The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the heart of popular culture, from an economic mess to a booming entertainment industry that has conquered the world. The changes in the game, ...

Human beings are the 'all-rounders' of the natural world – while they aren't naturally the quickest, biggest or strongest creatures, they can achieve more amazing physical feats than any other animal. Nowhere is this ability more pronounced than in sporting performance, the ideal area for studying the mechanics of a...

This collection featuring chapters by leading international practitioners will offer an introduction to coaching psychology for those new to it, including students, trainees, psychologists, and coaches. Introduction to Coaching Psychology covers key topics, including the background and development of coaching psycho...

Es gibt Spiele, an die erinnert man sich noch Jahre später. Nicht immer sind es großartige Siege – auch schmerzhafte Niederlagen, ein in allerletzter Minute verhinderter Abstieg oder eine für das private Glück schicksalhafte Partie können einen nachträglich ein Leben lang begleiten. Jeder Autor, jede Autorin dieses ...

Afoot & Afield: Atlanta by Marcus Woolf sorts through a myriad hiking opportunities at various parks, wilderness areas and other natural areas around Atlanta. With this book, people can quickly find important information to help them choose the perfect journey, including highlights they'll experience on the trail, t...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Richard A. Serrano's new book American Endurance: Buffalo Bill, the Great Cowboy Race of 1893, and the Vanishing Wild West is history, mystery, and Western all rolled into one. In June 1893, nine cowboys raced across a thousand miles of American prairie to the Chicago Wor...

Originally published in 1910, this handy little book provides you with a wide variety of recipes for outdoor cookery. Fully illustrated and with a wealth of information , advice and comments on camping and cookery, this book would make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with a love of the outdoors.

Use functional training to better prepare for athletic competition. The term “functional training” has been associated with a fair amount of controversy ever since it became part of the fitness training vernacular more than a decade ago. In Functional Training Anatomy, noted strength and conditioning specialists Kev...

In Baseball: The Golden Age, Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills explore the glorious era when the game truly captured the American imagination, with such legendary figures as Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb in the spotlight. Beginning with the formation of the two major leagues in 1903, when baseball officially entered ...

"Barry Bonds is a Hall of Famer. At some point, the best players of their era have to be enshrined. Period. It’s part of our game’s history." ーTrevor Bauer, 2020 National League Cy Young Award Winner Sportswriter K. P. Wee asks the question that many MLB fans have been thinkingーShould Barry Bonds be in the Basebal...

Concentration is the key to mastering golf. It is much more than the ability to remain focused on the golf shot or to visualize it. Given that virtually no golf training book has received extensive training in golf psychology, allow me to share some tips in this GUIDE for maximizing focus on the golf course using th...

Originally developed by Vitór Frade, at the University of Porto, Tactical Periodization is a methodology - popularized by coaches such as José Mourinho and Andre Villas Boas - that trains soccer players through a logical process that focuses on four moments of the game. These four moments are: Offensive Organisation...

The brilliant, inspirational next book by the author of the incredible No. 1 bestseller FIRST MAN IN. Without fear, there’s no challenge. Without challenge, there’s no growth. Without growth, there’s no life. Ant Middleton is no stranger to fear: as a point man in the Special Forces, he confronted fear on a daily ba...

This book is written by Ralph Eckert, Jorgen Sandman, and Andreas Huber. As a training workbook it is used and recommended by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) as well as the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). It includes the official WPA Playing Ability Test (PAT) for advanced to world class player...

". . . the perfect place to begin, or continue, your education." --Sailing Whether you are shopping for a used fiberglass boat or prioritizing maintenance tasks on the one you already own, this book saves money--and perhaps even disaster. With clear step-by-step drawings and instructions, Don Casey explains how to r...

Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is one of the superstars of the NBAーand a Gold Medal winner at the Bejing Olympicsーbut he’s A Father First. In this moving and triumphant memoir, Wade shares his inspiring thoughts about fathers and sons, writing poignantly about the gratifying responsibilities of being a single dad t...