Sports category: 37872 books
Philly Sports
Teams, Games, and Athletes from Rocky's Town
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Philadelphia sports—anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers—have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They’ve been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus...
by Stamford Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
At the turn of the 20th century, Stamford was fast becoming an industrial powerhouse, quickly earning its nickname of �The City That Works.� As manufacturing boomed and drew thousands of immigrants to the city, sports clubs formed at an equally rapid pace. Stamford�s large and thriving industrial...
Science and Football VI
The Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress on Science and Football
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Science and Football VI showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as football. These include the games of association football, the rugby codes (union and league), and the national codes (American, Australian and Gaelic). The book aims to bridge the gap between...
Fat Guys Shouldn't Be Dancin' at Halftime
An Irreverent Romp through Chicago Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Flamboyant. Pioneering. Opinionated. These words and dozens more have been used over the years to describe Chet Coppock, a true Chicago sports legend. Now, after decades of talking sports in every corner of the city with everyone from Hall of Famers to average fans, Coppock has written the ultimate...
Science in Soccer
Translating Theory into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Sports Science and Soccer offers a series of contemporary insights into the multidisciplinary approach to delivering sports science support (physiology, psychology, performance analysis, sociology) from leading academics and practitioners in elite level professional football.
Each chapter includes...
Game, Set, Match
Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women’s Sports
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
When Billie Jean King trounced Bobby Riggs in tennis's "Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, she placed sports squarely at the center of a national debate about gender equity. In this winning combination of biography and history, Susan Ware argues that King's challenge to sexism, the supportive...
Sports Biomechanics
The Basics: Optimising Human Performance
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Human beings are the 'all-rounders' of the natural world – while they aren't naturally the quickest, biggest or strongest creatures, they can achieve more amazing physical feats than any other animal.
Nowhere is this ability more pronounced than in sporting performance, the ideal area for...
by Howard Washington
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Sports are a huge part of the entertainment world. Everything from football to soccer and even sumo wrestling. With this ebook discover: - Questions Answered About Professional Sports - Never Before Heard of Professional Sports Tips - 6 Things You Must Know About Professional Sports - And More GRAB A COPY TODAY!
College Sports Traditions
Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years, fans...
Love Sports Hate Politics
Just My Opinion
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Mixing sports and politics like oil and water I dont know if it works people get offended there is a lot involved business, personal, emotions, passion, sports and politics never the two shall meet I have a opinion on both so I have to do it ok here it is sports are good politics are bad thats real...
The Way of the Athlete
The Role of Sports in Building Character for Academic, Business, and Personal Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
There comes a time in every competitive athlete’s life when the cheering stops and it’s time to move on to other pursuits. Written by a former Division 1 football player and Academic All-American, The Way of the Athlete argues that sports prepares athletes for this transition by instilling qualities...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
This ground-breaking book provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between sports (and leisure), religion and disability. In the shadow of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at which athletes that were both able-bodied and disabled, provided an extravaganza of sporting excellence...
Average To Epic
A Mid-Lifer's Guide to Endurance Sports and Lifelong Fitness
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Average to Epic is an integrated manual for helping men and women transform their lives through endurance sports. Be it riding a bike 100 miles, running a marathon, or completing long-course triathlons, this book provides the resources, practical tips, planning, and motivation for the average person...
Don't Lose the Ball in the Lights
And other life lessons from sports
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Don’t Lose the Ball in the Lights and other Life Lessons from Sports is the first in the Home Grown Wisdom Series. Presented in short, devotion style chapters, the book sends the reader on a journey of learning, self-examination and self-improvement. Each chapter is based on a sports themed story...