Sports category: 37872 books
Settling the Score
Talkin' Chicago Sports
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Calm, reasoned, and well-modulated tones are not the order of business in discussing Chicago sports, and when it comes to talking Chicago sports, Mike North is in a class by himself. He led the sports-talk-radio industry out of its formative stages and became the city's most recognized voice. With...
Facing the Green Bay Packers
Players Recall the Glory Years of the Team from Titletown, USA
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Over the course of nearly one hundred years, just a handful of NFL teams have enjoyed success across multiple decades. There’s absolutely no doubt which franchise the fans in Wisconsin would put at the top of the list.
Most Packers fans are familiar with the greatest players, games, and moments...
by Tony Schirato
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2007
"In only 138 pages of text he manages a broad sweep across sports history and culture... Schirato brings the eye of a critical fan to his analysis of sport - he treats it seriously as a social practice and as a social institution... [He] achieves his aims by providing a useful, provocative and...
The Global Sports Arena
Athletic Talent Migration in an Interpendent World
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Athletes are on the move. In some sports this involves labour, movement from one country to another within or between continents. In other sports, athletes assume an almost nomadic migratory lifestyle, constantly on the move from one sport festival to another. In addition, it appears that sport migration...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Few issues have engaged sports scholars more than those of race and ethnicity. Today, globalization and migration mean all major sports leagues include players from around the globe, bringing into play a complex mix of racial, ethnic, cultural, political and geographical factors. These complexities...
The Anatomy of Stretching, Second Edition
Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are increasingly taking a toll on the body. Symptoms range from muscle soreness and pain to pinched nerves to potentially more permanent disabilities, including serious body injuries....
by Peter Culley, John Pascoe
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Developers, designers and operators are increasingly needing to create versatile sport and leisure amenities that are of lasting value to local and wider communities.
Placing facilities design and operation at the heart of sports development, this book adopts a holistic approach, integrating...
by Darin D. Farris
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
In This Manual You'll Discover Must-Read Information On Sports Injury, Athlete's Worst Nightmare, Sports Safety, Recreation Safety, Common Sports Injuries and More!
Sports Illustrated Lacrosse
Fundamentals for Winning
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Lacrosse, a game of speed, complexity, and nuance, is fast becoming one of the most popular sports worldwide. This book details examples of the rules of lacrosse, moves, individual defense, offensive team formations, skills and drills, and more. In this thoroughly updated edition of a Sports Illustrated...
Understanding the Golf Swing
Today's Leading Proponents of Ernest Jones' Swing Principles Presents a Complete System for Better Golf
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
For the first time in paperback, this modern classic of golf instruction by renowned teacher Manuel de la Torre (the 1986 PGA Teacher of the Year and the #11 teacher in America as ranked by the editors of Golf Digest in 2007) presents a simpler approach to the golf swing based on Ernest Jones’ principles....
by Sarah Bolitho, Debbie Lawrence, Elaine McNish
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Many fitness professionals and sports coaches working with clients find difficulties in ensuring their clients stay motivated. Any professional prescribing a fitness programme to a client knows that the biggest roadblock to success is the client's ability to make a change in their day-to-day life....
by Mike J. McNamee, Stephen Olivier, Paul Wainwright
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences puts ethics at the centre of research in these rapidly expanding fields of knowledge. Placing the issues in historical context, and using informative case studies, the authors examine how moral theory can guide research design, education, and...
Taboo
Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid To Talk About It
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
In virtually every sport in which they are given opportunity to compete, people of African descent dominate. East Africans own every distance running record. Professional sports in the Americas are dominated by men and women of West African descent. Why have blacks come to dominate sports? Are they...
by Martin Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Fishing, for some it's boring for others there is nothing like sitting in a boat or on the shore, listening to the water rushing and birds singing and just enjoying the peaceful outdoors, and if your lucky, you'll get the catch of the day! But, in order to make the best of it, you need to know everything...