Davies Sports are official equipment suppliers (american kickboxing)
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Davies Sports, one of the UKs foremost companies in youth sport, have been appointed as the official sports equipment supplier for the London Youth Games.
The relationship will see Davies Sports provide a whole range of essential equipment across 30 sports, including shuttlecocks, team bibs, archery targets and referee whistles. The contract will runs from the 2010 season through until January 2013.
Emma Markey, Director of Marketing, Davies Sports said: Davies Sports is passionate about helping every child realise their sporting ability. The London Youth Games is all about creating opportunities for young children to compete on a grand scale and we believe our equipment will help them achieve their best during this exciting competition.
Russell Findlay, Chief Executive, London Youth Games said: Around 47,000 youngsters across London will set out on the journey to represent their borough at the 2010 Balfour Beatty London Youth Games.
“For thousands of young people in the capital, the Games will provide the first opportunity to compete in a large-scale sporting event, following in the footsteps of stars such as Christine Ohuruogu and Rio Ferdinand. It is in our hands to provide a really positive early experience of sport.
“By teaming up with a company of the professional reputation as Davies Sports, we can be sure of delivering well-organised and professional competitions using top-quality equipment to increase the likelihood of each young person staying within sport and enjoying the social and physical benefits it brings.
The 2010 season launched with the girls indoor cricket qualifiers on 6/7 February and will run for 23 competition days throughout the year culminating on 15 July and including the Thames Water Regatta on 5 June, Balfour Beatty Mini Games on 1 July and Balfour Beatty Main Games on 3/4 July at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
Former participants at the London Youth Games include 2008 Beijing Olympic Gold medallists Christine Ohuruogu (athletics), Bradley Wiggins (cycling) and Mark Hunter (rowing). Christine Ohuruogu is the 2010 patron of the Games; she represented her borough of Newham in netball and athletics as a youngster.
She said: I am really happy to be patron of the 2010 Balfour Beatty London Youth Games. It is an event which holds a lot of fond memories for me. The London Youth Games is where I first discovered sport on a bigger level.
It completely opened my eyes to what youngsters could do. When I think back, it was like one big carnival. As a kid, I thought that was what the Olympic Games were like. I absolutely loved it and I always had to make sure I was there again the following year.
What I learned from the London Youth Games was to enjoy sport. It is such a brilliant setting. Even though boroughs want to compete against each other, the fun element is definitely there. Yes, you want to win. Id be lying if I said I didnt want to win when I go to championships I do want to win. But that winning comes from the fact that I enjoy what I do. I think that is something that is instilled in me from the London Youth Games.
We are passionate about playground equipment and sport equipment and the benefits it can offer young people. Along with making them more active and healthy sport can play a central role in developing young people’s confidence and helps develop team work and wider social skills.
Ways of Breathing-Breathe Energy and Peace into Your Life
By Sharon Clara
Many of us have got used to the habit of shallow breathing, which is caused by a hurried lifestyle, stress, poor posture, and lack of physical activity.
In yoga breathing practicing, the diaphragmatic breathing is the most recommended way of breathing. Diaphragmatic breathing, referring to as deep breathing or abdominal breathing, means inhaling deep into the lungs by flexing the diaphragm, rather than shallowly which only use the upper rib cage; it expands the abdomen rather than the chest. It is recommended by many health and fitness experts because it is a much healthier, more efficient way to breathe, lengthening and deepening our breaths, increasing oxygen levels in the blood, raising energy in the body, relaxing intestinal muscles, and creating a sense of relaxation as the heart rate, cortisol and blood carbon dioxide levels drop.
You can practice diaphragmatic breathing as the following tips.
1. Sit up as straight as possible, shoulders back, one hand on your upper chest, the other on your abdomen just above waist. Good posture allows for greater expansion of the lower rib cage.
2. Inhale slowly through your nose to the count of five. Feel the hand on your abdomen moving outwards. The hand on your chest should not move.
3. Pause for one count.
4. Exhale slowly. The most therapeutic aspect is the long exhalation, which should be twice the length of the inhalation. Feel the hand on your abdomen moving in as you breathe out.
5. Pause for one count.
6. Repeat four times.
You should practice this method of breathing unless you can do it naturally.
If you are feeling pain because of the wounds or others, you can try slowing breath. The slowing breath has a direct impact on the sympathetic nervous system, which helps control blood flow and skin temperature, blocking some of the pain response.
A life coach explained that if we breathe too fast when we are in pain, tension, stress or anger, it will cause chemical changes in the blood. These changes will transmit to our brain and make us feel light-headed, or getting tingling and cramps in the fingers, toes and around the mouth. It will make the person take as many as 30 breaths a minute, which is called hyperventilation. If you feel pain you may have other chain reactions such as make your hands and fingers in spasm. Then you need to slow your breathe rate. Heres a small tip–to re-breath in to a paper bagbreath back in some of the excess carbon dioxide youve exhaledhas the same effect and calms you down fast.
A breathe method for exercising.
1.Generally you exhale on the effort, if, say, doing weights, karate or boxing, and inhale on the return.
2. For cardiovascular exercise, the aim is to breathe without a struggle. Some people will achieve this by focusing on the ratio of the speed at which they breathe out to that of inhaling. It gives them a focus to balance the intake of oxygen with the release of carbon dioxide.
3. The aim, in part, of any warm-up to an exercise routine is to increase the body temperature gradually. This should involve the progressive stepping up of effort, which will give you a chance to correlate your breathing patterns smoothly to the required effort.
4. The main thing is to start off slowly and progress gradually. Your body needs to warm up and you need to give yourself a chance to reach faster rates of breathing in a controlled way. In sports that require explosive power actions, it is particularly important to be warmed up and your lungs well challenged before you can perform in a safe and effective manner.
Smokers can improve their lungs function after quitting smoking. After a smoke giving up smoking, the body quickly starts to clean itself by coughing up the debris in the respiratory system that restricts breathing. In a few days quitting smoking, carbon monoxide is eliminated and lung function can improve by 10 per cent within 3 to 6 months.
Dizzy spells are common and the chest can feel tight, because the lungs are taking in more air and oxygen than they are used to. Breathing becomes easier within 72 hours as the bronchial tubes relax, and energy levels rise. Deep breathing is an effective way to tackle symptoms of nicotine withdrawal, such as cravings and irritability.
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