Golden rule

One of the reasons why many find the sport of baseball boring is because the majority of them don’t understand the rules of the game. I find baseball games to be completely consuming. Yeah, I know, it’s just a game. Unless you know the rules to the game, it’s hard to really appreciate all that goes on. One pitch can change the whole outcome of a game; one play can turn out to be more than what it seems. The home runs, the walks, the line drives made by good players on the disable list will bring…

The soft green grass under my feet, the cool breeze running over me, the 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’,…

On the fourth weekend of October, the Emmaus Youth Association, (EYA), entered two U12 travel softball teams into the end of the year softball tournament at Northampton High School to see who would become the Lehigh Valley U12 Softball champion. The two teams were Emmaus Yellow coached by Bill Held, and Emmaus Green coached by Traci Krapf. In this double elimination tournament, a tournament that has a team lose two games instead of the traditional one, the Emmaus Green’s bats went silent as…

Increase Your Driving Distance With A Golf Practice Net If you are a casual golfer who wants to improve their overall golf skills then you need to invest in a golf practice net. By using a golf practice net you can increase your driving distance and improve your overall game. Here are a few ways practice nets can help you increase driving distance. Better Muscle Strength With A Golf Practice Net If you have ever played golf you know that muscle strength is vitally important. Just hit a few…

Everybody has hardships, whether it be physical or emotional. But everyone does not have the courage or strength to push through troubled times, and many people fall short. In the stories “Up the Slide” by Jack London and “Glow in the Dark” by Gary Paulsen, the main characters go through an ordeal, and manage to persevere. While Clay, the main character of “Up the Slide”, faces a physical hardship, the narrator of “Glow in the Dark” faces an emotional ordeal. The themes of the texts are similar…

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,…

digital video last year I had some experience but I can always learn more. I looked over some past movies and scripts that I made and wondered how I could make it better and expanded upon that by researching different filming techniques like the thirds rule, wide and narrow shots, etc.. I was also interested in the general idea of film in the jazz age, and decided to research more into that. Since filming and editing, while similar, are both very important in their own…

Is Golf A Sport? A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. When we break down golf and take a moment to realize the actual definition of a sport you can obviously tell that golf is indeed a sport. The U.S Supreme Court ruled that walking the course and carrying the clubs has no relation to the sport. Golfers on average burn about 360 calories per hour without a cart or caddie which is more…

One Scrimmage “Allison, you’re on deck,” he says as he’s waving at me to get my helmet on. We were scrimmaging the older team that night as a warm up before we went to Bend that weekend. Putting my helmet on, all sweaty and nasty due to the conditioning we did in the practice beforehand. Sliding my slippery, sweaty hitting gloves on and running on deck. Ema was up, she swings. Strike three you’re out! “Go Allison, you’re up!” my coach says. I run to the plate, only anticipating the best…

Softball Gloves for Different Positions Your position in the game will determine the type of softball gloves you have to use. The player’s position is significant to the type of webbing, amount of padding and pocket size of the glove one should purchase. When considered together, you can end up with a great glove pattern that suits you. Remember that the pattern of the softball glove determines its specialized capabilities and performance in the game. Different positions need different glove…