Group items tagged

If Mark Twain thinks golf is "a good walk spoiled", then putting must be a brief pause to make you reconsider ever walking again. With about 50% of our score being determined on the green, we are constantly in search of the "secret" to getting the little white ball to disappear into the cup.Lucky for us, there is no shortage of really smart people also looking for the answer. The first 8 months of 2008 have been no exception, with a golf cart full of research papers on just the topic of putting.

The uncertain dismissal of PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf has put on hold the announcement of the prospective Pakistan squad as well as the name of its new coach.

Rayo Vallecano are finally in a position to dream of La Liga survival. Photograph: Javier Etxezarreta/EPA In the middle of Rayo Vallecano's dark days, when they'd been beaten 15 times in 20 games and the goals were flying in; when they'd let in five from Atlético Madrid, five from Málaga, five from Villarreal, four from Espanyol, four from Sevilla, four from Barcelona, three from Madrid, three from Osasuna, and three from Valladolid; when they plummeted to 19th and stayed there for 11 long weeks; when the only reason they didn't fall further was that Betis were even worse; when even a glimmer of hope, a 4-1 win over Málaga, immediately gave way to a six-goal hammering; and when relegation wasn't an "if" but a "when"; there was a phrase that got repeated over and over: Paco Jémez will die with his ideas. Paco Jémez, though, had other ideas. Not because Rayo's coach was going to back down on his principles - "any club that signs me knows what it's getting," he insisted - but because he didn't have any intention of dying at all. Even when Rayo were a disaster, Jémez had his defenders. Off the pitch, that is. Last season, only two teams in Europe had the ball more than Rayo did: Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Early this season, when Rayo played Barcelona, they had more possession than them, the first team to manage it in 316 games. They threw men into attack, they were fun to watch, and parading the touchline in a dizzying array of multicoloured elbow patches and waistcoats, pink shirts and purple ties, Jémez urged them forward, always. In a country that values the aesthetic, or in which some do, he was eulogised for the way his teams played de tú a tú: as equals. Rayo didn't simply defend - sometimes they didn't defend at all - but instead they went for it. And, mostly, they lost. Rayo took the ball off Barcelona and Jémez declared himself "very proud". But they were beaten 4-0. They went to the Camp Nou where they were praised by Barcelona's

In the golf world, the 'yips' can be used to describe any kind of loss of putting form but amongst golf coaching professionals, it is normally reserved for a serious breakdown in the psycho-neuro-muscular process of hitting the ball at all.

VITCHELO products a new leading, fast growing outdoor brand because we put the customer first.

VITCHELO products a new leading, fast growing outdoor brand because we put the customer first.

How fast is this world changing. With dreams becoming reality is a split second. Without anyone having to wait for ages before an idea could be conceptualized and then put to reality. All you need today is an idea and some guts to make them real.

How fast is this world changing. With dreams becoming reality is a split second. Without anyone having to wait for ages before an idea could be conceptualized and then put to reality. All you need today is an idea and some guts to make them real.

The aim is to get people to live more adventurously; to try something they've been putting off for a while, such as finishing that backyard vegetable garden they've been talking about forever.

The masterstroke player and a stunning batsman Virender Sehwag put forth his urge to be included in Delhi Daredevils for being a part of astonishing upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). However, Delhi has already started working on rejigging of the Delhi Daredevil squad.

Whistling Straits Golf Course is rank as no. 1 attraction in Kohler. From July 1st through September 30th, 2013 we have put together a Stay and Play that promises to be the golf experience of a lifetime. We've even included a free 1/2 hour lesson with video analysis at The Kohler Golf Academy to insure you've got your "A-Game"! What are you waiting for? Book for a golf vacation at GolfZoo now!

You have your eye on that star athlete whom you would really like to see wearing your team's uniform next year. You have written letters, made a couple of calls, but are looking for that extra edge to put your school on top as their number one choice.

I always advocate publishing content (articles, blogs) on multiple web platforms, to really put it work as a marketing tool, so when I heard about Google Knol I was immediately interested. A 'Knol' is, according to Google, a unit of knowledge. Essentially Google Knol is a collection of articles, but the twist is that is that you can allow other users to edit your own 'Knols', either moderated or unmoderated.

There's a growing consensus in the academic and popular literature that our attitude and our mindset are more important than our technical capability that make a difference to our success. As Zig Ziglar puts it, "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."

The web means that you can get free publicity quite easily and without spending money on PR - but you have to put yourself out there, for example by blogging or writing articles.

Imagine winning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. No really, go ahead, close your eyes and visualize it. What did you see? Were you standing on the medal platform looking out at the crowd, waving and taking in the scene through your own eyes, or were you a spectator in the crowd watching yourself getting the medal put around your neck? This choice between "first-person" or "third-person" visualization actually makes a difference on our motivation to achieve a future goal.

I know it sounds amazing but professional athletes having spinal surgery is a common occurrence even in this day and age of advanced Pilates protocols, gym ball work outs, heated yoga sessions and Bosu ball functional ballistic movement programmes. Some players just refuse to put the effort in and end up in the hands of the surgeon.

Some of Indian cricketers in Australia put behind all Australian cricketers in some incredible records during the Australia tour at past.

Jamshedpur FC and NorthEast United will be facing off tonight. NorthEast are third on the table with 17 points, and Jamshedpur just below them with 14. NorthEast will surely be ready to put the extra pressure on to try and remove Goa from the second spot on the table. Here's our preview.

Indian fast bowler Umesh Yadav turned 31 today. He has been in the mix since many years now in the top level. The Vidarbha pacer may not feature consistently as he would have liked, but he has always put in a shift. The hard working pacer is an example for budding cricketers. Here's more.