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Improve Your Putting Stroke
If you watched this year’s US Open, you can clearly see how important putting is in winning championships. Putting is 50 percent of the game of golf, yet most of us don’t practice putting as often as, say, our iron game.
For beginners, the quickest way to improve and keep up with experienced golfers is learning a good putting stroke. Here are three of my favorite putting drills... More 
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How To... Pole Vault
Pole-vaulting gives me a sensation that very few have the pleasure of feeling: flying.
For the brief seconds that my feet are off the ground, I soar. As the pole jerks me higher and higher, I pull myself up to the top of the pole and twist my body. With a tremendous push, I throw my body from the pole upside down and I watch the bar travel by... More
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Flip while throwing the ball in:
Leah Mattingly of Javanon Soccer ’95 girls’ team has taken gymnastics for several years and that helps in the full body flip throw-in. She gets a running start, flips her whole body vertically with her head on the soccer ball and lands on both feet in time to send the ball in bounds without mis-stepping. You must keep both feet on the... More
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How To Score a Track Meet
It is a beautiful day for a track meet. It is about 65 degrees with a slight breeze and the sun is shining, but there are just enough clouds to send a shadow over the athletes as they warm up. Like most track meets, the energy is contagious. Runners, jumpers, pole vaulters, competitors of all field events are stretching and practicing, patiently waiting for those few short seconds when they... More
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A collection of this month's best action photos.
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Turnaround Cat
by: Beth Bush
With 20 years of government service behind him, Paul Calhoun has earned his retirement and the chance to sit back...
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Matt Brown
by: Beth Bush
VYPE: Tell me about your background.
Brown: I decided to go to U of L for college and not...
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I never played soccer as a kid and when I watch a game I am often baffled about when the ball is in or out...
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For the July issue’s Coaches Corner section, we’ve asked several coaches within the 1A-4A group to let us know how...
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