Water Sports category: 1998 books
by Ben Greenfield
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Getting to the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii can be pretty tough. But with this new book from Ben Greenfield and the Rock Star Triathlete Academy, you'll be instantly equipped with what you need to qualify. This comprehensive manual includes:
- History Of Kona Ironman World...
Swimming for Parents
The Ultimate Education Guide for Swimming Parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
The number one question asked by swimming parents around the world is: How can I help my child be the best swimmer they can possibly be? The answer is now available! You can go from being the new parent on the block, to knowing exactly what to say and do in a way that supports your child and helps them...
Rowing and Sculling
Skills. Training. Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Crowood Sports Guides are the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. These practical, no-nonsense guides will help give you that all-important advantage. Rowing and Sculling...
Men of Kent
Ten Boys, A Fast Boat, and the Coach Who Made Them Champions
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Men of Kent is, first and foremost, an archetypical sports tale—a story of the improbable happening to the unlikely, unfolding against the backdrop of a turbulent era. Both an homage and a unique inside look at the fast-growing sport of rowing, it embraces the sport’s history, traditions, and culture...
NUOTARE GIOCANDO VOL.2
La scoperta dell'ambiente acquatico e il superamento della paura
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 11, 2013
La paura dell'ambiente acquatico è da sempre fonte di forti emozioni da parte dei principianti, genitori e insegnanti che si trovano per la prima volta di fronte al problema di dover apprendere o insegnare l'abbecedario del nuoto. I contenuti di questo eBook evidenziano le problematiche fondamentali...
NUOTARE GIOCANDO VOL.3
La didattica nell’apprendimento della tecnica natatoria
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Questo testo presenta, in forma originale e organica, un'analisi e una riflessione su situazioni pedagogiche e modalità di insegnamento del nuoto in età evolutiva. La concezione formativa del nuoto è l'elemento cardine sul quale i due autori, impegnati in settori formativi...
NUOTARE GIOCANDO VOL.6
Il training nella scuola nuoto. allenare per la salute e per l'educazione
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Il libro tratta della programmazione dell'attività natatoria nella delicata fase di passaggio dalla scuola nuoto all'agonismo; il suo obiettivo è fornire gli elementi necessari per svolgere un'educazione al training razionale, ragionata e consapevole del valore formativo che l'esperienza...
NUOTARE GIOCANDO VOL.1
Agilità e destrezza in acqua
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 10, 2013
I contenuti di questo eBook nascono da un'esperienza non solo condotta nell'ambito sportivo ed agonistico di alto livello, ma anche da interessanti approfondimenti svolti nel settore formativo-educativo sia scolastico che delle società sportive. Il testo è rivolto a tutti coloro che...
by wayne murphy, Ian Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Ian “Kanga” Cairns tells how his dream for surfing to be recognized as a legitimate professional sport became reality. This is one of surfing’s biggest stories now told in two separate volumes. Volume 1 is set in Australia, South Africa and Hawaii’s awesome North Shore. Cairns features with...
by Paul Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
In this rollicking memoir author Paul Stevens recounts his efforts to become an ocean going sailor (at 60), a surfer (at 65), and a skier (at 68), by compensating his complete lack of sporting talent with sheer determination.
Along the way he gets a new body, and a whole new outlook on life.
The...
Course Correction
A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
**“Beautiful and important on many levels, *Course Correction *is about rowing and so much more . . . Ultimately it is about the transforming power of love, and, damnit all, it made me cry.”—Daniel James Brown, author of The Boys in the Boat
“Written with poetic grace and true grit ....
Kiteboarding
Where it's at...
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Over the past fifteen years, the extreme sport of kiteboarding has developed from an unlikely concept into a worldwide phenomenon. Kiteboarding: Where it's at... tracks these changes and looks at the various tangents that the sport has taken.
With stunning photography, each part reviews one...
Duels in the Pool
Swimming’s Greatest Rivalries
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
In the sports world, battles between rivals can be friendly, hotly contested, or even hostile. An individual sport at its core, swimming is defined by iconic rivalries such as those between Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, and Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres. Throughout...
by Martin Cross
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
A raw and emotional look into the personalities behind the incredible success story of British Rowing, as it prepares to face its biggest challenge yet in the London Olympic Games. This revised and updated edition contains one completely new chapter and additions to the 14 original chapters. Set...