The 5min Blog

If there are two things that don’t thrill me, they are going to Beijing and playing volleyball. Now, after watching the Olympic Games, I can maybe change my mind about one of them: volleyball.
Having sports teachers who were trained under a military regime, volleyball didn’t seem so much fun when I was in high [...]

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“The harder you practice the better you’ll be become; there are no secrets to the game.” – Sheila Masterson, soccer expert.
Coach Emmitt Carney steps up to the mound facing the plate, sweat on his brow, the sun reflecting its light in his opponents eyes. He prepares himself for the pitch. After years of preparation [...]

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