Archive for August, 2010

Disappearance of Football From India

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Indian football dates back to the 1880′s with the advent of the British colonials. Calcutta, the erstwhile capital of British India was the hub of all football activities with two prominent clubs – the East Bengal club and the Mohan Bagan. Slowly, the football frenzy had spread to other parts of the country. The football clubs of India were considered the one of the most successful ones worldwide and were regular participants in the Olympics.

But after the 1960′s, football began to steadily decline in terms of its importance and popularity among the masses. The 1983 victory of the Indian cricket team led by Kapil Dev in England resulted in a shift of focus from football to cricket. Cricket began to gain much popularity literally becoming the unofficial religion of the Indians. More funds were being channelized to cricket while football was sidetracked. Moreover, the recent development in Indian cricket has made it a multifaceted business with an assurance of complete professionalism.

Domestic or street football is still the more favored sport over cricket in most parts of the country. Little kids exhibiting brilliant Pele style moves, barefoot on dusty makeshift football grounds are a common sight in the villages here. These young players do not get an opportunity to hone their skills due to a dire lack of resources. According to Baichung Bhutia, Captain of the Indian football team, “Most Indian kids have a passion for football but there are not the qualified coaches at the grass roots level to help them”.

The two states where genuine attempts are being made for football to be taken seriously are Bengal and Kerala. They have the country’s most active teams with ace players such as Baichung Bhutia, I.M. Vijayan and many more.

India is languishing at the bottom of the world football rankings. The current football scene in India is rather, dare one say, a pathetic sight with corrupt politicians running the show. Lack of funds, lack of qualified coaches, lack of facilities etc. are the glaring problems football faces here.

This calls for a number of changes in the current football governance. We can take a lesson or two from the football’s successful cousin, cricket, and professionalize it by allowing business executives take control of the reins. Unless an organized system is introduced to tackle these issues, football in India faces the risk of disappearing into the shadows of other sports such as cricket and hockey.

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Archery Technique – Starting From Scratch

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Traditional archery can help you get back to basics, particularly if you’re a recurve archer stuck in a rut. The reason for this is that it strips away much of the complexity and lets you start from scratch.

Many archers I shoot with (recurve or otherwise) know exactly what it is they are doing wrong, but after years of accumulating bad habits they find it extremely difficult to make major changes to their technique. Often they will ask another club member to watch them shoot – usually to confirm what they usually already know they are doing wrong. I often think that the real solution in these situations is more active coaching, where a coach spends dedicated time helping you get back to basics. Often it is necessary to dismantle a person’s technique before making big changes.

It’s a funny psychological problem. Quite often we feel that we don’t need a coach because – quite correctly – we have already diagnosed what we are doing wrong. The problem lies in the execution: we don’t do what we know we should be doing, and bad habits creep back in. One of the biggest things about having a coach there – for me – is having someone simply point out when I don’t do what I should be doing.

There’s also the psychology of being watched – being coached makes us a lot more self-conscious about what we are doing (if you can’t get anybody to watch you, try videoing yourself). Every time your focus needs to be on executing what you think is the perfect shot – at least in terms of execution – for the video or person watching and judging you.

A big problem of course, is getting access to a qualified coach. Many archery clubs have coaching contacts through GNAS, but if you can’t get a qualified coach ask an experienced archer.

In summary…

If you’re stuck, try taking your sight and long rod off, move closer to the target, and get somebody to at least watch you. With constructive criticism you’ll find it will help your archery, and hopefully you will find it strangely liberating!

The Best Bodybuilding Workouts For Women

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

A world away from the casual Gym goer, Bodybuilding as a Sport generally is one of the most intensely demanding of all, requiring huge amounts of mental and physical discipline to succeed at.

Women’s Bodybuilding has always been unfairly seen as something of a secondary Cousin to the Male contests and competitions. Whereas the emphasis used to be on Women developing the largest muscles possible and consequently following Bodybuilding Workouts for Women that would make most men’s eyes water. Nowadays, things have thankfully moved on, and the Feminine look is back! People have finally realized that Bodybuilding Workouts for Women to make them look like Men is pointless and visually unappealing to the majority. Interestingly, Women’s Bodybuilding is becoming more popular than ever before as the Sports evolution towards the celebration of a considerably more feminine Bodyshape has increased its overall appeal considerably.

Back in the 80′s the domineering Body type that Women aspired to was that of the male physique. Yet in order to add bulk and muscle mass to anything like the extent of the men various Anabolic Steroids were a prerequisite to that type of muscular density.

Things began to change towards the end of the 80′s with people demanding a more Feminine body shape and Women’s Bodybuilding began to evolve into the Sport that it is today. Accentuating the Female form with perfect musculature whilst retaining the aesthetically pleasing curves that Women are loved for.

The Best Bodybuilding Workouts For Women

For anyone who is looking to dramatically improve their Body from beginner level upwards a four-day split is recommended.

Also, because Women tend to hold Fat more stubbornly than their male counterparts, the most effective Bodybuilding workouts for Women will include 4 sessions of Cardio exercise for maximum Fat Burning.

Bear in mind though that everybody responds differently and if you find yourself becoming tired, irritable and generally feeling blue then there is a good chance you are overtraining, so don’t be afraid to back off and take an extra rest day between sessions if required.

Each Exercise should be performed using weights that are manageable for between 10-15 reps as the focus on Bodybuilding workouts for Women is definition and toning rather than mass gain. A quick word on dispelling a Female Bodybuilding Myth: Lifting heavy weights will not turn Women into Men! Their genetic and Anatomical composition just doesn’t enable that kind of growth without the addition of Anabolic Steroids. So girls don’t panic – you wont end up with bigger Arms than your Boyfriend. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it!

Bodybuilding Workouts For Women: Example Split

You will split your Workout over four sessions per week. Take a rest day in between each weights workout and do Cardio on ‘off days’ or on an empty stomach first thing in the morning.

Split your workouts as follows:

Lower Body:

Back and Bicep

Chest and Triceps

Shoulders

Bridgestone Prior to the Czech Moto GP

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Czech Republic hosts the Grand Prix of Motorcycles this year post the summer holidays while the Automotodrom Brno circuit, situated 200 kilometres South-West of the city of Prague receives MotoGP. Large changes in altitude typify the Brno circuit, the difference between the highest and lowest points in the circuit being 73 metres approximately.

This makes for challenges in terms of tyres handling the driving. This circuit also causes extreme average speed levels, as much as 166 kmph – a record made by Jorge Lorenzo the previous year. Lorenzo owns a 72 point lead in the 10th round of the previous season. He finished ahead of Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso, Casey Stoner, and finally Valentino Rossi, who missed his previous four races due to injuries.

On this track, asymmetric slicks are not mandatory when the same load is given on both the left and right shoulders of rear tyres of the bike. Harder front tyres become of necessity to endure the extremely abrasive nature of the circuit tarmac.

Brno’s height elevation makes the weight transferring of critical importance, because of the increase in pressure the tyres have to endure. Again, the importance of quality front tyres is underlined by how when going downhill on this track, the entire weight of the bike is thrown forward – especially when brakes are pulled. This is the reason why Bridgestone have chosen especially hardened compound front slicks for the Brno track, otherwise something chosen for only a few races throughout the season.

The corner exit speed plays a greater importance on this track than elsewhere for the reason that it is possible for the bikes to attain high levels of speed and driving ease when on the sudden and steep uphill rising parts of the track. This translates directly into reasonably good traction in the rear for the riders to open the throttle as promptly as they can. Uphill elevation variation helps the tyres in the rear grip better by transferring the load towards the back.