Individual Sports category: 1455 books

The Mountain Marathon, the ultimate test of the off-road runner's endurance and skill. Whether you compete at the highest level or whether you are competing in your first marathon, the whole event can be a success or failure depending upon your preparation. For the first-timer and the not-so experienced,...

Ever since the very first event was held over the wild moors of Swaledale in 1968 the mountain marathon has grabbed the interest of the outdoor enthusiast. The challenge of two days navigating your way across a mountain environment while carrying everything needed to be self-sufficient is nowadays proving...

Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Your Best Basketball Game! Is the fact that you would like to be awesome at basketball but just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable? First, you are NOT alone! It may seem like it sometimes, but...

Horseback wrestling, catch-as-catch-can, glima; long before the advent of today’s WWE, forms of wrestling were practised by virtually every cultural group. C. Nathan Hatton’s "Thrashing Seasons" tells the story of wrestling in Manitoba from its earliest documented origins in the eighteenth...

Where Can You Find Archery Answers? Before you plunk down big bucks for a bow, don’t you want to know about the different types of bows, and how many pounds of pull you need? And what about the arrows? Whether you buy arrows from a sporting goods store, archery store, or online, the sales people...

There was a time when people in Britain weren't interested in the antics of American wrestlers. We had our own grappling superstars. Navdeep Rehill looks back at how the likes of Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Les Kellet and Young David used to entertain us on ITV'S World of Sport show every Saturday...

Their signs hang in the windows of convenience stores, gas stations, and restaurants. They work out of high school gyms, warehouses, and roller rinks. They are professional wrestlers, and they want you to experience live wrestling this weekend. The old territories are long gone, replaced by the monolithic...

'When I'm on the mat, I'm so filled with this awareness that the slightest touch feels like electricity to my body, and my body reacts to that the same way it would have reacted if I touched a livewire.' Wrestling, kushti, rules the farmlands, as it has for centuries. It had pride of place in the...

Streetwise Safety for Children teaches parents and kids the most effective ways to prevent a threat to a child and what to do if a threat does occur. Today, more than ever it is essential for people to become aware of self-defense and crime prevention techniques for themselves and their family....

This vintage book contains a complete guide to learning and teaching archery, with information on everything from adjusting a bow string to repairing arrows. Although old, much of the information contained within this volume is timeless and will be of considerable utility to those with a practical...

Half instructional, half motivational, Superstar Body is a guide to what it takes to make your body into a vehicle for success. Nick Aldis - better known as Magnus from TNA Impact Wrestling, formerly 'Oblivion' from Sky One's Gladiators - takes you through his life and career, focusing on how he's achieved...

In 2007, WWE Superstar The Big Show, real name Paul Wight, took a hiatus from professional wrestling to heal up and get in shape. That much is well-known. What wasn't was that, thanks to an arrangement with Hulk Hogan and billionaire aerospace magnate Cecile Barker, he spent that time training...

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to archery, with information on the British Long-Bow, exercises that can improve archery skills, the history of archery, tools, proper use of a bow, and much more. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating information, "The Archery" will be of considerable...

Exercise and diet is just the start of reaching peak performance, however equipment, exercise types, body types, and how the exercises work plays a vital part in reaching peak performance. For instance, if you are working to build mass and only workout pumping heavy weights and adding more weights...