Dave Enjoys » sports http://www.daveenjoys.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:23:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Liv-Natural. http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/02/04/liv-natural/ http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/02/04/liv-natural/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:34:59 +0000 davemackey http://www.daveenjoys.com/?p=169 (This is a reprint of an old review I did of Liv-Natural, a natural health sports drink).

I must first admit as I review Liv Natural’s drinks that I am not an objective observer. Igor St. Phard, Sales Manager for Liv-Natural [...]]]> (This is a reprint of an old review I did of Liv-Natural, a natural health sports drink).

I must first admit as I review Liv Natural’s drinks that I am not an objective observer. Igor St. Phard, Sales Manager for Liv-Natural is a friend, worship at the church I attend, and is a sometimes basketball opponent. He generously gave my brother-in-law (Chris) some of the Liv-Natural drinks when Chris was on a liquids only diet after being randomnly beaten in NYC. It was during this time that I received my first taste of these drinks. On the other hand, I don’t push products I don’t believe in – so I think you will still find this review helpful.

When I first heard about these “all-natural” drinks I had my doubts. My mom is a big fan of organic foods and I oftentimes rebelled against this because I didn’t enjoy the taste (e.g. bread made with honey instead of sugar). I’d had rice milk before and didn’t like it – so I thought that these all-natural rice drinks would probably be disgusting as well. But when Chris couldn’t finish all the drinks Igor gave him – I began trying them, and I was amazed. It actually tasted good.

It isn’t every day that we find things athat are both healthy for us and tasteful. Sadly, we oftentimes must choose between a healthy lifestyle and enjoy the food we eat. But with Liv-Natural this is not true. The juice tastes amazingly like your run-of-the-mill sports drinks, except perhaps better. It uses agave nectar which is amazingly tasty and a good replacement for fructose corn syrup.

Now, I admit, I’m no expert on the benefits or dangers of rice and agave nectar and whether these ingredients may have any dangers similar to the processed ingredients found in many of todays sports drinks – but I do know  that I’d rather drink a sports drink without that fructose corn syrup and other processed ingredients any day.

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]]> http://www.daveenjoys.com/2009/02/04/liv-natural/feed/ 0 Gator Skin Balls. http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/08/24/gator-skin-balls/ http://www.daveenjoys.com/2008/08/24/gator-skin-balls/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:41:53 +0000 davemackey http://www.daveenjoys.com/?p=90 I love dodgeball…have since I was a kid. I have a good arm[1. for dodgeball]. Unfortunately, its permanently messed up so I can only throw for five or ten minutes before my arm begins to ache[2. another story for another time]. As a teenager I remember playing [...]]]> I love dodgeball…have since I was a kid. I have a good arm[1. for dodgeball]. Unfortunately, its permanently messed up so I can only throw for five or ten minutes before my arm begins to ache[2. another story for another time]. As a teenager I remember playing dodgeball regularly with Christian Service Brigade (CSB)[3. similar to boy scouts.]. We used this balls that had a tough rubber exterior. They zinged if someone with a good arm hit you – and of course, a number of us had good arms. At around 8″ in diameter they were hard to palm so speed wasn’t quite so bad, but then we had a few 6″ balls – and these fit perfectly into one’s hand and flew like there was no tomorrow.

I remember on one occasion one of the leaders at my local CSB letting that little ball fly. A leader on the opposing team took it right to the face. His glasses ripped into his nose. Ouch. I think we stopped using the little balls after that.

No need to go into all the gory details, but I’ll add to that that myself and several others probably experienced concusions at various times due to extremely painful headshots – and there are plenty of other body parts that were smacked and left in excruciating pain.

For the last five years I’ve led a youth ministry with my wife Charity at our local church. Of course, the teens oftentimes want to play dodgeball. I was oftentimes hesitant – not only could some of us (including the teens) throw the balls real hard, but the gym was very small – lessening the distance between thrower and victim. That is when we discovered gator skin balls – and these days those rough rubber balls never come out of the closet.

Gator Skin wouldn’t sound particular soft – but these balls – commonly in 6″ and 8″ diameter are made out of a foam coated in a thin but durable plastic. As such they have enough weight to fly rapidly, but give significantly when they hit – resulting in much less pain and agony[4. not that a rapid headshot still won't hurt...and some other really fast pitches won't zing a little].

Okay, so they aren’t quite as cheap as other balls – but they last a fairly long time and they allow for a lot more fun (nobody walks away crying [usually]). In this article I’ve included links to both a set of 6″ and 8″ gator skins through Amazon. Whether you are a teacher, pastor, youth leader, or otherwise involved in active sports such as dodgeball – I recommend these as a must!

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