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Legendary cricket writer Scyld Berry celebrates his reporting of 500 Test matches in this unique portrait of English cricket culture.

The famous artist and cartoonist Norman Thelwell's guide on how to draw horses and ponies. Full of tips and advice from an expert.

Guidebook to walking the Great Glen Way, a 79 mile National Trail along the Caledonia Canal from Fort William to Inverness. Easily walked within a week in all seasons, the Great Glen Way is an ideal introduction to long-distance walking in Scotland. The route is described in both directions, and a separate OS 1:25K mapping booklet is included.

Track all your winning shots and greatest moments with The Golf Scorecard, a smartly designed journal with a year-round calendar and spaces for tracking scores, goals, stats, and more.

Be the best soccer parent you can be For kids of all ages, soccer builds resiliency, sportsmanship, and coordination-and it's a whole lot of fun. This book helps parents like you learn the basics of the game, make sure your kids have the right gear, understand the levels of play, and help kids enjoy their sport, regardless of their level. Parents of young kids will learn how to get them started and help them practice. You can even become a coach or a referee! For parents of older players, this guide is a go-to resource on elite youth play, scholarships, and beyond. Inside... Learning basic soccer rules Choosing a soccer program Practice drills and resources Clubs and training camps Understanding the cost to play Helping kids stay motivated Tips for fitness and health Looking at college soccer

Praise for Hurdle¿isms "I love this book so much! I've been listening to Clint share his 'Hurdle-isms' filled with wit and wisdom for years and now we all get to benefit from his greatest hits. Pun intended. Everyone needs to read this book!" -JON GORDONAward-winning author of The Energy Bus and The Power of Positive Leadership "Clint Hurdle has a way of saying things that stick. His 'Hurdle-isms,' spawned from a storied MLB career and a life that's had its share of uphill climbs, are small enough to fit in your pocket and big enough to change the trajectory of your life. An astute observer of both human nature and the game of baseball, Hurdle has taken copious notes along the way. He lives to pass them on." -SHERRI COALE Hall of Fame Women's Basketball Coach and author of Rooted to Rise "I had the pleasure of playing for Clint for 9 years. Over those years I learned a lot of 'Hurdle-isms.' Many of them have carried me throughout my career and I find myself telling my peers about it as well. You see, that's the best part about 'Hurdle-isms'-they stay with you forever. I hope this book helps you as much as Clint has helped me throughout the years." -ANDREW McCUTCHEN MLB All-Star, 2013 National League MVP

Taking adventurous sailors and armchair travellers on a series of visually rich maritime adventures around some of the most beautiful islands, bays and harbours in the world.

Offering a variety of meals and drinks to level-up your next tailgate or Super Bowl party, Kickoff Kitchen is the cookbook for anyone obsessed with football and the feasts that game day brings to the table.

Revolution Racing has its first ever all female team, and rookie Savannah Hart is ready to prove herself. Even though Savi grew up on a ranch in Wyoming, she's happiest on the racetrack. But can she stop her secret relationship with country music megastar, Jesse Motalvo, from distracting her from winning the championship?Marco De Luca is an all-star driver, and a hopeless romantic at heart. He agrees to be in a fake relationship with Savi to keep the press off the scent of her famous boyfriend, but he certainly couldn't have predicted how hard it would be to push his feelings aside when he falls for her for real.Things start to go wrong between Savi and Jesse, and Marco is there to steer her in the right direction. But will Savi ever realise that she and Marco could be a winning partnership, both on and off the track?

From the bestselling author of The Master, an intimate biography of tennis's living legend Rafael Nadal, and the first to cover his entire career.

TeachingAdults to Swim utilises the Flash Aquatic Swim technique and is the perfect guide for swimming instructors. It comes complete with lesson plans, tips and advice to help adult swimming students overcome their fears.

Hands-On Yoga Assists: A Teacher’s Guide to the Rubber Band Method® provides yoga teachers training on how to offer safe touch in the classroom. The content covers the benefits of assists, safety, stances to use, how to read tissues, and how to safeguard touch for those who may have suffered trauma.

Principles and Methods of Adapted Physical Education, 13th Edition, is an evidence-based, pedagogically focused resource with practical information and resources to prepare educators to deliver effective, legally sound, and evidence-based adapted physical education services. It incorporates the Adapted Physical Education National Standards.

Everything you need to know about the racket sport craze sweeping the globe - from rules and strategy, to pro stats and celebrity picklers.It doesn't matter if you've yet to pick up a paddle - we bet you've heard of pickleball. The sport is everywhere, and not just because of its memorable name. People across the globe are taking up pickleball as their hobby of choice, and they're doing so in droves. In the United States alone, millions of people play the sport. And other countries are following suit - from Samoa to the United Arab Emirates, from Cameroon to Colombia, and nearly everywhere else in between. This little book - like your local pickleball league - has something for everyone. Newbies can learn the rules, intermediate players can pick up strategy, and pickleball pros can discover which celebrity picklers to look for at their next tournament. It's even got a pickle-tionary at the back so you won't miss a beat. So, read on - and then head to the court to put your pickleball prowess to the test. Gemini Pockets From little guides to soothe your soul to all-access passes to the lives of pop icons, and from quizzes and puzzles for literature lovers to books on food, nature, fashion, and more, Gemini Pockets are the perfect fit for your life and interests.

'Head in the game provides illuminating insights that could come only from a diverse group of experts. Each chapter offers a nuanced analysis of oft-overlooked dimensions of sports concussion. Timely and important, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the cultural and social dynamics contributing to a health issue that is increasingly framed as a crisis in sport.' Professor Kathryn Henne, The Australian National University Head in the game brings together scholars from across the humanities, social sciences and scientific disciplines to critically examine one of the most vexing issues in global sport: concussion. Internationally, there are growing concerns that repeated brain trauma puts athletes at risk of long- and short-term neurological damage. These concerns have created a crisis for sport, the solutions to which remain elusive despite the best efforts of the scientific and medical communities. Head in the game argues that science and medicine alone cannot solve the concussion crisis: sociocultural factors must also be considered. This edited collection draws attention to the ways in which social, cultural, historical, political, literary, philosophical and legal factors have shaped the concussion crisis in sport. By employing a socioecological framework, the book reveals a tangled web of sociocultural factors that influence concussion-related attitudes, behaviours and policy. Featuring a fully referenced introduction and conclusion, and fourteen essays written by leading international scholars, Head in the game provides readers with opportunities to examine sports concussion from new and sometimes unexpected angles. This innovative book is essential reading for those who want to understand how the concussion crisis came to be, and provides guidance for developing ethical and evidence-based solutions in the future.

Transform cheerleading with this powerful guide to creating a safe, empowering culture. Combining safeguarding, leadership, and culture change, it equips coaches and gym owners with practical tools to prioritise athlete welfare, foster psychological safety, and futureproof the sport. Are you ready to lead the change?

Let love take the reins in this gorgeous ride through the secret lives of the British aristocracy...

This open access book provides cutting-edge work on machine learning in sports analytics, emphasizing the integration of computer vision, data analytics, and machine learning to redefine strategic sports analysis. This book not only covers the essential methodologies of capturing and analyzing real sports data but also pioneers the integration of real-world analytics with digital modeling, advancing the field toward sophisticated digital modeling in sports.Through a seamless blend of theoretical frameworks and practical applications, the book illustrates how these integrated technologies can be utilized to predict, evaluate, and suggest next plays in sports. By leveraging the power of machine learning, the book presents cutting-edge approaches to sports analytics, where data from actual games is enhanced with predictive simulations for strategic planning and decision-making. The use of digital modeling in sports opens up new dimensions of interaction between the physical play and its digital analysis, offering a comprehensive understanding that was previously unattainable.This book is an essential read for postgraduates, researchers, and technologists, who are interested in sports analysts. The book consists of five parts: Part I, which comprises a single chapter exploring the fundamentals and scope of learning-based sports analytics; Parts II, III, IV, and V review the various aspects of this field, including data acquisition with computer vision, predictive analysis and play evaluation with machine learning, potential play evaluation with learning-based agent modeling, and future perspectives and ecosystems on the field. This structure provides a comprehensive overview that will engage and inform researchers and practitioners interested in the intersection of analytical research and cutting-edge technology in sports.

In recent years, football has become an important field for institutional change and political steering in China. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has placed football at the centre of its national rejuvenation agenda, seeking to transform the country into a powerful sports nation. However, this ambitious plan has triggered a series of contentious interactions between party-state actors, international and local socio-economic actors, who often have to strike a delicate balance between political expectations, market dynamics and human rights.The Politics of Football in the People's Republic of China delves into the intricate world of Chinese football politics and offers a comprehensive analysis of how the sport has become a locus for achieving broader social, economic and political goals. The book examines the implications of the Chinese party-state's institutional transformation efforts towards 'top-level design' in this policy field, which aim to centralise and hierarchise policy-making authorities. It also uses detailed case studies to investigate the Chinese party-state's attempts at political steering, including international sport diplomatic interactions as well as interactions with Chinese social and economic actors.From the spectacular rise and fall of Mesut Özil's popularity in China to the controversial campus football initiatives to nurture future generations, this book explores how the Chinese party-state's governing practices intersect with the global football industry. It critically assesses the successes and failures of the football reforms, the challenges faced by foreign actors engaging with Chinese football, and the evolving nature of the sport as an arena for playing out (geo)political conflicts.Whether you are interested in Chinese politics, football and sport, or the relationship between sport and politics, this book offers valuable insights into the multifaceted world of Chinese football in the Xi Jinping era.Ilker Gündöan is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany. He's also a fellow at the EU*Asia Institute of the ESSCA School of Management, France, and an affiliate researcher at the Centre for EU-Asia Connectivity at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.