Let’s get this straight. I love basketball. It’s my favourite sport of all. Rugby used to be my favourite sport but, over the years, my preference has changed. The detailed reason it has changed is better left for another occasion but suffice it to say that rugby, in comparison to basketball, is just plain dumb. It’s not as dumb as rugby league, Australian football or soccer, … [Read more...]
Yoga for sport… and spirit!
This great sporting nation, Australia, once had a pub on every corner. These days there’s a Yoga Shala around every corner and it’s serving up a new spirit. Yoga explores every aspect of living. Mental gymnastics. Physical gymnastics. Spiritual mountaintops and great oceans of understanding. You can achieve total tone and fitness, reach a point of calm and exhilaration, tie … [Read more...]
Football’s fight against homophobia – has it reached a “tipping point?”
How is football's fight against homophobia progressing? The following article from British academics Daniel Lock, Adi Adams and Emma Kavanaugh, attempts to paint a hopeful picture where changing attitudes are finally reaching a "tipping point" where gay athletes and spectators may no longer have to fear harassment and abuse from homophobic elements within the football (soccer) … [Read more...]
Football referees add on more extra time when famous teams are losing!
Football (soccer) enthusiasts suspected it, but now statistics is confirming it. After analysing all the matches of the Spanish league "La Liga" from the 2014-2015 season, two experts in sports science have found that the greater the difference on the scoreboard, the less stoppage time is added to the end of the game. When the score is tighter, however, football referees tend … [Read more...]
Forgiveness and trust… the keys to playing great footy (and being a great rugby league coach)!
Tim Edwards sits in on a Ben and Shane Walker (coaching guru brothers who mentor the Queensland Rugby League's Ipswitch Jets) video analysis session with their players and tries to figure out just what makes them so different from other coaches. Ben and Shane Walker coach the Ipswich Jets in the Intrust Super Cup, Queensland's rugby league competition. The former NRL star … [Read more...]