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Fixed Height Basketball Hoops and Goals For Playgrounds

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There are several models of fixed height basketball hoops for playgrounds on the market. You want to get something that will be very durable, since it will need to last for a considerable amount of time and there will be a lot of people using it. You'll also want to consider the location and age of your players. Here are some examples of high quality basketball hoops you might want to consider:

When you want a large, very rigid basketball hoop system for a playground, the Tyrant is worth considering. This system has a very impressive galvanized post measuring 6 5/8" in diameter with a 72" overhang. The Tyrant is rightly considered the leading playground basketball system in the United States.

The Tyrant's backboard is easy to install, due to the nose cone that is incorporated into the design. The need for lifting the backboard is minimized when this indestructible fixed height basketball hoop is being installed. As an added safety feature, backboard and pole padding is available for the Tyrant system.

Another option when it comes to fixed height basketball hoops for playgrounds is the RuffNeck. This model provides users with an exceptional level of durability and an affordable price. It is constructed from 4 1/2" galvanized schedule 40 tubing. With the RuffNeck, the basketball rim can be mounted through the backboard and into the post. This technique eliminates stress on the backboard. Two tubular braces are attached to the neck of the post, and a nose cone is provided to help with the installation. Several different kinds of backboards and rims are compatible with the RuffNeck fixed basketball hoop system.

In some situations, you want to have a sturdy basketball hoop system that has some added flexibility. The Renegade is the model you should be considering in that case. The Renegade's pole is constructed from 4 1/2" O.D. galvanized schedule 40 tubing. It needs to be buried 48" into the concrete of the playground. To seal out moisture, a vinyl cap has been provided. Choose the style of rim and backboard you would like to customize the Renegade package to suit your needs.

The Legend is another good choice when you are looking for fixed height basketball hoops for playgrounds. This very durable unit is constructed from 6" x 6", 3/16" thick steel tubing and is designed to take the punishment from even the most rugged playgrounds. You do have the option of changing the height of the basketball rim by loosening the bolts from the extension arm and repositioning it at another spot on the post. Several backboards and rims are compatible with the Legend, so you can get the right combination for the skill level of the players involved and their ages.

There are a number of different fixed height basketball hoops for playgrounds available. You can get a unit that will be very durable and at a price that makes good budget sense. Buying a good quality product means that it will last for a number of years.

Author Bill Parsons is the creative author of a variety of online specialty stores that offer both items and information for all your athletic equipment needs. Today, he offers advice on the different types of fixed height basketball hoops and goals. Besides fixed height hoops, portable basketball hoops are also a nice option, Bill says.


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Basketball Hoops - The Different Types and Styles

By Bill Parsons
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When you are looking for basketball hoops, you need to consider the location where they will be used. Styles are available for indoor and outdoor use, in fixed and adjustable styles.

Indoor basketball hoops can be permanently mounted to the wall of the gym where games will be played. In a situation where the backboard must be placed close to a wall, the PowerMount series is a great choice. If you choose this type of system then you have some flexibility in the style of backboard that accompanies it. If you want the backboard made from tempered glass, fiberglass, or steel, the PowerMount system is compatible with all of them. As long as the mounting measures 20" x 35", then it can be used with this option.

When you are not restricted by having to install the backboard close to the wall, there are other options for indoor basketball hoops with wall-to-backboard extensions that can be adjusted to match the court markings on the floor of the gym. No need to worry about measurement errors when you go with this option. A good example of this type of product is the SuperMount68.

Fixed basketball hoop are not just for inside play. If you want to mount a hoop at your home or on a playground, you have a number of options, too. The most economical one is the very simple FT-170. This model comes equipped with a 5/8" high tensile ring. If you want to go for the top of the line model, the FT172D has a double 5/8" solid rim that will give you years of enjoyment. Use it with either nylon or chain nets, depending on your own personal preference.

Another example of a fixed basketball hoops system is the Renegade. It gives you some flexibility in terms of height with the added value that comes from having a high-quality product that will give you years of use. The pole is constructed of galvanized steel tubing and is designed to be buried in concrete at a depth of 48". Heavy U-bolts are used to attach the arm to the post, which gives the unit some stability. A selection of backboards and rims can be used with the Renegade. For added safety, foam padding with a vinyl cover can be placed on the pole.

If you are looking for an adjustable style when it comes to your basketball hoops, you may want to check out the Fury model. This type can be used for adult play or adjusted so that children who are just learning the game can have fun with it. The rim height can be placed at any level between 6.5' and 10'. This model is light enough that it can be moved from place to place by one person.

As you can see, there are several flexible and simple options available when it comes to basketball hoops and styles. This easy to learn game can be enjoyed by people of all ages, inside a gym and outdoors as well.

Author Bill Parsons is the creative author of a varie
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3 Basketball Training Methods You Shouldn't Use

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I've seen too many players end up running in circles with their basketball training, working their tail off all summer long only to find out that they didn't improve at all once the season rolled around. In my case, I ended up with torn cartilage in my hip and a bad taste in my mouth when I trained that way. It was largely due to crappy training methods that really don't do anything to develop your game, just waste your time and energy.

Let's throw the hammer down on some of these useless training methods right now.

1.) Band resisted basketball training

For some reason basketball players love bands. I'm fine with that. They are actually really useful in a lot of situations, like in the weight room and for tractioning injuries (if you've never tried band traction after an ankle sprain, you're seriously missing out.)

Just leave them in the weight room or therapy room when you're done.

Just wanted to make it clear that I'm not talking about that. Louie Simmons can relax. It's all good.

Band resisted basketball training involves taking a band and attaching it to your waist and training on the court while being resisted by the band. You've probably seen it before. The guys who do this claim it develops "explosive power."

Let's get clear on this: there are 3 ways to develop explosive power:

- Get stronger
- Learn to express that strength faster (uh, get faster)
- Become more efficient in your movement.

So what do bands do?

Make you stronger? No. Do nothing but band training for a few months then step inside the squat rack. I'm betting you can't squat two dripping wet socks.

Make you faster at expressing your strength? Hell no. The bands are slowing you down. Train fast to be fast.

Make you more efficient? For the newer Renegades, this basically means getting your body in alignment for maximum power and then mastering the movement you are trying to become better at. Wrapping a band around your waist and impeding your moves on the court is pretty much going to do the opposite of that.

The answer is none of the above. Chuck the bands and use some real basketball training methods.

2.) Repetitive movement jumping programs

I think everyone knows exactly what I'm talking about with this one, so let me just call it "repetitive motion jumping programs" and get away while still being somewhat "politically correct."

With all of the incredible information online, I shouldn't have to back this one up. Its obvious enough already these programs don't work. Save yourself a LOT of time and money and keep it simple: Get stronger, practice jumping and play your sport. Seriously, that's all it takes.

3.) Tennis ball dribbling drills

These are all the rage these days, for really, really good reason:

They look cool as hell.

A couple summers ago I spent something like $200 on a set of DVD's from a well known basketball training "guru." Pretty much every single DVD mentioned these drills, you know, tossing a tennis ball in the air and making a move before catching it with the other hand.

Looked pretty cool at the time, so I took 'em to the lab for a test. Didn't do anything for me, didn't do anything for the point guard I was working with at the time, so I threw them out.

A couple months later, I saw a well known basketball coach in my local area training someone, and he seemed to be using these tennis ball drills the ENTIRE workout. That motivated me to give them another try. Hit 'em hard for 8 weeks - still nothing.

Since that time, I've tried using them with a number of guards and no one has seen any improvement by using them. Just wasted time and a ton of funny looks from the other guys in the gym.

Now, I'm all for funny looks and looking crazy to "the regulars," don't get me wrong. But these drills suck. Don't waste any more time on them.

Avoid these 3 basketball training methods at all costs and you will be ahead of 95% of all other basketball players out there.


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Online Home Business Training Without a Coach Or Mentor - It May Be a Waste of Money

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My grandson is in the first grade. His teacher has just begun the daily reading homework plan which consists of 15 minutes of reading at home with an adult, using carefully selected booklets that are sent home daily. She explained that the goal is fluency- the ability to read the short "book" without stumbling or error. This means re-reading. It means practicing repeatedly. It's amazing how quickly word attack skills, word memorization, and fluency grows through practice!

We all have a good idea of the meaning of fluency when we use it in a sentence like this: "George speaks Mandarin fluently."

Fluency is a higher level of performance than competence. Competence means performance of a given task according to exacting predetermined standards. It means getting it right and doing it right repeatedly. Fluency ups the standard to doing it under a tight time restraint and without the aid of any reference.

So, what exactly contributes to competence or fluency?

I have spent the bulk of my life in public education and workplace training and have studied the variables in developing fluency in different skills. Critically important for learning any skill:

Practice with appropriate feedback.
Repeating the practice, with appropriate feedback.

Critically important for gaining fluency in a skill:

Repeating the practice without any reference aids, with appropriate feedback.
Repeating the practice with a time deadline, with appropriate feedback.

Just what constitutes "appropriate" feedback, I will leave for another article. But in general, the learning process requires that an individual know when their performance has been correct or not, and how it can be improved.

When you think of fluency, think of learning skills like speaking a foreign language, repeating addition and multiplication facts, keyboarding, giving CPR, playing a musical instrument, executing a foul shot in basketball, and so on. These things must be done without giving it a thought - fluently.

Now let's think of what it takes to learn business skills. There are literally thousands of tasks needed in business; fortunately, it is not critical to learn them all (most businesses have a staff, with different individuals specializing in different tasks that require different skill sets), and though all tasks require competence, not all tasks require fluency.

The home business entrepreneur however works alone. Very few beginning entrepreneurs are initially competent (never mind fluent) in all the tasks required for even one business type or niche. Michael Gerber addressed this issue several years ago in The E Myth Revisited.

What about focusing on one aspect of home business: internet marketing? Even here, there are a huge number of tasks. Over at the Renegade Professional, a subscription-based internet training service founded by Mike Klingler, there are over 240 video tutorials that provide instruction on individual tasks. The tasks range from installing a particular plug-in for WordPress to using keywords to create a PPC advertisement. This list continues to grow as Klingler's partners drill down into the details of various marketing systems. Few, if any, home businesses need to master all of these tasks, but when any marketing "system" is broken down into individual tasks, there will typically be dozens if not hundreds of tasks.

The Renegade Professional is only one of several network marketing training sites available online. Each has a somewhat different style; for example, some or more "lecture based" while others, such as the Renegade Professional site, are more "demonstration" based.

As a professional educator, and more importantly with 25 years experience in corporate equipment training, I will make this blanket evaluation:

Demonstrations are better than straight lectures for learning.
Demonstrations alone are not sufficient for gaining competence.

Most of the Renegade Professional tutorials encourage the learner to stop the video and perform the task, step by step. This is good. It is "practice." However, because of the one-way nature of this training, one cannot get answers to these questions:

Did I get it right?
How can I do it better?
Is this the best thing for me to be learning right now?

These observations point out the increased value of having an instructor with whom you can engage, not just watch; that is the role that a real live tutor (guide, superguide, coach, mentor) can play. Providing performance feedback may or may not be part of your understanding of a "coach" or "mentor." Certainly "giving feedback" is not the only reason for finding a mentor, but in conjunction with purchasing video tutorials, it is an essential benefit.

So how do internet training services provide "practice with appropriate feedback," without which it is difficult or impossible to attain competency, let alone fluency? Here are two examples:

At the 90 Day Marketer, an internet marketing training service provided by McKay Earl, a series of 90 video demonstrations with accompanying written instructions and templates is provided. The feedback is provided by weekly coaching calls during which questions are answered. However, the more effective feedback can be purchased from McKay as a premium: monthly personal interaction and feedback regarding the development of blogs, squeeze pages, autoresponders, and the like.
At the Renegade Professional, already mentioned, feedback is one potential service available from "Superguides" - again this is an extra cost service beyond the demonstration videos. In recognition of the extreme importance of feedback and engagement, the Renegade Professional is developing a whole new program to train marketers and "Superguides" in the role of a coach; the program is called Coaching Cognition. This program when fully developed, will make the tutorial videos even more powerful.

Naturally these are not the only online home business training sites. I mention them as examples of the trend to support a library of tutorials with personal mentors. When training integrates feedback through coaching or mentoring, the results can be powerful for the learner.



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My Why - An Old Coach's Brief Autobiography

By Rick Osbourne
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Out of a 17 year teaching career, the four years I spent as the coordinator of a fitness based self esteem program at Jefferson Elementary School in Davenport, IA were by far and away the most memorable and significant to me.

In the wake of those four years the program died because the state grant which underwrote it ran out of funds. Ever since I've been searching for ways to bring it back to life and in the process I've had lots of people ask WHY I continue with this Quixote-like pursuit when I've had so many doors slammed in my face, and conventional bureaucracy wisdom seems to lack any appreciation for its simple elegance, and its blatant obviousness. I'd like to try and answer that question here and now.

In my own formative years (grades k-12) my teachers and the system in which they worked, did a great job of convincing me and my parents that I was average in almost every conceivable way. For example when reading groups were selected by the teachers who were being paid to do this kind of thing, I was never in the top group or the bottom group. I was inevitably in the middle group, as were a high percentage of my supposedly average classmates, who most likely became systematically convinced of their own respective averageness as well.

In gym class the Coach would pick captains, but I was never among those chosen few. When the captains were instructed to pick teams, I was seldom if ever chosen at the top or the bottom round. Among my own peers, I was inevitably also a mid-round draft choice.

When report cards came out each quarter, I was always relieved to see a C or a C+ instead of the C- or the D+ that occasionally made its way into the card. B's or B- were well above the call of duty and a genuine surprise to my parents who'd been systematically convinced of my averageness as well.

When I arrived at high school with all my average baggage, I was placed in classes alongside other average students like myself. I was never with the obviously smart kids or with the obviously un-smart kids. I was always in between the top and the bottom, and by that time average placement was what my parents and I had been systematically conditioned to expect, so we just went along.

It wasn't until my senior year in high school when a guidance counselor named Dixie Howells (he was also the basketball coach) blew a small hole in this well accepted sense of averageness that I'd learned to accept. I'd said something about an average student like myself having a hard time in college, and to my surprise he just laughed out loud. Then he proceeded to say that I should take all that conventional wisdom with a grain of salt and recognize that I was plenty smart enough to do just fine in college.

Let me reiterate this one more time. A teacher whom I respected (he was after all the head basketball coach) said that the system that I'd just spent the past 12 years struggling through was highly questionable, possibly even full of crap, and should not be taken with a great deal of seriousness or belief. I'm talking about a ten minute conversation that was so important in my life that it stands out in my mind over 40 years later!

All kids should be so lucky as to have a Dixie Howells in their lives who would assure them that the system is light years from perfect, and should not be automatically trusted or believed. This little ten minute conversation turned out to be the single most important piece of educational enlightenment that I'd experienced in 12 years of schooling. Thanks Dixie!

Yes, Dixie had kicked a small crack in the cosmic egg shell of averageness that had been carefully built up around me over 12 years. But if the shell was ever going to be totally shattered there was lots more kicking to be done. During the beginning of my freshman year at Burlington IA Junior College I met another basketball coaching renegade who would further expand the crack in the egg that Dixie had started.

In his first year as coach of the Burlington Blackhawks, Ed Sparling had America's top rated JUCO team which was led by future Big Ten superstar Sam Williams who was from the streets of Detroit. Being average was not part of Coach Sparling's mindset. In fact everything he touched from his family to his defense, his cheerleaders to his student managers (of which I was one) were simply the best, by virtue of being associated with him. They worked harder, smarter, and they happened to be coached by the nation's best JUCO coach...Ed Sparling.

At the end of my freshman year, Sparling dealt another blow to the crack in the egg when one of the team members told him I was a good place kicker on the Burlington High School football team. Despite the fact that I'd quit football my senior year in high school, Sparling insisted that I write letters to two dozen University football coaches offering my kicking services in return for a football scholarship. I thought he was crazy, but then who was I to question the best JUCO basketball coach in the nation?

To make a long story short, it worked. I received an athletic scholarship offer to kick footballs at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL where I ended up setting several school records, and signing a contract with the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL upon graduation. This was undoubtedly another major blow to the crack in the egg, but I failed to make the NFL's cut, and the egg shell remained somewhat intact.

Yes, I graduated from college where I had several enviable athletic experiences, but my average grades still supported my feelings of averageness. It wasn't until I enrolled at Western Illinois University to do Masters work (strictly to make more money at my teaching job) that I grew up academically. For the first time in my life I decided that working at my studies might be a good idea. The experiment yielded mostly A's and a few B's at the graduate level, at which I was completely flabbergasted.

Late in my Masters work I took a course in the History and Philosophy of Sport which was taught by an older female professor named Dr. Kathy Pearson. In this class I was introduced to people like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, DeCartes, Rousseau, and Kant just to name a few.

In so doing I discovered what I still contend real education is all about. It ran me over like a Mack Truck, I ended up doing a thesis in sport philosophy that was eventually published in full by the University of Oregon, which caused me to check into Ph.D. programs in this suddenly fascinating discipline. Imagine me, the most average of students checking into a PhD program. Dr. Pearson proved to be another renegade who further expanded the cracks in the egg shell that Dixie had started well over a decade ago.

I went on to attend Arizona State University where I won a graduate assistantship in the P.E. Department, and Dr. Robert G. Osterhoudt helped me discover and explore an entirely new world (philosophy) of which I'd previously known nothing. My grades once again were mostly A's and a few B's, I passed my comprehensive exams in flying colors, got a dissertation topic, organized a star studded committee to oversee it, stared writing, and shortly afterwards ran short of money. Regardless, by this time the academic part of the egg was completely shattered.

I must confess that at this point in my life I was riding high and was full of optimism. After all, thanks to Dixie Howells, Ed Sparling, Kathy Pearson, and now Robert G. Osterhoudt, I'd now excelled in athletics and in academics, despite system that had previously convinced me that I could never do either. And when one has spent his entire life in school, what else is there other than athletics and academics? The world should now be my oyster, right? Wrong.

With a family to support that included a wonderful wife and two fabulous kids, I had to get a job. That 's when I discovered the market could care less about athletic or academic excellence unless it could be translated into corporate profit. I quickly decided to get back into the teaching profession and took several jobs before arriving at Jefferson Elementary School, Davenport, IA, in the fall of 1990, where I was fortunate enough to be put in charge of a program entitled Operation Pull Your Own Weight.

During this four year period I met many kids whose lives had already been swallowed up by the indoctrination of averageness or much worse. They'd been systematically labeled AVG. (average), BA (below average), BD (behavior disorder), ADD (attention deficit disorder), or just plain BAD (as in inferior or bad kids).

They'd been effectively taught by their parents (who'd learned the lessons from the same sources), their neighborhoods, their peers, and now by their school, to expect failure instead of success. For all practical purposes, these kids were systematically taught to say "No I can't" instead of "Yes I can" to new experiences of all kinds. And once they're convinced they can't, they stop trying, because trying and failing is uncool. If they don't try they at least have a face saving excuse, the opportunity to say "I didn't try."

Humiliation is thus avoided and some sense of "cool" is maintained. But when kids stop trying, they automatically self-fulfill the failure prophecy because nobody can succeed without trying. In other words, the egg shell of averageness that surrounded me for so long was nothing compared to the egg shell of inferiority that surrounded many of the kids who attended Jefferson School. Nothing!

I now step back and ask, is it any wonder that so many kids today want to be BAD? I mean they've been so thoroughly convinced that they have no chance of being good... so why try? 51 of the 52 cards in the deck are stacked directly against them. Why try? Why humiliate yourself by trying hard, and predictably failing?

So yes, on the surface the physically based self esteep program was designed to help kids learn to immunize themselves against obesity for a lifetime, naturally by learning to do pull ups. That's obvious and simple. But if you take the time to dig in a little deeper, you'll see that this program is designed to physically and psychologically...

o Reach down to kids who've been systematically convinced that they're average or worse, and give them a Dixie Howells, an Ed Sparling, a Kathy Pearson, a Robert G. Osterhoudt who will help kick a crack in their own personal egg shells.
o It's designed to give them a regular, hands-on experience with success.
o It's designed to help them learn to become stronger this week than last, stronger this month than last, and stronger this year than last, for many years to come.
o It's designed to help them learn to say yes I can instead of no I can't, while taking regular whacks at their own indoctrinations, their own egg shells.
o And it's designed to help them recognize that the primary purpose of the "education system" is maintain the status quo,
o So if you're down, it'll help keep you down.
o If you're up, it'll help keep you up.
o And if you're average, it's designed to lock you into remaining average, forever and ever.
o It's also designed to help participants see that the system doesn't like to be challenged or questioned and it punishes boat rockers of all kinds... ask Jesus Christ who committed the ultimate crime of questioning the status quo.
o They crucified him for it.

Simply stated, this program was specifically designed to create lots of winners instead of lots of losers, in lots of different ways. And while it's doing that, it also helps kids learn to immunize themselves against obesity for a lifetime by using a simple, natural, documented, and affordable acid test called pull ups to do the trick.

To a certain extent, I know how these kids feel because I've been there myself and I'm still furiously kicking at the egg shell of averageness in my own life. But to the degree that I can be a Dixie, an Ed, a Kathy, or an RGO and show other kids how to break free of indoctrination, I will finally decimate and destroy my own egg shell, win my own freedom, break my own systematically imposed chains of averageness, and be able to say free at last, free at last. Thanks God I'm free at last.

That's My Why. ...Rick Osbourne

1. He who has a strong enough WHY, can bear almost any HOW. ...Friedrich Nietzsche

2. Where there's a will, there's a way. ...Someone

Rick Osbourne spent 17 years as a physical educator and coach. He currently writes for a living, and serves as the Executive Director of Operation Pull Your Own Weight, (www.pullyourownweight.net) an informational web site that's dedicated to eliminating childhood obesity in one decade. Osbourne is also a public speaker, and he's recently published a book entitled "Operation Pull Your Own Weight: A Radically Simple Solution to Childhood Obesity," (on the website) that provides practical minded parents and educators with "A simple, easily implemented, easily documented, and affordable solution to childhood obesity," according to the American Society of Exercise Physiologists (www.asep.org) Osbourne can be reached at Osbourne.rick@gmail.com


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The Renegade Sneaker for the Ultimate Scoring Machine

There was much hype with the previous Kobe Bryant signature shoes (including the Hyperdunk Series) that guys over at Nike wanted to outdo themselves by coming up with basketball shoes that perfectly befit the aggressive style of the former MVP.

Expected to be released on December 26, 2009 (release date varies for different locations), the Zoom Kobe 5 (or the ZK5) is unlike its predecessors. It actually looks more like a cross-training shoe than a basketball shoe. But the three-pronged Kobe trademark logo beneath the sole and on the tongue and Kobe signature at the back of the heel are unmistakable. The flywire technology that was a staple in other Kobe Bryant signature shoes appeared to be tweaked a bit, this time using a different upper material.

The Zoom Kobe 5 also features a full-length Zoom cushioning - a feature that was introduced in previous collections. This was probably done to increase comfort while the full-mesh tongue and upper are designed to increase breathability. As always, the Nike trademark "swoosh" appears on the side of the shoe.

Don't get fooled by its low-cut design as this shoe can actually support the wearer's toes and ankles. This remarkable sneaker is as good to use on the basketball court as it is on the streets. Overall, the design is way different from what the fans used to see on Kobe Bryant's signature basketball shoes. But it only goes to show that being different is not exactly a bad thing. It's all about individuality. And Kobe Bryant knows how to stand tall, being different from the rest.


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Florida State University

By Freddie Brister
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Florida State University is one of the most recognized universities in the United States, both in academics and athletics. The Florida State Seminoles sports teams compete in 17 different sports, winning 12 national championships and more than 100 conference titles. They've also fielded numerous conference champions in individual sports.

Florida State competes in the NCAA 1st Division's Atlantic Coast Conference, along with Clemson, Duke, Boston College, Georgia Tech, the University of Maryland, the University of Miami, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, the University of North Carolina, the University of Virginia, and North Carolina State University, in what is generally required as one of the most competitive conferences in the NCAA.

Florida State uses the moniker Seminoles for their teams, honouring the Seminole Tribe, who originally formed in Florida, mostly residing now in Oklahoma. The Seminole Tribe was consulted about the use of their name in association with the university, and gave their consent to it, also working with the university to develop the team's logo and mascot. Though the NCAA had a prohibition in place banning the use of Native American logos and costumes, Florida State was exempted thanks to their agreement with the Seminole Tribe.

The Seminole Mascot is Chief Osceolo, based on the real-life tribe leader of the same name, who rides a horse Renegade around Seminoles Stadium. Florida State fans use a chant called the War Chant, in which they swing their arms down from the elbow as if swinging a tomahawk, identical to that practiced by Atlanta Braves' fans, where it's called the Tomahawk Chop. Interestingly, the Seminoles never used tomahawks while fighting, preferring the use of spears, bows and arrows, and clubs.

The Seminoles football team, which plays its home games in the 88,300 seat Bobby Bowden Field, is traditionally one of the best in the country. They won two national championships in the 1990's, and fielded 14 straight teams voted in the top in the nation by the AP. The football club has produced two Heisman Trophy winners, and numerous NFL stars, including Deion Sanders, Ron Sellers, Peter Warrick, Chris Weinke, and Warrick Dunn. There are currently over three dozen former Seminoles in the NFL.

Not to be outdone, the Seminoles baseball program is one of the top ones in the country, appearing in the College World Series 19 times and making it to the final on 3 occasions, losing all 3. The school has produced a number of current and former MLB players including J.D Drew, Paul Sorrento, Doug Mientkiewicz, Matt Diaz, and Luis Alicea.

Their basketball program helped bring stars like Dave Cowens and Sam Cassell to the NBA, making to the NCAA Tournament 10 times, with a Final Four berth in 1972, where they lost to the UCLA Bruins.

Florida State's biggest rivals are the University of Florida Gators, and the Miami Hurricanes, predominantly in football, though they play each other regularly in all sports. They also share a heated rivalry with Georgia Tech in baseball, and Clemson in football.

Writer and editor, Freddie Brister, is a former high school football coach of 25 years. His love of the game of football is reflected in his words and memories of growing up in the South and playing football in the back yard with his brother, cousins and neighborhood friends. His biggest thrill is watching former high school players he has coached play at the college level. His favorite pastime is watching college football on tv and attending the games in person every chance he gets. Freddie Brister is a huge fan of the SEC and the Florida State Seminoles. Check out his Florida

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