Tag: sports
Bruce Lewis: The head changes a golfing stroke
This is an old tip that someone reminded me of several weeks ago. Many golfers tilt and turn their heads while at the address position. This is an issue because golfers tend to start their back swing in the same direction their heads are tilted.
Volleyball: Holding down the court
The Gavilan College women's volleyball program reappeared in 2005 after an 11-year hiatus. Two years later, Kevin Kramer took over as head coach, quickly, and quietly, turning a team that totaled a combined eight victories in 2005-06 to a conference contender.
Life after Olympic stardom begins now for Michael Phelps
LONDON - On the first day of the rest of his life, Michael Phelps slept in.
Usain Bolt displays winning form, repeats as 100-meter champion
LONDON - In between mugging for cameras before he went into the blocks and preening around the track after his race Sunday at the Olympic Stadium,
Baseball: Babe Ruth All-Stars eliminated in Arizona
The season for the 14-year-old San Benito Babe Ruth All-Stars ended Thursday one round short of a second-consecutive berth in the Pacific Southwest Regional championship game. Needing to win two games to advance to play Friday, San Benito could muster a victory in only its first game and was eliminated.
Swimming: San Benito Aquatics looks for continued growth
Swimming is more than just an exercise for the nearly 100 participants at San Benito Aquatics every week. To those kids - ranging from as young as eight to as old as 17 - swimming is a stable dream and an end to a means.
Bruce Lewis: Learning golf from Buster Posey
We can learn balance and posture for our golf swing from other sports. In golf, the address position is a very athletic ready position. In the position, golfers bend at their hips and knees while keeping their back straight. Weight should be balanced on the balls of golfer’s feet.
Baseball: Babe Ruth All-Stars drop opening game of regional tourney
The San Benito 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star team struggled in the start of the Pacific Southwest Regional tournament in Surprise, Arizona on Tuesday. Behind five errors, San Benito fell to the Tucson Bobcats 7-3 in the opening game of the tournament.
MLB: Giants and Dodgers keep up off the field, too
Hunter Pence, still in transit, was not in the Giants' lineup Tuesday. Nor was Shane Victorino, similarly dealt that morning by the Philadelphia Phillies, starting for the Dodgers.
Boxing: Guerrero wins unanimous decision, claims WBC interim welterweight title
Doors have been closed in front of Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero as he has chased down boxing supremacy. He has found ways to fight through all of them. Opportunity knocked Saturday night and Guerrero powerfully paraded his way right through one more obstacle, coming out on the other side as the WBC Interim Welterweight world champion.
