Badminton

Badminton is a sport that you use a birdie in. Anyone that starts to bleed must leave immediately. A coin toss determines who gets it first. Games are played to fifteen points. You must win by two points.Points are only scored if you are serving the bird. Both feet must be firm. You can only score if they miss, hit it twice. If the bird hits a player it goes to the other team. Some faults are if a player goes under the net , hits the net , or the bird gets stuck in the net.


Courtney Zach
Heather

Pickle ball

In my group we are going to talk about pickle ball. Pickle ball is
a good game. But I think that the ball has to many holes.
And the net is to small.But Brandon thinks the ball
is alright. The net is ok. Amy thinks people that
are not in shape can not play and you can
go to 11 points.

Joey
Amy
Brandon

Schoolwork Before Sports?

Tuesday January 15, 2008- the 8th graders of Payson Seymour Jr. High had a very important basketball game, 8th grade recognition. This should have been a memorable night, but became stressful when we were assigned an unreasonable amount of homework.
As they say, "school comes first". Sports are optional, but having homework in all subjects is a little much. Playing sports not only keeps you fit, but can help you get scholarships. Hard work is essential, but homework can hinder our performance.
Although sports are fun, schoolwork can get you farther in life. In 50 years, is it really going to matter that you were the star quarterback? When you are 65 years old, you will probably be sitting on the couch, reading a book.
As young as we are, we love playing sports. We realize teachers give us a lot of homework on game nights, but education is one of the most important life lessons.

-Hannah M.
-Catherine R.

SPORTS INJURIES and HOW TO PREVENT THEM

Many people get hurt playing sports. A teammate on our volleyball team this past 2 weeks had to sit out of practices and games because of a sports injury. She twisted her left knee.

Some ways to prevent a sports injury like hers include a few simple steps.

• Before a game or practice be sure to stretch your back, legs, arms, and hands. Also make sure that you run.
• Drink plenty of water before and after a game.
  
• Get plenty of sleep. That means to go to bed early and not late.
  
• Do simple exercises to prevent pulling a muscle or breaking a bone.

Doing these steps can help prevent and cure your injuries.

Kristen Loos, Taylor Plunk, and Ariann Ippensen

School Sports

Volleyball

What do you think about volleyball? It is one of the most common in the United States. Volleyball takes lots of skill and endurance, but one of the most important parts is conditioning(even though it's not are favorite). It gets you in shape and gets you prepared for whats to come. You have to move your feet and have lots of strength to spike the ball. When you bump you have to have straight arms to hit it to the setter. Then the setter has to set it to the spiker, so they can hit the ball to get a point. Our favorite part about volleyball is spiking. Whats yours? Sierra and Megan

Baseball

Our favorite sport is baseball because you always meet new people on the field. The best part about baseball is hearing the ball hit the bat. When the crowd cheers for you it makes you want to give 110% in the game. One of our favorite parts of baseball is hitting a home run to win the game. Whats your favorite part? Johnny and Abram

Sierra D.
Megan B.
Johnny M.
Abram W.

Hunting

When you are out hunting you would want to have your best friend with you. That would be the new Earthmate GPS p-N 20, because if you are out hunting and you get lost in the dark the new Earthmate has high sensitivity, and a bright colored screen. You can have one for $410 at Delorme.com.

If you have a long walk ahead of you and your 4x4 wouldn't make it you can bust out the Arctic Cat 366. It is light weight with 4x4 on demand and it has great fuel economy, good braking, and it has full length foot boards to protect your feet. It can be bought for $5,369.

When you bag yourself a nice buck you want nothing else but a good sharp knife to get the job done, and that knife is the new Gerber knife. It has a big heavy blade that could cut open a car door. You could get it for $69 to $136.

B Lord
J Davenport
C Hocking
A Smith