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Liberty Games 2013 Mixed Martial Arts
Our first Liberty Games Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event for youth was a highlight for the new state games, which was produced and hosted by the Empire State Sports Council (ES Sports). Athletes from across the state, competing in 3 areas of the sport, made for quite a day! These are the elite youth of MMA, and […]
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Patriot’s Invitational Constitution Classic President’s Open Adirondack Championships Independence Invitational Liberty Tour Champs/Liberty Games
Liberty Tour Sparks Steenburn’s Athletic Career
One of the most intriguing things about achieving any amount of athletic success is that most Athletes have no problem recalling from where they started, as if it were just yesterday. Even with all of the excitement of selecting the right College, setting University Records, or winning Gold Medals, it takes only seconds to go […]
The Top 5 Myths about NFL Players
Myth: “While U.S. life expectancy is 77.6 years, recent studies suggest the average for NFL players is 55.” Source: St. Petersburg Times Fact: “A government study found a lower death rate among former NFL players than among men in the general population. Former players also had a lower rate of cancer-related deaths. And the rate […]
Planning Strength & Speed Training for Football (Part II)
Reggie Johal looks at training methods to assist American Football players improve their speed and strength during the football off-season. American Football, like many other sports, has a history of coaches with a poor understanding of the sport’s demands inflicting upon players the necessity to run laps of the pitch, and engage in other forms […]
Basketball ‘Steals’ the Show
Schenectady, NY – It was one of those “Triple-H Days” (Hazy, Hot, & Humid), and no matter what the weather was like, inside or outside, it didn’t appear to have any effect on the Boys and Girls that made the Pat Riley Center the focus of the Liberty Games for the Basketball competition. “With […]
Liberty Games RaceWalking!
Valatie, NY July 19, 2013 On the penultimate day of this year’s Liberty Games, the Track and Field competition drew to a close. The 5000m Race Walk, the longest event of the meet, took place in hot (85°F), humid, and sunny conditions. With more than 10 Athletes registered for the event, a full field of eight (8) toed the starting […]
Is Cross Country Running the Purest Sport?
By Christopher Cudworth The air is more than crisp on a late October morning. A chill breeze seems to slide down out of the clear blue sky to the north. It is cross country weather. 140 athletes line up before a backdrop of team and fan busses. There may be 2000 fans in attendance to […]
Overcoming “Nicks” …Kossor’s Bumpy Road to Success
At the age of 16, after having already been in Judo for 11 years, Nick Kossor decided to put making an Olympic team at the top of his priority list. As if this goal wasn’t challenging enough, life (the road travelled by each of us) had a few unexpected turns and bumps. In the case of […]
Planning Strength & Speed Training For Football (Part I)
Reggie Johal looks at training methods to assist an American Football player improve their speed and strength during the football off-season. American Football, like many other sports, has a history of coaches with a poor understanding of the sport’s demands inflicting upon players the necessity to run laps of the pitch, and engage in other […]