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The article features the Homer "Snead" Golf Range, a 5.5-acre of coral rock and Saint Augustine grass located off the Palmetto bypass in Miami, Florida. Homer Charles Snead, brother of golfer Sam Snead, leased and operated the facility. Snead explains that golf lessons are being taught in the facility. On his part, Snead gives as many as 20 golf lessons daily, with some of his students driving all the way down from Palm Beach.

The article discusses the importance of physical conditioning in professional hockey. Following the acquisition of high salaried players, the Philadelphia Blazers performed miserably in the infant World Hockey Association (WHA), placing last in the league's East Division with a 1-8 record. The author notes that injuries notwithstanding, hockey's rich players are expected to have good old fashioned effort and be physically fit. Physical conditioning is reportedly the reason why Detroit has a 6-2 record or Buffalo remains undefeated.

The article focuses on the launch of pitchers Burt Hooton of Chicago Cubs and Pete Broberg of Washington Senators in professional baseball in the U.S. in June 1971. Broberg was reportedly recruited for about 150,000 dollars, which is said to be the highest bonus ever given by a Washington baseball team. Hooton was trained by the Cubs to focus on throwing strikes and avoid challenging the batters. Also noted is the performance of Broberg in a match against the Boston Red Sox held in RFK Stadium in Washington D. C. on June 27.

The article discusses how the U.S. team was regarded as the best outfitted when it took off for training in Europe for the Winter Olympics in November 1963. It says that U.S. skiers will parade, race and wax their skis wearing uniforms that are equivalent to those worn by the French, Swedes and Austrians as best-dressed in 1960. The author adds that the uniforms are partly credited to the tough supplies committee and the U.S. ski apparel manufacturers. The boom in the business of U.S. ski stretch-pants fabric supplier Anglo in 1963 is also discussed.

The article reports that football coach Bill Humphrey and his assistants at Fort Meade in Tampa, Florida trained their players by making them run on the steep slopes of the Sand Mountain.

The author describes how to focus and execute a proper golf swing. He states that indecisiveness, and sometimes confusion, caused by too much technique information are detrimental to a golfer, especially during the actual swinging motion. Concentrating on and correctly executing a single, or a couple, of the vital parts of a swing assures that other related swing movements will also be done correctly.