Fantasy Sport Guideline - How to Enjoy Fantasy Football

Fantasy sports is a great innovation and something that sports buffs can be thankful for as it allows people like us to enjoy the sports we love and participate in it via fantasy sport games. Today there are millions of fans who participate in fantasy sport. There are also many varieties of fantasy sports available for everyone. These fantasy sports range from major sports such as basketball, baseball, to golf, hockey and even cricket. Whatever sport you prefer, you will find a fantasy sports version.

This article focuses on one of the most popular fantasy sports—fantasy football. I have been a fantasy football owner and league commissioner so I decided to share tips I have learned from my many years of experience playing fantasy football. I hope you find my advice useful and apply these tips so that you have a more enjoyable fantasy football season. Good luck!

Advice # 1: Always check the injury list. Injuries are an important component of football. An injured quarterback affects the performance of a team and will therefore affect your fantasy football season as well. It is best to always read up on the latest news on a daily basis.

Advice # 2: Veer away from jerks. Yeah, there will be players in your league who are trash-talkers and whose main role is to wind up the other team members. Ignore these kinds of players and do not get emotional. Animosity can affect the happy dynamics of a fantasy football league.

Advice # 3: Years of experience has shown me that the kicker of the NFL is the last position you should draft. So, that player Nick Folk, he is a 6th round pick.

Advice # 3: Live drafting is great and it is the best way to do your draft. Gather the boys, grab a few beers, devote the weekend to the league, do your research and draft a cheat sheet. Then let the drafting party begin! Live drafting can be a fun bonding experience with the boys.

Advice # 4: Manning is known as the 1st family of QBs. It will be most likely everyone will want to pick a QB, so we just hope you are lucky enough to get into the first round.

Advice # 5: There are reliable players you can count on year after year. Stick with them if you know that the player has that kind of quality. These players include Torry Holt. Of course, there are players who are also big disappointments such as Kyle Boller, and they consistently do so stay away from them.

Fantasy Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Players to Look Out For

Baseball season is close and I’m sure everyone wants to read about the fantasy rankings of these baseball players. Reading up on fantasy rankings is an important aspect of playing fantasy baseball. Because when you know the fantasy rankings, you know which players to get. If you know which players to get, you can form a good team or have a good fantasy draft. Having a winning fantasy draft can be an exciting thing for players, and it can make you win in your fantasy baseball league.

Now, let us review the fantasy ranking of the following players.

First, let us take a look at Alex Rios (CHW RF). Alex Rios showed solid performance in the first year that he played for the Chicago baseball team. His number of hits reached .284 - 334 - 457. Alex Rios also has a 20-home run and a 30-SB season. Now, the big question that is running through everyone’s head is, can Alex Rios be able to replicate the outstanding performance he has shown us in 2011? Our take is it is possible to do so. The only caveat is he has to remain healthy and injury free. Rios is the man who can hit a solid line up. Get him in your draft.

The second player in focus is a TEX RF named Nelson Cruz. We are thinking, how many home runs Nelson Cruz can possible make if he remains injury-free and healthy for 600 at bats? The numbers that Cruz has been crunching are a hit of .318 - .374 - .576 with 22 home runs, 78 RBI and 17 saved bases. And that is just as low as 400 bats for last year. What we like about Cruz is he is able to hit a lot of flyballs and he gets a 45 percent FB number. The thing is, we mentioned that Nelson Cruz can perform well if he remains healthy. The problem is he already has an injury risk. To all fantasy sports people out there, you know you really have to read up on those injury lists.

Another player to look at is Chris Young (AR CF). Mr. Young has .257 - .341 - .452 with 27 HRs. Chris Young also has 27 HR, 91 RBI, 94 runs and 28 SB in 2010. So, what will his future be in 2011? Well, Young is actually 27, and he is in the peak of his career in 2011. He also has a newly hired manager in the person of Kirk Gibson and he is telling everyone that Young will become more aggressive on the base paths this year.

Fantasy Sport Online - Focus on Fantasy Hockey

Fantasy sports online is a great innovation in this digital age. And this is especially true for the millions, or perhaps even billions, of sports fans out there. What fantasy sports online does is it binds people from all over the world and allows them to enjoy building teams in a fantasy format of their favorite sports. Sure, there were fantasy leagues way before the Internet, but the evolution of fantasy sports online has made the hobby more accessible, more exciting and more interactive.

I’m sure fantasy hockey fans are happy about the development of fantasy sports online. So, let us focus this article on fantasy hockey.

As we all know, fantasy hockey is a variety of fantasy sports online (there are offline fantasy leagues as well). The basic concept of fantasy hockey is building your very own fantasy team. The fantasy hockey player is called a team owner or manager, and his job is to have the best team to beat the other managers in the fantasy league. Now, all the data that is used to determine the owner winning in the league is based on the National Hockey League Ice Hockey Association. The National Hockey League, or what is known as the NHL, is considered as a major sport and is composed of 30 teams all from North America. There are six NHL teams that hail from Canada while the rest come from the United States. Ice hockey is a major sport in North America and every year, the best hockey team is awarded the Stanley Cup. Now, owners of their fantasy hockey teams must build the best team and this team must perform well based on the stats and data that are produced by the players of the NHL.

Usually, you will find that a certain hockey league, or what is called as a hockey pool, consists of 8 to 12 teams. It is not unusual for a league to have as much as 20 teams. Fantasy hockey leagues with more than 20 teams are sometimes a bit complicated and you might find that having more than 20 teams makes it less fun as it dilutes the average talent. Although, if you think about it, the set up of more teams in a fantasy hockey league is similar to real life gameplay in the NFL where, as we all know, has 30 teams. There is even a variation of fantasy hockey wherein there could be more than 30 teams. In this particular league, owners may have the same hockey player or players in their teams. The only thing when it comes to this type of hockey is there are trade restrictions between the owners.