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To become a good badminton player, beside Physical Skill, you also must have a Mental Strength. Mental Strength is very crucial especially when come to the tournament. Besides these, Sport Nutrition is also important especially for the player preparing for the tournament.

1. Physical Skill:

Let’s start with the most fundamental of badminton skill, ie: Strokes, Steps/Footwork, Stamina, and Strategy.

Strokes:

The basic technique of badminton strokes includes Overheads forehand and backhand clear / smash / drop, drives, lifts, net shot. You are higher recommended to learn from the badminton demo video(see link at the bottom of this page). With the video, it will save you a lot of time learning all the basic strokes.

After you have learn the basic strokes, the next step you have to do is practice and practise. Without the ability to execute all the different strokes, one will not be a complete badminton player.

Steps/Footwork:

Steps/Footwork is always comes together with stroke. A good badminton must have a good coordination of footwork and strokes. This includes foot, body, arms, swing coordination.

Stamina:

A badminton can last anything from 15 minutes to 1 hour plus and there can be more than one game within a day. A completed badminton match is best of 3 games, that means you got to play at least 2 games continuously. Without good stamina, a badminton player will be unable to successfully execute his/her desired strokes or even cannot finish the game. Again, stamina need to be build over the time via regular training, workouts or exercises. Regular workout will also help to improve your game by increasing your arm strength.

Strategy:

With good badminton skill and stamina is not enough, you must also have a good strategy to win a game. you have to make the correct shot at the correct time, either a drop-shot, smash, or clear? This is also important to identify the weakest point of opponent. This is especially crucial for doubles game, you should identify your opponent weakness and attack the opponent who is weaker. This is the most simple strategy. If your opponent is weak on his/her backhand clear, then you should hit the shuttle towards his/her backhand more. To go one level higher, it is also important to make the correct choice for a series of return and to lay out a game plan for whole match. This is so called the strategy of a badminton game.

2. Mental Strength:

Besides physical skill, a good badminton player must have good mental strength as well. Mental strength is the ability to make the correct decision even when under pressure or at the crucial moment. For example, when one is down to 5-19, or reaching the match point, 20-20. The player must stay focus to the game regardless whether he/she is leaving behind, leading, or under huge pressure due to the internal or external factor (eg: audience). A good badminton player must also be able to change strategy during the game on different situation. A good badminton player will not go down without a fight and should be able to keep his pace and the accuracy of his shots until the very last point in the game. A good example would be the game in between Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan during the Malaysia Open 2006. Lin Dan was already leading 20-13 in the rubber game and this was a really difficult situation for Lee Chong Wei, But he handled the pressure well and showed a great fighting spirit, slowly clawing back in to the game. And Finally, he won the game by 23-21.

You also have to keep yourself calm in the court and with high EQ. Many incidents, good or bad, can happen during a match either outside or inside the court. For example, bad line calls, umpires decisions or insulted by the audience or even opponent coach. See The Athlete’s Mind Guide(refer link below this page) .

3. Sport Nutrition

Beside physical skill and mental strength, Sport Nutrition (refer link at the bottom of this page) is also important especially for the player preparing for the tournament. On a day-to-day basis, you have to take care of your nutrition by consuming a well balanced diet comprising carbohydrate, fat, protein, electrolytes, vitamins, minerals and water. A Nutritionist can extend help in achieving this. Water should be consumed in just adequate amounts before, during and after play, ideally at the amounts required to quench the player’s thirst.

Some of the most enjoyable games that you can play with children are skittle or bowling games. These games work for youth ministry groups, scouting group, holiday clubs, at school, at birthday parties, for your kids and their friends or even with adults. These games are mainly designed to work indoors, but you may be able to adapt them for outdoor play. I will tell you the rules for playing in teams, but it can be played as individuals if you have a smaller group. Equipment needed: bowling pins, lightweight balls or bean bags, tape or string to mark the playing area, pen and paper for scoring and a set of playing cards to divide the children in to two even teams. Note that plastic drinking bottles can be used as a substitute for bowling pins. Try to match up the players according to their ability and don’t be afraid to make changes if necessary. The games can be more fun if prizes are at stake, but try to give some sort of consolation prize to the losing team if you decide to do this. Above all, have fun!

SKITTLE ATTACK

Place between 10 and 20 skittles at both ends of the room and mark the playing area at the halfway point using tape, string etc. The number of skittles you use depends on the size of the room and how many player you have. You need to decide how many players you can call out in to the middle for each round; I would use two or three, but one or four is also possible. Place 1 ball for each player in their defending half and then call out the participating players numbers or names. The kids will try to knock down as many bowling pins in the opposite half as they are able to while defending their own pins. Play for 1 to 2 minutes each round and then score one point for each pin knocked over.

DOWN WITH THE PIN

For this game I like to use three teams, but it can be played with two teams. Place 1 pin for each team at the end of one side of the room – the three teams will sit around the remaining sides. Mark a throwing line around 10 to 14 paces from each skittle and place 1 ball per team on this line. One player will stand or crouch behind their team’s skittle and give back the ball back to the thrower when they miss the target. Call out a number and the children should race to their ball and quickly aim at the pin. The first player to knock down the skittle wins a point for their team. Change the person returning the balls after all the other player have had one turn.

QUICK ON THE DRAW

As per skittle attack, we need two even team sitting on each side of the room and a line marked halfway across the playing area. You need to place 2 pins at each end of the room, this should stand an equal distance from the line you have just marked out. Don’t use 1 skittle as a player could stand in front of it and therefore making it impossible to knock down the target. This is a one-on-one game and the aim is to be the first person to knock over the skittle. But the players have only 1 ball each and if you miss your opponent will have more time to make the strike. Obviously, the players are only allowed in their own half of the playing area, but you can defend your own pin. This is a fast and furious game and you should be able to get in a lot of turns in a short space of time.

If you are new to skateboarding, these are probably the first 10 skateboard tricks you will want to try to learn. They are also probably the easiest ten skateboard tricks also, but be forewarned, some of them can still be quite difficult and frustrating as you are first learning them.

Manual
Manuals are when you push down on the tail of the board and roll on only the back wheels, never touching the front wheels or the tail to the ground. Manuals are arguably the easiest trick in skateboarding, although keeping a manual going for extended lengths of time, or landing a trick in manual can be quite difficult.

Ollie
The ollie is another one of the most basic tricks and usually one of the first a skater learns, and since most fltland skateboard tricks, such as kickflips, heelflips, and tre-flips, all begin with an ollie, learning to ollie is a necessity before attempting most other tricks.

Ollie 180
An Ollie 180 is just what it sounds like. It is when you ollie into the air and rotate 180 degrees (haklf turn in the air and land backwards and roll off. Once a regular ollie is mastered, the 180 version is not toio much more difficult.

Kickflip
As soon as you have mastered the ollie and are prepared to take it to the next level, the kickflip is probably the best choice for the next trick to learn. First learning kickflips can be about as frustrating as skateboarding can get, but it has been said that once you learn the kickflip, learning other tricks becomes easier. It is an ollie followed by a flick of the toe, sending the board in a backward spinning motion like a drill.

Boardslide
A boardslide is when you ollie onto an obstacle and slide on it, with the bottom part of the board between the trucks sliding on the obstacle.

Boneless
Bonelesses are another pretty easy trick to learn, and another good selection for one of the first ones to learn. It’s a bit of an old school trick, as tricks not involving ollies become less popular. The good news is that the boneless is one of the few tricks you can learn even if you don’t know how to ollie. To do a boneless, you simply grab your board with one hand and place one foot on the ground, jumping up in the air with your other foot on the board.

Pop Shuvit
A Shuvit is another trick you can learn without knowing how to ollie. You just jump up off your board and push the board behind you with your back foot, sending it into a spin like a helicopter propeller. Then you land on it and roll away. If you know how to ollie, it is a way better looking trick if you ollie first and then do this. Then it is a pop shuvit.

Nollie
A nollie is the same as an ollie except you kick down on the nose with your front foot instead of kicking the tail with the back.

Impossible
An impossible is when you ollie into the air, scooping the tail of the board down and over into a spinning motion like the hands of a clock, before landing it.

No Comply
A no comply is another old school trick, kind of like a cross between an ollie and a boneless. You basically plant your front foot on the ground and ollie with the other foot, and land with both feet on the board. You can also do many other tricks with a no comply, like a no comply impossible, for instance.

Well, now you have your mission. These are arguably the 10 easiest skateboard tricks for beginners to learn. Now go out and conquer them!

In my opinion, the best part about Volleyball is the spiking. Of course, the offense in most sports is where a lot of the fun is. A Spike in Volleyball will come from the setter 99% of the time, and will go to one of 5 people. 3 of those play on the front row, and will jump up to hit the ball right next to the net. The other 2 people are known as back row players, and must jump from behind the front row line. There are a number of different spikes that happen in volleyball, which vary in height, length and direction. Just because a setter is facing one way doesn’t mean that they won’t back set (set the ball behind them to a hitter behind them).

Back row spikes are not very common, unless there is a hitter in the team that is brilliant at them. You usually get better results from running outsides or middles from the front row. Spiking has a lot of technique to it, which is varied according to what type of spike is being done. The most common spikes are outsides from the front row. These are usually high balls that go right out towards the antenna. The spiker then runs in and hits the ball down the line, across the court or just tips it to where they want it to go.

A spiker plays another role though, which is known as blocking. When the other team has a chance to spike, the spiker will jump up and put his/her hands up in an effort to block the ball. A successful block will stop the ball from coming over the net, and it will land back on the opponent’s floor. Typically a Volleyball Spike is left to the tallest people in the team, although it’s not uncommon to see some of the smaller players with big jumping ability doing very well too!

Goalkeeping drills are a great way to allow your keeper to develop his or her skills outside of an actual soccer game. They are a way of being able to control the situation in away that is not possible in a game or a scrimmage.

These goalkeeping drills focus specifically on getting your keeper used to stopping the soccer ball coming in from many different directions. They are also excellent for building reaction speed and quickness.

Second Shot

To set up this goalkeeping drill you only need 2 cones a keeper and 2 players. Set the cones wide enough apart to simulate a soccer goal. Have Player A stand facing the goal, about 10 yards out from the first cone. Player B would stand facing the goal on the opposite side, about 10 yards out from the center of the goal. Both players will need to have a ball for this drill.

The goalkeeper will stand by the first cone facing Player A. Player A tosses the ball to the keeper, who catches it and throws it back. As soon as the keeper throws the ball back to player A, Player B will take a shot on goal, keeping the ball on the ground. The goalkeeper must quickly spin and make a diving stop to prevent the goal.

Jump and Dive

The second goalkeeping drill is called Jump and Dive. All that is required for this drill is a ball bag or some other obstacle, one player, and a goalkeeper.

The drill starts with the keeper sitting with his or her back to the ball bag. When the player with the ball shouts “Go” they will roll the ball to one side or the other of the ball bag. The keeper must quickly jump to his feet, then make a diving stop.

Continuous Shots

One of the challenges a keeper faces is deflecting a shot, and then having to recover to make a save on a second shot. This drill is designed to help your goalkeeper get used to saving a rapid succession of shots on goal.

Set the drill up with 2 cones, one about 10 yards from the goal, and the second cone about 20 yards out. Have your keeper stand by one post of the goal with the other players on the team facing the goal at the 20 yard cone. The drill starts by having the first player dribble to the 10 yard cone and shoot the ball on goal. The keeper must attempt to stop the shot.

As soon as the first player shoots the ball, the second player starts their attack, shooting from the 10 yard cone. The keeper must stop the shot, the run to the opposite goal post and recover to stop the next shot. The drill continues until every player has had an opportunity to shoot on goal

Soccer goalkeeping drills are a great way to allow your keepers to develop much needed skills in a controlled way. It removes a lot of the confusion, and allows you and the keeper to focus on specific areas that need to be developed.

After leaving the work world, many retirees look for opportunities to continue learning, stay healthy, and keep active. The sport of golf can provide retirees with all of these benefits and more. Cash can be tight after retirement, especially in this economy.

Golf has become a more accessible game in the last decade and is no longer a sport exclusively for the wealthy. Even retirees on a limited budget can learn this challenging game that will provide years of enjoyment.

The game of golf is an excellent way for retirees to stay in top physical shape. Older adults face increasing age-related health concerns, many of which can be alleviated or prevented with regular physical exercise. While golf may appear to be a lighter sport, swinging a golf club, carrying golf starter sets, and walking the golf course provide a good cardiovascular workout. For example, a 150-pound man burns 300 calories per hour playing golf and 200 calories per hour on the driving range. The weight of a golf club promotes strength development and may help build muscle or slow down age-related muscle loss.

The challenge of learning and mastering golf promotes mental health. Learning any new type of activity can provide mental stimulation, which can help slow the aging process and even delay Alzheimer’s disease. Learning the golf stance, mastering the golf swing, and experimenting with different types of clubs provide a challenge. However, the game of golf is largely about the challenge of improving your own scores, instead of being a competition with others.

In addition to the fact that golf is a game of self-challenge, other characteristics of the game make it ideal for older adults. Golf is a self-paced, and often slower, game. Golfers spend hours going through a golf course with plenty of time to choose the right club and line up shots. New golfers have plenty of opportunity to practice and improve through playing at driving ranges. The sport is played outside in the beauty of nature, and golf ranges are available across the globe and are often found at popular vacation or retirement sports.

Finally, golf can be played on a budget and with as little or as much commitment as desired. Beginner golf club sets are readily available from a variety of manufacturers. While full golf starter sets can be pricey, many retirees begin the game by purchasing a half golf set. A half golf set includes only the most necessary clubs, which is often a putter, three irons, two woods, and a wedge. This set of seven or eight clubs can easily be found to match anyone’s budget. Beginner golf club sets provide beginning golfers a set of essentials without more advanced clubs that can prove too challenging for new players.

Malibu is actually a beach-front city located in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is a world famous windsurfing place that consists of roughly 26-mile Pacific coastline. The ideal weather conditions of windsurfing in Malibu attract many professional and non-professional surfers from different parts of the world. Its territory is famous for its warm sea shore and sandy beaches where a number of Hollywood stars and others associated with the entertainment industry spend their leisure times each year. This is also a reason for the fast pace development of Malibu surfing.

There are several surfing beaches in the city such as Zuma beach, Surfrider beach, Topanga State beach, Malibu State beach, El Matador State Beach, Dan Blocker beach and Point Dume State beach. They experience ideal wind conditions to sail surfboard most of the months in a year. Surfrider beach boasts world-class surfing amenities in the west coast. In the summertime, many surfers gather here to hone and demonstrate their skills. It is one of the most visited beaches in the Los Angeles county that is also famous for being the healthiest beach in the country. Those who are passionate about adventure sports, the Malibu surfing is really a memorable surfing holiday that offers a great vacation anytime you visit in a year.

The beaches of Malibu lie along the base of the Santa Monica Mountains, which come under the vicious circle of fire, mudslides and floods. So surfers have to be careful while embarking into the sea sports. It is also well-known for the healthiest atmosphere pertaining on the beaches. No wonder, if it draws attention of the health conscious windsurfers and tourists! The Nicolas Canyon County Beach is another attraction where there is buffing wind blow is ideal for windsurfers. The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) is suitably placed between the beach and the cliff. The luxurious villas and hotels are lined up along the ocean so surfers do not have to go away for the housing.

Malibu city is blessed with many gorgeous landscapes and mountainous locations that include the Santa Monica Mountains consisting of Agoura Hills, Topanga Canyon to the east, Calabasas, and Woodland Hills to the north and Ventura County to the west. The Pacific Ocean beaches range from wide and sandy area. And winds coming from ocean side have enough vigor for surfing. Nowadays, it’s become very easy for the worldwide surfers to book their berth in Malibu. You can book Malibu windsurfing services as well as other accommodation facilities online at a very reasonable cost.

Have you ever wondered how dangerous riding a complete skateboard really is? Can a child or an adult really get hurt bad or even killed doing skateboard tricks on skateboards? Does a skater have a future in riding a skateboard after getting hurt seriously bad? These are some of the questions that will be answered in this article about the true dangers of riding skateboards and if skateboarding really is as dangerous has many parents and media make it out to be?

Is riding a complete skateboard that dangerous? Complete skateboards are skateboard decks with wheels and any thing that a person must be on or in with wheels is bound to be dangerous. Of course riding one can be dangerous but so can any sport out there. It seems many parents do not like the thought of there child riding a skateboard because they think that they will get hurt bad. Maybe they saw another news story about a child getting serious injuries doing tricks on their skateboard. Back in 2006 there was about 26000 children, 15 years and younger, that had been admitted into an emergency room due to injuries from skateboards. When you think about it, that is a high number. Studies show that out of 100 hospitals, they reported the top four sports when it comes to injuries and emergency room visits. Which sport do you think was number one in the study? I bet a lot of you parents reading this article are thinking skateboards are number one on the list for sure.

Check out these numbers from the study.

o Bicycles is number one at 239,795 admissions into the hospitals
o Football is number two at 220,877 admissions
o Baseball is number three at 84,878 admissions
o Skateboards is number four at 65,130 admissions

Shocking information if you ask me. It is important to realize that parents and the media are always focusing on the negative of skateboards. When someone gets hurt, riding their skateboard they make it seem like the sport is so bad. On the other hand, they do not tell you about all of the many skaters who do not get hurt.

Does a skater ever get on a skateboard again after getting seriously hurt? Indeed some skateboarders never get to skate again due to permanent injuries. How about a skater named Eric who was riding his complete skateboard and crashed. He had gotten a concussion, fractures to his skull, bruises to his brain, and was in a comma for 2 weeks. He did survive with no brain damage, but he never got on a skateboard again. Maybe Eric would be skateboarding today if he had known how to tuck and roll. It is also important to realize that many skaters who are injured permanently were most likely not wearing all of the protective gear that they should have been wearing. Wearing a skateboard helmet, wrist, elbow, and knee pads really do help reduce the chance of getting major injuries riding or doing skateboard tricks on a complete skateboard. The sport of riding skateboards is the same as any sport out there. It can be dangerous. In fact the idea of a sport being dangerous all boils down to how hard a player pushes himself to his max potential.

We have learned that there are studies out there that prove that riding complete skateboards are not as dangerous as people think they are. Sure, there are kids or adults who get seriously hurt and never ride a skateboard again. However, I believe if they were wearing all of the proper safety equipment they would still be riding today. We have proof that parents and the media over exaggerate how dangerous a skateboard really is. Parents must realize that if you want your kid to be safe then when you buy them their first complete skateboard, or parts to fix their old one, you should take it upon yourself to make sure they have the proper skateboard helmet, wrist guards, knee and elbow pads. Sit down with your child and explain the importance of safety. Go on the internet and find out how to do the tuck and roll properly and show them how to do it. If parents got involved with their child and the sport of skateboarding as much as they do in the sport of football, or baseball this sport would be a lot bigger than it already is and probably a lot safer to.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told the world of football news how the club will not be looking to allow their captain Cesc Fabregas to leave the club without a fight, showing his intention to try to prevent the Spanish international from leaving the club.

Fabregas has been a long time target for Spanish giants Barcelona, the club where young Fabregas began his professional football career before heading to England and joining Arsenal.

Now that Fabregas has repeatedly shown his ability to play at the highest possible level, both in international and European competition, Barcelona are looking to bring the Spaniard back to his home country, a move that have been heavily backed by the Spanish internationals within the Barcelona set up.

Thoughts were initially pointing to the north London club now admitting that they were going to lose their prize asset, indicating that they would need £35 million in order to be pushed to sell the midfielder but the comments made to the latest football news columnists show that the club are now getting ready for a battle to keep the playmaker.

In General, BWF (Badminton World Federation) has introduced 3 major types of badminton scoring system in the past. It was started with traditional scoring system, ie: a match that consists of best of 3 games, each games consists of 15 points, except ladies single, which consists of 11 point per game.

In 2002, the BWF concerned with the unpredictable and often lengthy time required for matches, BWF decided to experiment with a different scoring system to improve the commercial and especially the broadcasting appeal of the sport. The new scoring system shortened games to 7 points and decided matches by the best of 5 games.

In 2005, the BWF experimented again with the scoring system, intending both to regulate the playing time and to simplify the system for television viewers. A match consists of best of 3 games, each game consists of 21 points. The experiment ended in May 2006, and the BWF adopted this new scoring system from August 2006 until now.

Followings are the details of new scoring system and traditional scoring system :

New scoring system (21-point system)

1. A match consists of the best of 3 games, each game consists of 21 points.

2. The side winning a rally adds a point to its score. (regardless which side was serving)

3. At 20 all(ie: 20-20), the side which gains a 2 point lead first, wins that game.

4. At 29 all, the side scoring the 30th point first, wins that game.

5. The side winning a game, will serve first in the next game.

6. When one side reaches 11 points, both player will get a 60 sec of break.

7. For doubles matches, only one service is allowed.

8. Player at right court will serve when even point. (eg: 0,2,4,6,8,10)

9. Player at left court will serve when odd point. (eg: 1,3,5,7,9,11)

10. Other old (15-point system) rules remain the same.

Traditional scoring system (15-point system)

1. A match consists of the best of 3 games, each game consists of 15 points.

Except ladies single which consists of 11 points each game.

2. Only the one who won the rally and with serve will get a point added to its score.

If he/she lose the rally, service will be transferred over to opponent and both do not gain any point.

3. The opponent now must win the rally in order to gain a point. If he does, he will gain a point and continue to hold the serve and will gain another if he win the rally again. If he lost the rally, the serve will be transferred to opposite side again with no point added to both side and this continue.

4. At 14 all, the side that not holding the serve can decide whether to play additional 3 points.

(for ladies single would be 10 all)

5. Player at right court will serve when even point. (eg: 0,2,4,6,8,10)

6. Player at left court will serve when odd point. (eg: 1,3,5,7,9,11)

7. 2 serves are allowed for doubles game (men doubles, women doubles or mix doubles)