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Archive for July 25th, 2008

Olympic tips

Add comment July 25th, 2008

A public relations firm sent this to my e-mail the other day. You may want to take a look at some of the tips. Note that Rockford Thunder pitcher Cat Osterman is one of the featured athletes.

Want to train like an Olympic athlete?  

Watch and learn from members of the US Olympics team as they prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.  STACK.com features video clips of training tips from: 

·         USA Track and Field (Reese Hoffa) - World’s #1 Shot Putter·         USA Women’s Basketball (Katie Smith) - Projected Gold Medal Winner·         USA Women’s Softball (Cat Osterman and Lauren Lappin)- Projected Gold Medal Winner·         USA Swimming (Mark Gangloff) - Gold medalist in 2004, 4×100m medley·         USA Women’s Soccer (Abby Wambach and Hope Solo) - Projected Gold Medal Winner 

We thought you may like to link to the site.  Videos can be found at: http://stacktv.stack.com/channel.aspx?channelID=US+Olympics+Training

Happy training.Â