even though the professional game has long-since begun its slow segue into the offseason, it’s hard to recall a tournament that produced more of a slam-bang Sunday than the relocated Fry.s com Open outside San Jose, which produced an ending that gave California plate tectonics a run for its money as far as impact and moving earth. CBSSports.com senior writer Steve Elling consults his golf Richter scale and sorts through which rock held fast and where the buildings topped.

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Wire to wired Rocco Mediate falls out of bed talking. The inestimably popular guy blows through so much oxygen in a day while chattering up a storm, he leaves a carbon footprint while standing still. So it was hardly a surprise for Golf Channel viewers that the first thing Mediate did after making the most memorable shot of his 27-year career was turn to the gallery and yell with a shrug, “What the hell is going on?” good question, because this was a deal-with-the-devil ending. Mediate won in wire-to-wire fashion, but was blowing up in a big way before he made his first birdie of the day on the 16th Sunday at the Frys.com Open. Tied for the lead but unable to reach the drivable, par-4 17th, Mediate laid back with an iron off the tee, then holed a wedge shot from 116 yards — his fourth hole-out for an eagle of the week. Rickie Fowler was the last PGA Tour player to have an eagle in every round, and was one of the players Mediate was battling down the stretch. “I told him on the range this morning that last year at Frys I made an eagle each day,” Fowler said after the final round. “I guess when you hole-out four times in a week, I think that helps.” Mediate made a teeth-chattering five-footer on the 18th to seal the victory, but the most memorable shot came at the 71st, which conjured up memories of Asao Aoki’s fairway hole-out on the 72nd hole to win in Hawaii in 1983. It was Mediate’s first win since 2002 and carried a two-year exemption, which means that after entering the week at No. 182 in earnings, he can now skip Q-school this fall, which he had entered. Mediate, who won a career-best $900,000 and improved 110 spots on the money list, became the 12th player since 1983 to record eagles on par-3, par-4 and par-5 holes in the same week in a PGA Tour stroke-play event.

Short in stature, tall in impact without question, they have become the gotta-have item in course design. even a short par-5 can’t measure up to a well-placed, well-drawn and drivable par-4 hole down the stretch, like the 300-yard 17th last week at the Frys.com Open. Alex Prugh nearly aced the hole with a driver Sunday, moments after broadcasters had noted it was a possibility based on the pin placement. then Mediate delivered the biggest match-play-style switch of momentum in months. Mediate laid back and then watched Bo Van Pelt, tied with Mediate for the lead, drive the green. Van Pelt had 30 feet for an eagle and Mediate had a wedge shot from 116 yards — advantage Van Pelt, right? well, Mediate made his eagle, Van Pelt three-jacked the green for par and Mediate won for the first time in eight years. Similarly interesting par-4 shorties are included at host courses such as Los Angeles and Boston, but extra points go to layouts in Phoenix, San Jose and Hartford for having such impactful holes deep in the back-nine design. even the Ryder Cup had one at the 15th at Celtic Manor. If not for an inch or two, people would be gushing about Prugh’s double-eagle ace while playing alongside Van Pelt and Mediate, not a holed wedge shot — Prugh finished second by a shot. As it was, Mediate’s unforgettable shot ranks with Phil Mickelson’s behind-the-tree approach in the final round at the Masters for clutch shot of the year.

Psssst. Remember me? Based on his beefier appearance, you might not recall the name or the game, but David Duval was the last guy not named Woods or Singh to top the world ranking. then his game disappeared, followed by his name from the leaderboard. But the star-crossed Duval finished T6 in San Jose and moved up 10 crucial slots on the money list to No. 99. That’s a far cry from topping the world — sort of like his listed weight on the tour website at 180 pounds is a distant memory — but this is a breakthrough season nonetheless. The last time Duval finished in the top 125 in earnings was in 2002. he has been playing on a wild variety of complicated exemptions, including one the tour created in his stead because of family medical issues Duval experienced, ever since. Assured of his card in 2011, Duval won’t have to write any more letters to tournament directors. interesting side note — his lengthy endorsement deal to use Nike equipment ended a few weeks ago. Now that he is assured of reclaiming his card, looks like the Swoosh missed the boat on this one.

If looking for success — go east, young man For the second time this month, a former PGA Championship winner went to the Asian Tour and successfully rehabbed his image. A week after Y.E. Yang erased a 10-shot deficit in the final round to win for the first time in 13 months, Padraig Harrington won by three strokes in Malaysia and claimed his first win in 26 months, dating to the 2008 PGA title, his third major championship. Harrington could tell the fans were starting to wonder about his form. “Two years is a long time, especially when you’re reminded most weeks you play,” he said. while the field was notably thin — Retief Goosen and Colin Montgomerie were the only names most casual fans would recognize — it was a welcome tonic for the Irishman, who felt his game was solid all week, the level of the competition notwithstanding. “I got the breaks all the way through,” he said. “I hit some good shots and had a few breaks. Luck of the Irish? I’ll accept that.” Another interesting side note — Seung-yul Noh, a 19-year-old rising star who blew up last week in losing to Yang, shot 65 in the final round to finish second and tightened his grip atop the Asian Tour money list.

Gore breaks minors record, heads back into majors? he has officially become the Crash Davis of golf’s minor leagues. Longtime fan favorite Jason Gore, who has posted a 59 in tournament play, Sunday won his seventh career title on the second Circuit, better known as the Nationwide Tour. Heaven knows he waited long enough to mount a rally and is still facing another trip to Q-school, unless the four-shot win is the beginning of a trademark torrid stretch. Gore once won a record three Nationwide starts in succession, then was promoted to the big leagues and won on the PGA Tour. His win outside Miami over the weekend was his second top 35 finish all year, but it jumped him from No. 124 to 39th in earnings, a crucial leap. There is one full-field event left before the season-ending Tour Championship, which is limited to 60 players. If he cracks the top 25 in earnings, he can reclaim his PGA Tour card. “It’s been a rough year,” he said. “That was really the goal this week, to just make enough to keep playing.” About the lone pity was that Gore cruised Sunday, depriving us of a playoff with another power-ball masher, runner-up Scott Gutschewski. Between them, neither stands taller than 6-1 and they weigh a combined 500 pounds. It would have been like watching those guys in sumo suits wrestling at, you got it, a minor-league baseball game. Gore headed off to South Beach to celebrate and, unlike some sunbathers there, hopefully kept his clothes on. Otherwise, it would represent a full moon over Miami, indeed.

Rewinding to “the middle of the now” Yeah, true, so I already wrote about this hilarious development late last week, but it’s still generating feedback and there are plenty of folks who haven’t yet eyeballed it. Making the Cigar Guy from the Ryder Cup fast irrelevant, tour veteran Ben Crane unveiled a self-deprecating fake workout video that is easily the funniest thing seen on tour since Ian Poulter shaved himself, claimed he was second only to Tiger Woods and posed naked for a magazine cover two years ago. Poulter was serious, though. Crane begins the video spot talking and stumbling over his words when discussing how he keeps his body so preened and primed. The guy is no icky-bod Crane, but he’s no Camilo Villegas, either. Bubba Watson has posted a few funny videos on Twitter — including his accidental fall into a swimming pool while trying to impress Rickie Fowler with a diving-board stunt — but the Crane recording was professionally produced and trumps all. Crane has more video fare in the pipeline but wouldn’t disclose the subject matter. “We’re still working on that,” he said. in movie-review parlance, I give his screen debut two thumbs up.

The people have spoken (some of them, anyway) Raise your hand if you agree: A poll of 750 fans has determined that with Nick Faldo (40 percent of vote) is the most popular golf broadcaster in the business, trumping Johnny Miller (32 percent) in a survey commissioned by Golf Magazine. Surprised? well, it might say CBS on my paycheck, but I have to admit, I thought Miller would have won the race running away, mostly because his mouth runs without a governor. in this day, even in a staid sport like golf, it seems as though unbridled honesty and a few whistling one-liners are what fans enjoy hearing. then again, Miller sometimes reaches too far for his material, like when Hunter Mahan flubbed a chip on the fateful hole that decided the Ryder, and Miller said, “You can’t hide behind those [sun]glasses now.” It made some cringe, no question. Said Miller about Phil Mickelson that same week: “If he couldn’t chip, he’d be a car salesman in San Diego.” when Mickelson won his singles match a day later and completed a post-round interview, Miller cracked off the air on the NBC feed heard in the Ryder media center, “I expected him to say, ‘Not bad for a car salesman.’” Personally, both of the Mickelson lines made me laugh, because no other broadcaster would have the temerity to try them and Phil has heard it all at this point, but most fans apparently don’t feel similarly. then again, the numbers could be wrong., The poll was conducted by the National Golf Foundation, which once so boldly overestimated the number of new courses needed to keep up with future demand in the States, it helped touch off the most massive period of greed-based expansion in the game’s history. Rounds played in the States have remained at the same levels for, oh, about the past two decades.

Francesco Grandissimo this had to be a huge relief. After getting all but run over at the Ryder Cup after entering the week as one of the huge storylines as a pairings partner with his brother, Edoardo, Francesco Molinari shot a pair of incredible 62s last week in Portugal and finished in a tie for second behind Aussie lefty Richard Green. Francesco Molinari was drilled in singles by Tiger Woods, losing 4 and 3 in a match that wasn’t really that close, and claimed the lowest output on the winning Euro team with a measly half-point in his three matches. while he was all over the map in Portugal, mixing in two 74s to accompany the 62s, his rally Sunday helped him claim his 10th top 10 finish of the season and moved him to 30th in the world, 15 slots behind his big brother. Molto, molto buono.

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Differences between X and Why even for the highbrow, armed with advanced degrees and a sense of moral certainty, it’s a topic that makes decorum disintegrate like sugar crystals in a morning cappuccino. last week, a former male who had undergone sex-reassignment procedure sued the long drivers organization and the LPGA for discrimination. The 57-year-old ex-cop, also a former long-drive champion, claims she is being unfairly singled out while rules at other golf organizations allow transgender players to tee it up. It’s true. The group that runs the Women’s British Open, the Ladies Golf Union, in codified language you will not see anywhere else, actually has the term “gonadectomy” included in its bylaws. Yeah, it makes a guy wince. The Ladies European Tour has had at least one transgender player over the years. Various levels of testing are required in order to assure that hormone levels are in line with at-birth female players, but bone structure and musculature in a male are clearly different. As one CBSSports.com reader put it, in perhaps the most succinctly perfect bit of analysis and double-entendre ever offered on such an uncomfortably complex issue, “changing the package does not change the contents.”

Missives from Canaduh according to the federal indictment handed down last week in Buffalo, the doctor associated with Tiger Woods and several other prominent athletes in the U.S. stands accused of smuggling not only illegal drugs into America, but a few of those little pills you see advertised to the point of numbness during golf broadcasts. you know, Cialis and Viagra and the like. Anthony Galea, who treated Woods in Orlando even though he is not medically licensed in Florida, is accused of smuggling misbranded and unapproved drugs for the purpose of treating more than 20 professional athletes, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. none of the athletes have been charged with criminal activity, though the joke writers could have a field day with this one. After all, if Galea got confused and injected male-potency drugs into Woods’ knee, that would explain plenty about his behavior, no? Woods seems to prefer Canucks these days. Galea is from Toronto, which, incidentally and apropos of nothing, is the hometown of Woods’ new swing coach, Sean Foley.

Keeping their guard up Colin Montgomerie has every reason to beam, but last week he might have crawled out a bit too far on the limb in crowing about European gains on the global golf scene. Monty, who led the European team to the Ryder Cup two weeks ago, lauded the “changing of the guard over to Europe” as the balance of power tilts to the other side of the Atlantic. well, let’s give it a while and see what happens. After all, while European Tour members won three of four majors this year — a first — it came during a weird period in which Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the winningest active players on the PGA Tour, combined to win one tournament. Woods had won four or more tournaments in 10 of his 11 previous seasons entering 2010 and Mickelson had a number of personal and medical issues on his plate, so the prevailing tidal ebb could reverse soon enough. It might not be a changing of the guard, per se. The sentries might just be on a short bathroom break.

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even though the professional game has long-since begun its slow segue into the offseason, it’s hard to recall a tournament that produced more of a slam-bang Sunday than the relocated Fry.s com Open outside San Jose, which produced an ending that gave California plate tectonics a run for its money as far as impact and moving earth. CBSSports.com senior writer Steve Elling consults his golf Richter scale and sorts through which rock held fast and where the buildings topped.

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Wire to wired Rocco Mediate falls out of bed talking. The inestimably popular guy blows through so much oxygen in a day while chattering up a storm, he leaves a carbon footprint while standing still. so it was hardly a surprise for Golf Channel viewers that the first thing Mediate did after making the most memorable shot of his 27-year career was turn to the gallery and yell with a shrug, “What the hell is going on?” Good question, because this was a deal-with-the-devil ending. Mediate won in wire-to-wire fashion, but was blowing up in a big way before he made his first birdie of the day on the 16th Sunday at the Frys.com Open. Tied for the lead but unable to reach the drivable, par-4 17th, Mediate laid back with an iron off the tee, then holed a wedge shot from 116 yards — his fourth hole-out for an eagle of the week. Rickie Fowler was the last PGA Tour player to have an eagle in every round, and was one of the players Mediate was battling down the stretch. “I told him on the range this morning that last year at Frys I made an eagle each day,” Fowler said after the final round. “I guess when you hole-out four times in a week, I think that helps.” Mediate made a teeth-chattering five-footer on the 18th to seal the victory, but the most memorable shot came at the 71st, which conjured up memories of Asao Aoki’s fairway hole-out on the 72nd hole to win in Hawaii in 1983. it was Mediate’s first win since 2002 and carried a two-year exemption, which means that after entering the week at no. 182 in earnings, he can now skip Q-school this fall, which he had entered. Mediate, who won a career-best $900,000 and improved 110 spots on the money list, became the 12th player since 1983 to record eagles on par-3, par-4 and par-5 holes in the same week in a PGA Tour stroke-play event.

Short in stature, tall in impact Without question, they have become the gotta-have item in course design. even a short par-5 can’t measure up to a well-placed, well-drawn and drivable par-4 hole down the stretch, like the 300-yard 17th last week at the Frys.com Open. Alex Prugh nearly aced the hole with a driver Sunday, moments after broadcasters had noted it was a possibility based on the pin placement. Then Mediate delivered the biggest match-play-style switch of momentum in months. Mediate laid back and then watched Bo Van Pelt, tied with Mediate for the lead, drive the green. Van Pelt had 30 feet for an eagle and Mediate had a wedge shot from 116 yards — advantage Van Pelt, right? Well, Mediate made his eagle, Van Pelt three-jacked the green for par and Mediate won for the first time in eight years. Similarly interesting par-4 shorties are included at host courses such as Los Angeles and Boston, but extra points go to layouts in Phoenix, San Jose and Hartford for having such impactful holes deep in the back-nine design. even the Ryder Cup had one at the 15th at Celtic Manor. If not for an inch or two, people would be gushing about Prugh’s double-eagle ace while playing alongside Van Pelt and Mediate, not a holed wedge shot — Prugh finished second by a shot. as it was, Mediate’s unforgettable shot ranks with Phil Mickelson’s behind-the-tree approach in the final round at the Masters for clutch shot of the year.

Psssst. Remember me? Based on his beefier appearance, you might not recall the name or the game, but David Duval was the last guy not named Woods or Singh to top the world ranking. Then his game disappeared, followed by his name from the leaderboard. But the star-crossed Duval finished T6 in San Jose and moved up 10 crucial slots on the money list to no. 99. That’s a far cry from topping the world — sort of like his listed weight on the tour website at 180 pounds is a distant memory — but this is a breakthrough season nonetheless. The last time Duval finished in the top 125 in earnings was in 2002. He has been playing on a wild variety of complicated exemptions, including one the tour created in his stead because of family medical issues Duval experienced, ever since. Assured of his card in 2011, Duval won’t have to write any more letters to tournament directors. Interesting side note — his lengthy endorsement deal to use Nike equipment ended a few weeks ago. Now that he is assured of reclaiming his card, looks like the Swoosh missed the boat on this one.

If looking for success — go east, young man for the second time this month, a former PGA Championship winner went to the Asian Tour and successfully rehabbed his image. A week after Y.E. Yang erased a 10-shot deficit in the final round to win for the first time in 13 months, Padraig Harrington won by three strokes in Malaysia and claimed his first win in 26 months, dating to the 2008 PGA title, his third major championship. Harrington could tell the fans were starting to wonder about his form. “Two years is a long time, especially when you’re reminded most weeks you play,” he said. While the field was notably thin — Retief Goosen and Colin Montgomerie were the only names most casual fans would recognize — it was a welcome tonic for the Irishman, who felt his game was solid all week, the level of the competition notwithstanding. “I got the breaks all the way through,” he said. “I hit some good shots and had a few breaks. Luck of the Irish? I’ll accept that.” Another interesting side note — Seung-yul Noh, a 19-year-old rising star who blew up last week in losing to Yang, shot 65 in the final round to finish second and tightened his grip atop the Asian Tour money list.

Gore breaks minors record, heads back into majors? He has officially become the Crash Davis of golf’s minor leagues. Longtime fan favorite Jason Gore, who has posted a 59 in tournament play, Sunday won his seventh career title on the Second Circuit, better known as the Nationwide Tour. Heaven knows he waited long enough to mount a rally and is still facing another trip to Q-school, unless the four-shot win is the beginning of a trademark torrid stretch. Gore once won a record three Nationwide starts in succession, then was promoted to the big leagues and won on the PGA Tour. His win outside Miami over the weekend was his second top 35 finish all year, but it jumped him from no. 124 to 39th in earnings, a crucial leap. there is one full-field event left before the season-ending Tour Championship, which is limited to 60 players. If he cracks the top 25 in earnings, he can reclaim his PGA Tour card. “It’s been a rough year,” he said. “That was really the goal this week, to just make enough to keep playing.” about the lone pity was that Gore cruised Sunday, depriving us of a playoff with another power-ball masher, runner-up Scott Gutschewski. Between them, neither stands taller than 6-1 and they weigh a combined 500 pounds. it would have been like watching those guys in sumo suits wrestling at, you got it, a minor-league baseball game. Gore headed off to South Beach to celebrate and, unlike some sunbathers there, hopefully kept his clothes on. Otherwise, it would represent a full moon over Miami, indeed.

Rewinding to “the middle of the now” Yeah, true, so I already wrote about this hilarious development late last week, but it’s still generating feedback and there are plenty of folks who haven’t yet eyeballed it. Making the Cigar Guy from the Ryder Cup fast irrelevant, tour veteran Ben Crane unveiled a self-deprecating fake workout video that is easily the funniest thing seen on tour since Ian Poulter shaved himself, claimed he was second only to Tiger Woods and posed naked for a magazine cover two years ago. Poulter was serious, though. Crane begins the video spot talking and stumbling over his words when discussing how he keeps his body so preened and primed. The guy is no icky-bod Crane, but he’s no Camilo Villegas, either. Bubba Watson has posted a few funny videos on Twitter — including his accidental fall into a swimming pool while trying to impress Rickie Fowler with a diving-board stunt — but the Crane recording was professionally produced and trumps all. Crane has more video fare in the pipeline but wouldn’t disclose the subject matter. “We’re still working on that,” he said. in movie-review parlance, I give his screen debut two thumbs up.

The people have spoken (some of them, anyway) Raise your hand if you agree: A poll of 750 fans has determined that with Nick Faldo (40 percent of vote) is the most popular golf broadcaster in the business, trumping Johnny Miller (32 percent) in a survey commissioned by Golf Magazine. Surprised? Well, it might say CBS on my paycheck, but I have to admit, I thought Miller would have won the race running away, mostly because his mouth runs without a governor. in this day, even in a staid sport like golf, it seems as though unbridled honesty and a few whistling one-liners are what fans enjoy hearing. Then again, Miller sometimes reaches too far for his material, like when Hunter Mahan flubbed a chip on the fateful hole that decided the Ryder, and Miller said, “You can’t hide behind those [sun]glasses now.” it made some cringe, no question. said Miller about Phil Mickelson that same week: “If he couldn’t chip, he’d be a car salesman in San Diego.” when Mickelson won his singles match a day later and completed a post-round interview, Miller cracked off the air on the NBC feed heard in the Ryder media center, “I expected him to say, ‘Not bad for a car salesman.’” Personally, both of the Mickelson lines made me laugh, because no other broadcaster would have the temerity to try them and Phil has heard it all at this point, but most fans apparently don’t feel similarly. Then again, the numbers could be wrong., The poll was conducted by the National Golf Foundation, which once so boldly overestimated the number of new courses needed to keep up with future demand in the States, it helped touch off the most massive period of greed-based expansion in the game’s history. Rounds played in the States have remained at the same levels for, oh, about the past two decades.

Francesco Grandissimo This had to be a huge relief. after getting all but run over at the Ryder Cup after entering the week as one of the huge storylines as a pairings partner with his brother, Edoardo, Francesco Molinari shot a pair of incredible 62s last week in Portugal and finished in a tie for second behind Aussie lefty Richard Green. Francesco Molinari was drilled in singles by Tiger Woods, losing 4 and 3 in a match that wasn’t really that close, and claimed the lowest output on the winning Euro team with a measly half-point in his three matches. While he was all over the map in Portugal, mixing in two 74s to accompany the 62s, his rally Sunday helped him claim his 10th top 10 finish of the season and moved him to 30th in the world, 15 slots behind his big brother. Molto, molto buono.

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Differences between X and Why even for the highbrow, armed with advanced degrees and a sense of moral certainty, it’s a topic that makes decorum disintegrate like sugar crystals in a morning cappuccino. last week, a former male who had undergone sex-reassignment procedure sued the long drivers organization and the LPGA for discrimination. The 57-year-old ex-cop, also a former long-drive champion, claims she is being unfairly singled out while rules at other golf organizations allow transgender players to tee it up. It’s true. The group that runs the Women’s British Open, the Ladies Golf Union, in codified language you will not see anywhere else, actually has the term “gonadectomy” included in its bylaws. Yeah, it makes a guy wince. The Ladies European Tour has had at least one transgender player over the years. various levels of testing are required in order to assure that hormone levels are in line with at-birth female players, but bone structure and musculature in a male are clearly different. as one CBSSports.com reader put it, in perhaps the most succinctly perfect bit of analysis and double-entendre ever offered on such an uncomfortably complex issue, “changing the package does not change the contents.”

Missives from Canaduh according to the federal indictment handed down last week in Buffalo, the doctor associated with Tiger Woods and several other prominent athletes in the U.S. stands accused of smuggling not only illegal drugs into America, but a few of those little pills you see advertised to the point of numbness during golf broadcasts. you know, Cialis and Viagra and the like. Anthony Galea, who treated Woods in Orlando even though he is not medically licensed in Florida, is accused of smuggling misbranded and unapproved drugs for the purpose of treating more than 20 professional athletes, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. None of the athletes have been charged with criminal activity, though the joke writers could have a field day with this one. after all, if Galea got confused and injected male-potency drugs into Woods’ knee, that would explain plenty about his behavior, no? Woods seems to prefer Canucks these days. Galea is from Toronto, which, incidentally and apropos of nothing, is the hometown of Woods’ new swing coach, Sean Foley.

Keeping their guard up Colin Montgomerie has every reason to beam, but last week he might have crawled out a bit too far on the limb in crowing about European gains on the global golf scene. Monty, who led the European team to the Ryder Cup two weeks ago, lauded the “changing of the guard over to Europe” as the balance of power tilts to the other side of the Atlantic. Well, let’s give it a while and see what happens. after all, while European Tour members won three of four majors this year — a first — it came during a weird period in which Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the winningest active players on the PGA Tour, combined to win one tournament. Woods had won four or more tournaments in 10 of his 11 previous seasons entering 2010 and Mickelson had a number of personal and medical issues on his plate, so the prevailing tidal ebb could reverse soon enough. it might not be a changing of the guard, per se. The sentries might just be on a short bathroom break.

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Most folks enjoy rooting for an underdog at some point. 

There’s no bigger underdog or thoughtful individual for local hockey fans to pull for than the Hartford Wolf Pack’s second-smallest player, Kelsey Tessier. 

The 5-foot-9, 177-pound Tessier has spent most of his hockey career trying to prove his lack of stature isn’t a detriment to success. now, the 20-year-old native of Fredericton , New Brunswick , is proving the so-called experts wrong again – while playing a new position and honoring a hometown 18-year-old battling cancer by wearing no. 90 for the second season in a row. 

A center almost since he began skating under the tutelage of his father at five years old, Tessier gladly accepted a spot at right wing as a free-agent invitee for the New York Rangers for a prospects tournament in September in Traverse City , Mich. 

Wolf Pack coach Ken Gernander and assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller guided the Rangers prospects to a 2-1 record, and Tessier immediately adapted to a new position with three points in three games. 

“We already had three centers and few more invited in, so we put Kelsey at wing to give him a chance to play,” Gernander said. 

“Whenever he (Gernander) wants to put me on the ice, I’ll take any position,” a beaming Tessier said. 

Tessier should be enthused about his first two pro games, in which he led the team in scoring with an assist in a 4-2 victory over Charlotte and two goals and an assist in a 4-3 loss to Worcester . 

He finally has a pro contract, after making such an impression in the prospects tournament that he was invited to Rangers camp and earned a one-year AHL deal, thanks to a continued mix of smarts, grit and determination. his lack of size might be a limitation he will have to work around for the remainder of his career, but his heart, character and a head for the game have always earned him additional ice time. 

It also earned Tessier an immediate upgrade from the Wolf Pack’s checking line to a more offensive line, with center Evgeny Grachev and left wing Brodie Dupont. 

“When a guy has a big night like Kelsey did (Sunday) and has been working hard all along, he should be rewarded,” Gernander said. 

Tessier’s style makes him a right-handed clone of Gernander, who had a 14-year pro career thanks to similar traits that allowed him to play bigger than his size. 

“When we shifted lines (in the second period) to try to spice things up, he was given more responsibility and obviously he made the most of it,” Gernander said after the loss to Worcester . “I think he has been a positive and excelled everywhere we’ve put him. He’s not treading water and biding time, he’s actually playing and performing wherever he has been placed.” 

Gernander said Tessier “has been exceeding all expectations” since he first saw Tessier in Traverse City . 

“He was one of a couple of free-agent invites that we were going to work through our lineup and give anyone an opportunity,” Gernander said. “He just kept battling and battling to the point where we couldn’t take him out. He was one of those guys that we should take another look at. He opened eyes and kept fighting.” 

Tessier got his shot thanks to Rangers director of hockey operations Gordie Clark, who also grew up in the Canadian Maritimes and was contacted by Tessier’s agent, Al Roy. 

“Gordie, he likes me,” Tessier said with a smile. “I met him for the first time when we talked at Traverse City , and he’s the one who gave me an opportunity to be here, so I think a lot of him. He was really the man. He brought me right in here, and I’m really happy.” 

Clark is happy, too, and thinks a lot of Tessier. 

“We had been watching him for three years, and the Quebec league is full of skilled players who have to have something special,” Clark said. “He has always had a great stick. He knows where to go, what to do and is opportunistic, just has a knack for getting his stick on the puck, like (Sunday) against Worcester . 

“When Colorado didn’t sign him, our Quebec scout, Daniel Dore, recommended him. He knew he was a great kid, a quality kid, and we all knew his ability. He got an AHL contract, and this is his chance to get a NHL contract. I just knew it was only a matter of time before he could be a good AHL player, and he has shown it so far.” 

Tessier said he wasn’t nervous playing his first pro games because he had played in front of as many as 13,000 fans in junior hockey. 

“Just having the experience from Traverse City to main (Rangers) camp to Wolf Pack camp and the AHL has got me comfortable a bit,” Tessier said. “And the boys really make everyone relaxed and get them ready before the game. I thought I was really ready (for the season), and every time I just wanted to give 100 percent with my linemates and just play it simple. I didn’t want to cause any problems. I didn’t want to bring the puck back in our zone or anything, I just wanted to forecheck hard and play my game.” 

Tessier started the first two games on the Wolf Pack’s checking line with center Ryan Garlock and rookie left wing Chris McKelvie. But Gernander changed all his lines Sunday in an effort to find some kind of spark, so Tessier got to skate with several different linemates, notably with Grachev and captain Dane Byers. 

“Team-wise, we didn’t come out as hard as we wanted (Sunday),” Tessier said, “but personally I’m just trying to be humble, not let my head get too high or too low. I just stay at that nice level and try to be comfortable. I’m starting to get comfortable each game and want to know my space on the ice and who’s coming. 

“By playing with good players with experience, like Byers and Grachev, obviously has given me confidence. and coach putting me up there makes me have to perform. My name isn’t up there yet, so I’ve got to show who I am, how hard I work and try to contribute to the team.” 

The preseason camps and quick start to the season is a carryover from Tessier’s final season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, when he began his fourth go-round with the Quebec Remparts, coached by Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy, before being traded to the Moncton Wildcats. 

“When I joined the Remparts, I did the same thing that I’m doing now, try to earn my ice time,” Tessier said. “I was committed and really wanted to go to the University of Wisconsin , but then the Remparts drafted me and told me to come visit for 48 hours because if you play a game you have to commit to them. I just wanted the 48 hours of practice, and it was such a clean-act organization, like an NHL team, that played in the 14,000-seat Pepsi Center . The whole environment was just so pro that I decided to stay there.” 

After 31/2 seasons in that pro environment, Roy gave Tessier the chance to play for the Wildcats because he knew they had a good chance to go far, which proved prophetic. 

Tessier finished the season with a combined 19 goals and 34 assists in 54 games and then took off in the playoffs. He was second overall in QMJHL playoff points (30) and scored the third-most goals (14) while leading Moncton to the league championship and a berth in the Memorial Cup. 

“I got a nice ring and a nice cup (for the QMJHL title),” Tessier said. “It was a good experience, like a dream come true.  Just being a leader and part of that organization was one of the best times of my life, for sure.” 

Before that, Tessier had 23 goals and 27 assists in his rookie season (2006-07), then led the Remparts with 36 goals and 81 points a year later, finishing 15th in QMJHL scoring and among the league’s top 20 in plus minus (plus-19) and power-play goals (13) before excelling in the playoffs with a team-leading eight goals and 15 assists. He was an alternate captain for Team Canada in the 2007 Under-18 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament and participated in the 2008 Canadian Hockey League top Prospects Game, getting an assist. in his third season with Quebec , he had 25 goals and 35 assists in 64 games, but the Remparts didn’t make the postseason for the first time since he joined the team. 

But then came Tessier’s breakout season, culminating with his stellar showing in the playoffs. 

“I tell the kids, ‘With success comes individual success,” Moncton coach and general manager Danny Flynn said at the time. “If the team that owns your rights is trying to decide whether to sign you or not, you still have a chance to make a pretty good impression on 29 others. The deeper you go (in the playoffs), the more you get a chance to showcase yourself to all 30 (NHL) teams.” 

A talent analysis called Tessier “a diminutive offensive forward who makes up for his lack of size with pure determination. With patience and poise with the puck, Tessier’s heads-up play and on-ice awareness is top notch. He has the ability to set up and finish plays and also displays the enthusiasm to fight for positioning among larger players. However, he’s not quick enough to get himself out of trouble, and as a result, he wore down as the season went on and the physical toll accumulated.” 

Tessier had been projected to go as high as the second round in the 2006 NHL draft, but for unknown reasons, he slipped to the fourth round, where the Colorado Avalanche made him the 110th pick. Avalanche officials said his lack of size and inability to fight through checks wasn’t a major concern, calling him “the ultimate competitor.” and they liked his soft hands, scoring ability and desire to compete. 

“He played a lot bigger than his stature, never stops and he’s a smart player,” Avalanche chief scout George Hampson said. “There’s always room for guys with his heart and character.” 

The Avalanche, however, didn’t sign Tessier by the June 1 deadline, so he became a free agent. The Rangers stepped up, and Flynn was delighted. 

“He came here in a trade midway through the season, and I thought played exceptionally well,” Flynn said after Tessier signed with the Rangers. “He was an important part of our team and gave us a consistent gritty effort, especially in the playoffs. 

“I think his playoff experience, his competitive nature and his will to win rubbed off on others. It’s been his dream to play pro hockey, and he’s going to get a good opportunity with the New York Rangers organization. We’re proud of him and want to wish him the best of luck.” 

Despite his strong showing the past few months, Tessier remains humble with a straight-shooting approach epitomized by his game. 

“I just want to play simple,” he said. “It’s a hard game, and I just want to make my mark, prove myself, earn my ice time, do my role and don’t stop. obviously the past is the past, and they don’t look at that anymore. they will with the big players and first-round picks, but I’ve got to prove myself, and coming in here, I just want to improve. How I did last season is going to give me confidence, but it’s a new season and I have to start fresh and just go out there strong.” 

Tessier started his climb in Fredericton , where his parents wanted him to do skating lessons at 5 before playing hockey. Tessier wasn’t interested until his older brother, Zach, began taking the lessons and then played hockey. 

“When I saw him start, I wanted to play hockey, too,” Tessier said. 

Tessier began skating on a rink three houses away and later a rink that his father, Rick, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, built in the backyard every winter until Kelsey left home at 13.

“I always had a passion for hockey because my brother was in it, and my dad used to play goalie until I was in juniors,” he said.

The Tessiers moved when Rick was transferred to Lameque, where Kelsey’s first team was the Lameque Lightning. Tessier credits his parents for having the biggest influence on his career, for their support, and the best advice he has received “to always give 100 percent and the rest will follow.”    

In Tessier’s younger days, that included golf, which equaled hockey among his interests. 

“I was a big golfer, and my handicap was probably 5 at one time,” Tessier said. “I was playing a lot of golf and took a lot of lessons really specific for my game between nine and 13. I never thought I was going to be pro golfer because it was my second sport that I loved after the season. 

“But when you start working out, you don’t have as much time for golf, school and other things, so I started playing more hockey and training harder wherever my agent was, in St. Louis, in Austria last summer, and in Montreal this summer with a lot of pros.” 

Tessier also played lacrosse, soccer and basketball growing up, but Moncton is where he began to develop his hard-working style when he played a year up in atom a and helped win the championship. He also won Atlantics in peewee AAA and bantam AAA in 2003-04. 

Tessier played his second bantam year (2004-05) at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Faribault, Minn., whose alums include Jonathan Toews, captain of the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, Kyle Okposo, the New York Islanders’ first-round pick (seventh overall) in 2006, Edmonton Oilers defenseman Taylor Chorney and Tysen Dowzak, who was at Wolf Pack training camp before being assigned to Dayton of the Central Hockey League. 

Tessier started thinking about playing hockey for a living when he went to Shattuck. 

“It was school in the morning and hockey at night, so you had to have your grades up to be able to play hockey,” Tessier said. “I just fell in love with the game. It was more competitive. We traveled a lot. It was being the life of a hockey player. I knew that’s when I wanted to be a hockey player.” 

In 2005-06, Tessier played for the Colorado Outlaws, a midget AAA team in the U.S. prep school league. then in the 2007 Canadian Winter Games, Tessier played for his native New Brunswick and was the leading scorer, even though future first-round picks Steven Stamkos (No. 1 by Tampa Bay in 2008) and Jordan Eberle (No. 22 by Edmonton in 2008) were in the tournament. Despite dropping to the fifth round in the QMJHL draft, Tessier made the Remparts out of camp and took off from there, even outscoring 2007 NHL first-rounder Angelo Esposito in the 2007-08 season. 

“He’s the guy you want to get the puck to set up the play in the offensive zone,” Remparts assistant coach Martin Laperriere said at the time. “He has a decent shot, a quick release, especially his wrist shot, and he sees the play well. He can play in every aspect of the game, so guys like that, they’re good with the puck but also very good without the puck, so that’s a bit of an asset that he has.” 

Laperriere also lauded the off-ice demeanor of Tessier, who patterns his game after Canadiens forward Mike Cammalleri, whom he calls “a two-way player with good vision and a warrior on the ice.” 

“One of the things that I admire a lot about him is his leadership style,” Laperriere said. “Even at 16, he didn’t talk much, but you always saw that he had a presence in the room and then he imposed himself and the guys look up to him as a leader and he was our captain. We didn’t put any pressure on him in regards to stats, but he’s a guy that challenges himself every game. you have to admire a guy that if you have a gym session, you don’t have a mandatory gym, you leave it open and he still shows up. on and off the ice, he’s very serious about his hockey career. He’s a class act. He knows both languages (French and English), which is a good thing to have in Quebec . He’s really well liked in the community also.” 

Tessier also likes his new position. 

“I love playing wing and have always wanted to be a strong, two-way, all-around player,” he said. “I just want to make sure I don’t put my team or teammates in a bad situation. I really like the wing because there’s a little more room and I see the ice more for some reason. There are a lot of good centers here (in Hartford ), so I think to have my opportunity to play now that they had to put me at wing. they did, and I’m not going to say no. I’ve actually played all the forward spots, and wherever (Gernander) wants to play me, I’ll play.” 

Tessier has proven he can play and takes pride in what he has accomplished so far, especially since being let go by the Avalanche. 

“I think I’ve proven a lot, and that’s why I’m here,” Tessier said. “Not every 20-year-old can stay and play in the AHL. I’m just trying to earn my ice time every game, and I’m not expecting to play first or second line. There are some good veterans here, so I just want to earn my ice time every day, come out playing hard and make sure me and the Wolf Pack have a good season.” 

Continued success would be good medicine for 18-year-old cancer patient mark Leblanc, one of Tessier’s biggest fans in Moncton . Tessier met Leblanc through Leblanc’s sister, Renelle, a longtime friend in high school. a year ago, Tessier asked Leblanc what number he wanted Tessier to wear. Tessier had always worn no. 9, but Leblanc requested a 0 be added, and Tessier was more than happy to oblige, especially since mark loves to play NHL11 because it includes Tessier. 

“He always loved hockey and always liked to watch me play,” Tessier said of Leblanc. “He gave me a couple of numbers, and I chose 90. then when I got here, I asked if I could wear it again. they said no problem, so I kept 90.” 

Leblanc has chemotherapy once a month and keeps in constant contact with his favorite player. 

“We’ve always talked on the Internet for years,” Tessier said. “He wanted to know news about me, and I wanted to know news about him. Last year, he said, ‘What number are you wearing?’ I said, ‘I don’t know. you tell me.’ 

“He’s doing well and always has a smile and plays a lot of video games, so at least I help keep him going. He’s really active and loves to watch sports, so I’m really happy for him.” 

You can count Kelsey Tessier as a leader among little men with a mighty big heart.

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HARTSVILLE —

This week on Tee Talk, I’m finally going to give in and talk about a topic I’ve been avoiding since I began writing these articles and that is how to gain more distance. This is by far the most common request I receive when I teach lessons. everyone wants to hit it farther. With today’s technology, it is possible to increase your distance just by changing your equipment, but I can give you a tip or two that will get you a few extra yards without costing too much.

First, let me explain why I said I’ve been avoiding this topic. I believe the majority of players place too much stock on distance. Distance is not, I repeat, is not the fastest way to lowering your scores. there isn’t a single thing that will lower scores quicker than a great short game.  With that said, it does play a factor, and a player should never miss an opportunity to gain a few extra yards.

Now, let’s discuss why most players do not get the distance they feel they should. start by looking down. Check out your hips the next time you take a swing. See if they rotate with your shoulders when you take the club back. if they do, try and stabilize them, but still attempt to get a full shoulder turn. if you do this properly, you will feel some tension in your side. you are now creating coil in your golf swing. 

Think of your muscles as a rubber band. the tighter you pull the rubber band, the farther it goes. It’s the same idea with the golf swing. you want to feel those big muscles tightening and stretching as you take the club back, then, when you begin your downswing, everything you built up in the backswing can unwind at the ball. 

If you check on your backswing and your hips are relatively stable, then try and notice where they are on the follow through. is your zipper facing where the ball started, or is it facing the target? if it is facing where your ball started, then you are getting no hip action in your swing, which can seriously hinder distance. Try to get the feeling that your hips begin the downswing and aid in pulling the club through the hitting area.

Finally, make sure you get to your left side (right side for lefties). I can’t begin to tell you how many players I see that shift their weight pretty well on the back swing but fail to get it back through on the downswing. Perfecting this “transition” will not only help with timing and rhythm, but it will also assist in getting the maximum distance out of your swing.

Note: the David Dorn Golf Academy is now up and running equipped with video analysis software and also the Tomi Putting system, which will analyze every aspect of the putting stroke. Video lessons start as low as $45. Contact the Hartsville Country Club Golf Shop for more details.

Tee Talk: Going the distance

Published: October 12, 2010

RUTHERFORD, N.J., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — in an effort to break through the cluttered sports media landscape 16W Marketing announced today the formation of the Experts Network (TXN), an integrated marketing & media company consisting of the world’s most respected and knowledgeable sports analysts that will deliver group rights through multiple platforms including sponsorships, endorsements, licensing partnerships, digital and social media. TXN will utilize its platform to develop licensed products, memorabilia/trading cards, and unique online sports content.

The principals involved in the creation of TXN are comprised of 16W clients including:

— Cris Collinsworth – NBC Sports NFL Analyst / Showtime NFL Analyst — Boomer Esiason – CBS Sports NFL Analyst / WFAN Radio Personality — Nick Faldo – CBS Golf Analyst / Golf Channel Analyst — Howie Long – Fox Sports NFL Analyst / Westwood One — Cal Ripken Jr. – TBS Baseball Analyst / Sirius XM — Phil Simms – CBS Sports NFL Analyst / Showtime NFL Analyst — 16W Marketing – full service marketing firm that will manage company’s day to day operations

“The premise of the Experts Network is to create an integrated marketing and digital media company consisting of the world’s most respected and knowledgeable sports analysts who will deliver a unique platform to corporate partners and exciting information to sports enthusiasts,” said Frank Vuono, co-founder and partner at 16W Marketing, LLC. “Similar to when I helped launch the original NFL Quarterback Club, which highlighted the top players at the marquee positions, TXN goes a step further by utilizing the best broadcasters and analysts’ knowledge and passion for the game to create a one-stop destination for sports information and marketing. the collective talent of Cris, Boomer, Nick, Howie, Cal and Phil, both on the field and now in broadcasting, is powerful and attractive to current media outlets and corporate America.”

TXN will appeal to sports aficionados as well as companies looking to reach this demographic group. TXN will work with corporate and media partners who understand the company’s value and will collaborate to create unique sports programs that may include sponsorships, events, mobile applications/tutorials and charitable/community efforts.

“One of the missions of TXN is to bring greater value to companies who want to extend their brand through a mutually beneficial association while working together to create unique and exciting sports properties,” added Cal Ripken.

As previously announced, TXN’s first business venture is a partnership with Sports Illustrated for a sports information destination site, entitled behind the Mic, which debuted on October 1st on SI.com. Presented by Allstate Insurance, behind the Mic features unique and original content from the Experts Network via video vignettes.

“The desire for expert analysis and commentary in sports has reached its highest level and who better to provide insight and analysis than former pro athletes who have helped to set the industry standard. the behind the Mic property is the perfect launching pad for TXN” said Steve Rosner, co-founder and partner at 16W Marketing, LLC.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to help shape what news is being distributed directly to the fan via online distribution and social media outlets,” said Cris Collinsworth. “My opinions, and those of my partners in TXN, are based on our past experiences as players and sports enthusiasts. We are inviting fans into our own ‘water cooler’ discussions.”

About 16W Marketing, LLC

16W Marketing, LLC is a full service sports marketing company utilizing a completely integrated approach in the development of client programs. 16W believes that the creation and management of a client’s position and image requires that all marketing disciplines be fully synchronized so that a clear, effective, and unified message is communicated to the appropriate audience. 16W Marketing represents such names as Cal Ripken Jr., Howie Long, Clyde Drexler, Boomer Esiason, Phil Simms, Cris Collinsworth, Hakeem Olajuwon, Jim Kelly, Chris Simms, Junior Seau, Chris Long and Teddy Atlas. 16W’s mission is to provide clients with a competitive advantage in their respective category. 16W creates and maximizes opportunities by employing the knowledge and skill acquired over years of developing marketing properties and identifying those opportunities which best suit client needs. 16W, led by partners Steve Rosner and Frank Vuono, draws on its vast experience to plan, implement and evaluate marketing strategies that ensure client satisfaction. As a marketing partner, 16W’s primary goal is to assemble all marketing elements into a comprehensive package designed to meet specific business objectives.

Contact: Rachel Gary 16W Marketing (201) 615-9629 Rachel.GaryPR@gmail.com Tags: ,SPT,ENT,TVN,ADV,NJ-16W-ExpertsNetwork 

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October 1, 2010

The Golf Professors is a new golf website that promises online lessons, including video analysis. Press release follows:

A team of some of the most talented golfers, and long time professionals, launch a website featuring online golf lessons taught by qualified professionals and professional instructors across the country. The Golf Professors gives the golfing community the unique opportunity to learn from professionals at an affordable rate. A golfing industry-first, the Golf Professors not only offer online golf lessons, but also providemembers with live online clinics and personal Q&A sessions from the professionals.Future plans for the website include an individual swing analysis, giving users services with direct feedback on their golf swing from the Professors themselves. All of the golf lessons are filmed in high definition and cover a variety of topics designed to benefit any golfer from beginner to competitive golfers alike.For more information about The Golf Professors, visit thegolfprofessors.com

The Golf Professors

From the makers of V1 Pro, the #1 video analysis software in sports, the V1 Golf app puts the effectiveness of video analysis in the hands of consumers and gives golfers the self-help convenience to easily capture and analyze their swing at the range or on the course right from their phone. The V1 Golf app also allows users to send their swing worldwide to golf instructors using V1 Pro software at their facility for paid professional analysis, making it more enjoyable and less time-consuming to improve their golf game.

Plymouth, MI (PRWEB) October 6, 2010

Interactive Frontiers announced the launch of the highly anticipated version of its V1 Golf app for Android phones. The release comes on the heels of the 2010 Ryder Cup and continues the momentum of the app’s successful launch of its iPhone version this past January. The V1 Golf app crystallizes the strategic and marketing direction the company believes the future of sports instruction is heading.

Interactive Frontiers, better known as V1, is the developer of V1 Pro, the #1 video analysis software in sports with the golf industry garnering the majority of their market share. soon after the launch of its V1 Golf iPhone app, the app was quickly resonating with golfers worldwide with app sales ranking in the top 30 in over 40 countries making it the leading sports video analysis app in the world. With the launch of its Android version of the app, V1 is well-positioned to extend its global leadership in the online and mobile technology market.

The V1 Golf app allows consumers to capture and analyze their golf swing right on their smart phone. The app's friendly user-interface and icon buttons let users get started quickly the moment they download it. Utilizing the built-in video camera on their Android phone, users can easily record and playback their swing and use one of the several drawing tools to analyze it, in both vertical and landscape views. The app also allows split-screen comparison and features a model library of top tour players to compare your swing.

“Video analysis used to be something you could only experience when visiting a teaching professional,” said Christopher Hart, President of Interactive Frontiers. “The V1 Golf app now gives golfers the ability to capture and improve their swing in a fun, yet practical way. They can either analyze their swing on their own or send it to a teaching professional using our V1 Pro software at their facility for a remote lesson.” The V1 Golf app includes video storage as well a free personal V1 locker giving users the ability to upload and access their mobile recorded content online. a library of game improvement video drills from PGA professionals rounds out a bevy of useful features and functions golfers will utilize and appreciate in V1 Golf.

While on the surface it appears that the consumer driven V1 Golf app competes with their instructor client-base using V1 Pro software at their training facilities, the app actually gives them a digital vehicle to make more lesson revenue. “The V1 Golf app was developed with the consumer in mind but also with the intent of adding a mobile component and more marketing value for our V1 Pro clients,” said Christopher Hart, President of Interactive Frontiers. “We will soon offer an affiliate program to our V1 Pro clients tailoring the app to include their branding and video content when downloaded by their students. this creates another marketing avenue and revenue stream for coaches with no additional expense.”

In addition to iPhone and Android devices, the $9.99 V1 Golf app is also available for iPad and iPod Touch (4th generation) products with new versions and future releases slated for upcoming Blackberry, Windows and Palm devices. in 2011, V1 will upgrade and convert the V1 Golf app to a more robust V1 Sports app, designed to appeal to consumers and coaches of all sports. to learn more about the V1 Golf app visit www.v1golfapp.com. for more information about Interactive Frontiers products and services, visit www.v1pro.com.

Maher Sarafa (Dir. of Marketing)Interactive Frontiers734-357-5992Email Information

Popular V1 Golf App a Favorite Learning Tool Around the World

Thousands of visitors gathered to celebrate the fourth annual Hispanic Business Expo/Festival de la Hispanidad in a two-day family-friendly event at the Doubletree Mart Exhibition Center near the airport. the festival was a showcase for small business owners with a focus on healthcare, and beauty and fashion.

“Congresswoman Ileana Ros Lehtinen inaugurated the Saturday Afternoon Fiesta that featured Latin music and the famous dancers of `El show de Fernando’ of Americateve Channel 41,” said Liliam M. Lopez, president of the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the event.

“This event attracts approximately 8,000 to 10,000 people annually,” she said of the festival’s success. There were more than 100 exhibitors at the Expo, which is held each year to recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.

“We had a children’s pavilion together with amenities for the whole family,” Lopez said. For more information on the Hispanic Business Expo and to sign up for the 2011 Expo, call 305-534-1903.

MARIACHIS, MARGARITAS

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month Senor Arturo Valbuena and his Six Singing Mariachis will perform at the new Neighbors Club of South Dade luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 13 at Signature Gardens, 12725 SW 122nd Ave.

Club President Margaret Jones has arranged for a tasty Mexican buffet complete with complimentary margaritas. the luncheon cost is $24 and reservations are required by Oct. 7. For more information and to R.S.V.P. call Barbara Richards at 305-595-8631.

SPANISH WINES AND TAPAS

Feeding South Florida will partner with Wines from Spain, a division of the Trade Commission of Spain for its 17th annual great Match: Vivacious Varietals, Tantalizing Tastes tasting tour from 6-8:30 p.m., Oct. 13 at the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables. a portion of the ticket sales will go toward helping the hungry in our community.

“Feeding South Florida has an amazing reputation for identifying the most pressing needs in South Florida and providing the items necessary to meet those needs,” said Jean Bracamonte, associate director of wInes from Spain.

the organization selected Feeding South Florida as part of its commitment to making a difference by helping those struggling with food insecurity. the mission of Feeding South Florida is to provide food and other grocery products, and also to educate and engage the community to fight hunger and poverty.

the great Match event also will feature eight area chefs, including Luis Quant of Por Fin and Michael Gilligan of Solea, who will prepare small signature dishes designed to show the versatility of Spanish wines. Guests will have the opportunity to taste more than 200 current release wines, highlighting Spain’s indigenous varietals.

Tickets are $45 and the event is open to the public. To purchase tickets visit www.greatmatch.org . Tickets will not be available for purchase at the door, so advance purchase is required. To get involved with Feeding South Florida call 954-518-1818 or visit www.feedingsouthflorida.org .

PLAY GOLF TO HELP KIDS

the Florida Hemophilia Association will host its 21st annual “Swing for the Kids” golf fundraiser on Oct. 25 at the exotic Deering Bay Yacht and Country Club in Coral Gables.

Proceeds from the tournament provide families with hemophilia and related bleeding disorders the opportunity for education, outreach, compassionate care and other services offered by FHA.

Festival celebrates Hispanic businesses

Video Analysis of Sports – getting the best Footage Possible

Video analysis of sports performance is often the domain of professional athletes and large companies or research institutions. this analysis is done with expensive 3D video camera equipment and complicated software to ensure high speeds and accuracy. However there are some basic techniques that can be used by any individual to evaluate their own performance and get great results using a simple digital video camera and a little understanding of human biomechanics (the mechanics of human movement). the video camera will require a small cost (we will discuss what makes a good camera in a future posting), but we will supply you with much of the biomechanics understanding for free on this blog.

Reviewing video clips can be a great way to provide coaching feedback to players, as well as a means to emulate one’s favorite athletes. Whether you’re a professional all-star, high school athlete, or weekend warrior, seeing yourself from a different perspective can help improve your performance and/or minimize your chances of injury.

So in this first posting, we’ll start right at the beginning and describe what features make a sports clip suitable for video analysis of an individual, and what you can do to ensure the clips you film will meet those requirements. Future postings will demonstrate the various levels of analysis that can be performed on suitable videos, using a range of available software, from basic free software to detailed 3D analysis.

What makes a good sports clip?A good sports clip of an individual shows the athlete’s full range of motion (ROM) during an action, with the camera positioned such that angles can be accurately calculated (this will be discussed in more detail later). Filming the athlete’s ROM can be accomplished by simply zooming out or moving the camera backwards until all the desired features are in the viewer. in general, it’s recommended to have the camera as close to the athlete as possible and still capture the entire ROM, as this will make the most use of the camera sensor’s resolution. for example, if we were to capture a basketball player dunking the ball we would want to ensure that our camera can see the complete action from take off until the player puts the ball in the net. our camera would therefore need to see the ground at the take off point as well as some space above the rim of the the net.

Another important factor in obtaining a great sports clip is to make sure that your camera is stationary. there are some motion capture software available that can handle a moving camera, but for now we suggest that the camera is mounted on a tripod and is not moved while the video clip is being filmed. this means that you should ensure the full ROM (described above) can be captured in this one shot.

How you can film useful footage:Camera placementIn general, most sports clips we watch on tv are best suited for analyzing strategy and teamwork because they provide an overall picture of many or all of the competitors and the playing field. However, when it comes to analyzing an individual’s performance or technique, it’s not only important to focus the camera on the single athlete, but the angle we film from must also be taken into account. It’s best to use “orthogonal angles”, meaning the camera is directly in front of, behind, or to the side of the athlete. Golf coverage usually does a nice job of this, providing shots of the golfer either “face-on” or “down-the-line”. 

Notice how video footage of golf often have the cameras level with the golfer; they’re not filmed at an upward or downward angle, meaning it’s possible to accurately calculate some angles, if that’s what is desired from the analysis.

Background/contrastAlthough the above clip is a beautiful view of Tiger’s swing, the footage could have been improved by having him wear clothes that were a different color from the background. Black clothing with a black background can make it difficult to accurately evaluate the amount of hip and shoulder rotation – two commonly analyzed characteristics of a golf swing. Not that having a solid black background is a bad thing though; on the contrary, if you can manage to film your athlete with a solid-colored background, you are well on your way to filming some nice footage for analysis.

LightingAs is true with taking most photos, it’s ideal to position the camera and athlete such that the light source (e.g., the sun) is behind the camera and illuminates the athlete. this will provide a crisp view of the athlete, and will allow you to use a more open setting on the camera’s aperture.

Now that you’re up to speed on the basics of filming great video for analysis, grab your video camera and start practicing!

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Dudley Tabakin is Co-Founder of Sadaka, LLC http://videosportsanalysis.blogspot.com, a motion capture and biomechanics consultancy. Clients include FootJoy, Titleist, Warrior Hockey, Vicon Motion Systems, Innovision Systems inc. and other Sports and Motion capture and biomechanics software companies

Video Analysis Of Sports – Getting The Best Footage Possible