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Group Dynamics in Exercise and Sport Psychology - Paperback

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by Mark R. Beauchamp (Editor), Mark Eys (Editor)Can a better understanding of group dynamics raise individual and team athletic performance or improve the outcomes of exercise interventions? Much human behaviour in sport and exercise settings is embedded within groups, where individuals' cognitions, emotions, and behaviours influence and are influenced by other group members. Now in a fully revised, updated, and expanded second edition, Group Dynamics in Exercise and Sport Psychology explores...

Sports Officials and Officiating: Science and Practice - Paperback

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by Clare Macmahon (Author), Duncan Mascarenhas (Author), Henning Plessner (Author)Sports officials (umpires, referees, judges) play a vital role in every sport, and sports governing bodies, fans, and players now expect officials to maintain higher professional standards than ever before. In this ground-breaking book, a team of leading international sport scientists and top level officials have come together to examine, for the first time, the science and practice of officiating in sport, help...

Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning - Paperback

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by Paul Comfort (Editor), Paul A. Jones (Editor), John J. McMahon (Editor)It is an essential skill for any strength and conditioning coach to be able to reliably assess the physical performance of their athletes and communicate the results and their implications to performers and coaches, alike. Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning is the first textbook to clearly and coherently suggest the most appropriate and reliable methods for assessing and monitoring athletes' performance...

Sports Analytics: Analysis, Visualisation and Decision Making in Sports Performance - Paperback

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by Ambikesh Jayal (Author), Allistair McRobert (Author), Giles Oatley (Author)As the analysis of big datasets in sports performance becomes a more entrenched part of the sporting landscape, so the value of sport scientists and analysts with formal training in data analytics grows. Sports Analytics: Analysis, Visualisation and Decision Making in Sports Performance provides the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to the use of analytics in sport and its application in sports performance...

Values in Sport: Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners - Paperback

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by Claudio Tamburrini (Editor), Torbjörn Tännsjö (Editor)How will sport keep pace with current scientific and biological advances?Is the possibility of the 'bionic athlete' that far away and is this notion as bad as it might first appear?Is our fascination with sport winners fascistoid? Questions such as these and many others are posed and examined by the contributors to this volume. Some are sceptical of future developments in sport and demand radical reforms to halt progress, others are mor...

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by Edward McCabe (Author)For all armchair adventurers, Against Gravity is the compelling story of a highly successful advertising executive who left Madison Avenue to race his car in the deadly 8,000-mile Paris-Dakar rally. Number of Pages: 308 Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 23, 2004

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by Matt de la Peña (Author)Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Peña's Mexican WhiteBoy is a story of friendship, acceptance, and the struggle to find your identity in a world of definitions. Danny is tall and skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. Ninety-five mile an hour fastball, but the boy's not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound, he lo...

The Fab Five: Basketball Trash Talk the American Dream - Hardcover

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by Mitch Albom (Author)Recounts the remarkable story of University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson, and chronicles their success in the NCAA tournaments of 1992 and 1993. Number of Pages: 360 Dimensions: 1.3 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN Publication Date: March 20, 2008

Winning's Only Part of the Game: Lessons of Life and Football - Hardcover

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by Bobby Bowden (Author), Terry Bowden (Author), Bowden Family (Author)Popular, well-respected, close-knit and down-to-earth, the Bowden family is an all-American success story. Bobby Bowden is one of the most celebrated football coaches in college football today. Now, in the first sports book of its kind, Bobby, his son Terry, Auburn University's football coach, and the rest of the Bowden family share the personal experiences and philosophies that have led them to success.Back JacketThe Bowd...

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by Ekaterina Gordeeva (Author), E. M. Swift (Author)The Olympic gold medalist offers a poignant, loving account of her life with her long-time partner and beloved husband, Sergei Grinkov, from their first introduction and successive world pairs skating championships, to their storybook romance and marriage, to the fatal heart attack that took Sergei's life.Back JacketEkaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were the most celebrated pairs skaters of all time. Partners in life as well as on the ic...

Just Give Me the Damn Ball!: The Fast Times and Hard Knocks of an NFL Rookie - Hardcover

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by Keyshawn Johnson (Author), Shelley Smith (Author)"Well, son, I guess we have to go the to bank." That's what Leon Hess told me the day the Jets drafted me as the number-one player in the NFL draft. But that first day, the day of the draft, was one of the happiest days in my life, because I knew I was ready to make things happen in the league and help turn things around for the sorry-ass Jets. But what a nightmare! Week after week, loss after loss. The Jets went in with a loser reputation, ...

The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastime - Hardcover

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by Robert Whiting (Author)Matsui... Nomo... Sasaki... Ichiro... the so-called American "National Pastime" has developed a decidedly Japanese flair. Indeed, in this year's All-Star game, two of the starting American League outfielders were from Japan. And for the third straight year, Ichiro - the fleet-footed Seattle Mariner - received more votes for the All-Star game than any other player in the game today. Some 15 years ago, in the bestseller You Gotta Have Wa, Robert Whiting examined how fo...

Uppity: My Untold Story about the Games People Play - Paperback

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by Bill White (Author), Gordon Dillow (With), Willie Mays (Foreword by)There are very few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime. And even fewer who are as well respected as Bill White. Bill White, who's now in his mid 70s, was an All-Star first baseman for many years with the New York Giants, St.Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies before launching a stellar broadcasting career with the New York Yankees for 18 years. He left the br...

Together on Top of the World: The Remarkable Story of the First Couple to Climb the Fabled Seven Summits - Paperback

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by Phil and Susan Ershler (Author), Susan Ershler (Author), Robin Simons (Author)On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What made their achievement all the more remarkable was that Susan was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered Fortune 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed until she met Phil at the age of 36. Phil, a professional mountain guide who was the first American to s...

Kathy Smith's Lift Weights to Lose Weight - Paperback

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by Kathy Smith (Author)From America's Leading Fitness Expert comes Kathy Smith's Lift Weights To Lose Weight, a 12-week guide to boosting metabolism, toning & sculpting the body, building stronger bones, & getting the body you want. Number of Pages: 304 Dimensions: 0.8 x 10.82 x 8.42 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 2001

Rock Hard!: Supernutrition for Bodybuilders - Paperback

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by Robert Kennedy (Author)If you're the hard-training bodybuilder you ought to be, you expend more energy, burn more calories, and -- most important of all -- require extra nutrients to build up your muscle and strength. Success in bodybuilding is 85 percent nutrition; all the training in the world won't give you the mass you want if you're not eating the right food at the right time. The tailor-made nutrition guide for people who pump iron, Rock Hard can help you reach your ultimate trainin...

50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days--And How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance! - Paperback

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by Dean Karnazes (Author)Discover the secrets for super endurance -- from one of the fittest men on the planet! Dean Karnazes has run 350 continuous miles through three sleepless nights, ordered pizza during long runs, and inspired fans the world over with his adventures. So what does a guy like this do when he wants to face the ultimate test of endurance? He runs 50 marathons in 50 states-in 50 consecutive days. With little more than a road map and a caravan packed with fellow runners and ...

Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership - Paperback

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by Bo Schembechler (Author), John U. Bacon (Author)There are very few coaches held higher esteem than Bo Schembechler. As coach of the University of Michigan football team, he won 13 Big Ten titles and finished as the winningest coach in their storied history. But beyond the wins and losses, Bo is best remembered for the remarkable impact he had on his players and fans alike. In Bo's Lasting Lessons, the coach draws on his years of experience, using first-person anecdotes to deliver timeless...

Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn - Paperback

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by Larry Colton (Author)In this extraordinary work of journalism, bestselling and award-winning author Larry Colton journeys into the world of Montana's Crow Indians and follows the struggles of a talented, moody, charismatic young woman named Sharon LaForge, a gifted basketball player and a descendant of one of George Armstrong Custer's Indian scouts. In Native American tradition, a warrior gained honor and glory by "counting coup" -- touching his enemy in battle and living to tell the tale....

A Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone - Paperback

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by Roger Angell (Author)Baseball's best writer offers an extraordinarily candid and thorough exploration of the inner craft of pitching from one of the game's best, David Cone. There is no big league pitcher who is more respected for his skill than David Cone. In his stellar career Cone has won multiple championships andcountless professional accolades. Along the way, the perennial all-star has had to adjust to five different ballclubs, recover from a career-threatening arm aneurysm, cope ...

The Rookie: The Incredible True Story of a Man Who Never Gave Up on His Dream - Paperback

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by Jim Morris (Author), Joel Engel (Author)He Played A Boy's Game. He Lived A Man's Life. As a lonely child, Jim Morris took one thing with him wherever his family moved-his ability to hit and throw a baseball. For Jim, the passion of becoming a major-league ballplayer was his anchor and inspiration...until injuries and life got in the way. A decade after Jim walked away from the minors and began a life of fatherhood and mortgage payments, he made a promise to the hardscrabble high-school te...

Fantasy Football the Next Level: How to Build a Championship Team Every Season - Paperback

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by David Dorey (Author)Leading fantasy football prognosticator David Dorey provides a "concise and intelligent game plan to beat the competition" in this expert guide (Tim Green, New York Times Bestselling Author of Dark Side of the Game). Between 20 and 30 million people play fantasy football each year. Now, Fantasy Football: The Next Level goes beyond stats and projections to teach readers a proven approach to drafting and managing a team that succeeds - in any league. Dorey's wealth of tip...

The Samurai Way of Baseball: The Impact of Ichiro and the New Wave from Japan - Paperback

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by Robert Whiting (Author)Ichiro...Nomo...Hasegawa...Hideki Matsui...one by one they have come to America and made their mark as incredibly gifted and popular ballplayers. But this new wave of athlete-led by the sensational Ichiro Suzuki, whom many refer to as the best all-around player-is just the tip of a fascinating iceberg. Illuminating a deep and very different tradition of baseball, Whiting shows why more Japanese players will be coming to America...and how they will forever transform t...

What Are the Summer Olympics? - Paperback

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by Gail Herman (Author), Who Hq (Author), Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands. The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from fourteen countries. Today, nea...

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by Gail Herman (Author), Who Hq (Author), John O'Brien (Illustrator)As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But beyond athletic skill, it was his strength of character that secured his place in sports history. In 1947 Jackie joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the long-time color barrier in major league baseball. It was tough being first- not only did "fans" send hate mail but some of his own teammates refused ...

The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei - Paperback

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by George Leonard (Author)"This book is a warmhearted handshake, a graceful and practical invitation to enter and blend with the ahhh of the world. It is as natural and wise an introduction to the spirit of the martial arts as you can find on paper."--Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of A Path with Heart In his bestselling Mastery, renowned spiritual and martial arts teacher George Leonard taught hundreds of thousands of people how to use Zen philosophy to reach mastery in any field. Now, ...

Pacific voyage on a Chinese junk: A true and fascinating adventure of ten young men trying to sail across the Pacific on an ill-equiped Chinese junk - Paperback

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by Tony Buxton (Author)In Bangkok of 1964, successful English businessman Tony Buxton is enjoying the best the city has to offer, visiting exclusive nightclubs, sampling the exquisite local cuisine, and dallying with gorgeous women. Still, he yearns for the freedom of his simpler days as an underwater spearfishing guide. When a friend offers him the chance to leave his job and join the inexperienced crew of a Chinese junk as it sets sail across the South Pacific, Buxton jumps at the opportuni...

Why Soccer Matters: A Look at More Than Sixty Years of International Soccer - Paperback

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by Pelé (Author)Pelé--legendary footballer and humanitarian--explores the sport's recent history and shares his most inspiring experiences, heartwarming stories, and hard-won wisdom. "I know in my heart that soccer was good to me, and great to the world....I saw, time and again, how the sport improved countless millions of lives, both on and off the field. For me, at least, that's why soccer matters." The world's most popular sport goes by many names--soccer, football, the beautiful game--bu...

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by Kirsten Anderson (Author), Who Hq (Author), Dede Putra (Illustrator)Grab your Js and hit the court with this Who Was? biography about NBA superstar Michael Jordan. Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive--even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college basketball team and helped him become an NBA legend, both for his skills and his endorsements. His Nike contract for Air Jordan basketb...

Coaching Science: Theory Into Practice - Paperback

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by Terry McMorris (Author), Tudor Hale (Author)Coaching Science and Coaching Studies courses are appearing in increasing numbers in many universities. The textbooks used in most of these courses are either theoretically based sports science texts or practically based coaching books. The former are generally lacking in application while the latter rarely have any scientific input. The reader is, therefore, left to make the links themselves. Coaching Science will bridge that gap covering both t...

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by Grace Crawford (Author)The first in the 'Tali Learns' series! Join Tali and her family for a surf adventure.Tali is ready to learn to surf! Join her as she learns to surf on the fun, bubbly, blue waves. Can she learn to stand up and slide along like a surfer?Tali and her family get to the beach, ready to stay and play all day. Her little brother and her cousin are making sandcastles and watching as Tali get her first surf lesson. Grandma has brought her super-special purple surfboard with ...

The Fight of the Century: Ali vs. Frazier March 8, 1971 - Hardcover

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by Michael Arkush (Author)It was more than the long-awaited showdown between two superb athletes in their prime, more than the ultimate test of speed and artistry versus power and endurance. It was more than a boxing match, much more. The first meeting between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, transcended the world of sports to become a major international media spectacle with tremendous social and political overtones. In The Fight of the Century, sportsw...