Sport and Exercise

Water polo is one of eight sports yet to have its funding for 2012 decided. UK Sport have said that no sport will be cast adrift -but with current funding levels water polo has already been drowned. Only sports which are 'competitive' will have a place in the Games but how can a team sport achieve the required standard with a budget that does not allow the current improvements in performance to continue?

The Sports Development Foundation Scotland (SDFS) is a registered Scottish charity,[1] and company,[2] established to increase the finance available to Scottish sporting organisations by raising money through donations from individuals and companies directly to their specific projects of choice.

ndy Murray's loss this week in the Australian Open served as a timely reminder of just how tough elite sport is.I mean, that's obvious, right? Surely by definition, to be the best in the World is a fantastically difficult thing to achieve. But that's on one level....

This morning I published a blog on CelebrityTweeter.com about the sports stars who do Twitter. This might seem like an easy task, but no, it was actually really hard to find 20 sports stars who Twitter. To be honest, I had to push the envelope (as they say) just a bit. I managed to find a Swedish showjumper and a college football coach to hemp me make up the numbers.But why is that?

Cool info and discussion about the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Bulls.

Well I kinda gave away what this post is about right off of the bat. We are all blessed or cursed (depends on how you see it) with a natural body type. This largely due to our genetics (thanks mom and dad) and is something that is pretty much irreversible. There are three different body types classified as Ectomorph, Endomorph and Mesomorph. For most of us, mesomorph is ideal and pretty much the entire reason we hit the gym week in and out. Although we cannot reverse the way we were born and decide to come out a mesomorph, can we change it?

Recently, there seems to be a lot of buzz going on about interval training being very beneficial to weight loss and body composition. As I am a huge proponent of interval training I find that most people have a general idea of what interval training is but do not know the correct way to perform intervals. Many people believe that if they just go balls out for a while than relax for a while they are performing an interval. A true interval should be done based on an individual's heart rate.

The first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year, the Australian Open, begins tomorrow and the pre-tournament jousting has begun. Andy Murray, having won the "World Championships" (an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi) and the Qatar Open already, is the form player on the tour just now, and he has certainly been the centre of attention out in Melbourne, but it would be foolish to rush to conclusions on the evidence of those events.Andy Murray

Oh dear, oh dear, another ghastly portrayal of sport psychology in the media!!! In today's Times, a double page spread about British tennis hopeful, Anne Keothavong relates her experience with an American sport psychologist, who told her to talk to a tree.

With the 24/7 media coverage of pro sport, sports fans have become accustomed to and somewhat complacent with hearing about athletes and their deviant acts.In fact, new statistics reveal that bad behavior is clearly evident among high school athletes, particularly in high-contact sports.

A mixed bag of views and observations on the psychology of sport, and sports business.

Did you know that 90% of us will suffer from back problems at some time in our lives? 60% will be sub-acute or chronic and at least half of these cases will be caused by poor posture. Pilates can help you avoid this.

This is my profile on peak performance - sports performance website.

Alright, the title may be a little deceiving but when it comes down to it, it's true and hopefully grabbed your attention. The human body is designed to run in a status quo style where it is constantly attempting to stay at homeostasis. Homeostasis is defined as the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent elements, esp. as maintained by physiological processes. Basically it wants to stay neutral, to stay level, to stay the same.

If you are looking to make a case for which organization is "Best in Class" when it comes to corporate partnerships, look no further than Barcelona FC. The football club does an incredible job detailing the assets/rights, opportunities, and events that are available to corporate partners looking to align their brand with the organization.

This is the third day I follow the whole plan, including breathing exercises, meditation, zhan zhuan and the scheduled workout. The first day is always a bit hard after I stop for more than a week, but I believe it is pretty much like training in general: people who have practiced before have some sort of "practical memory" and they recover their ability fast. In strength training, people have different (yet not sanctioned by the scientific community) names for this: muscle memory, neural memory and others.

A player can feel it during a game when they hit a match-winning goal or when they miss a wide open net. A team can feel it when they come back from a deficit late in the game or when their lead in the league vanishes. A fan can feel it as their team "catches fire" or goes "as cold as ice". And, play-by-play announcers love to talk about it. We know it as the "Big Mo", the "Hot Hand", and being "In The Zone" while the psychologists call it Psychological Momentum. But, does it really exist? Is it just a temporary shift in confidence and mood or does it actually change the outcome of a game or a season? As expected, there are lots of opinions available.

The loneliest men in sports have not been making any friends lately. Both umpires and referees have been making news, despite their often repeated goal, stated by World Series rookie umpire Tom Hallion said after Game 3: "As an umpire, you never want to be involved in the outcome of the game." He added: "We like to get every play right. We're human beings, and sometimes we get them wrong." So, assuming officials want some kind of automated technical assistance, what is available?

For any sports business looking to use the internet as a marketing tool, iStadia works.Here is a relatively trivial example, yet one that demonstrates what can be achieved by posting on iStadia - whether that be through blogs, articles, news, jobs or events.

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.