Monthly Archives: July 2022
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- July 26, 2022With the NFL preseason set to kickoff on August 4, 2022, now is a great time to touch-up on your NFL terms and rules. Maybe it’s been a while since you’ve watched football or maybe you’ve just decided that this is the year you’re going to learn some of the rules. Whatever the case may be, we wanted to put together a quick list of terms and general rules that you should know when watching football this fall season. Football may seem confusing to those that don’t know the rules, but the idea of the game is very simple. In order to score points, a team must either cross the goal line with the ball or kick the ball through the uprights at the back of the endzone. A different number of points are awarded for the different types of scoring plays and each team has four attempts to move the ball ten yards on the field. Sounds easy right? Unfortunately, there’s a bit more to it than that. There are penalties that can occur, there are ways to extend your time of possession down the field, and there
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- July 14, 2022Helmet decals, wall stickers, and spirit packs are a great way to show pride in your team and your organization, but that’s just the start of what you can do. One of the key elements to any good organization is the locker room. The locker room is the place where the team feels safe, it’s their security blanket, they store their equipment there, personal items, and more. It’s the place where they retreat to after an incredible victory, and the place they go for comfort after a tough loss. A locker room may not seem like an important part of a team, but it’s more important than you think. Depending on the size and financial backing of your organization, there may be an unlimited amount of things you can do to boost team spirit in the locker room, or there may be only a few. Whatever your budget is, it’s the little things that will make your players feel like part of a team, part of a family, when they are in that building celebrating a win or being comforted during a loss, and one of the
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- July 03, 2022With the NBA playoffs just around the corner we wanted to take a look at one of the main components of the game, the basketball itself. Just like MLB baseballs, NBA basketballs are made in a specific way with specific measurements and specs that they must adhere. This is to help level the playing field as much as possible when it comes to equipment, meaning that all advantages in the game are placed on the player’s abilities themselves and not from the ball. So, as we root for our Chicago Bulls as they face the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs, let’s dive into how basketballs are made for the NBA.
What Makes Up an NBA Basketball?
The Leather
Believe it or not, all of the leather used for official NBA basketballs have come from the same place for the last 20 years. The Horween Leather Co. in Chicago is one of the oldest leather tanneries in the United States and is the perfect supplier of the leather used to create NBA basketballs. While the leather is from the same
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