Ball culture

the world. Everyone loves one or two sports, but I only love one sport, and that is soccer. For me, soccer is the best sport in the world for several reasons. When I was 3 years old my mother bought me a soccer ball. She said to me this ball should be my best friend. I carried this ball everywhere. At four years old I decided to play for a U-5 club that’s called F.C fleshcanne in Haiti. I played as a defender and this is where I started to love soccer. I received best defender of the year…

Series?” Ace replied with, “I knew it would be me to win the game, my team was falling apart and someone had to do something. So I smashed that ball and what can I say I’m the best. No more questions I’m out of here.” The next day at practice Ace was in the outfield shagging fly balls. The second string left fielder, Dylan Reese, was going for a deep fly ball when Ace called him off. When Ace jumped up to catch it, Reese didn’t hear him call him off and they…

Shawnee Country Club, located on the east side of town, is a quiet and beautiful place. The “Country Club” is a place where I spend most of my time. The smell of fresh cut grass, and the sounds of purely struck golf shots are what makes this place what it is. Over the course of my daily trips to the Country Club, I realized that this place holds a lot of good and bad times for the golfers. Not only are there sounds of purely struck golf shots, but also groans of frustration coming from the…

Around the early nineties, golf was one of the remaining segregated sports in the United States. It was around the mid 1900s when this popular sport was took into consideration of allowing different races to play alongside each other in a championship golf tournament. The topic came into existence because of a man by the name of Charlie Sifford, who was a passionate golfer from North Carolina. Charlie began to make history with his work ethic, his love for the game, and his accomplishments.…

warmth of the sun shining its rays on my face...Lost in my thoughts of form and grip, contemplating yardage, angle and loft, dreaming of my future, I am at peace, I am on the golf course. When I was four years old, my dad put a club in my hand and a ball at my feet, since then, I have loved and despised the game of golf. From the moment I was introduced to the game, I was hooked and while many view it simply as ‘a game’, I have been fortunate enough to take much more away from the course.…

to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for an unnamed performance-enhancing drug. 11. A June 2011 peer-reviewed study categorized 159 sports as one of three types: combat, independent, or object. Golf is one of 74 independent sports, along with others such as gymnastics, track and field, swimming, speed skating, and surfing. Not all sports have to be object (like football and baseball), or combat (like boxing and karate). 12. Golf has many things in common with other sports,…

(but he’s not important). The teams flipped a coin to see who would shoot first, surely enough, our team went first. Me and the other goalie were almost the same when it came to skill, so I wasn’t surprised when he caught the first ball. Then it was my turn to block the ball. The referee blew his whistle…

When it comes to combining the joy of fresh air and the outdoors with an appreciation of nature, the challenges of a sport, and the opportunity to socialize and make new friends, Golf is unsurpassed. Golf truly has something for everyone, young and old, whatever your ability level. The truly international nature of the sport means it is appreciated the world over with courses stretching from the jungles of Malaysia to the ice-caked flats of Greenland. Courses have popped up in such diverse…

While it's true golfing doesn't call for the kind of flexibility that some other sports might demand, it is still a very important part of the game. There are, in fact, a number of reasons why flexibility can prove vital for lowering a score and making a round more enjoyable. The top reasons why golf flexibility exercises matter include: Form alone won't create an impressive score - Flexibility exercises can be very important for helping improve a game and lower a score. The truth in this can…

Bushnell Rangefinder Reviews – The Best Rangefinders You Can Get! Sometimes, skill isn’t the only thing that can give you the best shot in your golfing experience. In fact, I’m pretty sure the right tool is also a part and parcel of the equation. I’m not just talking about your expensive drivers and irons or your comfortable golf uniform. I’m also talking about the popular rangefinders. These small but terrible devices are so useful, you’ll find even professional golf players carrying them…