers are golfer’s best friend and one has to find several ways and try to battle it out with endless tournament demands. Sometimes sunny day and dust off the shoes plays havoc with the game despite that you know how efficient non confirming golf drivers you have. It's just that you have to be sure that in US legal tournaments you don't mistake to put this in the bag, else the consequences can be grave. Sometimes the efficiency of non confirming golf clubs decrease due to the unclean dust and dirt settled for while.
What is the best way to clean the legal and illegal golf drivers?
The easiest way to clean golf clubs is to buy the cleaning kit. You can easily clean off your golf drivers. Just sometimes take mild washing detergent in a plastic bucket. You can clean the narrow areas of stick with non bristle brush and can help you in easily being wiped off. Now you can use the old non confirming golf drivers anytime and enjoy the efficiency of game with improved skills and efficiency.
James Is a Secret Weapon
LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for Miami Heat. When he was 18, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers. So he had played in Cavaliers for seven seasons, and he broke the numerous youngest player records. In 2010 a much-publicized free agency process ended with James signing with the Miami Heat, together with his best companies Wade and Bosh.
His idol is Michael. And in this way he wears NO.23. NBA official evaluation of him is that God create the human body specimens, we can see how his body is tough. There are amount of tattoos in his figure. Across his back is an emblazoned banner called Chosen 1. A rumor said that the tattoo is on his body with his born. NBA office named it as the baby of the Lord. On right arm, a lion with a crown and Gloria is for his mother.
James is one of early players in candidate list in 2003 competition. In 2003 he obtained the American High School player title. During the time of high school, he awarded the title of the PARAD as the best high school players. For James's outstanding show in the final two seasons, he got the title of the most excellent male athlete. In the past he crushed on the football. James was born in one day with Tiger Woods.
He can do a good job with several difficulties. He has a steel general body. James only has lag spike and toothed wheel. The human is difficult to contend with James. James has the same weight with O'Neil and the steady of Duncan.
On July 9, James finished a contract with Miami Heat in public. On the same day, the Heat threw a welcome party and introduced James to the Heat fans. New York Times reported that, all the fans of Heat come to this party to see their hero. According to basketball expert, James's scary is that he often could distinguish a well place as they are in trouble. In this case, it is at ease for us to see in the competition that James instantly pass the basketball to the third person without any stopping. Even if the rival's defense could make up in place, if the entire unit has this talent of quickly moving skill, the adversary will be tired from the press.
As far as James concerned, satisfaction is not equal with thanking fate and condescension. Much expectation couldn't ruin your success. It just means that your ambition is not easy to achieve like those touchable goals. Your struggle is free and unstrained in the field. It is tragedies for everyone who stands in the front of it and tries to stop it.
On one occasion, America beat Argentina as the third place. But all the people have angry with this result. Moreover James thought that the honor is both a good thing and a bad thing. His unsatisfied can not be a disappointment and a discouragement. He lifted his head on the time of talking. Champion is forever waiting for his next challenge after finishing this one. It is the spiritual encouragement and mentoring. James is a legend for basketball; he made a worldwide revolution both in his own life and in the basketball.
His idol is Michael. And in this way he wears NO.23. NBA official evaluation of him is that God create the human body specimens, we can see how his body is tough. There are amount of tattoos in his figure. Across his back is an emblazoned banner called Chosen 1. A rumor said that the tattoo is on his body with his born. NBA office named it as the baby of the Lord. On right arm, a lion with a crown and Gloria is for his mother.
James is one of early players in candidate list in 2003 competition. In 2003 he obtained the American High School player title. During the time of high school, he awarded the title of the PARAD as the best high school players. For James's outstanding show in the final two seasons, he got the title of the most excellent male athlete. In the past he crushed on the football. James was born in one day with Tiger Woods.
He can do a good job with several difficulties. He has a steel general body. James only has lag spike and toothed wheel. The human is difficult to contend with James. James has the same weight with O'Neil and the steady of Duncan.
On July 9, James finished a contract with Miami Heat in public. On the same day, the Heat threw a welcome party and introduced James to the Heat fans. New York Times reported that, all the fans of Heat come to this party to see their hero. According to basketball expert, James's scary is that he often could distinguish a well place as they are in trouble. In this case, it is at ease for us to see in the competition that James instantly pass the basketball to the third person without any stopping. Even if the rival's defense could make up in place, if the entire unit has this talent of quickly moving skill, the adversary will be tired from the press.
As far as James concerned, satisfaction is not equal with thanking fate and condescension. Much expectation couldn't ruin your success. It just means that your ambition is not easy to achieve like those touchable goals. Your struggle is free and unstrained in the field. It is tragedies for everyone who stands in the front of it and tries to stop it.
On one occasion, America beat Argentina as the third place. But all the people have angry with this result. Moreover James thought that the honor is both a good thing and a bad thing. His unsatisfied can not be a disappointment and a discouragement. He lifted his head on the time of talking. Champion is forever waiting for his next challenge after finishing this one. It is the spiritual encouragement and mentoring. James is a legend for basketball; he made a worldwide revolution both in his own life and in the basketball.
2013年10月8日星期二
Choosing new golf equipment
When it comes to choosing new golf equipment the decision goes way beyond what brand it is that your favourite player uses, or which company has the advertising campaign that appeals to you most at any given time. Choosing new golf equipment is centred entirely around the improvement of your golf game. New equipment, after all, is meant to make your score go down, but you’d be surprised how often people make bad decisions when it comes to new kit, and end up paying hundreds, just for their game to get worse – do not make this mistake.
It is always your level of ability that should dictate your choice when it comes to choosing new golf equipment. So many people go for the most expensive equipment, or the equipment that is designed for professionals, assuming that such equipment will allow them to reach their potential. Unfortunately, this is about as bad a reason you can have for making your choice.
Golf doesn’t work like that, and whilst the expensive, professional standard equipment is the best, it is also the most difficult to use. And so, if you are not playing off a low handicap then top-of-the-range equipment is going to make you play badly. It’s all about how accurately you strike the ball, and if you’re still learning the game then you will need clubs that forgive the fact that you don’t always strike the ball as cleanly as you would like to. A ‘forgiving’ set of clubs will compensate for your errors and allow you to lower your score, whereas a professional set of clubs will punish you greatly. A lot of people get deluded about their own ability and think they can step up to using professional clubs, subsequently learning the hard way, so don’t make this mistake.
Because of the internet being the cheapest place to buy golf clubs, and because this can mean you don’t get to try them out first, you should only really consider buying Callaway golf clubs online. This sounds like a bold statement but believe, they really are the only company whose reputation for producing user-friendly clubs goes before them. Other companies make ‘forgiving’ clubs, but with other companies there is always a division of opinion. Pretty much everyone is in agreement that Callaway clubs are the best across the board when it comes to choosing new golf equipment that is going to be great to use from the first round you play with them. The build quality is unsurpassed, as well, so once you’ve got them then you’ll not need a new set for quite some time.
It’s always a good idea to look for deals online. What with Callaway being among the industry leaders when it comes to making balls, bags, drivers, irons, shoes, gloves, hats, clothing, umbrellas, luggage and tools, there are lots of Callaway golf sets available that are generally sold at a discounted price. Many websites stock Callaway golf sets that are aimed at people of various levels, and will even allow you to mix and match the equipment so that you have a greater level of choice. Lastly, if you are struggling to find a Callaway putter to complete your set then remember, Callaway putters are made under the brand name Odyssey.
It is always your level of ability that should dictate your choice when it comes to choosing new golf equipment. So many people go for the most expensive equipment, or the equipment that is designed for professionals, assuming that such equipment will allow them to reach their potential. Unfortunately, this is about as bad a reason you can have for making your choice.
Golf doesn’t work like that, and whilst the expensive, professional standard equipment is the best, it is also the most difficult to use. And so, if you are not playing off a low handicap then top-of-the-range equipment is going to make you play badly. It’s all about how accurately you strike the ball, and if you’re still learning the game then you will need clubs that forgive the fact that you don’t always strike the ball as cleanly as you would like to. A ‘forgiving’ set of clubs will compensate for your errors and allow you to lower your score, whereas a professional set of clubs will punish you greatly. A lot of people get deluded about their own ability and think they can step up to using professional clubs, subsequently learning the hard way, so don’t make this mistake.
Because of the internet being the cheapest place to buy golf clubs, and because this can mean you don’t get to try them out first, you should only really consider buying Callaway golf clubs online. This sounds like a bold statement but believe, they really are the only company whose reputation for producing user-friendly clubs goes before them. Other companies make ‘forgiving’ clubs, but with other companies there is always a division of opinion. Pretty much everyone is in agreement that Callaway clubs are the best across the board when it comes to choosing new golf equipment that is going to be great to use from the first round you play with them. The build quality is unsurpassed, as well, so once you’ve got them then you’ll not need a new set for quite some time.
It’s always a good idea to look for deals online. What with Callaway being among the industry leaders when it comes to making balls, bags, drivers, irons, shoes, gloves, hats, clothing, umbrellas, luggage and tools, there are lots of Callaway golf sets available that are generally sold at a discounted price. Many websites stock Callaway golf sets that are aimed at people of various levels, and will even allow you to mix and match the equipment so that you have a greater level of choice. Lastly, if you are struggling to find a Callaway putter to complete your set then remember, Callaway putters are made under the brand name Odyssey.
The Best Cycling Training
We have created MyCycling.com to help normal cyclists learn how to ride faster than they ever thought possible. It’s not all that difficult when you possess the right knowledge. Nonetheless, obtaining that right knowledge is the tricky part. The difficulty in accessing the "good stuff" stems from the amount of misinformation there is kicking around about cycling training. It seems like everyone is an expert. However, most of their expertise is based on regurgitating different textbook theories . In the process they confuse and misguide people all over the place. Unfortunately, this actually holds people back. It stops people living up to their potential on the bike. The end result is that most people are riding 10-30% slower than they should be.
Let me first say, there is no magic bullet or magic pill you can take to turn yourself into a cycling machine. Sure, you could take some sort of illegal performance enhancing drug and see some good improvement quickly. However, you still need to get the training fundamentals right to see improvement from that. There are, however, several key ingredients that work in synergy and can provide exponential improvement. In other words, when things work together the affects are multiplied so the increases are greater.
When looking for cycling improvement, we need to ensure that what we do on and off the bike works together in synergy to have maximum effect. So what are the key cycling training ingredients to this kind of cycling success? Here are what we believe to be the essential elements that you need to have working together in synergy to see the maximum results possible. Ensuring the correct timing of your training. One of the most important ingredients to performing well on the bike is choosing what training you do when. Most people DON’T get the foundations right and when they try to build their training up, the walls come crashing down around them. You’ve got to think of your body like an engine. There are certain systems in your body that need to be trained first before you jump in and try to get other systems working. A good analogy is to imagine you want to build a fast race engine for a car. Before you would begin bolting on parts that make the engine go fast, you need to work on the existing block to make sure it is strong enough to handle the horsepower. Once you know that this foundation is solid then you can bolt in a nice cam, a big carb and a turbo knowing that the rest of the engine can handle it. If you made a choice to bolt a turbo and go-fast parts on a standard engine that was not correctly prepared, you couldn’t expect it to go as fast as it potentially should. Even worse, it is likely to break down and damage the engine when pushed hard. You must ensure you’re timing the type of cycling training you’re doing correctly to see maximum results. Selecting the best sessions There is an almost endless array of different training sessions you could select to do on any given day. The question is, which one is going to give maximum bang for buck so to speak? In other words, if you have certain objectives that you’re trying to achieve (for example, building strength), what session is going to yield the best results for the time you invest? This is where experience comes into play. Any number of cycling training sessions might "theoretically" work. It’s only when you try them in practice do you discover what produces the best results. You need to be doing the best sessions available to see optimal performance. Maximizing the use of available time Many people love cycling but don’t have as much time as they would like to ride their bike. This means that they want to maximize the gains they can achieve on each ride. Who’s going to pay the bills if you’re out on your bike all day? That’s why you should be applying the great principle named after a famous 18th century Italian economist to your cycling. It’s called the Pareto principle. It is also known as the law of the vital few. The principle states that the majority of effects come from the minority of causes. To put it in more simple terms, this means that the majority of improvements that most people see in their cycling performance originate from just a few of the things that they are doing right. So if you are riding 10 hours a week, it’s likely that only 2 of those hours are bringing the majority of your improvement. Which of course should make you think. . . why don’t I do more of the hours that are bringing the majority of improvement and fewer of the hours that don’t do much at all? Good question… and one you need to be asking to ensure you see yourself living up to your cycling potential.
Focusing on clear and simple training Cycling training DOESN’T need to be as complex as most people make out. If you’ve ever bought a cycling training book you’ll see just how convoluted and unnecessarily complicated they are. You practically need a science degree to follow them. Your cycling training programs don’t need to be that complex. If you find yourself on the inner circle of the professional peloton, you’ll find that most professional cyclists’ training regimes aren’t anywhere near as complicated as those programs. If you can’t understand what you’re supposed to be doing, how on earth can you be expected to fully trust that what you’re doing is going to work? This is where your mind and body meet. Even if you follow it to the letter, if you don’t believe in what you’re doing, your mind won’t support your body and you won’t see the maximum results. In contrast, when you understand what you’re supposed to be doing on the bike and fully trust that it’s going to generate positive results, you’ll do everything without reservation. You’ll work the sessions harder and keep motivated throughout the whole process. The end result of this is YOU riding faster. Have you ever noticed how champion sports people often make the comment, "I’m just really enjoying my sport at the moment," just after they’ve won a big event? It’s not surprising. When you are enjoying what you are doing, your mind is supporting your body and your central nervous system is more responsive to deliver what your body needs. In the same way, when you’re enjoying what you’re doing, you’re more motivated and more energized and you complete the tasks with increased enthusiasm. It’s only natural that you’ll find yourself getting better results. If you’re dreading getting on the bike because you can’t stand the thought of the training you’ve got to do, you’ll never be able to experience the benefits that these principles bring. This aspect to performance is often ignored. However, it’s fundamental to seeing cycling success. . Rise above with MyCycling.com… We’ve now given you the key elements to cycling success. So are you applying them? Are you following the correct structure and timing of your cycling training so your body is most able to adapt and improve? Are you doing the best sessions possible for optimal outcomes? Are you using your time on the bike for maximum advantage? Are you following a clear and simply structured cycling training program to ensure you stay on track to see the kinds of improvements that you’re capable of? Do you have a supportive crew of fellow riders and experts helping you along the way? If you’re not, you’re riding slower than you should be. It’s as simple as that. But don’t worry, we can help. We’ve got everything you need to see massive improvements in your cycling. How we can help you get this right… first time! I hope at this point you’re asking the question… "So what makes you guys so special? Why are you any more equipped than the next guy to tell me how to ride my bike faster?" While we don’t want to appear to be on an ego trip here, we do know that it’s important to list credentials so you know we’re the real deal. The advice and training we provide is based on real world, in the trenches experience and is backed by results. Here are some of the highlights of the contributing coaches’ achievements: Selection for two Olympic Games Three Commonwealth Games (3 medals) Competition in Eight World Championships Winners of 8 National titles Holders of 18 National Records 24 National Championship Medals Competition in 24 World Cup Events 15 years of Professional Racing Coaching of the Australian National Team Australian Level 2 Certified Coaching Certificate and work with over five national team coaches and their programs, programs that have coached athletes like Robbie McEwen, Michael Rogers and Cadel Evans. With over 90 years of collective experience at the highest level of the sport at your disposal, we know that you will ride faster under our guidance We’re so confident in fact, we guarantee you’ll ride faster or we’ll give you your money back. Join the MyCycling.com Community Today! By joining MyCycling.com, you’ll have unlimited access to: Powerful training programs for time poor people. From the beginner right through to the racing cyclist. Advice and resources created by professional and ex-professional cyclists alike to ensure that you are given the RIGHT information first time. Whether you’re a beginner, or a long time campaigner, we’ve got the training and resources you need.
Let me first say, there is no magic bullet or magic pill you can take to turn yourself into a cycling machine. Sure, you could take some sort of illegal performance enhancing drug and see some good improvement quickly. However, you still need to get the training fundamentals right to see improvement from that. There are, however, several key ingredients that work in synergy and can provide exponential improvement. In other words, when things work together the affects are multiplied so the increases are greater.
When looking for cycling improvement, we need to ensure that what we do on and off the bike works together in synergy to have maximum effect. So what are the key cycling training ingredients to this kind of cycling success? Here are what we believe to be the essential elements that you need to have working together in synergy to see the maximum results possible. Ensuring the correct timing of your training. One of the most important ingredients to performing well on the bike is choosing what training you do when. Most people DON’T get the foundations right and when they try to build their training up, the walls come crashing down around them. You’ve got to think of your body like an engine. There are certain systems in your body that need to be trained first before you jump in and try to get other systems working. A good analogy is to imagine you want to build a fast race engine for a car. Before you would begin bolting on parts that make the engine go fast, you need to work on the existing block to make sure it is strong enough to handle the horsepower. Once you know that this foundation is solid then you can bolt in a nice cam, a big carb and a turbo knowing that the rest of the engine can handle it. If you made a choice to bolt a turbo and go-fast parts on a standard engine that was not correctly prepared, you couldn’t expect it to go as fast as it potentially should. Even worse, it is likely to break down and damage the engine when pushed hard. You must ensure you’re timing the type of cycling training you’re doing correctly to see maximum results. Selecting the best sessions There is an almost endless array of different training sessions you could select to do on any given day. The question is, which one is going to give maximum bang for buck so to speak? In other words, if you have certain objectives that you’re trying to achieve (for example, building strength), what session is going to yield the best results for the time you invest? This is where experience comes into play. Any number of cycling training sessions might "theoretically" work. It’s only when you try them in practice do you discover what produces the best results. You need to be doing the best sessions available to see optimal performance. Maximizing the use of available time Many people love cycling but don’t have as much time as they would like to ride their bike. This means that they want to maximize the gains they can achieve on each ride. Who’s going to pay the bills if you’re out on your bike all day? That’s why you should be applying the great principle named after a famous 18th century Italian economist to your cycling. It’s called the Pareto principle. It is also known as the law of the vital few. The principle states that the majority of effects come from the minority of causes. To put it in more simple terms, this means that the majority of improvements that most people see in their cycling performance originate from just a few of the things that they are doing right. So if you are riding 10 hours a week, it’s likely that only 2 of those hours are bringing the majority of your improvement. Which of course should make you think. . . why don’t I do more of the hours that are bringing the majority of improvement and fewer of the hours that don’t do much at all? Good question… and one you need to be asking to ensure you see yourself living up to your cycling potential.
Focusing on clear and simple training Cycling training DOESN’T need to be as complex as most people make out. If you’ve ever bought a cycling training book you’ll see just how convoluted and unnecessarily complicated they are. You practically need a science degree to follow them. Your cycling training programs don’t need to be that complex. If you find yourself on the inner circle of the professional peloton, you’ll find that most professional cyclists’ training regimes aren’t anywhere near as complicated as those programs. If you can’t understand what you’re supposed to be doing, how on earth can you be expected to fully trust that what you’re doing is going to work? This is where your mind and body meet. Even if you follow it to the letter, if you don’t believe in what you’re doing, your mind won’t support your body and you won’t see the maximum results. In contrast, when you understand what you’re supposed to be doing on the bike and fully trust that it’s going to generate positive results, you’ll do everything without reservation. You’ll work the sessions harder and keep motivated throughout the whole process. The end result of this is YOU riding faster. Have you ever noticed how champion sports people often make the comment, "I’m just really enjoying my sport at the moment," just after they’ve won a big event? It’s not surprising. When you are enjoying what you are doing, your mind is supporting your body and your central nervous system is more responsive to deliver what your body needs. In the same way, when you’re enjoying what you’re doing, you’re more motivated and more energized and you complete the tasks with increased enthusiasm. It’s only natural that you’ll find yourself getting better results. If you’re dreading getting on the bike because you can’t stand the thought of the training you’ve got to do, you’ll never be able to experience the benefits that these principles bring. This aspect to performance is often ignored. However, it’s fundamental to seeing cycling success. . Rise above with MyCycling.com… We’ve now given you the key elements to cycling success. So are you applying them? Are you following the correct structure and timing of your cycling training so your body is most able to adapt and improve? Are you doing the best sessions possible for optimal outcomes? Are you using your time on the bike for maximum advantage? Are you following a clear and simply structured cycling training program to ensure you stay on track to see the kinds of improvements that you’re capable of? Do you have a supportive crew of fellow riders and experts helping you along the way? If you’re not, you’re riding slower than you should be. It’s as simple as that. But don’t worry, we can help. We’ve got everything you need to see massive improvements in your cycling. How we can help you get this right… first time! I hope at this point you’re asking the question… "So what makes you guys so special? Why are you any more equipped than the next guy to tell me how to ride my bike faster?" While we don’t want to appear to be on an ego trip here, we do know that it’s important to list credentials so you know we’re the real deal. The advice and training we provide is based on real world, in the trenches experience and is backed by results. Here are some of the highlights of the contributing coaches’ achievements: Selection for two Olympic Games Three Commonwealth Games (3 medals) Competition in Eight World Championships Winners of 8 National titles Holders of 18 National Records 24 National Championship Medals Competition in 24 World Cup Events 15 years of Professional Racing Coaching of the Australian National Team Australian Level 2 Certified Coaching Certificate and work with over five national team coaches and their programs, programs that have coached athletes like Robbie McEwen, Michael Rogers and Cadel Evans. With over 90 years of collective experience at the highest level of the sport at your disposal, we know that you will ride faster under our guidance We’re so confident in fact, we guarantee you’ll ride faster or we’ll give you your money back. Join the MyCycling.com Community Today! By joining MyCycling.com, you’ll have unlimited access to: Powerful training programs for time poor people. From the beginner right through to the racing cyclist. Advice and resources created by professional and ex-professional cyclists alike to ensure that you are given the RIGHT information first time. Whether you’re a beginner, or a long time campaigner, we’ve got the training and resources you need.
NFL And Changes That Might Work
Raiders sign Palmer
Today the NFL trade deadline expires, and Carson Palmer certainly got what he wanted: to play for another team other than the Bengals, the franchise with which he has been since he entered the NFL back in 2003 (he was the first overall pick of that year). The Raiders is the team that signed the 31 year veteran, and Oakland’s coach Hue Jackson is familiarized with the player Jackson was the wide receivers coach for Cincinnati from 2004 to 2006, which is probably one of the best times in the career of Palmer, who wanted an exit from the Bengals after a disastrous 4-12 2010 season.
Ponder will start instead of McNabb
Trusting the experience of veteran Donovan McNabb was not the best of choices for the Vikings, who are now 1-5, and that is the main reason why Coach Leslie Frazier has decided to give rookie Christian Ponder the quarterback starting job. McNabb was benched most of last season by the Redskins in favor of Rex Grossman, and the Vikings acquired the veteran in hopes that a change of franchises will increase the potential of McNabb, but sadly for Minnesota that was not the case, and now Ponder will have to prove that he is worthy of the position he has been given.
Marshall and Moore, the right combination for the Dolphins
Brandon Marshall went out of bounds in a play that could have ended in an easy 6-pointer for the Dolphins, whom are now 0-5 and whom also lost Chad Henne, their starting quarterback, for the rest of the season as he underwent shoulder surgery. Marshall, on his first start for Miami this year, look well performing along Matt Moore, the guy that will be calling the shots from now on as QB number one for the Florida franchise, and it seems like the Dolphins will have to give Marshall more chances as starter in order to see if the combination of him with Moore can give the hapless Dolphins a reason not to give up.
Polamalu cleared, will starts against Cards
After a concussion between Troy Polamalu and Maurice Jones-Drew in the game that the Steelers won 17-13 over the Jaguars that looked serious at first sight, the doctors of the Pittsburgh franchise has given the green light for Polamalu to start against the Cardinals, a team that features wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who proved to be a headache for the Steelers at the 2009 Super Bowl, and who might take advantage if a guy like Polamalu is not lined up.
Today the NFL trade deadline expires, and Carson Palmer certainly got what he wanted: to play for another team other than the Bengals, the franchise with which he has been since he entered the NFL back in 2003 (he was the first overall pick of that year). The Raiders is the team that signed the 31 year veteran, and Oakland’s coach Hue Jackson is familiarized with the player Jackson was the wide receivers coach for Cincinnati from 2004 to 2006, which is probably one of the best times in the career of Palmer, who wanted an exit from the Bengals after a disastrous 4-12 2010 season.
Ponder will start instead of McNabb
Trusting the experience of veteran Donovan McNabb was not the best of choices for the Vikings, who are now 1-5, and that is the main reason why Coach Leslie Frazier has decided to give rookie Christian Ponder the quarterback starting job. McNabb was benched most of last season by the Redskins in favor of Rex Grossman, and the Vikings acquired the veteran in hopes that a change of franchises will increase the potential of McNabb, but sadly for Minnesota that was not the case, and now Ponder will have to prove that he is worthy of the position he has been given.
Marshall and Moore, the right combination for the Dolphins
Brandon Marshall went out of bounds in a play that could have ended in an easy 6-pointer for the Dolphins, whom are now 0-5 and whom also lost Chad Henne, their starting quarterback, for the rest of the season as he underwent shoulder surgery. Marshall, on his first start for Miami this year, look well performing along Matt Moore, the guy that will be calling the shots from now on as QB number one for the Florida franchise, and it seems like the Dolphins will have to give Marshall more chances as starter in order to see if the combination of him with Moore can give the hapless Dolphins a reason not to give up.
Polamalu cleared, will starts against Cards
After a concussion between Troy Polamalu and Maurice Jones-Drew in the game that the Steelers won 17-13 over the Jaguars that looked serious at first sight, the doctors of the Pittsburgh franchise has given the green light for Polamalu to start against the Cardinals, a team that features wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who proved to be a headache for the Steelers at the 2009 Super Bowl, and who might take advantage if a guy like Polamalu is not lined up.
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