Olympics 2012: how to get involved in triathlon

Think you could take on the Brownlee brothers in triathlon? Peter Beech gets you started

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in trampolining

This fun method of exercising is usefully low-impact - unless you miss the trampoline. Better get training, writes Peter Beech

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in taekwondo

Enough with all these non-ultraviolent sports. Sometimes you just need to kick someone in the face, writes Peter Beech

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in tennis

Over the years, tennis has been one of our more entertaining ways not to win things. Now it's time to get inspired by Murray's Olympic gold medal, writes Peter Beech

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in volleyball

Look past the objectification of bikini-clad women – volleyball is a fun and sociable sport for both sexes, writes Peter Beech

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in modern pentathlon

If you look at a triathlon and think, 'Great, but where are the guns and horses?', then step this way, writes Rachel Holmes

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in table tennis

If you're deft, tricksy and don't mind chasing after lost ping-pong balls, this could be your sport, writes Peter Beech

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in shooting

You needn't be a country gent or an action heroine to wield a big gun. Rachel Holmes explains how to sample the sport of shooting

Olympics 2012: how to get involved in synchronised swimming

Looking for something to fill an Olympic-shaped hole in your life? Take up synchronised swimming, says Rachel Holmes

Bye bye, Kardashians: Olympic athletes give women new, strong role models

Skinny models, actresses and reality TV stars are no match for our powerful female athletes. Now, after London 2012, all women can value their bodies and play to their strengths