Let's say you're the manager of one of the oldest and most beloved franchises in Major League baseball, with every past and current player available in the dugout.
Combining the latest research, wide experience, and tips from tour pros, Cohn shows in this practical guide what peak performance is and how it can be achieved; how to learn the confidence that unlocks your best play; and techniques designed to improve concentration and emotional control in pressure situations.
Author Ted Kluck found, online, a community of computer nerds and football enthusiasts so rooted in the past and so uninterested in the future that they have created algorithms and computer software that can accurately simulate football games, seasons, and careers using fields of data that already exist on the thousands of players who have suited up in the National Football League.
The fifth in Diamond Communications' "e;Little Book"e; series, The Giants Fan's Little Book of Wisdom combines history, quotes, facts, and humor and gives fans of the San Francisco Giants 101 reasons to laugh, reminisce, and celebrate the game and the team they love.
More than three decades ago, the film Field of Dreams made grown men cry with its tale of a sons quest to know his father through the magic of baseball.
Before multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the belief in playing simply "e;for the love of the game.
On the sixtieth anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform the city.
The Immaculate Inning shines a light on the miracle of baseball's endless possibilitythe way that on any given day, someone (maybe a star, or maybe a scrub) could perform the rarest of single-game feats or cap off a seemingly unobtainable chase for a record.
John Wooden was arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all time, a teacher as well as mentor whose handiwork produced a dynasty bridging the 1960s and 1970s.
Bill Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in 1972 Virginia.
Twenty top Major League Baseball players share stories about life off the field and their favorite foodswith nearly 100 full-color photos and more than 60 easy-to-make recipesBaseball and food are two of lifes uncomplicated pleasures, stirring up sizzling passion across all generations.
He was a small-town boy who burst onto the international golf scene with a dramatic hook shot from deep in the woods to win the Masters before the game he loved almost killed him.
In the nearly 120-year history of the New York Yankees, fans have been treated to countless firststhe first Yankee to hit a home run in the original Yankee Stadium (Babe Ruth), the first to hit a homer in the current stadium (Jorge Posada), the first Cy Young Award winner (Bob Turley), the first to hit for the Triple Crown (Lou Gehrig), and the first to amass 3,000 hits (Derek Jeter).
Clint Castleberry was already an Atlanta-area football sensation when he arrived at Georgia Tech in 1942, and in one meteoric college season he became a national sports hero as well.
Este libro nace con la intención de cubrir un hueco del que soy consciente desde el momento en el que comencé a interesarme por el tenis playa o beach tennis.
L'esperat llibre de La Sotana (Joel Díaz, Manel Vidal, Magí García, Andreu Juanola i Enric Gusó)Una extensa enciclopèdia de més de 400 pàgines, totalment il·lustrada, que reuneix totes les personalitats i els conceptes claus de la història del Futbol Club Barcelona.
Detaillierte Porträts der wichtigsten Tennis-Ikonen, verblüffende Statistiken und bemerkenswerte Tennisrekorde - "Spiel, Satz und Sieg" bietet Ihnen eine unterhaltsame Mischung der interessantesten Daten und Fakten aus der Tenniswelt: eben alles, was ein echter Tennis-Fan schon immer wissen wollte.
Este libro propone, a través de un abordaje etnográfico, analizar los sentidos que tiene la violencia para los miembros de una hinchada de fútbol, comúnmente llamados "Barras Bravas".
The Seventh Inning Stretch, by noted baseball expert Josh Pahigian addresses all of the most interesting baseball arguments, however frivolous, that fans have been engaging in for decades, and even a few they may have never stopped to consider before.
Themost entertaining and comprehensiveguide to every baseball fan's dream road tripincluding every new ballpark since the 2004 editionrevised and completely updated!
A collection ofghost storiescollected from baseballplayers, stadium personnel, umpires, front-office folks, and fans, whichexplores the sometimes amusing and sometimes spooky connection between baseball and the paranormal.
