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Softball Team Training: Why Softball Conditioning Drills are Important

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Many softball players dread softball conditioning. Why? Well, because it's hard, it's tiring, and can even be frustrating at times. After all, softball conditioning often pushes you to your limit. However, most coaches don't put their team through a challenging conditioning period just to see player suffer. In fact, most coaches have other very good reasons for pushing player to perform their best during conditioning drills In this article we'll cover a few these reasons to help make conditioning more manageable for you and to help you stay focused and motivated during your softball conditioning practices. 3 Reasons Why Softball Conditioning Drills Are Important: 1. Improves your endurance on the field. Conditioning drills that push you to your limit help train your heart and your muscles for peak performance during softball training and competition. After all, unless your body is fit, you won't effectively last any more than a few innings, much less a few ga

102-year-old man becomes world's oldest person to have surgery

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A centenarian who has just had his left hip replaced is believed to be the oldest person in the world to have surgery. John Lawrence Randall - known as Laurie - is the grand age of 102. He first had his left hip replaced in 1989. The determined pensioner wanted to have the two-hour operation so he could continue his passion for gardening.