“Gary the Gazelle” Reinvents Himself
September 2024 Athlete of the Month By Del Moon, NSGA Storyteller Gary Yeager, 75 Phoenix, Arizona Gary Yeager knows what to do with a curveball on a baseball field, being a natural athlete and playing through college. Perhaps this taught him to find opportunities when life threw some real curveballs at him. The West Virginia
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Building Mental Skills for Better Sports Performance
By Andrew Walker, MPH; NSGA Director of Health & Well-Being The impact of mental well-being on athletic performance was a popular topic during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and the world’s best athletes continued to elevate this conversation during the recent Paris Olympics. Sports influence society, and Olympians spoke up about the importance of managing
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Shuffleboard Will Never Get Old for This Man
August 2024 Athlete of the Month By Del Moon, NSGA Storyteller Charles Mikell, 58 Mechanicsville, Virginia Charles Mikell says his favorite sport is shuffleboard, and that’s no act. Charles is 58 years old, which doesn’t fit the image many conjure up of senior citizens playing shuffleboard on cruise ships. Ironically, Charles has played shuffleboard on
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Humana Announced as Presenting Sponsor of the 2025 National Senior Games
Media Contact: Mary Johns ne**@**ga.com (727) 510-9199 Humana Announced as Presenting Sponsor of the 2025 National Senior Games Move continues partnership established in 2007 with National Senior Games Association to encourage healthy lifestyles at every age CLEARWATER, Fla. – The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) announced Wednesday that health and well-being company Humana Inc. will
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Senior Games Competition is Olympism at Its Best
By Andrew Walker, MPH; NSGA Director of Health & Well-Being Qualifying trials for the 2024 Paris Olympics are complete, and the best athletes from around the globe will soon compete on the world stage. Also on display in Paris will be the three values of Olympism: excellence, respect and friendship. These are the building blocks
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Surviving the Roller Coaster
By Del Moon, NSGA PR Specialist Dr. Vincent Pearson, 60 Owings Mills, Maryland Dr. Vincent Pearson has a long list of accomplishments and passions, highlighted by a busy career as a pharmacist and a solid family life. The successful bowler has won amateur events, earned Senior Games medals, bowled on a PBA regional tour and
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The Accidental Triathlete
July 2024 Athlete of the Month By Del Moon, NSGA PR Specialist Julie Summers, 56 Windsor Heights, Iowa Until six years ago, Julie Summers had no idea she would become an athlete. It was never in her plans in her youth or as a busy professional and mother. Then, on a whim at age 50,
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A Time to Train Well
How to Build a Training Plan for the 1 Mile Run By Andrew Walker, MPH; NSGA Director of Health & Well-Being I recently signed up for a 5K run four weeks in advance. As a generally active person, I thought this would be enough time to prepare. I soon found out – it wasn’t. My
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Saved by the Ball
June 2024 Athlete of the Month By Del Moon, NSGA PR Specialist Bruce Rubin, 80 Lansdale, Pennsylvania Bruce Rubin believes 30 years of basketball playing helped him in two ways to overcome a cancer that is rare among men. After a tumble on the court at his all-ages league practice last year, Bruce went to
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Powered by Connection
By Andrew Walker, MPH; NSGA Director of Health & Well-Being The health risks of smoking cigarettes are common knowledge. But did you know that social disconnection can be just as harmful? One study found loneliness is as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and can impact health more than obesity and physical inactivity. In
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