World Cup Tech: Fine-Tuning the Beautiful Game
Cool infographic about the history of improvements in ball and shoe design across the world cup years.
Cool infographic about the history of improvements in ball and shoe design across the world cup years.
Soccer stars Mao and Wagner, who have both won the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with Brazil, share with you their expertise on how to do Samba-style goalkeeper drills.
Lots of smoke and soccer balls.
The art of juggling + serious freestyle soccer skills = talented Polish kid who (with a little practice) could possibly fit into a Cirque du Soleil act...
How to kick the ball in a game of Rugby Union. With help from Esher Rugby Club, here is a great guide to kicking, helping you to improve your game. Kick in rugby.
This video shows how to do a knit-in join of the same color yarn. This will join your new ball of same color yarn in a way that won't show in your finished product. Do a knit-in join of same color yarn.
Chef Alice Medrich demonstrates how to make chocolate genoise cake - a light, fluffy, egg based cake. The cake is made with cocoa and triple sifting to help it from deflating and gathering flour balls. Make chocolate genoise cake.
Learn how to lob the golf ball high into the air with control, and land it with stop and spin, by practising this tricky shot into a golf range basket. Having difficulty playing?If you are having problems starting the videos, you may need to click the play button twice and wait a couple of seconds. Hit an accurate lob shot.
Fizz those irons... You always know when you've struck an iron shot sweetly, it feels effortless and fizzes off the golf clubface with control. The pure strike sounds solid as the ball compresses off the clubface with the turf. There are three main faults that ruin the chances of golfers achieving a pure strike. Nick Bradley shows you how to identify them Strike irons pure.
This video demonstrates how to be aware of the possibility of the delayed curving of a follow shot, and how to use this to your advantage. The curving occurs when the cue ball is hit at high speeds, and the type and speed of the curve are dependent on the speed of the shot. Use delay in a follow shot to your advantage.
Anna Bennett, a striker in the England hockey squad, shows tips for getting the ball in the back of the net. Hit with power and accuracy into the net away from the keeper. If no opportunity is available, pass to a teammate that has one, and be ready for a rebound. Score a goal in field hockey.
England star John Amaechi shows you the drills he uses to dribble at an NBA level. He calls it the machine gun, and it's akin to dribble-juggling two balls at a time. Dribble like an English NBA player.
There will be times when you will want to knit an edging onto your work. Here's how to do it. It's best to use a smaller needle for edging than the one you used for the project. Go into every stitch on the edge with your needle.
For most people, New Year's Eve means watching the ball drop in Times Square. It means celebrating the New Year with friends and family. Countdown parties, clocks, confetti... passing out before the clock strikes midnight because you drank too much. But there's one more thing, and it's something we usually only see one other time each year— fireworks.
This instructional video from BaseballRox with baseball player Noah Jackson will help you develop your hitting mechanics with hitting drills in the sport of baseball. This baseball video is aimed to help young players and coaches improve their performance on the field. See how to track a pitch in baseball.
This instructional video from BaseballRox with baseball player Noah Jackson will help you develop your hitting mechanics with hitting drills in the sport of baseball. This baseball video is aimed to help young players and coaches improve their performance on the field. See how to react to getting hit by the pitch in baseball.
Manicures are beautiful and can add class and style to any person. Here are some step-by-step instructions for giving yourself a DIY manicure.
This amazing ball catching robot named TOTO (Tracking of Thrown Objects) has been built to speed up "fully automated production systems...where parts will be transported between workstations by robotic throwing and catching".
He is no Tom Brady, but he is talented and charming. Worthy of a British man crush. The trick as you will see is to have the ability to put a spin on the ball (or not) based on the extreme angle of his approach.
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Make Ghanaian Nut Brittle with the Hairy Bikers In this video diary, the Hairy Bikers - David Myers & Simon King - will recreate one of Ghana’s little known secrets: Peanut Brittle.
If you want to make homemade pasta, the key is in the dough. Making the perfect dough is easy though, and this video recipe will show you how to do it. See how to prepare a pasta dough that is sure to be a hit in any pasta meal.
A fruity, rich dessert! This recipe calls for: 1 can coconut milk, 27 ounces water, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 7 ounces large tapioca balls, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 7 ounces mlik, 1/2 vanilla bean, 3 ounces melted butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 4 ounces rice flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon apple brandy and a handful of blueberries. Bake a delicious blueberry mochi cake with coconut tapioca.
Only truffle lovers can appreciate the delicate, but deliciously sweet taste of ganache. Truffles are a chocolate connoisseur's wet dream, and these ones made by Kirk Weed are made with divine dark chocolate and berry morsels of ganache.
1) Pitch 'new cast member'. Highlight his hilarious catch phrase 'ShitPiece!'. Record comments made. Be sure to take shots at the validity of anyone who objects.
In order to make an Aloe Vera Facial Mask at home, you will need the following: a small bowl, a measuring spoon, aloe vera juice, aloe vera gel, rose oil
Mad Eye Moody's magical eye from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is a character all its own, moving freely and seeing what to others is hidden, especially when it comes to student mischief.
Pirouettes aren't soley dance moves for wannabe ballerinas and National Ballet regulars. Patrick Vieira is a midfielder who invented a move called the Vieira pirouette, which involves faking the direction you're dribbling and spinning 360 degrees around to keep the ball going towards the goal.
When the 2010 FIFA World Cup begins in June, Ricardo Quaresma will be one soccer player to keep your eyes on.
Free kicks are common in soccer for restarting a play in a soccer game, and in this video free kick expert Shunsuke Nakamura shares his step-by-step method for taking a perfect football free kick.
Playing golf could be a pain if you don't know all of the basic rules, tips and etiquette associated with the sport, but it could be a bigger pain if the golf course is not properly maintained by staff and players.
Playing golf could be a pain if you don't know all of the basic rules, tips and etiquette associated with the sport. You could find yourself off the fairway (and not on the green, if you know what I mean), or you could find yourself getting kicked out of the golf course for greens damages or unsafe practices and you could find yourself merely being the worst golfer with a club in his hand.
Start this Chanukah off with a spin and learn how to make an awesome Milk Carton Dreidel, like the one in this how-to video. You will need a small milk carton, blue paint, a paintbrush, glue, a pencil, scissors, gold glitter, a styrofoam ball, a table covering, amd a plastic plate. Follow along with this video holiday activity tutorial and learn how to make a dreidel for Hanukkah out of a milk carton. Make a Chanukah milk carton dreidel.
There are often requests for the Monkey’s Fist (or Paw) Knot so here it is! Watch this instructional knot tying video to learn how to tie your own perfect monkey's fist boating knot. The key to tying the monkey's fist knot successfully is to have a small ball or core to insert into the knot before tightening it up. The core must match the size of the knot - which is dependent on the size of the rope being used - for the knot to finish right. Some trial and error is to be expected when first t...
Learn how to mix a Mix a 6am Sunrise cocktail from a hot girl bartender in this instructional video!
It's been a busy week here at Indie Games Ichiban, between attending PAX and breaking news stories about Stabyourself and Playdead Studios, that there's been relatively little time for some honest, good old-fashioned game playing. But time was made and here are two excellent indie games of varying age and platform with two very different themes.
I'm in the middle of a project right now that uses POV for every shot. One of these shots involves a person swinging a golf club. A normal steadi-cam doesn't work very well for this, so I thought it might be easier to just build a helmet cam. Here's how I did it:
Everyone loves that big green ogre, and with the new release of Shrek 4 upon us, why not make some art to commemorate the occasion?
This is Pilates for Dummies. Learn how to do the Pilates upper abdominal curls. Strengthen your core with Pilates upper abdominal curls. Flatten your stomach even more doing upper ab curls on a fitness ball — a great core workout for every fitness level. This exercise video gives step-by-step instructions for this Pilates basic. Do pilates upper abdominal curls.
Get ready to turn an ordinary flip top garbage into a garbage eating monster! You will need a flip top garbage pail, faux fur, glue, scissors, 2 ping pong balls, a large pompom, 3 colors of felt, a black marker, 2 googly eyes, double stick carpet tape, and cotton stuffing. Follow along with the step-by-step instructions in this video activity tutorial and learn how to make a trash mouth trash can. Make a trash mouth trash can.