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Don’t let wrist pain sideline your game
Sheilamary Koch Sports & FitnessIf you've ever injured or experienced soreness in your wrist, you know how debilitating it is. Simple tasks like turning a door knob or buttoning clothes can trigger pain — just imagine what a wrist injury could do to your workout routine or playing schedule. To avoid being sidelined by a bad wrist, here's a look at how problems start in this joint and how to sidestep them.
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USGA Rules: When your ball strikes various objects
Jamie WallaceThe GCAA is partnering with the USGA, represented by Jamie Wallace, to do a feature on the Rules of Golf focusing on common situations that players encounter. Each month, we plan to highlight a specific Rule or Rules situation that is relevant to college golfers or one that is often misunderstood. We will highlight what the Rule says and how it is applied to the situation at hand. This month, Jamie is discussing different situations when your ball strikes various objects.
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Tobacco’s disappearing act in baseball
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Sports & FitnessEvery April, America's pastime of baseball returns to ballparks across the country as communities can once again take in the sights of the stadium and cheer on their favorite team. But one thing many fans will not see this season is the use of tobacco among players.
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Golf Q&A: Arkansas coach Brad McMakin
William SouléBrad McMakin is in his 11th year as the head men's golf coach at the University of Arkansas. The 2009 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coach of the Year, McMakin has led the Razorbacks to 22 tournament wins, including 17 during the last six seasons.
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Q&A: Mac Thayer of the Junior Golf Scoreboard
William SouléMac Thayer is the founder and executive director of the Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS), a website designed to give players, parents and coaches easy access to information on the world of competitive junior golf worldwide.
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Advice to high school athletes from a former Texas Longhorn
Damon Sayles Sports & FitnessWhen Alex De La Torre signed to play football with the University of Texas in February 2012, he had all kinds of aspirations. He didn't have the superstar career that only a handful of college athletes experience en route to an NFL career, but if there's one thing De La Torre can say, it's this: He made it farther than the majority of his peers did.
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Don’t forget to exercise your face
Sheilamary Koch Sports & FitnessThese muscles work hard but don't carry, lift or move the body. Learning to exercise and relax these muscles can take years off your look, reduce chronic headaches and bring ease to your body and mind. Though it's easy to forget about them, they're visible to everyone you meet.
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Q&A: NC State coach Richard Sykes
William SouléRichard Sykes, longtime men's golf coach for North Carolina State University, will be retiring at the end of the season after 46 years coaching the Wolfpack. Sykes, who was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 2001, is a four-time Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year. He led NC State to its first ACC Championship in 1990 and has coached the team to 23 NCAA Regionals and 12 NCAA Championships. He has also coached six individual ACC Champions, two ACC Players of the Year, 34 All-Americans, and one NCAA Champion and Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award presented by Barbasol recipient in Matt Hill.
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USGA Rules: Accidental movement of a ball on a putting green
Jamie WallaceYou may have heard about the Rules Modernization initiative that the USGA and The R&A have undertaken to make the Rules of the game more consistent, simple and fair for all golfers. One of the Rules changes that has been under discussion for many years as part of this initiative involves the accidental movement of a ball on the putting green.
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Marathon runners may risk kidney damage
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Sports & FitnessThe nation's biggest marathon is coming up next week, luring runners from all over the world to Boston to challenge their body and spirit. And it is quite a challenge as a new study supports what other investigations have shown: marathon runners risk serious health consequences with the exertion and loss of fluids that take place over the hours spent running the course.
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