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Pinay Have Scored!

When it comes to shooting, men are expert. But never heard a women shooting unless she is a lesbian trying to shoot a ball, wherein she didn’t have. Now, I am wondering are the women in Philippine women Basketball team real women? I may not be sure or dead wrong but Philippine women basketball team recent winnings on Southeast Asian Basketball games at Ninoy Aquino Stadium last August 29,2010 wherein the Pinay team have steal the crown of Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) depending champion from Thailand’s women basketball team, have proven that Philippine women basketball team have a hidden sharp edge on their pants to stab the Thailand’s team into death by their straight winnings in the basketball tournament and have deposited a lot of balls in the basketball ring. For they won all the five games in the tournament, thus they have steal the crown. Which is indeed a “Wow” and a “pogi points” or “ganda points”?

Well, it is not actually “ganda points” for they do not show their beauties and sexy bodies in two piece bikinis, rather what they show are their muscles and strength; a woman’s muscles and strength? Oh, that is really intimidating for real men.

What drives these women into their current basketball victory is their disappointment against their ruined stint for Asian Games brought by conflicting schedules; really, women in revenge? Or women dedicated to win on their sports disciplines?

Their winnings in the Southeast Asian Basketball games is the first time ever in the history of Philippine women’s basketball and a sport achievement of the Filipinos that can be added on the history of Philippine Sports.

Philippine Athletes’ Secret Weapon

Have you wonder why Athletes’ muscles stamina never gets tired and wear despite of the rigid training and the stress impart on their muscles during their sports activities? Are they super humans? Nah, of course they have weaknesses also like us ordinary humans though their bodies are trained to resist rigid and stressful activities. Their human muscles too suffer or injured like our muscles do. So what is their secret?

Their secret is not how much they workout and trained but just a simple tape. Yes, you heard it right a tape, however, it is not your cassette tape, your video tape, you masking tape or your scotch tape which you often used personally; rather a musculo-skeletal tape or otherwise known as therapeutic tape.

It is a kind of tape used for injured and weak muscles of your body that has specific variety of styles, thus most often you saw some athletes, especially on ball games like the basketball players in the Philippines, have colorful something pasted in a particular shape on the specific parts of their bodies either on their arms or feet wherein it could be mistaken as “pamporma” or sports’ fashion statement. For sometimes it blends to their sports uniforms.

Perhaps some of you have heard it and already using it to relieve one’s muscle aches and pains. For this therapeutic tape is already proven quick and effective in relieving and recovering one from injured and weak muscles by just instantly wear it. This is the sports techniques of some athletes to keep them going on their sports activities; though they suffer from muscles injuries or have muscle aches and pains. For this therapeutic tape relieves the swelling in the muscles and promotes circulation for instant and quick recovery of one’s injured or broken muscles. This is the secret weapon of most Filipino athletes to keep their muscles going.

Thus, this muscle tape can also be called “athletes’ tape” because it is frequently used by the athletes. However, even though you are not an athlete, you can use this therapeutic tape to relieve yourself from muscle aches and pains. If it works for the athletes, it will also work for you too.

But if you are buying for those with extra shapes, make sure you have the assistance of a trained therapist and do not do it by yourself, for these tapes have particular shapes that is only meant for such muscles in your body like the fan shape therapeutic tape which is only concentrated on the lymphatic muscles, lest you incur another physical problems if you do it by yourself.

The Author of the “Pacific Rims” Book

Filipinos got used in a traditional book-launching by either their fellow Filipinos or international foreign author who came here in the Philippines to launch their books in the country, but recently both were merged. That is, a book launching authored by a foreign author but speaking in almost fluent Tagalog language. Is that amazing?

This interesting foreign author is a basketball fanatic named Rafe Bartholomew who just got curious about Filipinos success on sports arena who flew in the Philippines last 2005 wherein he created a book entitled “Pacific Rim”, as a proof of his good stay in the Philippines which supposedly to be only 1 year but becomes 3 years.

His book is about Philippine sports, particularly Philippine basketball, being him as a fan of basketball, which was released, not only in the Philippines but also in New York and San Francisco, wherein his book was greatly appreciated and patronized.

His almost fluent tagalong speech or way of speaking Tagalog language is one of the plus factor why Filipino book lovers were charm and got interested to buy his book wherein his never really disappoint the expectations, thus his book becomes a hit.

Philippine Sports’ Limelight Grabber

Philippine Sports is not as bizarre as Philippine Showbiz and the limelight is not always focus on one sports athlete but shifting from one athlete into another depending on a phenomenal victory an athlete have won. But how come some Philippine sports athlete becomes a Philippine showbiz personality like Philippine basketball superstar Alvin Patrimonio. However, his showbiz career is short-lived, perhaps because he is not an opportunist one. But currently there is a Philippine sports icon who grabs every opportunity, who else but the seven time world boxing champion Manny Pacquio. Since his arousal from his not famous amateur boxing state into now mega sports superstar condition and multi-millionaire celebrity state, he has eclipsed all known past kings of Philippine sports, grabbing the sports icon limelight from others into him. Of all the Philippine sports icons, he has the most publicity and of course the most showbiz celebrity-like sports career.

Take for examples, his controversial link to Philippine showbiz star Ms. Ara Mina; his roller coaster ride shifting of TV contracts from the two giant Philippine TV stations : from ABS-CBN Channel 2 to GMA Channel 7 and from GMA Channel 7 back into ABS-CBN Channel 2 again and from ABS-CBN Channel 2 into GMA Channel 7 again; his multiple commercial sponsorship and even his wife and aged-mother grab the limelight to be included on his commercial flicks; his two films which flop on the box-office; his TV shows on GMA Channel 7 ; his online public forum; his ambition to run for a political position but now recently he has won a congressional seat; and other opportunities which he grabs along his way.

Truly, he does not spare but always grab every offer that comes along his way. There is no Philippine sports icon in the Philippine that have an immense popularity like him, indeed.

Billiards King of the Philippines

Billiards is one of the favorite pastime sports or game by many Filipinos in the Philippines aside from basketball. Actually, there are billiard houses wherever streets you may be in the Philippines. Some are just hiding and disguising because of government tax if they register their billiard business.

From this pastime sports habit, arose another king of Philippine sports just like in bowling, basketball and boxing. This Billiard king of Philippine sports before he arose into sports fame was just an ordinary pool player whose frequent hobby is of course billiard, wherein he decided to join an international billiard tournament in 2001 in a hope he can zoom his little winning streaks on billiard houses. As he was expecting it, his billiard career zoom as big as he was now considered the Billiard King of the Philippines and was awarded with multiple prestigious sport awards, when he won the International Billiard Tournament last 2001,which was followed by another winnings. He really proves he is rightly called “the Magician” of billiard.

Whom I talking about? Of course, this humble Philippine billiard player is now well known in the Philippines –Mr. Efren “Bata” Reyes. He remain simple and humble up to this time despite of all his victories in billiard sports, though he was one of the World’s Most Profitable Player and awarded a Hall of Fame award from Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame being the First Asian to be given by this kind of award.

Shift of Philippines’ National Sports

Before Manny Pacquio becomes a phenomenal Philippine boxing icon, most Pilipinos were inclined to basketball sports and basketball icons like Robert Jaworksi, Alvin Patrimonio, Jerry Cordinera and other Philippine basketball superstars that have been idolized by many Pilipinos young and old.

Basketball then is the main signature sports of the Philippines or the National Sports of the Philippines where every championship games were highly and greatly anticipated and awaited, either live or on every one’s television set, to cheer for their favorite basketball teams. However, this excitement on basketball sports have decline and mellow when the boxing underdog Manny Pacquio won an episodic victories against his foreign boxing opponents that surprised most Pilipino sports enthusiasts .Since then, boxing become the apple of the eye of many young sports aspirants that also wanted to achieve what Manny Pacquio have achieved.

Moreover, boxing sport s becomes, part of the primetime news in the Philippines television, whereas back then, it was on the late time, and basketball was on the primetime news on TV and radio.

Truly, Philippines’ National Sports have greatly shifted from basketball craze into boxing mania because of the success, Manny Pacquio have achieved. Moreover, because of the success of Manny, some amateur boxing athletes which have won an international boxing game has now been reported, back then it not but only seldom.