This book examines Japan's Heisei era through the lens of the crisis in Japanese professional baseball of 2004, challenging the narrative of decline that dominates the discourse on the period.
This book explores various social, cultural, political and economic issues through the lenses of various sport mega-events in the twenty-first century, including the Olympic Games, and the World Cup and European Championships in football.
American Football: Die Carolina Panthers erzählt die Geschichte des Teams aus Charlotte von der Gründung 1995 bis in die Gegenwart – inklusive aller Höhen und Tiefen.
Learning from Serial Winning Coaches provides performance coaches and directors, coach developers, and researchers with the knowledge and tools to affirm and challenge policy and practice and conduct further research to inform future policy and practice in the identification, recruitment, and development of performance coaches.
This book brings together academic work on Special Olympics and specifically on the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in various sport contexts and other areas of life, by ways of both empirical research and theoretically informed papers.
In the fourth book in the acclaimed Turf Wars series, veteran journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue chronicles the competitive history of football in Yorkshire.
Major league baseball's first Ambassador for Inclusion shares "e;a passionate memoir of the challenges [he] faced as a closeted gay athlete"e; (Sports Illustrated).
'Powerful and thoughtful' Don McRae, Guardian'A fascinating and incredibly honest insight into the pressurised life of an elite athlete, on and off the pitch' Piers MorganRAW.
Als Katharina Möller im Frühjahr 2017 ihr Buch zum pferdegerechten Longieren ohne Hilfszügel veröffentlichte, schuf sie ein Standardwerk zu den Basics dieses Trainings.
Este libro es una compilación de treinta y nueve columnas escritas por Arturo Núñez del Prado D, publicadas entre julio de 2022 y julio de 2023 en el portal www.
What more could you ask for, than a book stuffed like an overfilled rucksack with tips and tricks from one of the world's most celebrated adventurers from pitching a tent, leading a team, how to keep fit, tie knots, memorise facts, identify trees, stars and birds, as well as learning real survival skills like putting up a tent in the wild and stashing your breakfast in ground to keep it hot for the next morning?
A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Richard Deitsch, a media reporter at The Athletic and a former Sports Illustrated writer, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports.
Shi Heng Yi eröffnet mit diesem Buch Einsichten in einer bisher unveröffentlichten Form der Shaolin-Tradition – anwendbare Praktiken für das alltägliche Leben, untermauert mit Sichtweisen, um Bekanntes neu zu erkennen.
Descubriendo el Potencial: Una Puerta hacia el Éxito en el PadelEn el vasto mundo del deporte, el talento ejerce una fuerza poderosa que impulsa a los jugadores a alcanzar nuevos niveles de rendimiento.
This expanded second edition traces the development and popularity of the sportscast highlight--the dominant news frame in the crowded medium of electronic sports journalism--as the primary means of communicating about sports and athletes.
Falcon fishing originally arose as a means of obtaining food, like the rest of the fishing, then this practice developed with the time of time until it was linked to the preservation of nature, and it became part of the cultural heritage and social participation within societies and among them.
Für alle Schwierigkeitsgrade: Das Standardwerk für KlettererOb Sie fürs Bouldern in der Halle trainieren, oder für ausgedehnte Klettertouren im Freien: Mit der richtigen Technik klettert es sich leichter!
National Hunt Champion trainer Nicky Henderson OBE shares behind-the-scenes stories of the dozen most extraordinary thoroughbreds that have defined his glittering career.
La importancia de las categorizaciones del género y basadas en el género se afianza en el mundo de los deportes como en ninguna otra dimensión de la cultura o la sociedad del siglo XXI.
This international compilation offers a range of potential solutions to case studies that cover pertinent issues within a variety of performance environments.
The Reeds Western Almanac covers the coastline from Cape Wrath to Padstow as well as the whole of Ireland, and is ideal for any boater lucky enough to cruise and race in the superb waters off the coast of Wales, Western Scotland, Ireland or Western England.
Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the National Football League for over seven decades, documenting its heroes, villains, great characters, and iconic moments.
Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: A Truly Wonderful Collection of Horseracing Trivia is filled with improbable facts and mind-boggling trivia that will test and tease every horseracing enthusiast.
The Reeds Channel Almanac covers the south coast of England from the Scilly Isles to Dover, the Channel Islands and northern France from Calais to L'Aberildut, offering cruising and racing yachtsmen ready access to essential navigation information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format.
Cricket' s Fifty Most Important Moments charts the sport' s long, colourful and sometimes controversial history, delving into its most significant moments on and off the cricket field.
Mit Fahrrad und Boot bis ans Ende der Welt: Eine atemberaubende Reise nach Tschukotka Im äußersten Nordosten Russlands liegt mitten in der sibirischen Tundra die autonome Grenzregion Tschukotka, eine der abgelegensten und einsamsten Gegenden der Welt: Erklärtes Sehnsuchtsziel des Extrem-Radlers Richard Löwenherz, der mit seinem ersten Buch weit über die Radreiseblog-Szene hinaus als "lonely traveller" bekannt wurde.