Motivation Challenge

Present day marketing is constantly trying to appeal to the emotional side of people. Without leaving a memorable feeling for a viewer, a commercial will most likely fail to do its job. FOr this post I searched motivational sports videos on YouTube. I found one that is exceptionally produced. It is called “Best Basketball Skills Training Motivational (Be Blind) – I’m Possible Training (Sail-Awolnation)” by ImPossibleTraining. The video really touches the inspirational side of me.In most cases, people in general have fears. These fears can sometimes come from being too scared to do what they want to do, or what they feel is right.

This might sound really deep for a sports video, but there are metaphors a lot of unconventional places. The video has opened my eyes to a different viewpoint of accomplishing goals. Check it out!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VueEh2hvNIE

“Best Basketball Skills Training Motivational (Be Blind) – I’m Possible Training (Sail-Awolnation).” YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 16 July 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYrmKlAR0g0&gt;.

Female Superstars Coming out of Canada

I know this blog was supposed to be about basketball. However, I wanted to broaden the subjects that I covered, especially since the majority of basketball news is not generated during summer.

Keeping up summer trends, I wanted to touch on the Wimbledon Tournament happening in London, England. Through watching this tournament I got to see some facts about Canadian Athletes. Our two youngest, most promising, tennis stars made a large splash in England. Milos Raonic, a 23 year old, who grew up in Thornhill Ontario, surprised many by making it all the way to the semi-final. Though his story is huge for Canadian tennis, there is an even bigger story.

Eugenie Bouchard, a 20 year old Quebec native has shocked the world. She made the final, but lost valiantly to a tough opponent. But she knocked out several worthy tennis stars on her way to 2nd place.

This brings me to my point, that ties to the title of the post. It seems like female athletes in Canada fair much better against international competition, compared to  their male counterparts.

Seeing how there is global trend of soccer fans, let’s look at the history of Canada in FIFA. As of June 2014 the Men’s National team was ranked 110th. They have seen a large decline since 2007, when they were ranked 55th. The women on the other hand are ranked 7th in the world, on a steady improvement over the past 5 years.

Just to prove this is not a coincidence, I also checked out the FIBA rankings.The Canadian women are ranked 9th compared to the men, ranked  25th. Comment with thoughts.

Jennifer, Quinn. “Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard bowed but not broken.” The Toronto Star 5 July 2014, sec. Sports: n. pag. Print.7

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