High Jump Training

The bar is set at a predetermined height and jumpers attempt to clear the bar. There are special high jump shoes with spiked heels used for gaining additional traction in the run up to the foul line. The approach to the bar is often more important than the actual take off. If you approach at the wrong angle or run without enough force, clearing the bar is more of a challenge. Jumpers run at an angle of 30-40 degrees, and it takes between 8 and 13 strides to get to the jumping line. There are many different styles of jumping. Rather, its first recorded event took place in 19th century Scotland. (Though there were similar events in the Olympiad and it is contested that the high jump has been occurring since ancient Greece, the Scottish version was almost identical, if not more elementary, than the jump of today.) In the good old days, jumpers gained momentum and strength by scissoring over the bar.

Within the first three steps of their approach they have already started their curve. Because it is hard to tell how fast you are accelerating and traveling during the curve, this leads to inconsistent jumps and poor performance. A simply ritual like rocking back on your back foot or doing two skips to start your approach lets your body know you are high jumping again. It can help you get incredible consistent because your muscles will get used to the repetition. You may not currently jump in any of your exercises but I believe jumping will benefit in your performance all the way across the board. A persons jumping ability is not a natural born talent as most believe, you can train your body to improve your jumping ability. Not only does high jump training improve your jumping ability, you will see positive results in other areas of performance.

The idea is to create a high jump training program that involves vertical jumping, fast action, and powerful movements. So in the process you will improve your cardio, strength, balance, coordination, and speed ability. I prefer choosing exercises that are exploding, which practically means your are putting a lot of energy into each exercise. Most exercises that I use would fall into plyometrics, but there are more specific vertical jump training exercises out there today. I believe that plyometrics is a better system, in that it is more of a total body workout. Some general exercises that I would recommend would be: wall vertical jump, different types of leg squats, jump roping, and jump boxes. The most vital component of any exercise program is proper warming up and cooling down. You will realize that jumping puts a lot of stress on your muscle, joints, and tendons. This why it is so important to properly stretch and cool down your body.

My Favorite Sport - Boating

You can prevent your family and visiting friends from turning into the Hulk from swimming in your pool by following certain basic practices. Giving green hair to those you care for does not make you thought of kindly and can definitely make for anger. When the sun is beating down, working out in the water also keeps your body temperature regulated. Face it, when summer is at its peak, it's hard to muster the energy to undertake a workout in the heat and/or humidity, right? When you take a water aerobics class - whether in a group setting or in the comfort of your own backyard - you can get a good workout in 30 minutes. Water resistance offers a way to build muscle strength and flexibility and working out in the water help you build a healthy heart and lungs.

Buying a boat in Hong Kong makes sense for a whole range of different reasons, with economic, geographic and social aspects all taken into consideration it is among the Asian region rated as the best place for boat ownership. Hong Kong law is extremely kind on boat ownership, with virtually no taxes on owning pleasure boats, and with only a nominal yearly license charge to the Marine Department, making it at the top of Asian countries for owning a boat. Boating is a favorable leisure activity for many. The sheer joy of going cruising on the pristine clear water is hard to resist. But a little careless attitude has often leads to some severe boating accidents. Following are some of the reasons behind such mishaps.

The three navigation instruments that a boater should start with are a compass, a VHF radio, and a depth finder. Everyone uses their boat in different ways and for different purposes. As a sail boater, one would think I would have different needs than a power boater. What I have found is that sail boaters and power boaters use the same basic instruments. you will need to have the proper stainless steel fitting. The right way of fastening lifelines and handholds such as pulpits and stanchions to the boat's superstructure and to the deck is by ensuring that you check the condition of the boating fittings.

Old people's winter exercise

In winter, the temperature would drop sharply. However, old people may still hold passion to do exercise. It is easy for them to be in danger when they are doing winter sports early or late per day. The common diseases would be fractures, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, etc. Therefore, old people should not do outdoor sports if the temperature is too low. When doing exercise, they must take every factor into consideration. Otherwise, respiratory diseases would be caused to undermine the healthy condition. It is suggested by the experts that old people may take care body feature, time and sports items to avoid danger.

First of all, the sports time should not be long as the one for young players. The people in senior ages may adjust the sports time according to the body condition. Such as climbing mountain, senior people in cities may take bus or long-time drive to reach the mountain and then start climbing. The longer time people in senior ages use, more exercise amount they would pay for. In order to avoid any accident in cold winter, old people may make use of the limited time and hold it in full control.

Secondly, old people should learn to get sports gear prepared in advance. There is misconception for lots of people that ordinary exercise may not ask for special sports gear. In fact, it is necessary to get the sports gear. At least, old people should ensure wearing the sports clothes with lax, comfortable and easy design. Old people may take on or off the clothes easily when doing exercise in winter. In order to avoid any danger for respiratory diseases, old people should put on the clothes in time for keeping warm.

In addition, once old people get the full sports gear, old people may learn to control the sports pace. As we know, the sports pace may influence the comfort feeling by too faster or slower exercise. It is shown by research that fast jogging and mountain climbing may be listed as acute exercise for old people. During winter if old people climb mountain twice a week, it may not be the regular sports and old people may fully control the sports pace. The wise choice for winter exercise for old people may start from the sports with short and slow sports items. Especially in winter, acute sports would influence the respiratory system easily. So the people in senior ages may fully take care of the details for exercise items.

Sports Channels

    
    Watch live sports if you are tired of drama series and fiction, then go for sports, because sports are the new way to hold entertainment. Sports, as a medium of entertainment, are accepted and appreciated everywhere. It has become an integral part of the society. There are many people crazy about sports. They do not want to miss any opportunity, to catch the telecast of any sport.
Due to the craze of people for sports to watch them live, people go to any limit. Sports lovers don't leave any occasion, where they can watch their desired sports. Looking at the craze of people, many sports channel telecast sports matches. Viewers gather to watch them. The joy of watching any sport, is in watching it with friends or family. It multiplies the joy of winning and lessens the sorrow of losing any game.
    Millions of eyes stick on the TV sets, when any important match takes place. Holding their breath, they glue their eyes to know what's gonna happen next. Although there are many viewers who watch matches on TV, the priority of sports lovers is always live sports. In every case, no sports' devotee would refuse to watch live sports, if given an opportunity.
    This way, the importance of sports has been increasing day by day, because it keeps one away from the fabricated world, and lets one enters the real adventure. Sports mainly seize the attention of men. They are the main devotees of every sport. Women also participate and show interest in sports, but their number is always less compared to men. However, both men and women jointly increase the figure of sports lovers, who switch to a sports channel to accomplish their desires.
    These channels also help in popularizing the sports by broadcasting them to each and every corner. With the help of the channels, the number of viewers, crazy about sports, is increasing day by day. This definitely has an effect on the TRP of the channel. These channels serve sports direct from the playground, and give viewers a feel, that they are watching the match or game live. The sense to watch sports live is more than anything for the hungry sports lovers.
    Talking about the sports, every country adores different sports. Sports have the capability to make people go crazy for it. They can compel one to celebrate wholeheartedly, and also bear the potential to make one cry. Therefore, sports channels are coming ahead to fulfill the desires of viewers, because they know that sports is the need of the hour.

Aneke thrilled to replace Osaze

Leading scorer in the NPL Jude Aneke has said he is thrilled to replace injured Osaze Odemwingie in the Eagles squad for matches against Botswana and Zambia. Last week, Kaduna United striker Aneke set a new all-time record in the NPL of 20 goals in a season.

"It's a surprise for me but I believe I deserve it just like Ahmed Musa scored 18 goals last season and was rewarded with a call-up to the Super Eagles," Aneke said. "It's been great for me to be where I am within two years of playing non-league football. The credit must go to my coach Maurice Cooreman.

"My next target is to make a good impression with the Eagles, if I get to play."

The 21-year-old is also set to join Belgian club Gent soon.

Osaze has been ruled out of the Eagles matches because of a knee injury he suffered in training.

The Eagles host Botswana in Benin City on Saturday and three days later they tackle Zambia in another friendly in Kaduna under new coach Stephen Keshi.

Nigeria will line up a formidable team as they begin again under a new head coach soon after the short reign of sacked coach Samson Siasia.

Can Eagles soar with Big Boss?

At last, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has been handed the opportunity he had long dreamt of, to coach the Super Eagles of Nigeria, more than 16 years after he captained the national team to lift the Nations Cup at Tunisia’94 and also led the Nigerian team to its first World Cup appearance same year.

Many had tipped the former Super Eagles’ captain, popularly known as the Big Boss, to succeed Dutchman Clemence Westerhof as Nigeria’s coach. Even the Dutch tactician himself predicted that Keshi had the qualities to succeed him as Nigeria’s coach giving his phenomenal influence as captain of the Super Eagles. But Keshi had to wait since then till Wednesday, November 2, 2011 to actualise that ultimate ambition of his.

What is, however, agitating the minds of most soccer-loving Nigerians, particularly, those that have followed Keshi’s career both as a player and as a coach, is whether the Super Eagles would fly under the Delta State-born ex-international.

An ex-international, who would not want his name in prints, recalled that it was Keshi that introduced mafia syndrome in the national team.

“I have my fears that Keshi may not succeed as Super Eagles’ coach. He believes in the divide and rule principle of leadership. Don’t forget that he was the one that introduced mafia syndrome in the national team. That was how he earned the nickname, Big Boss,” he recalled.

Already, many people have expressed doubts as to whether the former New Nigeria Bank (NNB) FC of Benin would not repeat the same mistakes Coach Samson Siasia made as handler of the senior national team. Although his record of qualifying tiny Togo for the 2006 World Cup in Germany remains legendary, Keshi’s ability to manage players has been a major source of worry to many observers and football analysts.

“I have a great deal of respect for Keshi, particularly, for leading Togo to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, but my fear is that he lacks the ability to manage his players,” Kaduna United’s Belgian tactician, Maurice Cooreman, noted.

Cooreman cited Keshi’s celebrated row with Togo’s inspirational captain, Emmanuel Adebayor, which led to the latter’s suspension from the national team during the first tenure of the former as coach of Togo. It was widely alleged that both parties fell apart because Adebayor refused Keshi’s move to become his manager.

Keshi, also, had similar experience with Sevilla of Spain forward and former African Footballer of the Year, Fredrick Kanoute, while he was coaching the Eagles of Mali.

A coach that would confine his best player to the bench in a crucial game when the said player was not injured or serving match suspension due to card offence, certainly, has a man-managing deficiency. A mature coach should know when and where to draw the line between personal ego and professionalism.

For ex-international, Jonathan Akpoborie, Keshi might not fair better than Siasia, not necessarily because he is not qualified as a coach, but for the simple reason that the job of rebuilding the Super Eagles would be too enormous for the Big Boss or any indigenous coach for that matter.

Keshi in for trouble -Owolabi

Ex-international, Dr Felix Owolabi (MON), has warned that the new Super Eagles’ manager, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, could be in for trouble in his new assignment.

Owoblow, who over the weekend, bared his mind on the state of Nigerian football in an interview he granted Sportsville, said he has fears that Keshi might end up going the way of Samson Siasia.

The Ibadan-based former Green Eagles winger, noted that Keshi might not perform any magic with the Eagles given the environment he is going to operate in.

He pointed out that what Nigerian football needs at the moment was a re-building process and not tasking a coach to qualify the nation for one competition or the other as the NFF has mandated Keshi to do.

“I just hope they are not bringing Keshi to kill him. Keshi has been mandated to take us to South Africa 2013 Nations Cup and the Brazil 2014 World Cup where they want him to reach the quarterfinals. If I were Keshi, I will tell them to keep their job because it is to me, a tall order given how down our football has gone.

“What we need now is to start a re-building process, to plan for the future, to correct the mistakes that has brought our football to where it is today, and no coach can build a solid team in the midst of competitions. As we all know, the problem of our football goes beyond coaching.

“The environment is not conducive for any coach to perform. Keshi needs to be very careful, he needs all the prayers to succeed,” Owolabi said. It would be noted that Keshi was last week named the new Super Eagles’ manager after the board of the nation’s soccer governing body, the NFF sacked Coach Samson Siasia for failing to qualify Nigeria for the 2012 Nations Cup in Gabon/ Equatorial Guinea.

Keshi is expected to face his first baptism of fire as new Eagles’ manager when Nigeria will face Africa’s team of the moment and giant killer, Botswana, in an international friendly at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, on November 11.

Botswana had during the Nations Cup qualifiers, put up a five-star performance that saw the team beat Tunisia home and away.

NFF to interfere in Eagles' coach duties

Nigeria Football Federation president, Aminu Maigari has hinted that the new Eagles' coach would not be allowed to wield absolute powers, recalling that Samson Siasia had absolute authority over the affairs of the team during his 10-months spell but still had shortcomings. .

Maigari declared in Abuja that the federation, in the new dispensation, would guard against dressing room disharmony by paying attention to little details, which are capable of causing disaffection between players and coach.

"We gave Siasia too much powers. But obviously he failed to manage the situation well.

"We would get involved with the team's conduct this time around and we would introduce a code of conduct to check the ex

NFF may announce Keshi as Siasia's replacement on Wednesday

The choice of Keshi as successor to Samson Siasia, who was sacked on Friday after the NFF board meeting, was agreed by the majority of the board even though some of the members argued that the former Togo coach was not technically better than Siasia.

A member of the NFF board, who pleaded anonymity, told The Guardian over the weekend in Abuja that majority of the members wanted the former Super Eagles assistant coach to step into he job, having come second during the interview that produced Siasia as the coach.

The board member also revealed that the decision to give Keshi the job was informed by the insistence of the federation that it did not want a vacuum in the Super Eagles technical crew since the team was expected to reconvene soon for the 2013 African Nations Cup qualifying series.

"The Federation is going to announce Keshi as Siasia's replacement as coach of the super Eagles on Wednesday, but his full status I am not in a position to say now because some board members are against giving him a full contract. There are strong indications that it would be on acting bases, because we are still weighing the options of hiring a foreign coach for the Eagles.

"His choice was based on the simple fact that he attended the interview with Siasia. We want to avoid the situation of inviting fresh applications from other coaches. We just want somebody to start working on acting basis until we finally resolve on the possibility of hiring a foreign coach. For now, we have settled for Keshi," the source noted.

Asked why the board decided to sack Siasia despite Nigerians' call that he be given a second chance, the board member noted that Siasia's greatest undoing was his arrogance to the technical committee members, as well as the clause on his contract.

"The reports and recommendations of the technical committee were very unfavourable. They said that Siasia was very arrogant to them; that he talks down on all of them, and was not ready to listen to suggestions.

"They gave an example of an incident when the technical committee wanted him to remove injured Chibuzor Okonkwo since he had not been playing for Heartland, but he refused. During the match against Guinea, it was obvious Siasia was biased and sentimental in his selections. He fielded his boys," he noted.

On the conditions that would have saved Siasia from sack, the board member said; "I can tell you the general feeling of most members was that if Siasia had resigned immediately after the match, he would have been retained, but his overconfidence was his greatest undoing."