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Which is the More Violent Sport: Football, Ice Hockey or Mma?

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So what’s with all the rhetoric and discussion on MMA being a violent sport?  Have any of these detractors ever watched a football game?  Ice Hockey?  Rugby?  Talk about violent sports!  And these are all approved and sanctioned!  Senator McCain and a lot of politicians are on the anti-MMA bandwagon, although sources close to Senator McCain have told me personally that he’s “coming around” and is willing to take a closer look at the sport.  Well thank goodness for that, because what MMA was in 1995 is not what it is today.

A report by the Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, (JOSS&M) stated “The incidence of injury in combat sports has not been adequately reported although it is important to identify the nature and frequency of injuries prior to the implementation of prevention programs.”  In their study, they “compared injury rates treated in Hospital Emergency Departments between different combat sports of boxing, wrestling, and martial arts.  A secondary objective described anatomic region and diagnosis of these injuries.  Data were obtained on all boxing, wrestling, and martial arts-related injuries that were in the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database and resulted in Emergency Department visits between 2002 and 2005.” 

Football Tricks

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Everyone loves Football tricks!

Ronaldinho the soccer player likely has the best soccer tricks in the game now but it is worth checking out some other soccer players as their soccer moves are also excellent. Brazil soccer fans will claim to have the most famous player in the world, Ronaldinho and there’s no doubt he’s a hard man to beat.

The late George Best could do anything with a ball in his prime, indeed you would regularly think that the ball was tied to his foot with a piece of string! He had pace, talent and could play with both feet.

Pele

Brazil soccer fans have another hero in Pele ! The famous Pele scored over 1000 career goals and had a selection of soccer tricks to display. At the age of seventeen he scored a wonderful goal in the 1958 world cup final when he beat two defenders and chipped the ball over their head to volley home!

Throwing The Perfect Football Pass

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While football is considered one of America’s greatest pastimes, few know the secrets of throwing the ball properly. A proper football pass is a perfect spiral delivered directly to the target. With that in mind, this article will attempt to explain some methods that actual football coaches use to teach their quarterbacks the right way to throw.

When trying to throw the perfect spiral, there are three things that you need to consider: the positioning of your hand, the release of the ball, and the timing of the whole pass movement. As far as gripping the football goes, many coaches recommend that you grip the ball with your ring finger placed on the first lace of the football. Your pinky should also grip the laces, and the best positioning for the pinky is between the next two laces up from the first. This usually varies from player to player, due to hand size and preference. For instance, Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles is a highly respected quarterback who keeps his fingers on laces one and four, respectively.

When it comes to the actual throw of the ball, it’s recommended that you hold the ball with as tight of a grip as possible. This tends to aid the spiral’s spin, making it easier to catch for the receiver. After pulling back for the throw, you’re going to want to make sure that you are on your last step before you take the throw is with the foot that you are throwing with. Simply put, if you are throwing with your right hand, your right foot should be forward. One little trick that many coaches use to help their players develop aim in their throws is to point at where they want to throw with the big toe of their leading foot. This helps the body to rotate properly and to ensure a throw in the right direction. When it comes to releasing the ball, you should release when your wrist is cocked at a 90 degree angle from your upper arm. Immediately after releasing the throw, flick your wrist in a downward direction. This causes the ball to spin, and when done properly can result in a perfect spiral throw.

Now that you can see some of the basics of getting a good throw down, it’s time to practice. Just be sure to watch what is going wrong when you try to make a pass so that you can better correct the problem in the future. It’s all just a process of getting your body used to doing the proper motion.