category: athletes

Biography Today: Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers

... Anchorman and Talladega Nights Ferrell's next big success came in the movie Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy ( 2004 ) . Long before he scored the dual successes of Old School and Elf , Ferrell had been co - writing a screenplay ...

Biography Today: Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers

Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers. FURTHER READING Books Hamilton , Bethany , with Sheryl Berk and Rick Bundschuh . Soul Surfer ... Online Articles http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/surfer ( Time for Kids Online , “ Meet Bethany ...

Sport Physiology for Coaches

... static contraction . Rock climbers may use sport - specific exercises to develop isometric finger and wrist strength ... static contractions • Isotonics , or same - weight resistance train- ing • Isokinetics , or same - speed , variable ...

Soviet Olympic Death Rate, National Discrimination, and the Ukrainian Issue: Smoloskyp at the Olympics

... weightlifting , 1973 , 39 ; Volody . myr Kuts , track , 1975 , 48 ; Yurly ... Olympic basketball gold medal over the United States . Six years later ... program was not taken seriously until repeated by the more objective English ...

Doing Sport Psychology

... Case records also act as refresher notes to go over before the next meeting ... SOAP , each letter standing for a part of the record . The S ( subjective ) ... notes will most likely be substantially longer than the usual notes for a tenth ...

Black Sports

... Arena , was sold out shortly after tickets went on sale April 1 . NFL'S HUMANITARIAN Denver's Floyd Little , small by pro standards at 5'11 " and 195 pounds , is the biggest man in the National Football ... DEFENSIVE PLAYBOOK The Louisville ...

The Super-athletes

... Monte Saldo , who was later to be associated with Sick in business , decided that the Bavarian athlete should have a name more in con- formity with English usage . Accordingly , they shortened his two names into one : Maxick . While ...

Sports Babylon

... champion , for showing dangerous signs of " materialistic interests " . Not ... heart disease and premature ageing . Further evidence is now coming from the courts . Coaches and doctors from two clubs , Dynamo Berlin and TSC ... heart . Details ...

Practical Sports Nutrition

... recovery ) Reliance on carbohydrate - rich foods with a low glycemic index Prolonged , strenuous exercise during the recovery period Muscle glycogen storage ( mmol / kg ww ) 120. intake after exercise it occurs at a low rate ( hourly ...

The Coach's Playbook Against Drugs: Portable Guide

... Fellowship of Christian Athletes 8709 Leeds Road Kansas City , MO 64129 816-921-0909 Internet : www.gospelcom.net/fca/ The Fellowship's " One Way to Play " ( OW2P ! ) offers young people a compre- hensive program aimed at positive ...

The Mind's Eye: The Evolution of the Athlete's Skills and Consciousness

... Mind, Beginner's Mind. 1st ed. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1970. Syer, John. Team Spirit: The Elusive Experience. London, UK: Kingswood Press, 1986. Takuan, Soho, and William Scott Wilson. The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master ...

Diets Designed for Athletes

... peak in the male body in the late teens and early 20s and then steadily decline . The stress of intense training tends to further depress hormone levels . Male strength ... sexual desire , think of the consequences on your body's ability to ...

The Sports Immortals: Deifying the American Athlete

... great mother to the position of Olympian leadership . Erich Neumann says these matriarchal societies were characterized by a " universal symbolic formula , " which he gives as this : Woman - body - vessel - world Therefore in ...

Case Studies in Sport Psychology

... Lisa gave Matt the name of her friend , Andrew Benton , a sport psychology ... Lisa wanted me to talk to you . My weight lifting career is over , and I just need to face the fact that I'm going ... case . 170 CASE STUDIES IN SPORT PSYCHOLOGY.

The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition

... words, BCAAs may not offer any advantage over carbohydrate drinks taken during exercise ... enzymes and increase the risk of atherosclerosis and cancer. High levels of free radicals are also associated ... related diseases such as heart disease ...

Sport Nutrition for Health and Performance

... transport protein , both within the cell and across cell membranes . However ... review articles by Turcotte and colleagues ( 1995 ) ; Cortright and ... exercise • Availability of stored carbohydrate or amount of carbohydrate fed during ...

Black Sports

... ASHE Wimbledon , first of all . You win at Wimbledon and you're going to be ... forum is picked . And the results can be counter - produc- tive . But you ... forum very carefully . BLACK SPORTS : Have you picked a forum ? ASHE : Well , I ...

Raising the Bar

The Olympic gold medalist shares the story of her life and how the people in her life helped to allow her to persevere and reach her dreams.

Great Athletes

... How Life Imitates Chess : Making the Right Moves , from the Board to the Boardroom . New York : Bloomsbury , 2007 . Kasparov , Garry , and Dmitry Plisetsky . Garry Kas- parov on Modern Chess , Part One : Chess Revolution in the ...

Velocity-Based Training: How to Apply Science, Technology, and Data to Maximize Performance

... training. Jidovtseff, B., Harris, N.K., Crielaard, J.M., and J.B. Cronin. 2011. “Using the Load–Velocity Relationship for 1RM Prediction.” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 25(1):267-270. Juggernaut Training Systems. 2019 ...

Sports in America: Fascination and Blemishes

... salary of athletic coaches was pegged to regular academic teaching and administrative scales . That approach tended to relate athletic compensation to the academic teaching and research functions . Nick Saban , the football coach at ...

Advances in Functional Training

FITNESS TRAINING. This new book presents the continued evolution of functional training. Ten sections present everything a strength coach or personal trainer may need to understand modern training theory.

Latino Athletes

... son of De La Hoya's trainer, Floyd Mayweather, Sr.—on the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo (May 5) 2007. Further Reading Kawakami, Tim. Golden Boy ... online. URL: http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_ display.php?boxer_id=008253. Downloaded on ...

Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists

... Brad Gilbert and Steve Jamison's entertainingly written Winning Ugly ( New York : Simon and Schuster , 1993 ) provides not only excellent instruction on the art of tennis but a great deal of information on Gilbert's career as a player ...

Biography Today: Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers

... Rats Saw God , 1996 Slave Day , 1997 Doing Time : Notes from the Undergrad , 1997 Satellite Down , 1998 Green Thumb ... Rats Saw God Best Books for Young Adults ( American Library Association ) : 1997 , for Rats Saw God ; 1998 , for ...

German Sports, Doping, and Politics: A History of Performance Enhancement

While sports historians will find this book of great interest, it is also a significant study for anyone who wants to look beyond the surface of sports and doping as reported by the media."

Why Be a Champion?

... Killer instinct ? TAC On many occasions , we hear of games or matches where the athlete did not have the killer instinct to win the game . This lack of the killer instinct gave the opponent the opportunity to turn the game around and ...

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