Sports Tutorials

1. Collecting Tennis Autographs By Mail

By Aurel Radulescu Posted: 08/28/2006 Whether you are a fan of tennis or you simply enjoy collecting sports autographs, sending your requests through the mail will save you both time and money. Because the majority of sports also have a Hall of Fame that recognizes it’s most outstanding players, many fans have found great success in requesting autographs in their care. Tennis, like most other popular sports, has a Hall of Fame tha... read more

2. Golf Swing Physical Requirements

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 08/24/2005 There are two approaches to achieving a better golf swing. There is improving your physical capabilities…and improving your golf swing technique. How many times has your teaching pro recommended a golf swing technique change and you couldn’t do it no matter how many balls you hit? It’s because you didn’t have the “physical capability” to successfully make the change and repeat ... read more

3. Golf Nutrition Is Not An Oxymoron?Listen Up

By Mike Pedersen Posted: 06/26/2005 Golf nutrition is still a relatively new concept.  However, everybody knows that leading athletes in the NBA and NFL quite often have special diets... ... and specific nutrition programs to help them perform at their peak.   The reasons who golf nutrition is still in its infancy in the golf game is easy... read more

4. Why Swimming is Healthy

By Josef Reindl Posted: 09/25/2006 Why Swimming is Healthy The loss of fat, inches, hypertension and stress can be among the greatest motivators in accepting the health benefits of swimming. The benefits are real, but do little good until you enter the water. "I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice to enjoy what you do" Summer Sanders 1992 double gold medallis... read more

5. Golf Flexibility Is A Key Component For Senior Golfers

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 10/19/2005 Golf flexibility is a common term among senior golfers. Most senior golfers know they have a declining level of golf flexibility and distance. But why then do most of them not participate in a golf flexibility program? If you are in this group of golfers, do you walk off the course frustrated with your performance? Are you dissatisfied with your driving distance? Do you seem ... read more

6. How A Golf Stretching Routine Can Impact Your Game Quickly

By Mike Pedersen Posted: 06/26/2005 Even as you read this article, golf stretching routines continue to positively revolutionize the games of many golfers around the country and indeed around the world. Golf stretching routines play a major role in helping many golfers achieve consistent and good results on the course with their swing.  Still many golfers are yet to fully app... read more

7. Swimming in shark infested waters

By Damien Mase Posted: 04/06/2006 Sounds crazy right? Well tens of thousands of people from all over the world disagree. Shark diving is getting increasing popular all over the world as tourists and scuba divers face their fears to take the plunge with some of the most feared animals on earth. Whether it is from the safety of a cage or in the open water, shark diving is becoming huge draw card for shark infested waters like Sout... read more

8. Pool Safety Includes Kids Knowing How to Swim

By Gregory Fort Posted: 02/04/2006 When you bought your swimming pool, you knew the summer fun involved additional costs. First in line is the cost of the pool. Next there are the maintenance and pool chemicals. Then you received your summer electric bills. As we go through life it is amazing how many people you meet that never learned how to swim. If these parents ever accompany their children to swimming pools... read more

9. Yogalates for Golf

By Posted: 03/14/2005 To swing a golf club simply rotate back then rotate forward while shifting your weight accordingly around the axis of motion of each hip. To this simple version of the swing, add a few things such as a good grip, proper weight transfer, maintain spine angles, stay balanced, correct tempo, proper alignment, etc…, and you’ve got every reason to expect a single digit handicap. Golfer... read more

10. Collecting Free World Team Tennis Autographs By Mail

By Aurel Radulescu Posted: 11/22/2006 Each year, twelve teams compete in the World Team Tennis (WTT) Pro League and are comprised of some of the sport’s top athletes. The season runs for three weeks during summer and attracts over 150,000 fans annually. If you would like to request a signed photo from any of the players, you may do so by writing in care of their World Team Tennis team. When preparing your request... read more

11. Golf Exercises Don't Have To Be Grueling

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 09/14/2005 Golf exercises are viewed by the majority of golfers as “work”. That is why it is so difficult to convince golfers that golf exercises can be fun and don’t have to wipe you out physically. I’ve worked with many golfers in person and with my online golf performance sites, who were shocked to realize how much fun and motivating golf exercises can be. Don’t picture going in... read more

12. Golf Strength Training Slows The Aging Process

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 08/24/2005 Golf strength training is critical in slowing down the effects of aging. Issues like rapidly declining strength, flexibility, and endurance. The number of golfers who are middle age or older is growing and they all want to play as long as possible. In order to both slow the aging process AND play longer, you need adequate levels of strength, flexibility, and other physical abil... read more

13. Weight Training For Golf - In Your Own Home

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 10/01/2005 Weight training for golf is viewed by golfers as a lot of work, time- consuming, boring and you need a gym membership to do it. None of the above is true, and if you read this article, I’ll explain why. You see…weight training for golf isn’t on machines anyways…so that eliminates the requirement of a gym. It’s not a lot of work, if you pick and choose the area you want to focus on... read more

14. How to Open Your Swimming Pool This Spring

By Gregory Fort Posted: 01/30/2006 Soon spring will be here and so will the annual chore of opening your swimming pool. Planning ahead can make the job much easier. There’s nothing worse than realizing your short one bag of shock when you’re in the middle of prepping the pool. So let’s first make a list of chemicals that you might need. There will be different needs depending on the type of pool you own, so this list is g... read more

15. Joint Support Products to Fight Inflammation

By Chester Ku-Lea Posted: 03/23/2006 Everyone old enough to walk appreciates the value of flexibility and ease of movement. Unfortunately many of us take such good things for granted. A famous folksinger sang, "You don't know what you've got till it's gone." That's certainly true for millions Americans who live with stiff and uncomfortable joints. Fortunately there are a number of nutrients available that provide the vital ... read more

16. Improve Strength For Golf To Reach Your True Potential

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 09/13/2005 Strength for golf is a term you’ve all heard by now. It’s all over the television during professional tournaments, and golf instructors are now throwing the term around. What makes strength for golf so important and why should you listen? Let me briefly explain. The golf swing is traumatic to the body! I can’t put it any simpler than that. When you are swing an obj... read more

17. Store Your Pool Toys and Help Increase Swimming Pool Safety

By Gregory Fort Posted: 01/30/2006 Excessive toy clutter upon a swimming pool deck or the areas around a built-in pool can lead to falls and serious injuries. Keeping the swimming deck areas clear will help reduce the risk of unnecessary falls. Children tend to pull out all of the pool toys then swap their preferences all day long. Moms and dads, doubling as life guards, have a constant job described as toy sorter. Wooden decks... read more

18. Golf Driving Tip That Will Add Yards Quickly

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 09/03/2005 A golf driving tip that can make the difference between being the shortest hitter in your foursome to the longest…consistently would interest you right? Well…the tip I’m going to discuss is not what you’d think, but you need to take notice and apply it…if you want to own your foursome off the tee! When you think of a golf driving tip I’ll bet you think of swing mechanics. Am I ... read more

19. Senior Exercise For Golf Prolongs Golfing Life

By Mike Pedersen, CPT Posted: 10/28/2005 Senior exercise for golf is becoming evident, but not enough to make a dent in the aging golfers’ approach to golf improvement. So many golfers who reach their 60’s and up are looking for anything that will help them improve and yet the last thing they look at is their body. With age comes a declining level of strength, flexibility, endurance, balance, coordination and more. Wi... read more

20. Lower Back Pain Treatment Solutions

By Dave Jones Posted: 10/16/2006 There are many different exercises and stretches you can do for lower back pain treatment. Lower back pain is one of the most common ailments. It doesn’t matter what age you are back pain can be a problem. Lower back pain treatment can be in the form of exercise and physical therapy or professional treatment as it all depends on the severity of the back problem. The back is one of the ... read more

21. The Most Valuable Golf Swing Secret

By Mike Pedersen Posted: 06/08/2005 There is a golf swing secret that can change everything for any golfer.  There is no doubt that executing the perfect golf swing is a difficult feat and doing it consistently is even harder to accomplish. This golf swing secret is so powerful that those who practice it start seeing massive improvements in their game almost immediate... read more

22. Pool Safety Includes Kids Knowing How to Swim

By Gregory Fort Posted: 01/31/2006 As we go through life it is amazing how many people you meet that never learned how to swim. If these parents ever accompany their children to swimming pools or lakes, they do not have the skills to save their own child. Teaching children to swim should be mandatory, and is, if you own a pool. Studies have shown that children who started swimming lessons at ages 2-4 actually learned to s... read more