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by ralphseo

British Summer of Sport 2012

It's hard to remember there ever being a better summer of sport for Britain and what a start to the ‘golden decade of British sport'.

The feats of Bradley Wiggins and Rory McIlroy before the end of the Games are almost distant memories given the more recent – and staggering achievements of Team GB, Andy Murray and the Ryder Cup team. Much has been made of the legacy of the Games but what does that mean beyond screen-filled competitive drama?

British cycling is thriving like never before and can even claim to have helped Britain's lagging retail sector with Halfords, the UK's biggest bike traders reported a 14.7% jump in bike sales in the three months to the end of September. On top of this Sky announced yesterday (11th October) that it had prematurely smashed its 2013 target of getting 1 million Brit's cycling regularly.

One area that can also claim a leap forward is women's sport. An unprecedented 70,584 spectators supported the Team GB football stars as they took on Brazil in their group-game contest whilst female boxing was put on the map by Nicola Adams. Such was her impact (literally and figuratively) that not only are boxing gyms seeing more girls show up to train but the sport has now been selected for the Glasgow 2014 Games for the first time in the event's history.

While the increased numbers of participation help to serve the summer's legacy, Rebecca Hopkins, MD of ENS, a London sports agency, says the triumphs off-court are just as important: "The summer of sport has been amazing to live through and has undoubtedly left a myriad of happy memories in millions of minds. However for the Games' legacy aspirations to be realized that is not enough – and to my mind it isn't just about the sporting endeavours on track, field, court and pitch. British sport isn't all about tracksuits; there are a lot of us ‘suits' too.

"Clearly the more people doing sport the better, whether it is young people who are the future of professional sport or adults who realize just how personally rewarding sport can be. On the flip side of this – and I say this as the MD of a sports public relations firm – I would like to see the business side of sport flourish too.

"Many British companies proved their metal during the London Olympics and it would be great to see those businesses go on to better things. The Olympics was the first event in a ‘golden decade of sport' but it wasn't always easy for British companies to win Olympic tenders – not that our track record on and off the medal podium has been proved, I hope the rest of the events staged here will embrace our hard-won expertise."
# by ralphseo | 2013-09-03 11:35

Avoiding the Slice

With the many different aspects that come with the game of golf, each and every golfer should be able to understand the fundamentals of each of them, especially when it comes to your swings, drives and strokes. If you didn't happen to know, there is a science behind every swing and in order for you to succeed and reach greater heights in the game, you need to be able to correct your mistakes, the earlier the better. So if you have been slicing the ball quite too often or if you are guilty of too much reverse pivoting on your backswings, then read on to correct those mistakes.

The anatomy of the flaw

Before correcting your errors, let us first break down the nature of your flaw. The main culprit why you tend to slice the ball quite frequently is that you are guilty or doing a reverse pivot. A reverse pivot means taking your gold club back accompanied by a steep shoulder turn as you strand your weight for your front leg to absorb. Now the result of this is that once you straighten your right leg as you lean towards your left, you will have the tendency to shift much of your weight backward and away from the ball upon your swing, thus, leaving you no other choice than to slice the ball.

Correcting the flaw

Now what you would generally want to do is to shift your weight away from your front side as you do the backswing motion. And you can do so by following these simple steps:

Position yourself as you would address a ball and hold your golf club across your chest, with the club head facing your right side.
Now execute your usual backswing, but this time, be mindful of bending your right leg instead of having it straight as you had always done in the past. This way, you will be able to shift your weight as you make the turn.
Now as you make the swing, stop until you reach the limit of your shoulders. Afterwards, you can check if you have done the exercise correctly by looking at the shaft. If it is pointing towards a spot which is located behind the ball which should be on the other side of the line, then you can give yourself a pat at the back for executing it correctly.

Be wary as to where the shaft is pointing. If it is directed towards the ball or in front of the ball, then you need to be able to have your back knee bent. Repeat the process and make sure that you be able to shift your weight and that the shaft is pointing where you want it to be.

This exercise will only take you under a minute to execute, you just have to be patient in repeating it until you get the right form and the hang of the exercise as well. Practice makes perfect and with a little patience and determination, you will be able to avoid slicing the ball in no time.
# by ralphseo | 2013-09-03 11:35
In theory putting a golf ball shouldn't be very hard. As opposed to other golf shots, you're not trying to get the ball in the air, which makes it a two-dimensional issue. Power, and therefore striking the ball for distance, is not a issue, setting every golfer with an even footing. Weight distribution should not factor in, leading to fewer moving components while in the golf swing than in other shots. However when it comes to amateurs, all of us have noticed some pretty disastrous displays for such a crucial part of golf.

Then why is putting a ball so hard? Because it would seem so simple, everybody thinks they should be able to do it reasonably well. Hence they do not take the time to understand the concepts of good putting, and devoid of that information don't practice enough or know how to practice. Knowing that you'll find steps you can take to make yourself a better putter is a great start. Then remember to assign sufficient practice time to work on your craft. To make my point, the next time you're at the place you practice, see how everyone seems to be on the driving range as compared to those on the practice green.

Here are a few differences with putting along with your standard golf swing that you must recognize.

1. Golf ball position. It moves in the golf swing, but shouldn't change whatever the putt. Using the best putting stroke you are attempting to roll the golf ball through a certain line, and putting it too far back the inclination is going to be to "skip" the golf ball. By putting it too much forward you'll likely "pop" the golf ball. Preferably your ball should be located under the front eye while in your stance.
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2. Golf club grip. In general with your golf clubs besides the putter the grip will be more with the fingers. The putter grip is going to be positioned more across the palm of the hands. (Here of course we're talking about the traditional putting action used in the normal putt). The big difference would be to take a lot of the wrist action from the putting stroke.

3. Body movement. During the golf stroke you want little or no movement as is achievable, but of course with the compulsory weight shift there will be some movement. During the putting stroke you wouldn't want any movement, which is quite difficult to always be totally motionless. Putt in front of a full length mirror and watch yourself. You'll typically probably be in motion more than you may think.

4. Golf psychology. The mental aspect of the game takes on an increased importance when putting. There are in all probability a few reasons for this, perhaps because it is the last shot on a hole, and therefore no chance to recoup. Or maybe since we are lacking confidence over the putt because we haven't practiced it sufficiently.
# by ralphseo | 2013-09-02 16:27
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The United States coast shield spokesman card, mentioned it absolutely was up in the direction of "real expenses lose markov amount 4, inside the holy evening ferry Thomas strike in to a reef island, killing 5 people these times have been injured.

Card for the 5 th stowe's statement, america coast shield is assisting to questionnaire the induce for the accident, and will help to eradicate the ferry. The ferry is nonetheless floating inside the water.
# by ralphseo | 2011-07-06 16:03
This newspaper reported on may nicely 31, the husband from the unusual missing the considerably more of one thing to uncover are recently is steering on, in HuangBei WuHu Yangtze river shipyard spotting wuhan individuals LiZhiBin remains to be in anhui province, near to the anqing was found. neighborhood community safety departments are stepping up their investigation.

According to introducing, July 1, 9:00 am xu, somebody in anhui anqing east toward the river county found out a person whose with unknown. excellent after the alarm, neighborhood Yangtze river transporting anqing neighborhood safety bureau east to law enforcement the law enforcement station to survey. law enforcement found out the method within a cellular phone, will alter in to a cellular cellphone out one more cellular phone, v within your tackle e book of relatives and pals call. The confirmation, this person is missing get in touch with a 30 days of wuhan individuals LiZhiBin.


According to information, the lifeless LiLeWen, common name, 42, LiZhiBin this yr in HuangBei WuHu farm available a shop. In may nicely this year, WuHu shipyard near to some dispatch cost millions of bucks in constructing the brand new dispatch "JiangShunDa 7" WangMingJian store proprietors to photograph. Photography studio 7 or 8 mins only away from your Yangtze river, may nicely 21, LiZhiBin 13 when made using the proprietor WangMingJian a stack of pictures go toward the dispatch to mail photos, and missing. Lee excellent after missing, law enforcement investigation, somebody after stated LiZhiBin saw dispatch to mail photos, but by no signifies down. The 2nd night, "JiangShunDa 7" from WuHu quietly.

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3,, east toward the neighborhood law enforcement station controller tells a reporter, is now waiting for DNA information and autopsy results, Mr. Li the carry out guide to of passing away is nonetheless below investigation.
# by ralphseo | 2011-07-06 16:02