Individual Sports category: 1455 books
by E. Steven Newby
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
This essay won the Grand Conference Award at the 2008 Arkansas Writers Conference for sports comedy. It details all the stuff the short description covered, plus more. I hope you enjoy, but please: don't try this at home.
Delivering Olympic and Elite Sport in a Cross Cultural Context
From Beijing to London
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
This book examines the impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympic Games and highlights the latest findings in the areas of sport policy, elite sports system, sport media, sport facility management and sport social development in the two host countries - China and Britain. It identifies the...
by Tom Jarman, Reid Hanley
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1983
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1983
At any level of wrestling competition, the basic fundamentals are essential to success in the sport. Wrestling for Beginners gives novice wrestlers those techniques that serve as the foundation for all wrestling instruction--conditioning, maneuvers, holds, takedowns, counters, strategy, and pinning...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
A Bikers guide to extreme motorsports! Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Riding Motocross!
Is the fact that you would like to learn all about motocross but just don't know how making your life difficult... maybe even miserable?
First, you are NOT alone! It...
by Bob Seebohar, MS, RD
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Bypassing the traditional belief that the nutritional element is only important around the time of athletic competition, this new school” approach highlights the benefits that a year-round, periodized nutrition plan can bring. A variety of training cycles are outlined, accompanied by specific...
by Witfeld, Jan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The sport of Freerunning has developed from it, involving developing and showing off the most creative, extreme, flowing, acrobatic moves possible on obstacles. This book contains precise illustrations for the teaching of all basic techniques, easy to follow movement breakdowns and methodical tips for...
Total Sports Conditioning for Athletes 50+
Workouts for Staying at the Top of Your Game
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Strength Training
Your Ultimate Weight Conditioning Program
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1991
Muscular strength and power: the foundation of total fitness. Now you can improve your total fitness by incorporating strength training into your regular fitness program. Included in this clearly illustrated book are:
Everything you need to know about your muscles and how to train them.
The 5 properties...
Legends of Pro Wrestling
150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Legends of Pro Wrestling offers the first comprehensive look at the entire world of wrestling. With detailed biographies and neverbefore- seen statistics of some of the greatest athletes in the sport, you will be able to read about hundreds of wrestlers, dating back to the mid-1800s. As the first...
The Peak Performance Zone
How to get into The Zone and take your performance to the next level
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2012
Many sports people will say their best performance was the easiest. Why is this? Why should a peak performance feel so much easier than an average one? They were in The Zone! This book contains both theoretical and practical steps that will help you achieve a peak performance more often. The simple,...
by Fred Whittaker
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Contents
Pedestrianism, Walkers vs. Runners, Scientific Walking, Scientific Running, Dress for Pedestrians, Training for a Match, Laying out...
Power Positions
Championship Prescriptions for Ultimate Sports Performance
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Andrea Hudy has trained numerous NCAA national championship teams, elite athletes, and National Basketball Association players. The Wall Street Journal calls her “The Kansas Jayhawks’ Secret Weapon.” In Power Positions, Hudy shares her specific training prescriptions designed to maximize sports...
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Want to have a nice body? Keeping fit may not be good enough. If you like to work out and build muscle, bodybuilding is definitely for you.
It is a well accepted sports in the world. Keeping fit, building and gaining muscles while having a nice body is, perhaps the best sports you can do alone....
Moving Boarders
Skateboarding and the Changing Landscape of Urban Youth Sports
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018
Once considered a kind of delinquent activity, skateboarding is on track to join soccer, baseball, and basketball as an approved way for American children to pass the after-school hours. With family skateboarding in the San Francisco Bay Area as its focus, Moving Boarders explores this switch in stance,...