change can be a way forward

members of the hockey team

The coaching staff are confident as the SA women's hockey team, in the beginning of a rebuilding phase, prepare to face hosts Ireland in the opening match of the Champions Challenge tournament.the team has been facing some difficulties when it comes to producing the scores they aimed for.

 

“We are trying to change our playing style – more direction, more explosive, emphasis on elimination skills,” said Gregory.

“A large proportion of the tactics in modern hockey have evolved. The game is built on speed and we want to bring pressure.

 the team is now going to focus on the mistakes they have been making and try to sort that out. Gregory said that they not going to change their strategy just where it is needed.the previous tournament has taught them that they need to change some things in order for them to win, many teams are adapting to the new system of playing which seems to be working for most of the teams.

 

Head coach Giles Bonnet believed they were on the right track in trying to create a new brand for the national women's team.

“We are busy with the structures and the implementation, particularly defensive pressure, counters from this position, deep defence and out-letting,” Bonnet said. research has been done all they need to do now is focus on making the team better and working as hard as they can to achieve their gaols. 

 

 

source:www.iol.co.za

should college Athletes be paid

college atheletes doing what they know best

College athletes should get paid that is what most people are saying ,the reason being that they generate a lot of money for the college and the sponsors. Most people would strongly disagree with the statement because the athletes get schoolarships to go to varsity and persua a career while playing a certain sports.

reasons why college athletes should not be paid

• Income generators-  One of the misperceptions of this subject is that all football and basketball programs are extremely profitable. Any football program is going to be expensive when you factor in facilities, equipment and travel.
• Not enough- Spurrier is proposing that athletes should be given somewhere in the neighborhood of $3,500 to $4,000 per year.

The debate has been going for years now but there has not been a solution that benefits both the athletes and the college. Other students are being payed under the table while others do not get anythng at all. in a way this is corruption. when asked why some students get paid under the table response was "it is done to motivated them"

College is suppose to be a place where the students are taught not payed for their services. Most of the expenses the college pays for it example the kits and the only time these athletes use their own money is when they pay for transport but not always. students come up with ways to raise funds.

Source: www.bleacherreport.com
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A risk worth taking

Frampton at one of his games

The 25-year-old will defend his Commonwealth and IBF inter-continental super bantamweight titles against the Canadian in front of his home crowd in Belfast on Saturday evening.Frampton feels that a game against Steve Molitor will increase the chances of him becoming the world champion, this will give him the recognition that he has been working so hard for. Frampton told the Sky Sport News that ''there definitely is a risk , but i am at the stage where i want to have big fights ''.

Steve Molitor a 32-year old has been in the industry for some time now, he has more experience in the field. He is rated number nine by Ring magazine. If  Frampton manages to win the game it will be such a great achievement for him also showing that he has grown as an individual.

Steve Molitor shared his view on the matter "IF i want to be a three time world champion then i have to beat this kid , I have been out of the ring enjoying my life for ten months and on Saturday night you will see a new hungry Steve Molitor.

 Growth is very important in each career and taking risks is what most people have to do so that they get ahead. The results might not be what we have hoped for but the most important thing one can do is realise the mistakes that were made learn from them. This game most definitely wont be an easy one. As a fan i hope Frampton gets his shine because he has been working very hard to get where he is right now , he deserves to win. 


Source : www.bleacherreport.com

An honest mistake can create bad publicity

a banner that has a spelling error 

Red lion district sponsored a school with a soccer field and they put up their banner at the field. The sad part is that the banner had a spelling error instead of them saying ''Public'' they said ''Pubic'' ,this has created bad publicity for the organisation. Most peolpe were not even aware that there is such a company that is helping out the schools but because of this mistake they do.

Don Dimoff a marketing and communications manager of Red Lion said that "The mistake has put Red Lion on the map, it's in South-Central Pennyslvania ,in case you were wondering -and drew all kinds of unwanted attentionn from outside the community to the school's sponsorship efforts'' . The manager clearly has to do  some damage control to fix the problem.

In the article the manager said that the mistake was not made by them ,it was made by the sign company. this does not give him credibility because now his shifting the blame ,yes we understand that the sign company is somehow responsible for this mistake but as a manager he should have checked the final product before signing it out.

Red Lion has done a lot of good things for the community. The sad part is that general public will remember the organisation by this mistake. It is going to take them some time to erase this matter in people's minds.

Source: www.yahoo.com

A brand that makes millions each year

David beckham is making a name for himself

 

David beckham has been making a lot of business decisions that are working in his advantage in the past few years.He has been working on sponsorship deals that are worth millions. At London he made 13.3 million pounds on his sponsorship deals.

 

David is in his final years of his career yet he is making a life for himself out of soccer.It would really be an ispiration to see more soccer players do the same for themselves. Most of the players they don't have anything to fall back on after their career which sometimes is sad because they end up broke. 

 

David had his share of bad publicity in the past few years yet he managed to change that and convinced companies to work with him. He is an Ambassador for a charity organisation called the UNICEF ,on a daily bases they provide children with wheelchairs. He helped raise $185, 500 for NSPPCC (national security for prevention of cruelty to children) this shows that he has interest for children. He is a role model for most of the kids who are interested in soccer.

David Beckham socializing

David has asthma but it did not stand in his way of taking risks and also trying new businesses ventures. He has his own of H&M underwear. David as a brand has achieved so many things in his career,with that said he still is working as hard to achieve even more greater things.

 

for more information visitwww.looktothestars.org

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for the love of sports

South Korea's hgeon woo at the london olympics.

If you have passion for something in life you make sure that you do everything in your power to get it. At the London olympics we had the opportunity to see a lot of individuals facing hardships but staying strong in the game. For some they did not get what they have hoped for but at the end of the day they did their best. I am very proud of every individual who took part at the olympics,sports is what they live for. watching them celebrate their victory inspires me that nothing is impossible.

hgeon woo won a gold medal of men's 66kg Greco Roman wrestling at the excel venue on the 7th August 2012. It was not an easy task for him ,he got injured very badly. I believe every organisation goes through a rough patch once in a while. The trick is to know why you doing what you are doing. As individuals we tend  to forget along the way why we choose certains careers ,which sometimes results in lack of commitment. Public Relations Practitioners are often looked down, the are people who believe that what we do is not important. We have to work twice as hard to prove that our jobs are worthwhile.

Nordine was one of the participants who also got injured at the olympics but that did not stop him from getting what he wanted. It is amazing how when a person love what they are doing ,they just see only the good in their work not the bad. Being a sports person is very challenging like any other job.They train for months,sometimes they don''t even win or they get disqualified for some fault yet they keep coming back for more. I salute their hard work. 





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Caught in action

is this acceptable

Caneron van der Burgh at the olympics

Cameron is a South African swimmer who won a gold medal at the olympics and we were all proud of him. As South africans we are  behind every participants who are currently taking part at the olympics.

It has been published in the media that Cameron did not win his gold medal fairly. During his game  he took extra underwater kicks which is not allowed and is illegal.When i heard this personally thought the media was accusing him of something he did not do. well i was wrong. Cameron told the Sydney Morning Herald that he did it,the reason being that everyone was doing it and if you don't do it you will be left behind. If the judges had seen this he would have been disqualified.

This behaviour is not acceptable.It makes him look uncredible which is not good for his reputation and worst of all for South Africa. This will question the ability of his caoches. We understand that he says everyone is doing it but the problem is they caught him not everybody else. there has to be concequences for his actions.   www.swimmingworldmagazine.com



As a fan i am really dissapointed in his actions. It is going to take some time for us understand why he did what he did. His excuses does not make sense. As a swimmer he should know better than do things that will get him disqualified. On the 7th of August on Metro fm his mom was interviewed by Thato she sounded very proud. She said that Cameron started swimming at the age of 10 to me this shows he really loves what his doing.maybe somehow there is a better explaination for his behaviour.   









achieving the goal

competitors rowering at the olympics, source  (www.google.co.za )

In any sport the participants face challenges in achieving their goals. This can also happend in an organisation or our everyday life but the trick is to  know our objectives and do all we can do achieve them.

Rowers come across the following challenges in each game.

• Their senses are not in control
•  It becomes difficult to hear
• Their vision goes out of synch

This usually happens at the end of the game said olympic legend Mattew Pinsent who retired after winning the last four gold medals for Great Britain at the  Anthens Games in 2004.It is inspiring to know that they work as a team. Rowers face difficulties at the end of a game but they stay focused. The reason being that they need to achieve their goal and sustain a good image for their team.

MIke Hewitt  at the olympics. source (www.google.co.za) 

As public relations practitioners our job is to change perceptions about our organisations and sustain a good  image. It might not be easy to achieve our goals in our organisations but that does not mean we should give up. In any project we are working on we should expect certain challenges because these challenges help us to grow as an organisation , also finding ways to prevent them from happening in the future.

Source :www.sportsyahoo.com

Talented souls

junior Seau at one of his games (source :fox51.com)

More and more talented players of any kind of sports are being announced dead everyday this really is a set back for the teams and very hard for the families. Junior Seau was found dead on Wednesday at his home with a gunshot wound in his chest. The police believe that  was a suicide because they found a gun next to his body and it had his finger prints all over it. His ex-wife told the media that he sent different messages to his kids telling them that he loved them somehow this was an indication of what he was planning to do. We might not know why he did what he did but i dont think we have the right to be judgemental. There are some comments about this matter that are not so nice at all. We know that he was a public figure ,to some even a role model but after he all he was human. People go through difficult times in life how we deal with situations differ a lot. I don't understand how some people can be so insensetive to such isssues,just because he had money and was famous it does not mean that he had no problems .The only sensable thing  people can do in such issues is to embrace his memory not to be judgemental and keep asking question that only him can answer. What they are doing is not fair to his family and those who are very close to him. 



Alexandra Dale Oen celebrating his win (source: m.cfv.ca)

Alexandra Dale Oen was a gold medal swimming favorite. He was found dead in Arizona which was a place where he was training for the London olympics. The course of his death was cardiac arrest which results in a heart attack. His story was handled in a more sensable manner.which makes me wonder about the way media handled stories differently.Was it because the maedia knows the reason why Alexandra has passed away .So they sympathies with him, but with Junior it was a different matter which i ask myself why.   

Source :  http://www.sportiol.com/

Tiger lost it

Tiger Woods loosing it at the Masters (http://www.espn.co.uk/)

We all know that Tiger Woods has been going through some difficult times. He is back in the game and making his mark, he won the Bay Hill. From there on he has been very confident about the upcomning games in the Masters 2012 return. The fans and media was all there to support him do his best. It has been a while since he won in the PGA tournament (Professional Golfer's Association ) , his win in Bay Hill was a comeback for him.In the Masters 2012 Tiger Woods kept playing and he was very calm but when it was round 2 things changed for the worst ,he then started kicking his club in disgust after his ball lands in the bunker surely he was  dissapointed but he did not have to act in the manner which he did. He is a public figure ,he should lead by example.His fans were dissapointed because they have been supporting him for years eventhough with his scandals, they stood beside him.

Tiger woods at his best (http://www.gamingbrotherhood.com/)

R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said that there sholud be more public disciplinary process in the sport to ensure the right example is set. Tiger Woods should take into consideration that he used to be nomber one and all eyes are on him this means at all times he should be in his best behavour. Television companies are interested in Tiger Woods and  Rory McIlroy so i think with what happend he might have made things worse for himself. Rory McIlroy is still young in the industry of golf and so far he is great ,so Tiger Woods must really pull up his socks also get his act together because he might be replaced by the new young blood.

Tiger Woods is getting old and he has some injuries so this incident has put him in the bad books of many sponsors which is not right for his reputation.he is a great golfer and he has a lot of experience in the field. The decisions he has been making are not informed ones and they are a set back to his career.

Source: http://www.espn.co.uk/

Rest in peace



Pat Symcox celebrating at a game

A very tragic thing has happened to one of our own Louis Vorster a former Namibian and South African domestic cricketer,he was murdered on Wednesday it is alleged that it was a robbery because the is a bag that is missing apparently the bag had diamonds in it. The police are still investigating the matter. 

Louis Vorster watching a game


Some of you will wonder why i have posted a picture of Pat Symcox as the first picture.i know it is not appropriate because i am talking about what has happend to Louis Vorster. this is a way to show you that some organisations do not do things in a proper way by that i mean as i was reading an articles about the death of Louis Vorster on Yahoo i realised that they have posted a wrong pictsure. this has given me reasons not to see yahoo as a credible source if they can post something like this, how many errors  do they have. the fans and family are hurting and all they can do is post a wrong picture.i am dissapointed.

what happened to Louis Vorster is very sad because he died for no reason. The robbers shot him at a petrol station  while he was getting gas. Crime is increasing everyday people die for no reason and people are being killed for their belongings. Albie Morkel the chennai super king allrounder has returned to South Africa for the funeral of his friend.it is very sad that when some of us try to make a better life for ourselves there are those who are watching us and planning on taking what is ours.Louis Vorster lived his life as a golf player surely he had other dreams but now they have been taken them away from him. His family must be in a bad space right now loosing someone that is close to you is an experience that no one forgets.hope they can find it in their hurts  to forgive those who did this so that they can be able to move on. Justice must be served.

Source: http://www.iol.co.za/

aim for best

independant online

sundowns is aiming for the best in the game that is coming up. they will be playing with Maritzburg united on sunday in the Nedbank semifinals. The captain is very confident that there is a great chance that they will win this game. Teko said that ''we want to win the league for our supporters and maybe the cup for ourselves''. The team has to work very hard so that they can achieve what they want to avhieve. The captain has a lot of pressure because he has to make it a point that the team does its best on winning the league. it will not be an easy game because the other team is also working hard to do the best. Mostly a game like this turns to be very interesting because both teams have the pontetial to win.

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The supporters  are very excieted about this game. when teams are playing for a cup like this they tend to give it their all but in most cases when they are palying friendly games they just play,which i find very disturbing because in their career they need to be very competitive at all time. The reason being the players might not know who is watching maybe a member from a team overseas might be watching and looking for the next Ronaldo.

source: http://www.sports24.co.za/

bring it on

the swmming industry is taking the world by storm. Sports is very interesting when the participants are giving it their all. The swimmers are achieving great results thus far and that is very interesting. It keeps people like me very interested and always looking foward to watching them do good. Ude  Fuchus and Nathania Van Niekerk raced on the national group Level 3 swimming championships they both performed really good. If only other sports people can be as serious about what they are doing as others do. 

kyna Pereira lead the medal table with three gold each this is very inspiring to see how they determined to give it their all. This occured on the second day of the level 3 cahmpionships in Newtown. This goes without saying that the swimmers are bringing it on in this competition.  to read more about these great achievements .http http://www.swimsa.org/

Caster Semenya is making a comeback

sports.yahoo.com

Caster is making her comeback this saturday she going to run the 800 meter in potchefstroom. She has a new coach Maria Mutola and they have been preparing for these olympic for some time now. Caster is fortunate to have Maria as a coach bacause she herself was a runner. she has won three world titles in the 800 meter, so she knows which things are accepted and tecniques that will improve her work. In a way she will help Caster to show the world what she is capable of regardless of what happned in the past year. This will be the second time she is compiting this year.

If caster wins this one it is going to be great deal for us because she will have the chance to participate in the London olympics and put South Africa out there.We believe she has the ability to pull through eventhuogh last year she had an injury. South Africa has not yet won a lot of medals since the past years but now with people like Caster and her coach Maria we are hoping that they will make a diifference and bring home some medals. The article about her comeback was published in Athlectics Africa.

Rising stars

http://www.cricket.co.za/

The women who paly for cricket South Africa are on a journey of making themselves a better team. These women take pride in what they do. The sport has grown very much compared to the past, they now have a large number of growing supporters who support these women in every possible way.

There is a programme called the Cricket South Africa under 19 Girls week which gives the girls from different places a platform to partcipate in the sport and watching other great teams. this programme inspires a lot of these girls because they are given a chance to shine, not only  will the girls have fun at this programme but the coaches will give tips on how the teams can improve where necessary. 

In September the  women will be taking part in the world cup. This is where the team can prove to those who  do not believe that these women are capable of being the best team.There are a lot of preparations that need to be done before they can actually say they ready like training a lot more harder than they are used to and implementing new ways of training.Coach Yashin  Ebrahim-Hassen  said  that "this year is a big year for us world cup year,we will be travelling to Sri Lanka for ICC women's world cup in september. http://www.cricket.co.za/

Basketball in South Africa

Basketball in schools

Basketball is an internationally recognised sports which is more powerful in the America but South Africa is also doing something about this sport. www.basketballsouthafrica.co.za/

In the past few years basketball has been growing in our country there are schools that take basketball as a serious sport just like they do with other sports.Yellow wood pre-school is also taking part in this sport and there is a whole lot of other schools. Mostly the schools that take part in this sports are in town,schools that are situated in rural areas or informal settlements do not have the resources to take part in such a sport therefore they have no interest in the sport.

Vusi Mgobhozi and Eric Nkosi were respectively president of tresurer of BSA Sascoc's move were accused of finincial mismanagement. This is the reason why schools in disadvantaged areas do not have the resources they need to take part in this sport. we need responsible people to be having such great positions so that they can make a difference. www.mg.co.za/organisation/basketballsouthafrica