Friday, May 22, 2009

Will the British Lions Just Be 'Team Wales'?

The British Lions head coach is Ian McGeechan, a Scot who was, until a matter of days ago, in charge of London Wasps. But below him the Welsh rugby coaches Warren Gatland, Sean Edwards, Rob Howley and Craig White are all touring with the Lions.

With Wasps and Wales playing similar patterns of play (as well they might with Gatland being an ex-Wasps coach, Edwards still coaching there and Howley having played with them) there is a worry that we will be seeing British Lions playing the same sort of rugby.

Until this season that would have been far from a worry for anyone. Last season Wales marched to a Grand Slam in the 6 nations whilst Wasps won the Guinness Premiership final yet again. But times change and the coaching team have been far less successful, with Wasps struggling in the Guinness Premiership and Wales finishing 4th in the 6 Nations.

Looking at the squad you have to assume that the Lions will be very much following the direct style of play favored by Wales and Wasps. Both teams play very confrontational rugby, hitting hard at the fringes and the gainline, and blitzing in defense. besten online |find .it gambling | migliori casino en ligne |casinos
Wales especially provide very little protection to their scrumhalf at the break down, preferring to keep their forwards as runners spread across the park - this suggests that a strong 9 is needed - someone like Mike Phillips, the Ospreys and Wales scrum half who is built more like a flanker than a 9.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Perfect Sport Memorabilia Shop!

If you are new to collecting sporting memorabilia, it can be very hard to find authentic sports memorabilia and on the internet. To save you from endless browsing around here are a few tips and tricks how to find a trustworthy dealership for you.

First of all you should look if the sports memorabilia dealer has a Certificate of Authenticity this should automatically be sent out with every purchased piece of memorabilia and all details concerning this COA have to be explained on the website.

Secondly, the shop of your choice should be able to provide photographic evidence of the signing session. This point isn't as important as the first one, but is a good sign when looking for the genuine customer orientated sports memorabilia shop.

On the memorabilia shops website you have to get all contact details of the shop and it should be clearly stated where the shop is located and how you can get in touch with them.

Last but not least, there are issues concerning the payment, sometimes people don`t trust a newly found website enough to enter bank or credit card details. For all these careful shoppers Google checkout is the perfect solution, since the bank details are only stored on Google's SSL secured servers and not at the memorabilia shop of your choice.

Cheerleading As a Sport and Its Dangers

Cheerleading is now accepted as a sport. But like all sport it too has its own dangers. Some arise from lack of good quality coaching and some arise from the way the sport is structured. These ravishing beauties have a long way from gentle dancing and making fancy announcements over the megaphone that drive the crowds into raptures. A gymnastic move perfectly choreographed, flips into the air, somersaults, and the unimaginable feat-functioning as human catapults! If such performances are performed on specially prepared terrain there is very limited risk to it. But each day these performers do these tricks to please the fans, unmindful of the fact that they are putting their very life to danger. Cheerleading has become very complex nowadays and risk of injuries to the neck, head, shoulders are much greater now.