When I played major league baseball I often had trouble getting ready to hit. The reason was that when I tried to get ready by moving my upper body, it did not come natural and took my concentration away from timing and seeing the ball. I developed a lower half movement that felt much more
How to bet football games? Perhaps, this is the first question a beginner player requests in his mind mind deciding to bet on his preferred team. The answer to this question is that there are many ways. Each way has its own defined set of rules that must be followed for the betting game to
Remember Howie Long? No, not the bespectacled and bookish Howie Long that sits behind a desk every Sunday on the Fox network, trading barbs with Terry Bradshaw. We're talking the tough, driven, body slamming, hot-tempered Howie Long that led the Oakland Raiders to their Super Bowl victory in 1984 and who realized that great uppercut
The University of Virginia Cavaliers share a nickname with the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA franchise but that is where the similarities end. The explanation for the University of Virginia Cavaliers nickname actually involves a story of historical significance to the region. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia the school with a total student population of close to 20,000
There are only two main sites that users can choose from to play daily fantasy, DraftKings and FanDuel. Both sites share similarities but at the same time are drastically different. Both are similar in popularity and have been around since the beginning of daily fantasy sports. Both sites offer hundreds of contracts and pay out
Who can really say what those 10 are? How do you determine the best? Are they the most dramatic? The most historically significant? Those packed with the biggest stars? It all depends on your criteria. Top 10 lists are as subjective as figure-skating scores. Anyway, taking into account all the above categories, here’s one man’s
I'd vent to say 99% of articles written on how to become a better pitcher are geared to the mechanical portion of pitching, which of course is the most important aspect of "Beginning" pitching. However, there is much more. Baseball pitching is the act of learning grips, presses, mechanics and execution, which is by no
Maybe I am old-fashioned, but I still believe a baseball-batting tee is the best sitting aid there is. There are other helpful fitting devices that have come out on the market over the years, but none of those can do all that a batting tee can do. Of course, that is if players and coaches
Basketball, of course, has specific problems that vary day to day, game to game, and situation to situation. Every single time the ball is dribbled, a player cuts to the basket, a coach calls out a play, any type of slight change can cause a new problem throughout the game. How well you adapt these
People all over the world love to watch and play basketball. Many famous players, including Michael Jordan, Yao Ming, and Kobe Bryant, are global celebrities. You may not be on their level as a player, but if you love to play basketball, you might find a trampoline basketball as another conditioning tool. Make it your
