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Blog Insights| Design Tips, Team Gear & Inspiration
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- March 23, 2022Do you remember scratch and sniff stickers? Those stickers we all had as kids where you would scratch the front of them, and they would instantly smell like whatever the sticker was? As a kid these were some of our favorite stickers to get. Scratching them for the first time was such a rush as you never knew if the smell was going to remotely resemble what was shown on the front of the sticker. You could end up with a strawberry that smelled like nothing or an apple that smelled like a cherry. You never know what you were going to get. Inconsistent smells aside, have you ever wondered how a scratch and sniff sticker worked? Would a scratch and snick sticker still smell if you didn’t actually scratch it first? Of course, as kids, we never really cared about how the stickers worked, we just loved the smell of them. As adults, however, we have more of a curiosity about how things work. Let’s talk a little bit about how scratch and sniff stickers give off their scents and how they are made.
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- March 05, 2022With the NBA Finals starting this week we thought it would be a great time to take a look at some of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to basketball shoes. Whether you’re playing a pickup game, an intramural game, or playing for the school team, it’s always important to make sure you have the proper equipment. Depending on the sport you play this includes everything from the shoes to the pads, all the way up to the helmets. Just because basketball may require less in terms of equipment, when compared to other sports, that doesn’t mean that the equipment isn’t just as important. Running around and playing basketball in the wrong shoes can lead to serious injuries. These injuries can prevent you from doing everyday activities and impede your movement while on the basketball court. And while it’s not important to have the most expensive, or the latest, basketball shoe, it is important to make sure you have something that will support your ankles and your feet while on the court.
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- February 24, 2022Baseball spring training has official begun… well it would have if the MLB wasn’t still in a lockout. Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have not reached a deal in their collective bargaining agreement, therefore players, regardless of position, have not started reporting for spring training. While this year is different than most other years, normally pitchers and catchers would report to their respective spring training locations ahead of the traditional position players. Typically these players would report to spring training roughly 5 days ahead of everyone else, but do you know why? Let’s take a look at why pitchers and catchers report for spring training earlier than the rest of the players.
MLB Spring Training – Pitchers and Catchers
A sure sign that baseball season is almost here is when you hear those worlds “pitchers and catchers report for spring training”. This signifies that the first players are making their way to warmer climate to start -
- January 24, 2022As we continue to usher in the era of modern super stadiums, the food at these stadiums continues to get better and better. Not even 20 years ago when you went to a professional stadium, you would most likely be eating a hot dog, nachos, French fries, maybe a burger, and peanuts. That was the extent of the food options at most professional sports stadiums for years. These days the food in the stadium is just as important as the views from your seat. Good food and drink options can bring in people that may not even be interested in the games. It can incentivize people to join their friends for a game even when their favorite team isn’t playing. All of these new food options are another great way for the teams to increase their revenue and help build these amazing modern stadiums for us to enjoy. Personally we still think there’s nothing better than a good old fashioned hot dog (or Chicago Style Dog) when you’re watching your favorite team play. But let’s take a look at some of the best food
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- December 29, 2021It’s no secret that football helmets take a beating. Week after week, day after day, these protective devices are designed to absorb the impact from tackles and hits in order to protect our heads. But how do you know when it’s time to replace your football helmet, or have it reconditioned? Football helmets were not designed to last forever. It would be unrealistic to think that a device designed to protect you from harm could survive hit after hit over the years and not have to be replaced. Almost all safety devices in our everyday lives have an “expiration” date, or a date in which they should be inspected. For example, did you know that children’s car seats expire? It’s true, after 7-8 years, the plastic in the car seats can begin to degrade making them less effective than if they were new. Car seats also need to be thrown away or destroyed if they were ever in a vehicle that was in a car accident. So if car seats have such strict rules about not being usable after a single crash (no
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- December 03, 2021Spring is officially here! Time to get all that winter salt and grime off the car and cruise with the windows down. Spring is the perfect time to go through and properly clean your vehicles inside and out while the weather is nice. Winters can be brutal on a car’s interior and exterior, so getting everything cleaned as best as possible will help the car looking great for years to come. Cleaning your car can be tedious and time consuming, but if you know where to focus your time and energy it can make things go a lot smoother. There may also be areas of the car that you may not consider to be a part of the car detailing process, but by taking care of them now, it’ll prevent headaches in the future. We’ve put together a few tips to help you get your car ready for spring and summer.
5 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Car
1. Hand Wash and Wax the Exterior
This may seem like a no-brainer, but it’s one of the most important things you can do to your car after a harsh winter. Cleaning all the excess -
- November 29, 2021Sports require the proper equipment to help ensure that you are safe as well as able to perform to the best of your ability. Part of that is also knowing the proper size equipment to use depending on what level you’re playing at and your body. What works for a smaller person is not going to work as well for someone who is taller, and vice versa. Your height should determine the length of your sporting equipment to help maximize your effectiveness. This rings true in sports like hockey, golf, baseball, lacrosse and more. Just like you wouldn’t wear a hockey helmet that was too small or shoes that were too big, you wouldn’t choose a hockey stick that was too long or too short, would you? Let’s take a look at how to properly choose a hockey stick that is the right size for you.
Choosing the Right Hockey Stick
Unlike shoes and helmets, hockey sticks are a little more involved when it comes to choosing the right one. While length is extremely important and can cause problems if not sized properly -
- November 02, 2021Can you believe that just over a year ago, if someone would have mentioned face masks in the context of sports, most people’s minds would have gone towards helmet face masks. These days, when you hear the word face mask, our minds automatically go into pandemic mode. This past year has taught us a lot about ourselves, our communities, our government, and the inconveniences we need to go through in order to ensure that our friends and loved ones stay healthy and strong. At the start of the pandemic, the most important thing we could do was stay home, limit activities outside of the house, limit our contact with people outside of our households, and wear masks, wash hands, and social distance if you had to be out in public. With the thought that if we maintain these rules for a short amount of time, we’d be able to curb the spread of this virus and not overrun the hospitals with sick people. But it’s been over a year now and while things are beginning to look better with the advancements
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- October 21, 2021It may not seem very important when it comes to playing football, but learning how to properly put a chin strap onto a football helmet can help prevent injury and make things more comfortable while playing. The chin strap is a very important part of a football helmet. It’s designed to be flexible and comfortable, while also being strong enough to take the impact of a tackle and not break or come apart. It attaches to the helmet via buttons, similar to those found on some types of denim pants, and wraps underneath your chin to help hold the helmet on to your head. It’s extremely important to have the helmet chin strap properly fitted as it can cause injury if it’s too loose. If not adjusted properly the helmet could come dislodged from your head which can lead to a head injury if it comes off during a play. It can also cause the helmet to move around while on your head, which can lead to the helmet itself causing injury to you when hit. Your football helmet is the only line of defense when
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- October 11, 2021Have you ever wondered how football coaches communicate with their quarterbacks while they are on the field? A lot of times you never see the players running over to the sidelines to talk to the coaches about what plays they should run, or what formations they should line up in, so how do the players know what the coaches want them to do? The technology involved in football, and sports in general, has come a long way over the years, and some of these improvements have created an easier way for coaches to communicate with their players. But as we know with most technology, as cool or innovative as it may be, it doesn’t always work 100% of the time. Let’s take a look at some of the different ways that sideline coaches can talk and communicate with their players while they are on the field.
“Old School” or Traditional Method of Play Calling
If you’re not at the college level or the professional level, then there’s a good chance your coaches are limited to using the more traditional methods
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