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Mental Skills for Athletes: A Workbook for Competitive Success - Paperback

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by Elizabeth L. Shoenfelt (Author)Mental Skills for Athletes: A Workbook for Competitive Success is a step-by-step guide for developing a toolbox of mental skills. In this user-friendly workbook, Dr. Betsy Shoenfelt compiles materials from over 35 years of experience as a performance psychologist working to achieve competitive excellence, creating the go-to resource for athletes and coaches in any sport and at any level. The book includes succinct, easily understood explanations of key ment...

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by Harrison Weir (Author), Friedrich Gerstäcker (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is importan...

Elite Soccer Referees: Officiating in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie a - Paperback

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by Tom Webb (Author)Soccer is undeniably the most popular sport in the world. While we know much about its high-profile players and their increasing wealth and global influence, we know little about referees and the ways in which refereeing has changed throughout the history of the sport. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolution of the match official. It presents a comparative analysis of elite Association football referees in England, Spain and Italy, as well as offering i...

Anywhere: A Journal of Adventures at Sea - Paperback

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by Frances P. Mallery (Author)In 1993, Fran and her husband, Tim, had a stable and comfortable life in Vermont with their two young children, Casey and Julia. Living in a house they had built themselves, it seemed a dream existence: Fran had achieved her goal of becoming a Waldorf teacher, and the children were growing up in a supportive community with close friends. But Franny and Tim were restless. That year they made the radical decision to sell their house, quit their jobs, and embark on ...

Football Fans, Rivalry and Cooperation - Paperback

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by Christian Brandt (Editor), Fabian Hertel (Editor), Sean Huddleston (Editor)Football is undoubtedly the sport with the largest following in the world, attracting billions of fans across the globe. These fans play an integral part in determining the identity of the football club they support. Many studies have focused on the intense rivalry between clubs, their fans and the opposing identities they represent. However, little attention has been paid to examples of cooperation between rival fa...

Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport - Paperback

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by Eric Anderson (Editor), Ann Travers (Editor)While efforts to include gay and lesbian athletes in competitive sport have received significant attention, it is only recently that we have begun examining the experiences of transgender athletes in competitive sport. This book represents the first comprehensive study of the challenges that transgender athletes face in competitive sport; and the challenges they pose for this sex-segregated institution. Beginning with a discussion of the historic...

Women in Sport Leadership: Research and practice for change - Paperback

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by Laura J. Burton (Editor), Sarah Leberman (Editor)Although women and girls participate in sport in greater numbers than ever before, research shows there has been no significant increase in women leading sport organizations. This book takes an international, evidence-based perspective in examining women in sport leadership and offers future directions for improving gender equity. With contributions from leading international sport scholars and practitioners, it explores the opportunities an...

Sport in Korea: History, Development, Management - Paperback

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by Dae Hee Kwak (Editor), Yong Jae Ko (Editor), Inkyu Kang (Editor)Korea has become a powerful force in global sport, with South Korea finishing fifth in the medals table at London 2012 and hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018. This book brings together scholars from disciplines including sport history, sociology, journalism, economics, sport development, and sport management to explore the significance of sport in contemporary Korea. Presenting a variety of international perspectives, it plot...

95 Theses on the Reformation of Football - Paperback

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by David Kilpatrick (Author)95 Theses on the Reformation of Football: Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Glocal Football Governance is a timely call for reform, protesting corruption in the beautiful game from local to global. Number of Pages: 104 Dimensions: 0.22 x 7 x 5 IN Publication Date: October 31, 2022

The Concussion Crisis in Sport - Paperback

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by Dominic Malcolm (Author)Concussion has become one of the most significant issues in contemporary sport. The life-changing impact of head injury and the possible threat that chronic traumatic encephalopathy poses to children and young athletes in particular is calling into question the long-term future of some of our most well-established sports. But what are the real issues behind the headlines and the public outcry, and what can and should be done to save sport from itself? This concise, ...

Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports - Paperback

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by Jim Albert (Editor), Mark E. Glickman (Editor), Tim B. Swartz (Editor)This handbook will provide both overviews of statistical methods in sports and in-depth treatment of critical problems and challenges confronting statistical research in sports. The material in the handbook will be organized by major sport (baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and soccer) followed by a section on other sports and general statistical design and analysis issues that are common to all sports. This handbo...

Performing Under Pressure: Psychological Strategies for Sporting Success - Paperback

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by Josephine Perry (Author)Performing Under Pressure is an essential resource on improving sporting performance in high-pressure situations. Perry's work guides coaches and athletes through nine key elements of the sporting mindset to help athletes to perform at the highest standards, even under the most pressurized of situations.This valuable read includes empirically-based advice on areas such as embracing competition; building confidence, concentration and focus; maintaining emotional cont...

Rugby in Global Perspective: Playing on the Periphery - Hardcover

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by John Harris (Editor), Nicholas Wise (Editor)This book critically examines how rugby union has developed in recent years, in nations on the periphery of the sport. Focusing on people and places on the fringes, it examines contemporary issues and challenges within the global game.Such a collection is timely, as the sport's governing body seeks to expand influence and participation beyond the eight core nations, with the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan being the first time that that tournament ...

Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc.: How Big-Time College Sports Cheat Students, Taxpayers, and Academics - Paperback

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by James Bennett (Author)Intercollegiate Athletics, Inc. examines the corrupting influence and damaging financial effects of big-time intercollegiate athletics, especially football and to a lesser extent basketball, on American higher education.Including historical and contemporary perspectives, the book traces the growth of intercollegiate sports from largely student-run activities supervised by faculty to the gargantuan, taxpayer-supported spectacles that now dominate many public universiti...

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by Wayne Mardell (Author)There once was a teacher named Roger, who took an opportunityto make a go-kart from a scooter, that inspired a whole community.An entire town watched his progress, and what they really wanted to know, was would Roger's go-kart run?Would it even go? Number of Pages: 26 Dimensions: 0.25 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: March 19, 2023

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by Will Weaver (Author)Trace Bonham is living large as the teen driver for a pro Super Stock racing team. He's on billboards and on the road instead of stuck in school. And he's blowing away the competition wherever he races. But Trace is worried that those who think his crew is illegally "juicing" his engine may be right. It's up to him to discover what is going on--and what he's going to do about it.Author BiographyWILL WEAVER is the author of many books including the two previous Motor Nov...

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by Jack Gantos (Author)The sequel to Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist. When Joey Pigza meets his dad for the first time in years, he meets a grown-up version of his old out-of-control self. Carter Pigza is as wired as Joey used to be -- before his stint in special ed, and before he got his new meds. Joey's mom reluctantly agrees that he can stay with his dad for a summer visit, which sends Joey racing with sky-high hopes that he and Carter can finally get to know e...

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by Spalding Gray (Author)Within a year, the familiar boundaries of Spalding Gray's existence have been altered by betrayal, love, lust and loss. He suddenly marries his longtime companion, and divorces her just as quickly; he moves in with his girlfriend, Kathie, who bears him a son; and he learns, against all odds, to ski. But not even his mastery of the much-feared right turn can prepare him for the exhilarating experience of fatherhood. A brilliant improvisation with as many twists and tur...

The Compleat Angler: Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation - Paperback

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by Izaak Walton (Author), Charles Cotton (Author), Howell Raines (Introduction by)An immediate success when if was first published in 1653, Walton's classic celebrtion of the joys of fishing continues to captivate anglers and nature lovers with its timeless advice and instruction. Originally cast in the form of a dialogue between an experienced angler named Piscator and his pupil Viator, the book details methods for catching, eating, and savoring all varieties of fish, from the common chub to...

America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation - Paperback

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by Michael Maccambridge (Author)It's difficult to imagine today--when the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country's dominant sports entity--but pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. In the span of a single generation in postwar America, the game charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly managed, keenly marketed sports entertainment colossus whose action i...

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea - Paperback

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by Richard Henry Dana (Author), Gary Kinder (Introduction by)Front JacketTracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The resul...

Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton - Paperback

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by Walter Payton (Author), Don Yaeger (Author)"Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best." His legacy is towering. Walter Payton--the man they called Sweetness, for the way he ran--remains the most prolific running back in the history of the National Football League, the star of the Chicago Bears' only Super Bowl Championship, eleven...

The Spirit of St. Louis: A History of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns - Paperback

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by Peter Golenbock (Author)No metropolis in America has more pure baseball spirit than St. Louis, Missouri. It's a love affair that began in 1874, when a band of local boosters raised $20,000 to start a professional ball club, and the honeymoon still isn't over. Now Peter Golenbock, the bestselling author and master of baseball oral history, has written another remarkable saga enriched by extensive and incomparable remembrances from the scores of players, managers, and executives who lived it...

True Blue: The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told by the Men Who Lived It - Paperback

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by Steve Delsohn (Author)In 1957 the Dodgers broke the hearts of blue-collar Brooklyn for the embrace of booming Los Angeles. Thus began a new era for the fabled Bums, whose exploits inside -- and outside -- the white lines have intrigued generations. A fascinating and colorful history of a team, an era, and baseball itself, True Blue is must reading for any baseball fan.Based on scores of fresh and exuberant interviews, True Blue brings you into the dugout and the locker room, capturing the ...

Western Horse Behavior and Training: Understanding, Breaking, and Finishing Your Horse - Paperback

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by Robert W. Miller (Author)Front JacketAn expert shares his insights and applies them to the handling of young horses and their early training--from first bridling to turning on the rearhand--an essential reference for every Western-style rider. Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 21, 1975

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by Marc Bloom (Author)This Runner's Bible is the perfect guide for those who want to start running and don't know what their level of fitness is, how to maintain discipline, or how to implement basic training skills. Marc Bloom gives fundamental explanations on technique while exercising his strong sense of humor.Author BiographyMarc Bloom, was a senior writer for Runner's World and track-and-field features writer for the New York Times. He has been writing on health, fitness, and running for...

The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life - Paperback

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by Steven Pressfield (Author)In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game--Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen--meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer will also compete--a troubled local war hero, once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance. It is Vance, sage and charismatic, who will ultimately guide the match, for he holds the secret of the Authentic Swing. A...

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by David McCumber (Author)At the age of 17, David McCumber was stricken with "road fever" that irresistible call to the itinerant life of a professional gambler. Twenty-two years later, he got the chance to follow that dream-not as a player but as the "stakehorse" (financial backer) for Tony Annigoni, a non-smoking, macrobiotic-eating "Renaissance Pool Hustler," student of Eastern religion, and master of the pure green-felt poetry of the dead stroke." With $27,000 in David's pocket they took ...

Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town - Paperback

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by Warren St John (Author)A moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here in the United States. Based on the adult bestseller, Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference, this young people's edition is a complex and inspirational story about the Fugees, a youth soccer team made up of diverse refugees from around the world, and their formidable female coach, Luma Mufleh. Luma Mufleh, a youn...

Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive - Paperback

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by Laura Hillenbrand (Author)In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history's most thrilling survival epics. On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leavin...

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by Dennis Miller (Author)Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here The New York Times called Dennis Miller's The Rants "a pleasing mix of profanity and wit...that will make fans of his irreverent liberal angst laugh out loud." Readers across the nation clearly agreed, because the book stayed on the Times hardcover bestseller list for months, with more than 130,000 copies in print. Now, an even broader audience can discover Miller's stinging wit in paperback. Dennis Miller respects no bounda...

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by Brendan Baber (Author), Eric Spitznagel (Author)Bachelorhood used to be something young men aspired to. A man alone was a man empowered. But not anymore. As we cross the threshold into the twenty-first century, the state of being stag has lost its luster. In A Guy's Guide to Dating, Brendan Baber and Eric Spitznagel shepherd guys from ages thirteen to thirty through the murky waters of the modern dating pool and then escort them down the path to contemporary relationship nirvana, covering...