The book examines the role athletic identity plays in an athlete’s personal, social and professional development. The book also introduces unique stages all athletes enter and exit while involved in sports participation.
The book is designed to provide amateur athletes in all sports with self-help/motivational information intended to help take their overall performance to the next level.
Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian.
To what degree do sports scandals reflect culture at large? How can athletes lead in combating homophobia? The informative edition tackles these questions and debates surrounding athletes as role models.
Either way, it is guaranteed that you will learn something new from reading this book. If you are ready to make a positive change in how you train, play, or compete, this book is for you.
In The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports, Shropshire and Williams draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social ...
Whether young athletes aspire to be football, basketball, soccer, baseball, or some other kind of sports star, this guide to all things athletic can give them a true picture of the life of a superstar athlete.
Metzl, medical director, sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes, and Shookhoff, a writer specializing in education issues, want parents and young athletes to keep a sensible perspective on the benefits of organized sports.
Simple text and photographs depict young people engaged in activities that embody the qualities of an athlete.
"The Ultimate Athlete" helped create the participatory sports boom of the 1970s and 1980s. This revised edition is addressed to a new generation of ultimate athletes.
Heart of an Athlete makes it easy to receive regular spiritual training that won't take over your workout schedule. Here are 90 inspiring devotions written specifically for athletes of every level.
Do you have what it takes to be an athlete? Readers learn about the hard work and dedication that athletes of all levels go through to be healthy and successful.
Using everyday sporting experiences as a foundation, Suzanne Stefanowski Hudd lays out a set of informal rules that athletic team members learn to uphold.
Kid Athletes tells all of their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on every page.
Above all, Something Like the Gods is a lyrical study that will appeal to anyone who has ever imagined themselves in the spikes, boots, or sneakers of our greatest athletes—or wondered why people do.
Appropriate for the weekend athlete as well as the elite, this book is free from the technical jargon that makes many serious training books unpalatable to the average reader, including an entire chapter that addresses the common questions ...
This volume examines the controversies surrounding athlete activism as well as its place in history and contemporary politics.
Second Wind: The Rise of the Ageless Athlete is an absorbing account of a growing subculture of Americans who are challenging the notion of what it means to grow old. Visit the book's Web site at www.SecondWindAthlete.com.
A coordinated series of comprehensive, research-based reviews on factors underlying the performance of children and adolescents involved in competitive sport is presented in this volume.
This unique book provides a practical framework for and coverage of a broad range of mental health concerns applicable to the care of athletes, including depression, suicide, mood disorders, substance abuse and risk-taking behaviors.
-- Fast focus finishes first -- Eye-hand-body coordination -- Visual noise -- Using and expanding your mind's eye -- Lifestyle choices for athletic eyes -- Eye injuries -- Early career exercises -- See to play vision exercises -- See to ...
Tells the life story of athlete Jim Thorpe, star of the 1912 Olympic Games and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Written in graphic-novel format.
"Do you have what it takes to compete against the world's most elite athletes?
Touching on everything from concussion protocols and collective bargaining to amateurism, Title IX’s gender-separate allowance, and conference realignment, this important book is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate ...
In my world, one does not have the luxury of an off-season. . . . This book is a must read for all those striving for the gold."-Arthur M. Blank, CEO and President, The Home Depot "Wow! This is an incredible book.
The High School Athlete: Football is the essential program for any student looking to play football in high school, as well as any coach looking to revolutionize their methods.
* An essential text that defines the medical and scientific aspects of the child and adolescent athlete * Meets the need for a responsible approach to the developing athlete * Covers key concepts in six sections: Growth, Maturation, and ...
This is one journey you won’t want to miss. Includes Goal, Guts and Glory sections, athlete profiles and special contributions from Chaplain to the Champions, John Ashley Null.
With research and stories of elite athletes, The Joyful Athlete tells the joyful "inside story" of sports and exercise.
The three-sport star eventually agrees to sign a contract requiring him to be available as needed in the basis for each sport. He becomes an Athlete for Hire.
The Athlete's Guide to Sports Supplements is for athletes, coaches, and trainers seeking information on safe and legal performance-focused supplements.
"Athlete after athlete in this book found discipline, hope, and inspiration on the playing field, rising above their circumstances.
But because sport is such a powerful metaphor for so many human experiences, it has found its way into artistic traditions all over the world. Part One of this book provides a basic understanding of sport as symbol.
This pioneering book in elite athlete wellbeing brings together the narratives of athletes and wellbeing practitioners in high-performance sport with cutting-edge theorizing from world-leading academics to explore pertinent mental wellbeing ...
This new book is a valuable tool for high school students navigating the recruiting process. Chapters include: -Why Play? -Considering a University -Getting Seen -Scholarship Negotiation -Unsafe Practices -Gender Issues -Racial Issues.
By the end of this book, readers will not only feel a sense of community, but will have an understanding of how to transition successfully by learning how to find mentors, internships, careers and new identities.
Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes provides practitioners with the information needed in order to oversee an athlete monitoring system and to collect, analyze, and interpret monitoring data so that training programs can be ...
When their two worlds collide in seventh grade, fraternal twins and opposites Owen and Russell find themselves in direct competition at school, on the court and at home. Simultaneous.
Ultimately, it's the story of how each of us can discover amazing gifts and talents within ourselves.
They are also of tremendous benefit to young, healthy adults and adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. Most information on nutrition and strength athletes, however, is scattered throughout pamphlet-type publica
This book provides higher education practitioners with the tools they need to effectively work with student-athletes to not only transition to college, but to develop meaningful personal, social, career, and leadership development ...
This book shares Darryll's personal story as well as Second Chance Athletes' signature Transition Roadmap that helps athletes find a new identity and purpose to build a career and/or business they love.
The challenge for the athlete is moving on after the journey. All will experience grief. Some will experience more than others will but there is help. This book describes the process and provides insight for a smoother transition.
Too often potential is lost when a player is not guided correctly or coached intelligently. In this book, Joe Sperle tells how to skip over these pitfalls and move forward in whatever game or sport a person wishes to participate.
Always an Athlete is a comprehensive study of the ways in which athletes climb what author Jenné Blackburn terms "The Mountain"--the journey from youth sports, through high school and college sports, to, finally, professional, and Olympic ...