Defense Requires a Team
As an old fart I consider defense in basketball to be a neglected art. Good defense is something that is a team effort to be done right, the coach has to emphasize...
Petroff’s Defense
Petroff's Defense is one of my favorite chess openings. If I've played someone more than one game as black I have probably used this against 1. e4. This is an opening that...
The Kettlebell Press
After I hit 50, I found that I needed an alternative to the dumbbells for chest exercises. I found that my 50 year old shoulders didn't like the dumbbells anymore. After some...
Phases of the Clean
In the literature the version of the clean that is in Olympic-style weightlifting actually goes by several names. These include the clean, the full clean, competition clean, squat clean, and traditional clean. ...
Why Study Chess Openings?
If you look up “Chess Opening Books” on Amazon.com, you will come up with over a thousand products! There are many books, websites, and blogs like this one devoted to the chess...