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July 23, 2010

Local track: Five Racine County athletes move ahead to Hersey’s national meet

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Representing the City of Racine Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, the five qualified by placing first in their respective events at the Hershey state meet June 26 at West Allis after advancing from local and district competition.

This program is sponsored by The Hershey Company and features more than 400 of the best young track and field athletes in North America.

The North American Final will be held at the Henry

Hershey Field on the campus of the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pa. Aug. 7.

This is the 33rd year Hershey’s Track & Field Games has provided 9-14 year-old boys and girls the opportunity to learn and develop the skills required to participate in basic track and field events.

In the girls 9-10 age group, Racine’s Daisy Harper

(50-meter dash), Tiana Marshall (100) and Anna Butler (200) qualified for the national meet.

Harper, 10, ran the 50 meter dash in 7.63 seconds at district meet June 19; the 50 meter dash in 7.56 seconds at state meet June 26; and plays soccer, basketball and track and field.

In the boys 11-12 age group, Caleb Martinez (softball throw) qualified.

And in the girls 13-14 age group, Megan Kuroski (100) qualified.

District and state results were not available for all Racine County qualifiers.

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July 15, 2010

Kettlebells the most effective fitness equipment

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Kettlebells are mostly like a cannonball with a single looped handle and are usually used for strength training. Their beginning is from is from Eastern Europe where they have been used broadly for decades however in recent times it has caught the attention of mainstream athletes.

The device in itself is basic and the variations of weight of the kettlebell can be from two pounds to over 100 pounds however the habitual Russian kettlebell weighed roughly 16kg /35lbs. The kettlebell work out has been claimed to be more effective than traditional dumb bells as the use of core muscles is much greater and better coordination is required as there is a need to balance the kettlebell.

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July 5, 2010

Track and field injury prevention measures

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In track and field games the part of the body involved is leg. Any injuries in leg may lead to some dangerous injuries. The other parts which have the possibility of getting injured are knee and thighs. The common injuries occur during the games are shin fleets and fracture of bones, ankle sprains and scraps and burns. Prevention is better than cure, so athletes should follow some preventive measures to avoid injuries in track and field games. The following prevention should be followed in track and field games.

Wear proper shoes and use starting blocks to avoid any slips.

Use fitness products to enhance the strength of your legs.

While handling shot puts, use shot put balls of proper weight.

Increase your strength by using proper weight sets for training.

Do not let your body to dehydrate, hydrate your body often.

Have regular warm up and stretches.

Running participants should have two days of rest.

Use proper knee caps and learn the correct techniques of track and field games.

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April 8, 2010

Tips on Discus grip & release

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Before playing the discus you must know how to play it. Following are some techniques which will help you while playing discus:
First you should know how to hold the discus so to hold is you need to widen your fingers out along with index finger in line up through wrist then position your fingers former knuckles above the disc and then put discus in that hand by which you are going to throw. After keeping the dices in your hand you must know to release it so while leaving the discus to go your palm should be down and press the discus away. By doing this the disc will move toward your index finger and that disc will rotate in the way of clockwise in support of a accurate supplied thrower.
Now let’s see your body position while playing discus. Your body position should be in power pose to make an outstanding throw. Towards the throwing path thrower will stand at right angles and when it comes to the feet position left foot to some extent at the back of the right foot along with shoulder breadth at a distance. The player have to be in an sporty situation and he/she will rotate their upper body totally reverse to the throwing direction along with the knees, upper body and toe supposed to be in line.

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