If you take interests in martial arts, then you must be familiar with the throwing stars. The throwing star is also called as the shuriken which can be used as a frightening defense weapon providing if a person is acquainted with its use. However, it take a lot of good practice to throw a throwing star like a champ.

Here are a few tips how to throw a star perfectly:

The Truth About Throwing Stars

What you’re going to read now will go against what martial arts and Ninja movies have been telling you for years. A throwing star by its self is not a deadly weapon. If you throw a star at a person, it will not stick in their chest and kill them instantly. It will cause a lot of pain and bounce off. If you don’t believe me, try throwing a star at a rubber tire. It will bounce away like a baseball.

For a throwing star to be its most deadly, the Ninja used to attach tiny needles dipped in poison to the tips. The Ninja would then throw the star, it would hit the opponent, and bounce off. Later the opponent would die with no major wound. This would then add to the Ninjas mysticism.

Grasping the Star

At first, you should conceal the star in the palm of the hand. Hold it enough tightly so you do not drop it and also it does not incise your hand. Then, from this position, slip it from the palm to fit between the forefingers and thumb. Often, these two fingers are used to grasp a tilt of the throwing star earlier to a throw.

To Throw the Star

Although there are many ways to throw a star but most commonly they are thrown by the overhand, the underhand and by the sidearm. The star should be seized between two fingers while the palm in front of backward, arm should be in a straight line on the side of the body.

Gauge the Distance

Last but not the least; you should practice throwing a star at different distances. Gradually, you will be able to measure the distance which is an important aspect of using a throwing star.

If you want to learn throwing the stars effectively, use a ply-board at which you can practice throwing it.

Antwaan Randle El is a unique football player because of the fact that despite being an exceptional quarterback at Indiana University he went on to be a very effective NFL player at the position of wide receiver. It is rare for an athlete to be gifted enough to play multiple positions at such a high level. Being able to excel at multiple positions on the football field is indicative of an athlete that is capable of excelling at multiple sports.

A little known fact about Randle El is that in addition to his impact on the football field he found time to contribute to other athletic programs while in school at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. While in college the high profile athlete also played on the basketball team for a season under legendary head coach Bobby Knight (1998-1999 season) and even played varsity baseball for the 2000 season.

Randle El was born in August of 1979 and demonstrated his impressive athletic ability at a very young age. Growing up in a predominately African American area (80%) of the south side of Chicago Randle El was a standout three sport star for Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois despite his relatively small size that peaked at 5’10” and 190 pounds. While at Thornton Township the future professional football player dominated opponents on the gridiron, hardwood, and baseball diamond. The eventual star quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers once set an Illinois high school state record by scoring 69 points in a basketball game and was also drafted by the Chicago Cubs out of high school.

As a football player for the Indiana University Hoosiers Randle El was deemed one of the top offensive players in the gritty Big Ten Conference. Despite being undersized for a Division I quarterback in the Big Ten Randle El masterfully combined passing and running efficiency to help make Indiana one of the top offensive squads in the country. While quarterbacks with the ability to run the ball have been historically present in the game of college football few ever combined the running and passing aspects of the position as Randle El who would become the first player in college football history to rush for 40 touchdowns and to throw for 40 touchdowns.

While in Bloomington, Indiana the star player broke numerous team and NCAA records while on his way to eventually being named a first team All-American quarterback and the Big Ten Player of the Year after his senior season. During his four solid years of playing quarterback at Indiana University Antwaan Randle El did what no other player had ever done by putting up 2,500 yards of offense for four consecutive years.

Since leaving college in 2002 Randle El has been a valuable player for both the Pittsburgh Steelers (where he won a Super Bowl) and for the Washington Redskins. To utilize his athleticism in addition to normal receiving duties Antwaan is often called upon to return kicks and participate in trick plays where he is able to show off his passing skills from the wide receiver position.

When Marquis Mills Converse started his shoe manufacturing business called the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in 1908, little did he know that the company would see such astounding success. Continuing success over the decades since the company was formed has catapulted Converse Shoes into a major brand in the footwear industry. Thanks to its endorsement by to basketball players in the country, they have become synonymous with this sport.

But Converse Shoes’ road to accomplishment has hardly been easy. Situated in Malden, Massachusetts, the Converse Rubber Shoe Company was doing lukewarm business till basketball player Chuck Taylor came along. The NBA star Chuck Taylor often complained of pain in his feet while playing basketball. Converse Rubber Shoe Company, in the year 1917, introduced its most famous brand, the Converse All Star Basketball Shoe. This footwear invention became a rage in the world, and it continues to be one of the most sought-after sports shoes in the world even today.

The USP of the Converse All Star shoe is its amazing comfort combined with great style. In fact, Converse All Star shoes continue to rank number one for most celebrities. This however, does not mean that the brand did not have to contend with heavy competition, but its durability has led the Converse Shoes to emerge at the top of it. During the 1980s, the company Converse Rubber Shoe Company was bought by Nike, but the brand Converse All Star continued to live.

In the present times, Converse shoes are worn not just by sports persons, but are also a huge favorite of the common man. Kids often wear them to school. While these shoes were available only in black and white color initially, but later the color swatch of Converse All Star Shoes was expanded to include seven additional colors.

After Moses Malone made the unheard of jump from high school to the NBA back in 1974, many wondered how he could pass up the chance for a free education at college. 20 years later, nobody questioned the decision he made back in ’74. A twelve time NBA All Star and 3 time MVP, Moses Malone was a superstar by the time that most players were rookies just entering the league.

Moses had an amazing sense of where a basketball would end up after bouncing off the rim. Malone would u that skill to become the most dominant rebounder of his era. The most amazing aspect of this is that although he once passes up a college education for the basketball court, Malone is now recognized as one of the games most knowledgeable teachers from his generation. He guided the careers of such young stars that were coming into the league such as, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kevin Willis, and Shawn Bradley. After Malone was done playing basketball his skill lived on in another generation of stars that eventually passed on the same knowledge when their careers came to an end.

Moses Malone played for the:

• San Antonio Spurs
• Philadelphia 76ers
• Milwaukee Bucks
• Atlanta Hawks
• Washington Bullets
• Houston Rockets
• Buffalo Braves
• St. Louis Spirits
• Utah Stars

Some of his career highlights were:

• National Basketball Association 587 offensive rebounds in 1979
• NBA basketball champion in 1983
• 3 time NBA Most Valuable Player
• 5 time NBA Rebounding champion
• 12 time NBA All Star selection
• All Time NBA free throw leader

Interesting Sports Facts about Moses Malone’s basketball career

• Malone was the most valuable player on one of the greatest teams in sports history. The 1983 76er won the NBA title, losing just one basketball game in the playoffs.
• Malone holds the honor of being the last ABA alumnus to play in the NBA. His 21 professional seasons surpassed Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s record for the longest term of service in professional basketball.
• Malone and his mother barely made ends meet when he was growing up in a small shack. The windows were broken, the roof leaked, the doors didn’t ose, the plumbing hardly ever worked and there were places in the wall where you could actually see through to the outside. The first thing that Moses did after signing with the Utah Stars was to immediately buy his mom a house in suburbia. The house that they had formally lived in was condemned and demolished by the city.

In almost all sports, it is important to have a high leaping ability. Whether you’re trying to dunk a basketball, become a better volleyball player, or really play any sport, you need to be able to jump higher. There is a way to increase you’re vertical jump through simple training. There are plenty of training programs for increasing your leaping ability. Here’s what you need to know about increasing your vertical.

When you’re trying to increase your vertical jump, it’s all about making your legs stronger. this can be done with many different exercises. The most common exercises for increasing vertical leaping ability include squats, leg press, sprinting, calf raises, jump rope, and much more.

What these do is increase leg power, making you increase your vertical leaping abilities. It makes sense if you just think about it. The stronger your legs, the more force you can exert on the ground when jumping. The more force you release onto the ground, the higher you jump. People have been doing these simple exercises, and it’s proven to be successful.

Another exercise I’ve seen people use to increase leaping ability is by doing lunges. I’m a big sports fan, and there’s been numerous times where I’ve seen NFL receivers say that they did lunges to increase their vertical jump. If it works for professional athletes, it can work for you to. You just have to stick to it because you’re not going to increase your vertical by 10 inches in a couple days. Just stick to it and you will see results, guaranteed.

When Dave Hopla came to Belfast in the ’80’s as a struggling basketball pro who would have believed that 30 years later he would return with the title of the ‘best shooter in the world’.

Back in the 1980’s Belfast wasn’t the destination of choice for most foreigners looking for a sojourn. The troubles, associated bad press and climate didn’t exactly seem to offer prospective visa applicants an attractive and safe oversea’s experience or apprenticeship!

Many people who did come, were offered financial or other enticements and had to be reassured that they would be safe and happy here. Those who took up the challenge tended to be people who valued experience over financial reward, may have had family connections here and could ‘think outside the square’. Many reluctantly came to Northern Ireland with the sole intention of putting some time in until a better opportunity came their way.

As an avid sports fan and someone actively involved in basketball here during the 1980’s I have seen many American basketball players come to temporarily ply their trade playing in the National Leagues. Most came with some trepidation but soon relaxed as locals offered hospitality and friendship far exceeding their expectations. Dave Hopla, was such an import and what I like to call, quite literally, one of Belfast’s ‘Brightest Shooting Stars!’

While at high school basketball had become Dave’s passion but his relative short stature (5′ 10″) and the fact that the 3 point line wasn’t introduced until the 1980’s meant he was under-rated and overlooked in the USA. He had decided at the tender age of 16 that hard work and “charting” his progress in log books would be the key to his success. In 1981, after some persuasion by St Galls Club he agreed to lower his sights for a while and come to Belfast for a 5 month season. He was a young guy with great ambition and few responsibilities in those days and although the standard of basketball wasn’t perhaps first-rate, he loved the commitment, friendship and work ethic displayed by his new club mates. Soon Dave and Belfast had a ‘mutual admiration society’ going and he ended up staying for 3 years! A long time in any aspiring sports professionals life.

It was probably while here in Belfast that Dave’s career changed course and foundations were laid for his journey to becoming a world-class ‘shot doctor’ and motivator. Dan Durkin, a fellow American and his coach at St Gall’s identified early on that Dave had a unique set of talents: he was a brilliant technical shooter, was a bit of a show man and was not only a good communicator but had a natural ‘gift of the gab’!! However it wasn’t until much later after he retired as a player in mostly minor leagues that Dave’s career and true vocation as a coach, mentor and motivational speaker began to flourish.

I was fortunate to be part of the Ulster Poly (now University of Ulster) women’s basketball team which Dave agreed to coach to supplement his meagre player wage from St Galls. Coaching us was a bit of a culture-shock to him. We only played in local leagues and a few tournaments and our approach was somewhat more laissez-faire than he was used to in the high school and college regimes in USA.

Looking back we may have been the perfect assignment for him to hone his communication and coaching skills. He adjusted to the challenge but still demanded commitment and high standards from us at training and during matches. At first, we were somewhat giggly and awestruck by this blonde, blue-eyed, fast talking Adonis. He focussed on coaching much-needed basic skills but added a life coaching aspect by regularly reminding us that through basketball we can develop more important life skills. He had an ability to entertain and teach by using clever anagrams, humour, charm and showmanship to get his points across. A few of his catch phrases were: “Perfect Practice Makes Perfect!”, “Good is the enemy of GREAT!”, “You guys couldn’t catch a cold in Alaska!” (A less than subtle reference to our lack of ball catching skill!) “Time matters only to prisoners!” (Actually I’m still trying to figure that one out?!)

One of his current motivational topics is S.U.C.C.E.S.S ( sacrifice, unselfishness, character, commitment, excellence & standards in someone). The SUCCESS anagram is a catchy mechanism allowing him to use his life experience stories to demonstrate how anyone can attain success in life. This method of delivery was crafted during some of those early coaching sessions in Belfast. He would stand on the free throw line effortlessly shooting/swishing the basketball over and over again while at the same time ‘shooting the breeze’ and philosophizing! We all watched and listened attentively though admittedly most of us more admiring of his physique than his wisdom at the time. While none of us went on to play at the highest level of basketball most of us have gone on to have successful, fulfilling lives and look back with fondness on those days with ‘Coach Hopla’.

Belfast and Ireland left a lifelong impression on Dave’s heart! He connected with the off beat sense of humour and was touched by the friendships he made within and outside of basketball circles. He has described Northern Irish people as “…the friendliest people in the world!” That affection is very much reciprocal so when he returned recently to celebrate a reunion with his old club St Gall’s a good crowd turned up at Andersonstown Leisure Centre to see Dave play again and also to enjoy one of his shooting/motivational presentations.

Now in his early 50’s Dave is still pushing himself and improving! He has accumulated almost 60 log books, recording in detail every shot he has ever taken!! He still consistently makes around 98% of the shots he takes while giving a motivational talk. He holds records for the most NBA 3 pointers in a minute and the most free throws in a minute. One of his most impressive personal records is 1234 successful free throws in a row. It may look easy to some but believe me that is an amazing feat! He continues to coach kids and NBA stars to shoot better and be the best in life that they can be. More importantly Dave seems happy and balanced in his own life and is still doing what he loves to do… spend time with family, play basketball and teach.

Dave is just one example of an ‘ordinary’ person who came to Belfast, made a connection and then went on to become extremely successful. Of course we can’t take all the credit but I like to think he took away a little Belfast spirit which helped him on his way!!

Physiotherapy is something that a lot of us have experienced before, and probably will experience in the future. It has a range of uses, but generally helps to free up joints or muscles after injury, or maybe even if a patient has something like arthritis. Essentially, the aim of physiotherapy is to help the mobilize muscles and bones that otherwise would not be able to be moved.

A lot of physiotherapy treatments are simple exercises. They focus on slowly working on a joint or bone, using all the muscles around it. These exercises will slowly build up the muscles and eventually, the joint will increase in mobility and strength.

Physiotherapy is depended on more and more every single day, simply because it helps people get back to their original state. It addresses a range of issues with the body and allows people to have an independent approach to returning to their normal health and mobility. Generally, physiotherapy will be used to combat the effects that trauma or injuries have caused to the body.

The most important thing about physiotherapy is that it takes into account how the body works and develops. Doctors always assess a patient individually as every case is unique and requires different work. Generally they will take into account the current body posture of the person, as this helps them to determine the body balance this person has.

This is not always enough information for them to proceed, so they look at things like the type of disease or injury that is present and of course, which is the best process to use.

Whilst physiotherapy was originally designed to help people with disorders relating to the movement of limbs, it has since become popular in sport. Sports injuries are extremely common and this type of treatment can be extremely effective in resurrecting a limb back to its original state for all types of athletes.

In fact, even athletes that do not currently have an injury use this as a regular treatment. They feel that if it can increase the movement of damaged limbs, then it can maintain and improve the movement of undamaged limbs. Potentially, this is true and in some cases, physiotherapy can actually decrease the risk of injury in the first place, which is essential for athletes.

The importance of physiotherapy shows no end. It will become even more important in society, the health industry and for athletes as the types of treatments that are available and used continue to increase.

For the elite athlete, the brass ring of immortality and a professional sports championship- often swings just beyond his clutch. The more he abandons one, the more the public spotlights on what he hasn’t refined rather than what he has. LeBron James knows all about this pitiless incongruity. For eight baffling seasons, he was the NBA’s ruler without a crown. At last, in years 9 and 10, James put the championship stamp on his profession and turned into an official part of the “basketball’s greatest ever” deliberate. At that point, for a reprise, he pulled off the NBA’s most prominent homecoming and conveyed a title to his dearest Cleveland Cavaliers. This is his story…

Growing Up

LeBron James, in full LeBron Raymone James, is the superstar guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio, professional athlete LeBron Raymone James is a four-time winner of the NBA’s most valuable player award.

Life was often a struggle for James and his mother. When his mother, Gloria James was only 16, James’s father, Anthony McClelland denied in being a parent. Gloria raised James on her own and gives him her last name. Gloria faced and battled with numerous problems during his childhood but still she strived to be a loving mother and shield James from the poverty and brutality of the boulevards. When James was two, she started dating Eddie Jackson. However, James framed a bond with Jackson and Gloria enjoyed having a man around who was willing to serve as a father figure. Her siblings, Terry and Curt, additionally lend a hand.

High School Basketball Star

From an early age, LeBron James encompasses tremendous intuitions for basketball. In 1999, James was employed to join basketball team by St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. As a green bean, James averaged 18 points per game and helped the team by scoring 25 points in the championship game. As his advanced basketball skills were getting noisy, James earned several honors for his elegant performance. He was the first sophomore chosen for the award for the USA Today All-USA First Team. James was also called as “PARADE magazine’s High School Boys Basketball player of the Year and Gatorade player of the Year. Helping his team and proving himself to be the top national ranking player, James soon emerge as one of the leading players of National Basketball Association.

Career with Cleveland Cavaliers

James was the first player chosen by the Cleveland cavaliers in the 2003 NBA Draft because of his impressive posture. Additionally, he also signed an unprecedented endorsement contract with the NIKE shoe company for $90 before he ever played a professional game. Despite the pressures, James made history when he drove the Cavaliers franchise through the span of the 2003-04 seasons to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He as well turned to be the youngest player- at just 20 years old- to receive this honor. Furthermore, James became one of only three rookies to fulfill this accomplishment with Michael Jordan and Oscar Robertson. In 2004, James made his Olympic debut at the Summer Games as part of U.S. Olympic basketball team in Athens, Greece.

Turning towards his personal life, James went through some changes around this time. In October 2004, he became a father of his first child, when he and his girlfriend Savannah Brinson welcomed a son, LeBron Jr.

NBA Star

James’s performance and passion for success help to improve his performance over the following years. During his second season, he was known as the best player on the Eastern Conference All-Star team, and in his third season, he escorted the Cavaliers to their first playoff billet in nine years. These accomplishments were exceeded during the 2006-07 season; James helped his team conquer the Washington Wizards in the first round of the final tournament. Later on, the Cavaliers took on the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals. After his striking postseason play, many observers could not stop them to place him among the best players in the league. That same year, in June 2007, his girlfriend, savannah Brinson gave birth to their child, Bryce Maximus.

In 2007-08 season, James persists the Cavaliers to upgrade and improve their ranking in the Eastern Conference. The team made it to the semifinals as they got defeated by the Boston Celtics. As an individual performer, James made best to his level defeating his rivals and became the highest average scorer in the NBA regular season.

Career with Miami Heat

Early in the 2008-09 season, James’s future and his next step in the sport became the hot topic for sports journalists and fans. He had the choice to be a free agent in2010, and everyone wants to know where he would like to end up. James made several references to his awaiting free agent status; however, he was certain to minimize the matter. When the reporter asked James about it, he replied as he wanted to focus on his team right now and win a championship rather than making a change at that point.

After becoming a free agent, James announced that he would join the Miami Heart for the 2010-2011 season. This decision creates aggression among his fans in Cleveland. Many of his fans considered his departure as a betrayal to his hometown. Soon after James’s announcement, Dan Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers owner, wrote an open letter stating James’s decision as his selfishness and betrayal to his hometown.

Championship Wins

To move to Miami made James a recluse in Cleveland, but it paid off when the Heat won back-to-back NBA championships in 2012 and 2013. His team got victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012 in five games, and 7 games over the San Antonio Spurs in 2013. James was the youngest player to score 20,000 points at age 28- and 38th player in NBA history to achieve this distinction.

“I made a difficult decision to leave Cleveland but I understood what my future was about,” James told FOX Sports following the game. “I knew we had a bright future [in Miami].”

By then, Success followed the James that this victory named him as the Most Valuable Player in both series and the NBA’s biggest star.

Return to Cavaliers

At the culmination of the 2013-14 season, James opted out his contract with the heat and after a week of frenzied conjecture among fans and media- he declared that he will return to the Cavaliers. James has to miss 13 regular-season games in 2014-15 due to him back and knee problems. However, he was as dominant as ever- he led the Cavaliers to the NBA championship in 2016 becoming the first player. James brings Cleveland its first pro championship in any major sport since 1964.

Victory Statement of King James

Voted Finals MVP, James said, “I came back to bring a championship to our city. I knew what I was capable of doing. I knew what I learned in the last couple years that I was gone, and I knew if I had to-when I came back-I knew I had the right ingredients and the right blueprint to help this franchise get back to a place that we’ve never been. That’s what it was all about.”

The days of free-to-air, televised live cricket coverage are long gone. Most televised live cricket is now via satellite subscription channels, while free viewing is limited to highlights packages. But, though the compensations include high quality commentary, and a wide range of high-tech analysis tools on TV, are you prepared to pay for the privilege?

Some of these channels also broadcast live cricket on the internet, radio and mobile and transmit to large parts of the globe. The increased choice of media and wide global coverage by the major broadcasters is an increasing trend, and is good news for cricket fans, as a spot of healthy competition is sure to drive down pay-per-view prices.

Pay-per-view cricket is widely available, so here is a little information about the biggest and the best channels. Your global location dictates which live cricket channel your TV can receive, and whether this is via satellite, cable or both.

British Sky Broadcasting (Sky Sports) provide an excellent service to UK and Ireland viewers, but not elsewhere. There’s a high standard of commentary from ex test players, live action and highlights, and lots of high tech analysis to promote discussion. Sky shows live cricket coverage from all over the world.

If you subscribe to Sky Sports and Sky Multiroom, you can also receive the same Sky Sports live cricket coverage as a live stream broadcast over broadband internet on your PC. This is a new service and there are a few technology issues. You’ll have to pay extra for each cricket event, as with other online streaming services. This is for the really keen cricket fan, as Sky Multiroom means that you can already watch the cricket on at least two other screens in your home. The downside of Sky is the cost and commitment, as only their more expensive contract packages include Sky Sports.

Channel Nine has historically broadcast live cricket free-to-air in Australia, but since 1995, Fox Sports satellite coverage has provided stiff competition. However, ESPN Star Sports now have exclusive rights to broadcast Cricket Australia’s domestic and home international matches for four years, across TV, internet, mobile and radio covering the entire Asian region.

The latest major development in live cricket broadcasting was in June 2007, when the ESPN Star cable TV network launched a 24 hour cricket channel called Star Cricket targeting Indian audiences. ESPN Star has a massive audience, transmitting to 25 countries and 150 million households across Asia. Star Cricket is also available via the satellite broadcasters TataSky TV and Dish TV. It includes live cricket, highlights and cricket news updates, a real feast for cricket fans.

Ten Sports is also a major satellite sports channel for South Asian customers, and transmits live international cricket to the sub continent, Middle East, Europe and Asia. Its available on digital TV and cable.

Many live cricket transmissions are also available on the internet – check out my article on live cricket streaming. This is a major advance in the last couple of years and I’m looking forward to what will be available to us in another year or so. It does seem certain that technological advances and increased competition will bring us more options for live coverage and hopefully at a lower cost.

For nearly 40 years, the NFL had staged an all star game between its top players and the top players in the college football game. It was competitive in its early years but the NFL players eventually dominated the contest. Still, the contest generated a lot of interest in its early years and even raised a lot of money for charity.

It would be meaningless to have the NFL’s top superstars battle the top players in college because that would create mismatches that would hinder attendance for these games. I would propose to bring back the college versus NFL all star game by having the top college players go against the best first year players in the NFL. This would create a more even match-up for both sides and the games would be more competitive. This game would be held after the NFL season and would be played under NFL rules in terms of formations allowed and penalties called. There are two reasons why I believe a college/NFL all star game would be effective:

Reason #1: It would give the college players an opportunity to see what playing against professional football players is like

One of the biggest reasons why college football players fail in the professional game is their unpreparedness. The transition from the college game to the pro game is a major transition both physically and mentally. You can look back at many of the draft busts in NFL history and their reason for failure will always be the same: they weren’t really physically and mentally for the demands of the pro game.

Having an all star game between college’s best players and the NFL’s best first year players will give college players a chance to play against actual professional players and give them a taste of the increased physicality and mentality required of them in the professional game. Playing first year NFL players would ensure that the games will be fairly competitive and also would ensure that more of the NFL players would agree to take part in the game since the veterans probably would not agree to compete against college players.

Reason #2: It’s A Good Chance To Measure The Growth Of The First Year Players Since They Began Their Careers

The NFL’s using premier superstars such as Aaron Rodgers and J.J. Watt would not be practical because the NFL would dominate the college players. However, using first year players presents a more even matchup since these players are only one year removed from college.

Staging an all star game between NFL’s freshmen and the college all-stars gives the fans a chance to see how much the freshmen have grown and how one year of the professional life changes them physically and mentally. After all, these freshmen were once football players in college who were selected to be part of an NFL team. It would be great for the fans to see what a difference one year makes.