Conditions seem to be shaping up nicely for this ski season and no doubt, many of you have booked your annual week away on the slopes. However, there is always the nagging feeling in the back of your mind that it may be cut short due to injury.
DartfishTV - a new video streaming/storage platform was utilized daily at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. This is a Q&A with Kristin Collins, the High Performance Technician for Canadian Olympics in Beijing 2008 and with Own the Podium 2010.
Blurred vision, no appetite, extreme fatigue and mental confusion are only some of the symptoms. I only know I am hungry when my head feels heavy and I can't move - some weird hypoglycemic reaction to heat. Have no idea why.
First off let me begin by talking a little about what eccentric training actual is and means. An eccentric movement is a "yeilding" movement where you are allowing the weight to lower (most of the time). Concentric is the opposite of eccentric and is actually where you are attempting to overcome the weight in which you are using.
Many people that have suffered from back pain are very hesitant to train or exercise their low back because they feel as though it will "flare up". Although training the low back is essential in order to get rid of the low back pain, it is not the first place we need to look for help.
Ask most people what Pilates is all about and the answer is invariably "your core" or "core stability". But what is it, which muscles are involved and what exactly happens?
The booing that Emmanuel Eboue received from the his own (Arsenal) fans as he was taken off this weekend has sparked a great deal of media debate. I think there are a number of reasons why Arsenal fans felt that it was OK to boo him on Saturday
British Water Polo coaches have been utilising made to measure performance analysis services to support their work both in training and at competitions.EIS Performance Analyst Sheonah Hunt has been working with the British Water Polo squads for a year now and talks to eis2win.co.uk on how performance analysis has been utilised within the sport.
Powerlifter and scientist Marilia Coutinho continues her personal experiment, exploring the use of tai chi chuang to develop mental skills for powerlifting performance.
Joe Calzaghe achieved one of his dreams by comprehensively beating Roy Jones Jr last night at Madison Square Gardens, his 46th straight win as a professional boxer. In the past he suggested that he woudl retire if he did. So should he?
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Throughout my career I have been determined to present sport psychology in a palatable and digestable format. Often some of the concepts and methodologies presented by the psychologist can be a little "clunky" to say the least.This led me to develop the Mindsport card series.
The BBC reported that tonight's Roy Jones Jr versus Joe Calzaghe fight at Madison Square Gardens has been suffering from sluggish ticket sales. Are Jones & Calzaghe to 'nice' or is the problem that they're doing it without a promoter?
"Keep going son" is a phrase that is shouted many times when parents want to support their children on the side of a football pitch. Nowadays, parents are highly involved and visible in youth football. With sports such as football providing a public arena for parents to provide immediate and specific feedback to their children, it is important for coaches to understand parents' involvement in competitive youth sport settings
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