Badminton      

                                                                                                                                                             

                                     Many Americans play baseball, basketball, soccer, or tennis. Many of them watch these sports on TV, and many buy tickets to their games and matches. But the average American has never even heard competieion , let alone gone to see a match. As a player myself, I can assure you that the common misconception that badminton is merely a  ports  couldn’t be farther from the truth. Badminton began as a leisurely backyard sport and evolved to competitive sport ranging to Olympic levels.Badminton originated thousands of years ago in India, before many of the other sports were commercialized. It is believed to have evolved from a children’s game known as battledore and shuttlecock, the battledore being a paddle and the shuttlecock a small-feathered cork, now called a “bird” or “birdie.” The objective was simply to keep the bird in the air for as long as possible.

The first Badminton Club in America was The Badminton Club of New York, BCNY, was formed in 1878, but it was primarily a social club. Badminton requires intensive training and conditioning, and in the most competitive countries children are often started as early as 4-5 years old. When explaining the game to their friends, the guests referred to it as "the Badminton game"? for the name of his estate and the name stuck. Badminton was staged as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Olympics, and premiered as a full medal Olympic sport in 1992 at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and has continued to be such ever since. The competitive nature of badminton is demonstrated by the determination of the player to do such feats as hitting birdies clocked up to 200 miles an hour at the most advanced levels. In 1893 the Badminton Association of England was founded as the first national governing body and the first All-England championship was held in 1899. Despite the efforts, badminton did not become popularuntil the 1930"tms.   

                           

                                 

Volleyball                                     

The sport of volleyball is about 105 years old by now. The sport originated in the United States, and now is just achieving the type of popularity in all over the world. that it has received on a global basis. Today there are more than 46 millions of Americans who play volleyball. There are about 800 million players worldwide who play this game at least once a week. The history and rules describes the game of volleyball.

In the year 1895, William Morgan was an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass. He decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen that would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of volleyball, the sport of volleyball was called mitonette at the time. Morgan borrowed the net from tennis, and raised it to 6 feet 6 inches above the floor, just above average man’s head. During the demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps “volleyball” would be a more descriptive name for the sport.

                                                   
                             Listed are some important dates that have to do with the game of volleybaleyball. In the year 1895 the game was created. On July 7, 1896 at the first game of “volleyball” was played. In 1900 a special ball was designed for the sport. On 1916, in the Philippines, an offensive style of passing the ball in a high trajectory to be struck by another player (which is the set and spike) was introduced. Then in the year 1917, the game was changed from 21 to 15 points. In 1922, the first YMCA national championships were held in . 27 teams from 11 states were represented on that day.

Volleyball is a team sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net. The object of the game is for each team to send the ball regularly over the net to ground it, or in other words have it hit the ground or floor, on the opponent’s court and to prevent the ball from being grounded on its own court. The way you play the game is the ball is put into play by the right back-row player who serves the ball by hitting it over the net to the opponent’s court. A player is not allowed to hit the ball twice consecutively, except when attempting a block.

Cricket

Cricket is a very interesting outdoor game. It is not our national game. It was introduced into this country by the English. It is the national game of the English. But now it is played in some countries of the world.

This game is played between two teams. Each team consists of eleven players. It is played on a large plot of ground. The ground must not be rough. Two bats, two sets of stumps and two pair of bails and a small leather ball, called the duce ball, are required. One set of stumps, which are three in number, is fixed just opposite to the other. The distance between them is twenty-two yards. The bails are placed on these stumps, which are called wickets. There are two judges. They are called umpires.

                                  Of the two teams, at first one bats and the other bowls and fields. When the batting of the first team is over, the second team bats and the first one bowls and fields. At the beginning of the play, two batsmen of one party stand at the front of each set of the wickets. Of the eleven players of the other party one stands behind one set of wickets and another bowls from near the other set of wickets. The rest stand in different positions. Then the play begins.

The bowler throws the ball. He tries to hit the stumps opposite to him. The batsman resists it by trying to strike the ball hard with the bat. If he succeeds, he and the other batsman run from wicket to wicket until the bowler can catch hold of the ball. These runs are counted. If the ball touches any of the stumps, the batsman is out. If the batsman strikes the ball and if this ball is caught by a fielder while it is in the air, then also the batsman is out. He may be out in other ways as well. When one batsman is out, he retires and another goes in to bat. The batting continues till the tenth man is out.

The other party then takes bat. The play then goes on as before. The party that scores the greater number of runs wins the game.Cricket is one of the best outdoor game. Many schools have cricket teams. It is a good physical exercise. All the muscles are exercised. It makes a young man hardy and steady. It teaches us patience,  and obedience. It also teaches us the value of co-operation and fellow-feeling. Professional cricketers earn a lot of money if they play well. Test matches are played between two countries. This helps to develop fellow-feeling between the people of those two countries. Thus Indians have played cricket matches with England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, Pakistan, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.

It is a good game, no doubt. But it is very costly. Some Indians have earned a great reptation all over the world as excellent cricketers. Our Government has conferred titles on some players in recognition of their skill in games.

Basketball       

Basketball was invented in the United States in 1891and quickly became popular. Basketball is the one of the major world sport developed in the United States. The official basketball rules for 1966-1967 describe the sport as follows:

 “Basketball is played by two teams of five players each. The purpose of each team is to throw the ball into it own basket and to prevent the other team from scoring. The ball may be thrown, rolled, dribbled in any direction, subject to restrictions laid down in… rules.” Basketball is usually played indoors but can be played level surfaces outdoors. More people watch basketball game than any other sport in the United States other than football. The Olympic games have included basketball since 1936. ~ Dribble means to bounce the ball on the floor. ~ Field Goal counts as two points when it scored in the basket before the 3-point line. ~ Foul is a violation mostly when a person pushes, holds, or charges

             It is made of leather, plastic, or any other like material inflated with air. A sideline marks each side of the court. Turnover happens when the offensive team loses possession without taking a shot. A good free throw counts as 1 point. They are divided into 16-minutes halves, each of which consists of 8-minutes quarters. Professional teams play 12-minutes quarters and have 1. ~ Press occurs when the opposing player guard offensive players closely. Outdoor courts are made of concrete, asphalt, or other solid material. ~ Free Throw is a shot toward a fouled player. Jump ball happens when the referee tosses the ball in the air while two opposing players try to tap the ball to their teammates. No other player can enter inside the key while the player is shooting. If we does not play carefully there will happen some great accident. We have listen bad and sad news  about basketball because of unbalanced playrs force. Some times ago we have listen Obama has become injury by the careless of himself so that be careful land obey the rules and regulation  properly about this game.

Table tenish

Table tennis is a very fun and enjoyable game. Now it is not only a game, but a sport an Olympic sport. Most historians will agree thattable tenish originated centuries ago in England. It is thought that it was first played with makeshift equipment on dining room tables. Around the beginning of the 18th century people began using celluloid balls instead of the traditional rubber and cork. After this the game became very popular in England and in the united states. Some common names for it early on where gossimar, whiff-whaff, and ping pong.Ping-pong is the name that actually caught on and we still use it today. It became a patented trade name for. Around the early 1920s the game was becoming very popular and in several parts of the world a movement started to revive table tennis as a serious sport. A meeting held in 1926 in berlin among five nations resulted in the formation of the inte
                                                                                                                                                                 

     There is also doubles play in table tennis. The ball must then hit the table on the server"tms side of the net first. In fact most people still play with the old ball size of 38 mm. ational table tennis federation or ittf. It has a few different rules to follow. The first is that the serve must be from the right hand court into the opponent"tms right hand court#2 each partner must alternate shots. A player must have at least a 2 point advantage to win the game. you stand on the ends that are 5 ft in width. One player serves until five points have been scored and then the opponent serves for the next 5 points. They also have this rule in tennis. 7 grams and is 40 millimeters in diameter. In the official rules it states that the racquet may be any shape size, or weight - although there are tons of tiny stipulations and conditions that go along with that. The table that you play on is 9 ft by 5 ft. Like in tennis, table tennis requires the players to hit the ball back and forth over the net until one of the players misses the ball, or hits it into the net or off the table; in either of these cases, the opponents scores. They have recently changed the ball size.                    

WRESTLING       

                Ever since I stepped on the mat, I wanted to learn as much about wrestling as I could. As my first match approached, I felt confident in my abilities. Being the only member of my team who lost at our season opener was the most embarrassing experience of my life. Hubris was my major downfall - I had over-estimated my ability, and losing was a rude awakening.

                                                                                                          

A variety of skills are taught at college wrestling camps including takedowns, pinning, mental attitude, strength development, escapes, reversals, weight lose and nutrition. There is usually a lot of drilling and plenty of live wrestling as well.The 2 basic styles of amateur wrestling are Greco-Roman and freestyle. Other forms of wrestling are common within different cultures.             

                So for the past 2 to 3 quarters I spent long hours in the hot, thick-aired wrestling room conditioning non-stop with my female coach, Natalia. My parents told my coach to bring her in since they still did not want me to wrestle guys, especially after I passed out the first time I attempted to wrestle a guy.Though interest in foot-bags faded, a core group of competitors has remained. Those who use footbags value how it increases their agility, coordination, endurance,  balance, and concentration College-style wrestling, sometimes also known as scholastic or folk-style wrestling, is a form of wrestling that is native to the USA.

RACE

I have spent quite some time observing from the sidelines, everyone's comments on racial

identity. It would seem, at times, despite the historical justification of our feelings

toward whites, that our hurt reigns as nasty in our views toward them as we criticize their

supremacist indifference toward us. As the years have gone by, the white monopoly on

hate has pretty much evolved to a well-integrated mutual racial contempt. 

Since your newsletter is about sharing perspectives, I’d like to give some food for thought.

I am now 32 and having grown up in the post civil rights era of the 1970’s, I was
schooled under integration.  My grandfather, as with others in my family, was a schoolteacher. He
attended an all black teacher’s college and taught in the segregated school system.
Among the many stories of racial hatred that they experienced at the hands of the whites in
power, was a tale of solidarity of purpose within the black community to prevail and to
begin their own legacy of excellence. Despite being grossly underpaid and under funded,
black teachers and schools took pride in challenging the minds of youth.  They didn’t
know anything about being Afro-centric.  They were just people of a common color under a
common experience of hatred and hostility grasping whatever spiritual strength passed
from their slave ancestors and new world cultures to create a common thread of decency
and moral order in the fight toward freedom.

What is important about that thread is that it made us unique as a people.  We became a
one tribe or family.  There is no such thing, for us, as being African.  Africa is as
diverse in its cultures, its history of honor, and legacy of evils as any other land.  There
are peoples who hate each other there as much as the white Irish Catholic and Protestants.
There are people of pagan and satanic tribes, Muslim, Hebrew, and Christian; hardly a
continent of monolithic people and beliefs. If we were all able to fully trace our direct
ancestry, would we really be at home?  For whatever purpose, we are an enigma to world
culture.  Our legacy was birthed from the death of our African tribe affiliations under
slavery and we have accomplished, through great evils, a commonality that we have yet
to fully comprehend or identify its purpose. When we made the first steps toward freedom,
I believe that we became entranced by all the trappings of the white world, much like God
warned against when slaves made their exodus from Egypt.  Culture is much more than
customs and artifacts.  Those things are normally
byproducts and reflective of a common spirituality and belief.  Bowing to a golden
calf today means the same as it did thousands of years ago even though you bought it from
Macy’s.   We assimilated much of this
“melting pot” culture without exercising wisdom in considering the effects of its content
on our spiritual health. Although I have benefited greatly from the strides made during the
civil rights era,I believe that integration, as it was implemented, destroyed much of our potential.

Our schools were raped of their best teachers while our kids were thrust into hostile
environments with white teachers who didn’t give a damn. Athletic blacks were exploited
and not educated.  Intellectual blacks were separated to be further assimilated into
white culture. 

Marathon

The New York Club opened a marathon Thanksgiving Day on November 22 called held in park. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it to registration which was held in an elementary school a mile away from Prospect Park. By the time I got to Prospect Park it was almost 9am and the race was about to begin. The New York Road Runners event coordinators told me to just run it because it was only a “friendly race” and said when I’m done maybe they can help me out by giving me a Turkey Trot shirt something.

It was a beautiful warm and sunny morning which was perfect for a marathon. The marathon was full of runners. Definitely in the hundred range. At 9am I joined the crowd at the start line and ran with them. Everybody was full of energy and prepared for this 5 mile run. They had jogging gears, shorts, tank tops, head bands and anything you can image.

This was a great event for me. It was my first time at a marathon and also my first time in Prospect Park. I never knew how big the park was. Its looks very similar to Central Park in Manhattan. The              runner were great people. They

My overall experience with this marathon was great. I had a lot of fun. It was definitely worth waking up early for. I would love to do more of this in the future and upcoming events. It is a great way to exercise as well. Getting up early in the morning and running is something I should do more often than just sleep all day. I can honestly say that I had a good exercise and worked up my appetite for Thanksgiving dinner.
I ended my race at the finish line in 1 hour and 7 minutes. Right above the finish line was where the time clock was. I heard the first place winner

won at around 27 minutes.

Kabaddi         

                                          

            All work and no play make jack a dull boy” is a very well known proverb. Games are very useful for health. They refresh and recreate the energy that has been lost in the days work. Students who have to study hard must play some games. There are a number of games both Indian and Foreign. Crickets, Tennis, Football are a number of games. They are costly. On the other hand, ‘Kabaddi’, Wrestling etc. are Indian games. I like to play ‘Kabaddi’ more than any other game. It is my favorite game.

                                                                                                                 

                              ‘Kabaddi’ can easily be played in a small field. It does not require a large play ground. The field is divided into two parts by drawing a line in the middle. There are two teams, each of eight players. One team plays on each side of the line. A player from one of the teams goes to other side and tries to touch a player of the opposite side. If he is captured, he is declared, “DEAD”. On the other hand, if he succeeds and returns to his side of the line, the player who has been touched is supposed to be “DEAD”. The dead player sits apart and does not participate in the game. In this way, the game continues till one of the parties is defeated.

                      I like ‘Kabaddi’ for a number of reasons. It does not require a large play-ground. It can be played even in the court-yard of a house. It is very cheap. The players have to be alert constantly. The game is good for health. The players have constantly to run and jump. They are active throughout. The game does not required much time. It recreates and gives good exercise only within a few minutes.

For all these reasons, “Kabaddi’ is my favorite game. It should be made compulsory in schools and colleges. At present there are no suitable arrangements for games in schools. Foreign games are costly, and need large playground. So most of the students do not play any of the games, this is a serious short-coming. It can be overcome by making ‘Kabaddi’ compulsory.