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NIKEiD and Kobe Bryant Collaborate for Christmas

NIKEiD AND KOBE BRYANT COLLABORATE FOR A SPECIAL HOLIDAY SURPRISE

BEAVERTON, OR – NIKE, Inc. and reigning NBA MVP Kobe Bryant are celebrating breakthrough innovation with a festive flair this holiday season and beyond. Beginning December 25, 2008, Bryant’s new Nike Zoom Kobe IV, his fourth signature shoe with the brand, will be available on NIKEiD.com […]

Nike Zoom Kobe IV - Nike Unveils its Lightest and Strongest Basketball Shoe Ever

LOS ANGELES – NIKE, Inc. and 10-time NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant unveiled the Nike Zoom Kobe IV today, its lightest basketball shoe ever, with a new low cut design weighing in at a mere 11.6 ounces.

The game of basketball is evolving to a quicker pace, and as basketball’s agent of change Kobe is leading the […]

Increase Vertical Jump with Plyometric Exercises

The vertical jump is one of many tests performed at the Football Combine. The following speed, power and explosive tests are as follows:

40 yard dash
Vertical Jump
Max 225 Bench Reps
Standing Long Jump

For Football quickness and agility, they may do the following:

Pro-Agility Test (lateral agility or I-test)
J or L cone Test (another agility test performed in […]

Preventing ACL Injuries Videos

LA84foundation.org is the web site for the Legacy of The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games that has several excellent Free Track and Cross Country Coaching Books.

There is a web-based lesson for athletes, coaches, trainers and parents on how to prevent ACL injuries. While it may appear to focus on soccer, it applies to any […]

NIKE Zoom LeBron VI 6

Available at USA retail stores Friday, October 31. In Canada January 2009

From NIKE Press release:

BEAVERTON, Ore. - “ As LeBron James proved in a Gold Medal campaign this past summer in Beijing, he is a basketball player who can do it all and he requires a performance shoe that can keep up with his […]

NIKE Considered Design Spring 2009 Product Outlook

From NIKE Press release:

Nike Considered Design is Nike’s latest products which combine sustainability principles with the newest innovations for sport. While Nike has delivered consumers Considered products for several years, for the first time, Nike Considered Design will be featured in all of Nike’s six key categories: basketball, running, football (soccer), women’s training, men’s […]

Nike Considered Design - Products that Redefine Performance and Sustainability

From NIKE Press release:

NIKE, Inc. today debuted Nike Considered Design, its latest products which combine sustainability principles with the newest innovations for sport. While Nike has delivered consumers Considered products for several years, for the first time, Nike Considered Design will be featured in all of Nike’s six key categories: basketball, running, football (soccer), women’s […]

Free Track and Cross Country Coaching Books

The LA84foundation.org is the web site for the Legacy of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. This web site is a great resource for athletes, coaches, trainers and parents.

Who the heck is the LA84foundation.org?

The LA84 Foundation is endowed with surplus funds from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Their mission is to serve youth […]

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Updates on iDashboards

A week ago, I posted Olympic Results Tracking by iDashboards.

So a busy week has gone by, and again I checked the medal standings (click on the above iDashboards image).

I’ve been checking the results on a daily basis, but so far CANADA has won 0 medals.

Zero. Zilch. Nada. Goose Egg. Nothing.

After watching […]

NBCOlympics.com Basketball Latest News

NBCOlympics.com Basketball Latest News

Without Ginobili, Argentina earns bronze

With star Manu Ginobili on the bench in street clothes with an injury, Argentina turned to Carlos Delfino — using his 20 points to spark an 87-75 win against Lithuania in the men’s bronze medal match on Day 16.

U.S. women have winning four-mula

With its third straight win over Australia […]

Nike Hyperdunk Basketball Shoes

From NIKE Press release:

Nike’s lightest and strongest basketball shoe owes its existence to Nike’s revolutionary Flywire technology as it made its transition from track spikes to basketball. Flywire is the innovation driving Nike’s strongest and lightest footwear. Super-strong nylon filaments provide precise support akin to the suspension cables in a bridge, and allow a radical […]

The Pursuit of Happiness and Olympic Medals

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… and Olympic Medals !

By now, you’re probably aware of countries like Qatar and Bahrain “importing” elite athletes in the Pursuit of Olympic Medals. Qatar offers a monthly stipend of $1000 USD for life to athletes who “switches passports”.

LetsRun.com is notorious for pointing out this fact and always […]

Youth Sports and ACL injuries

With all the hype surrounding elite athletes and the Olympics & World Records, we often forget the grass roots of sports.

However, it always amazes me (and sometimes disgusts me) the rising number of youths in High School who are injured at my physiotherapy & ART (Active Release Therapy) clinic. The amount of peer pressure […]

Ice Baths for Workout Recovery

Former McGill Redmen and Canada’s National Team member Alex Hutchinson discusses if ice baths really help after a hard workout in this Globe and Mail article. Alex ran for McGill from 1993-1997, and still holds 3 McGill records (1000m, 1500m and 4×800m). That’s two more than me!

Here is the article from the Globe […]

Training for Peak Performance - Mental Edge Sports Seminar

JON LEE KOOTNEKOFF & ASSOCIATES and IIHSI ANNOUNCES THE MENTAL EDGE SPORTS SEMINAR
Friday, June 6 - 7 at the Burnaby Winter Club, BC
Vancouver, BC – On Friday June 6th and Saturday June 7th, Jon Lee Kootnekoff & Associates and International Ice Hockey Systems Inc. (IIHSI) will be hosting a Mental Training Seminar for players, parents […]

Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games

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First, Tommie Smith writes a book 38 years after the fact.
Then, in December 2007, the 1980 USA Olympic team gets congressional medals.
And now this book comes out, 28 years later.
Maybe I should write a memoir: Uncovered Stories from my 1980 High School Graduation. It would be a book like Jose Canseco naming names […]

Bad Sportsmanship Stories? Canada Summer Games 2001

On Wednesday, I wrote about Good Sportsmanship Stories. Now we need some bad ones.

I remember the 1972 Olympics Basketball final where the USA lost to the Soviet Union after 3 disputed calls by the referee going against the Americans. They boycotted the medal ceremony and to this day the 12 silver medals remain […]

Blood Sweat and Tears - Penn Relays 2008

Thanks to Wejo of LetsRun.com for pointing this out.
At the 2008 Penn Relays, Stanford’s Alicia Follmar took a hard fall on the leadoff leg of the women’s distance medley. While she was on the ground, Follmar took a spike to the head but got up to finish a gutsy 3rd.
Check out the skin burns […]

What Do You Do with Old Running Shoes?

As a sprinter or runner, you know you should throw away your running shoes or training flats before the soles shows signs of excessive wear.
Why? Because the padding on the inside has lost their effectiveness. This isn’t a shameless plug for Nike, Reebok, Puma or Adidas to buy more shoes.
In my […]

The Effect of Different Tracks for NCAA Qualifiers

The next time you show up ready to run on a flat un-banked 200 meter indoor track looking for a personal best or NCAA Qualifier, think again.
In the article Where Did The NCAA Qualifiers Come From? (a look at the effect of different tracks) on Track and Field News, they reported:

There were 22 venues which […]

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