Category: Blog Posts

What Makes a Hall of Fame NFL Head Coach? Becoming an NFL head coach is difficult. Becoming a successful NFL head coach is even harder. But becoming a Hall of Fame NFL head coach...

Why Mid-Major College Basketball Programs Upset Power Schools Every college basketball season produces them. A relatively unknown mid-major program walks into a packed arena, faces a nationally ranked power-conference opponent and refuses to be...

Why Motorsports Demand Elite Reaction Time Motorsports can look deceptively simple from the outside. A driver sits behind the wheel, presses the accelerator, turns the steering wheel and tries to complete a lap faster...

How Social Media Helps Niche Sports Grow For decades, growing a sport required something that many smaller and emerging sports simply didn’t have: access to mainstream media. Television networks decided which sports deserved airtime....

How to Transition From Indoor Climbing to Outdoor Rock Climbing: A Beginner’s Guide Indoor climbing is one of the best ways to learn the fundamentals of rock climbing. A climbing gym gives you controlled...

How to Read a Rock Climbing Route: Grades, Routes, Problems, and Climbing Strategy Rock climbing is often described as a physical sport, but some of the most important work happens before a climber ever...

Rock Climbing Safety: Essential Rules, Common Hazards, Risk Management, and How Climbers Stay Safe Rock climbing is one of the most rewarding sports in the world, but it is also a sport that demands...

How to Get Better at Rock Climbing: Training, Strength, Endurance, Flexibility, and Practice Rock climbing is one of those sports where improvement can be both exciting and frustrating. You may feel noticeably stronger after...

Rock Climbing Techniques: Footwork, Grip, Body Position, Balance, and Efficient Movement Rock climbing can look like a test of upper-body strength. Watch an inexperienced climber approach a difficult wall, however, and you will often...

Types of Rock Climbing Explained: Bouldering, Sport Climbing, Trad Climbing, Top-Rope, and More One of the first things a new rock climber discovers is that rock climbing is not just one sport. Bouldering, top-rope...