Introduction to Surfing Sportisys 18:19

Hey, my name is Cass Wood. I am 20 years old from Sydney's Northern Beaches. I am currently studying at Macquarie University doing a bachelor of Commerce - Professional accounting. Apart from studying I am an extra on Home & Away, I am signed with Gear Models, and also do lots of promotional work.

My hobbies include surfing, guitar, horse riding, gymnastics, soccer, rugby and most sports in general. But one of my absolute favourite things to do is surf. And the rest of my posts will mostly talk about surfing.

I grew up in a house that was basically on Avalon beach. My whole family surfs and my dad is a part of Avalon Beach surf lifesaving club. Surfing and the ocean has become a big part of my lifestyle. I started surfing when I was really little, with my older sister pushing me on tiny waves on a big surfboard. Over the years I have slowly progressed, downsizing in boards and practising more and more each day. Surfing started off as more as a hobby for me, but now I am more serious about it, and train as much as I can. I take part in Longy Boardriders, which is a surf comp that is held at Long Reef Beach on the last sunday of each month. Its a friendly yet competitive comp, and I love being a part of it.

In my next post I will talk about the background of surfing, and who my role models are.

Introduction to Squash Sportisys 00:03

Sorry for the delay guys, been very busy lately. So here is the promised introduction to squash.
Squash is a racquet sport played by 2 people in a 6.4m x 9.75m court surrounded by 4 walls. The idea of the sport is for the two players to alternatively hit the ball with their racquets onto the playable surfaces on the wall before the ball bounces twice on the floor. The equipment used in squash is different from those in other racquet sports.

The squash racquet are more narrow, slender, long and light compared to those of a tennis racquet.

While the squash ball is a small rubber ball with a hollow center. There are different grading for the balls ranging from balls for beginners to those used in competitive levels.

In terms of how it is played every point starts with a serve from a player. The server must serve with at least one foot within the service box and hit the ball to the front wall above the service line while still keeping within the boundary lines. After a serve play commences.

After serve the 2 players aims to alternatively hit the ball within the boundary lines onto any wall they want as long as it touches the front wall before it touches the ground. The ball hitting the wall outside of the boundary lines is considered out and the point is awarded to the opponent of the person who strikes that ball. The ball is only allowed to strike the floor once before the other player hits the ball again and this process repeats. If the ball bounces twice however the opponents is award the point. After point is awarded the play ends, the winner of the point serves and the process repeats again. The first person to get to 11 points wins, with the winner must having at least a 2 point lead.  That's all for today. I'll have another post somewhere this week to make up for last week. Portmen from IsysSports   

Sportisys 08:38

A little insight into netball, it is played by 2 groups of seven players which consist of a Goal Keeper (GK), Goal Defence (GD), Wing attack (WA), wing defence (WD), Centre (C), Goal attack (GA) and Goal Shooter (GS). Within the groups, half the team are attackers and the other half are defenders, with the main players being centre (C) on both teams. Centre is able to runs the whole court as he or she carries the ball up and down the court in order to get a goal.



Netball was a selective sport played by girls in primary school however going through high school and now at university, both females and males are now playing the sport. Netball is a competitive sport like other sports however in saying that, it is a fun and enjoyable sport. Netball is similar to basketball however it consists of standing still and not being able to bounce the ball across the court like basketball. Netball has boundaries where each player is able to cross only sections of the court. In netball, players wear bibs in order to identify the position they are playing. 

Sportisys 20:23

Introduction to Netball

Hi everyone, my name is Ye Na and I will be exploring Netball. My love and interest for netball all began when I was in junior primary school. The reason why I love playing netball so much was due to my experiences with my friends and my favourite teacher being my coach. She was so motivating and supportive. They made the sport so much fun and enjoyable and in saying that, it made me love playing netball even more. I remember Netball as a competitive game because when I was playing it, girls would be really intimidating and in your face.I really enjoyed playing netball with school, going into high school, I was on the school team for grade sport since year 7 and also played in the zone team in my senior years. I hope in the near future, I'll be able to pick up the sport again and play with other girls and boys in the community.

In my next post, Ill be exploring netball.

Introduction to Basketball Sportisys 18:50

Hi, welcome to my isys page.

I'm Brendan, one of the four bloggers on this blog. The topic I will be talking about is Basketball, a sport that i have a very strong passion for. 
Basketball is not the only sport that i have played competitively, i use to play soccer as well. However, basketball is my most recent sport that i have taken to a competitive level. Unfortunately, i have given up playing competitively but still play with friends.

I began playing basketball when i was 11 years old, playing in a local competition at Fred Caterson stadium in Castle Hill. I was quick to fall in love with the sport where i decided to try out and was selected to play reps for Hills Hornets. Playing at a representative level for three years i decided to play soccer competitively. As the competition was in the same season i had to choose between soccer and basketball.

Moving from primary school to high school i played competitively for school in the ISA comp. This being in the summer season, i was still able to play soccer during the winter season. And continue playing competitively in both sports.

Welcome to ISYS Sports! Sportisys 18:28

Hi, Welcome to our ISYS Sports blog!

I'm Portmen, one of the four bloggers for this blog. The others will introduce themselves individually in later posts, so look forward to that!
Our blog focuses mainly on sports and fitness ranging from personal sport interests, sport news to fitness tips and discussions. You are probably wondering what ISYS means in our blog name. Well this is actually a assignment for a unit we are doing in Uni so unfortunately this blog will eventually come to an end once this assignment is over. However during the course of this assignment we will keep this blog updated frequently, hopefully on a week to week basis with a couple of posts per week.

As for the topics that I would be covering, it would mostly consist of racquet sports such as tennis and squash, I would also from time to time cover general fitness and weight training depending on the amount of racquet sports content that I wish to cover on that particular week. I do have a sneak peek for the upcoming post that I would be doing.

It would be an introduction to squash, the only sport that I ever played competitively and is something that I am personally very passionate about even though I rarely play anymore. Many people haven't played or even heard of this sport before and its truly a shame because it is a very intense and fun sport. Squash and tennis are like cousins, very similar yet completely different so I'll look forward to introducing it to all of you.
If racquet sports, general fitness or weight training isn't of your interest please check out the content posted by our other 3 bloggers Cass, Brendan and Ye Na as they would cover different topics that I will.

Thanks for checking out our blog. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE!! & stay active!
Portmen from ISYS Sports.