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At the Plate With... Ken Griffey Jr.
by Matt ChristopherThis biography of Ken Griffey Jr. includes his stats, and a list of career highlights of the charismatic outfielder. Matt Christopher explores the paths Griffey has traveled, the hardships he has overcome, and the highs and lows of his career.
At the Plate with...Marc McGwire (At the Plate with…)
by Matthew F ChristopherAt the start of the 1998 major league baseball season, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hit a home run. In the games that followed, he did it again. And again. And again. And again. By the end of the season, in late September, he had done the hardest thing in baseball an earth-shattering seventy times. He didn't just break the decades-old single-season home-run record set by Roger Maris in 1961-he shattered it. And by doing so, he not only set a new benchmark for players to strive for, but also reminded people that baseball is fun, a game to be enjoyed, with heroes who play for the love of the sport, not for the love of money. In this powerful biography of the most talked-about man in baseball, Matt Christopher, the number one sports series for kids, explores the slugger's childhood days on the diamond as well as the ups and downs of his college and professional career.
At the Plate with...Mo Vaughn: At the Plate with...
by Matthew F ChristopherReviews the life of the talented slugger Mo Vaughn.
At the Plate with... Sammy Sosa
by Matthew F ChristopherThroughout the 1998 baseball season, two names made the headlines more than any others: Mark McGwire, the eventual home run king, and Sammy Sosa, the runner-up in a race that won the hearts of baseball fans worldwide. Yet at the end of the day, it was Sosa who walked away with the National League's MVP award, not McGwire. Why? Because Sosa had dug the dismal 1997 Chicago Cubs out of the cellar not just with his home runs, but also with his spectacular all-around play. Yet Sosa's contributions off the field, both in the States and in his native land, the Dominican Republic, are even more impressive. In this powerful biography of one of the most admired sluggers in baseball, Matt Christopher, the number one sports series for kids, traces Sosa's life from his poverty-stricken childhood-when shining shoes put food on the table-to his professional career.
The Atami Dragons
by David KlassAfter the death of Jerry's mother, his father takes the family to Japan for a summer, where Jerry suffers from boredom and loneliness until he discovers the local high school baseball team.
Atenas en juego (El mundo de Olympia #Volumen 5)
by Almudena Cid¡No te pierdas las nuevas aventuras de Olympia, la chica que sueña con ser gimnasta olímpica! Sueños, amor, amistad y aventura... Para alcanzar su sueño de ir a los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas, Olympia deberá enfrentarse a una agotadora serie de controles y competiciones impuestas por la Selección: solo una de las gimnastas españolas tendrá la oportunidad de participar en los Juegos. Olympia deberá esforzarse al máximo, pero por suerte contará con la ayuda y el apoyo de sus amigos para enfrentarse a un gran dilema... ¿Cuál es su camino y hasta dónde está dispuesta a llegar por sus sueños?
Athlete Activism: Contemporary Perspectives (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
by Rory MagrathThis book examines the phenomenon of athlete activism across all levels of sport, from elite and international sport, to collegiate and semi-pro, and asks what this tells us about the relationship between sport and wider society. With contributions from scholars around the world, the book presents a series of fascinating case studies, including the activism of world-famous athletes such as Serena Williams, Megan Rapinoe and Raheem Sterling. Covering a broad range of sports, from the National Football League (NFL) and Australian Rules, to fencing and the Olympic Games, the book sheds important light on some of the most important themes in the study of sport, including gender, power, racism, intersectionality and the rise of digital media. It also considers the financial impact on athletes when they take a stand and the psychological impact of activism and how that might relate to sports performance. It has never been the case that ‘sport and politics don’t mix’, and now, more than ever, the opposite is true. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the politics or sociology of sport, the politics of protest, social movements or media studies.
The Athlete and Their Mechanisms of Defense: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Sport Psychology
by Tom FerraroThis important book explores the way athletes use defense mechanisms and coping skills to manage both the internal and external stress faced in competitive sport. Covering a range of case studies across various sports, the text showcases a taxonomy of immature, neurotic and mature defences available to the athlete and describes the benefits and drawbacks of each.A clear introductory section defines what defense mechanisms are and how they impact performance such as shame, anxiety, despair, memories of previous losses or fantasies about winning. Applying a psychoanalytic approach in line with the ideas of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Fenichel, Leo Rangel, George Valliant and many others, the author uses each case study to connect the defense mechanism under investigation with the world of the athlete. Focused on delivering research-based evidence, the book helps readers deepen their understanding of the different types of defense mechanisms used by athletes across the globe, as the author explains what causes them, and recommends techniques for developing effective coping skills. Each chapter of the book also includes a reflective section that challenges the reader to think about how they can help athletes to grow and develop healthy defense mechanisms in any stage of their career.This invaluable text is geared towards the practitioners, researchers, psychoanalysts and students in sport psychology who wish to look more deeply into why athletes struggle. It is also an ideal resource for athletes interested in understanding ways to cope with the unrelenting, exciting and at times overwhelming pressure of competitive sports.
The Athlete Apperception Technique: Manual and Materials for Sport and Clinical Psychologists (Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science)
by Daryl B. Marchant Mark B. Andersen Petah M. GibbsAs the field of sport psychology has matured, so a greater appreciation for a diversity of training models, research methodologies, and therapeutic approaches, opposed to the dominant models of objective testing, has developed. The Athlete Apperception Technique (AAT) sets out a sport-specific projective test for practitioners working in sport and exercise service delivery or counselling work with athletes and coaches. This innovative book includes a basic primer on projective methods and the psychoanalytic theory behind them; a history of projective, storytelling instruments in clinical psychology; the development of the image set for the AAT; some examples of interpreting AAT image stories; instructions for the administration of the AAT; a scoring guide for the stories produced; and in-depth descriptions of the stimulus properties of each image in the AAT, along with all images presented as full-page illustrations. The AAT will help sport practitioners identify and assess personality features, relationships, anxieties, achievement, motivation, and perfectionism, and augment the recent shift in orientation for service delivery to athletes and provide a more in-depth understanding of athletes’ characters. The AAT is useful supplementary reading for students of sport psychology and a novel tool for any practicing sport psychologist.
Athlete Learning in Elite Sport: A Cultural Framework (Routledge Research in Sports Coaching)
by Natalie Barker-RuchtiElite athletes lead a particular way of life, which creates significant learning and shapes their selves. This is the first sociological-pedagogical text to conceptualise athlete learning in elite sport and across athletic careers. It outlines theories of learning and argues for a cultural perspective capturing contextual influence, temporal changes, individual dispositions, and subjectivity. Presented in three parts—landscaping elite sport and theorising athlete learning; showcasing athletes’ learning in elite sport; and informing research and practice—the book features nine international, multi-contextual, and multi-experience case studies of athlete careers, experiences, and learning across individual and team sports such as boxing, rugby, basketball, hockey, and gymnastics. This is fascinating reading for students, researchers, and practitioners in sport organisations, sports coaching, coach education, and sport sociology and pedagogy.
Athlete to Triathlete: The Ultimate Triathlon Training Plan for Sprint and Olympic Races
by Marni Sumbal MS, RD, CSSDGo the distance—a triathlon training guide for athletes Maybe you love to run, swam competitively in high school, or enjoy riding your bike. Perhaps you're looking for a fun, new athletic challenge? Whatever the case is, you're in the right place. Athlete to Triathlete delivers the ultimate triathlon training plan for Sprint and Olympic races to help you gain the fitness and confidence to complete your first race—and enjoy doing it. Transition from a single to a multisport athlete with advice on everything from injury prevention and mental fitness to pro tips for mastering each sport. The up-to-date information and expert guidance make your training journey and race day experience safe, fun, and memorable. This triathlon training book includes: Triathlon 101—All the triathlon-specific information you need to know, including helpful features like gear checklists, transition tips, and race day rules. Training beyond the basics—The chapters provide simple-to-understand details on training fundamentals, stretching exercises, and advice tailored to runners, cyclists, and swimmers. 12-week training plans—Follow a detailed, day-by-day training plan for either a Sprint or Olympic distance race. When you're ready to race in your first triathlon, grab a copy of Athlete to Triathlete and complete the race with confidence.
Athlete Transitions into Retirement: Experiences in Elite Sport and Options for Effective Support (Routledge Psychology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity)
by Deborah AgnewTransitions in sport can be either normative (relatively predictable) or non-normative (less predictable) and are critical times in the development of athlete’s careers. While retirement from sport is inevitable, the timing of retirement can be less predictable. If an athlete copes well with the transition they may be better able to adjust to life after sport. However, not coping with the transition can lead to a crisis and negative consequences for the athlete. Transition periods from sport and in particular retirement from sport have been identified as high-risk periods for athletes in terms of psychological distress. However, circumstances surrounding the athlete’s retirement are a critical factor in the transition into life after sport. Voluntarily retiring from sport for example, leads to a smoother transition than being forced into retirement through injury or deselection. Research indicates that retirement from sport should be seen as a process rather than a single moment, with many athletes taking up to two years to successfully transition out of sport. Currently, there are few bodies of work that are solely devoted to retirement transition. Athlete Transitions into Retirement: Experiences in Elite Sport and Options for Effective Support provides contemporary viewpoints on athlete transitions from elite sport in a global context. This volume is a collaboration of research from leading authors around the world, offering global perspectives to athlete transitions into retirement and is key reading for both researchers and practitioners in the fields of Sport Psychology and Coaching as well as the Athletes themselves.
Athlete Vs. Mathlete
by W. C. MackOwen Evans lights up the scoreboards. His brother, Russell, rocks the school boards. These twin brothers couldn't be more different. They've long kept the peace by going their separate ways, but all that is about to change. The new basketball coach recruits Russell for the seventh grade team and a jealous Owen has to fight to stay in the game. When someone tries to steal Russell's spot as captain of the mathlete team, will the two be able to put aside their differences in order to save his position? Or will they be sidelined? Perfect for fans of Matt Christopher and Andrew Clements alike, this is a lighthearted and hilarious look at what happens when brains meets brawn meets basketball.
Athletes Against War: Muhammad Ali, Bill Walton, Carlos Delgado, and More (Sports Illustrated Kids: Activist Athletes)
by Elliott SmithActivists take a stand. They speak out and demand change. From legendary boxer Muhammad Ali to baseball star Carlos Delgado, readers discover the pro athletes who have affected change by speaking out against war and its impact on society.
The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies: 1,001 Doctor-Approved Health Fixes and Injury-Prevention Secrets for a Leaner, F itter, More Athletic Body!
by Jordan Metzl Mike ZimmermanIdentify, treat, and—most important—prevent common debilitating sports injuries and medical conditions. Whether you're a hardcore competitor or a weekend warrior, this book belongs on your shelf. The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies is your go-to resource for safe, effective, do-it-yourself treatments whether you have a strain, sprain, or pain that you've never felt before. When you get hurt, you have fears. You have questions. Ice or heat? Should I see a doctor? Will I need surgery? This book answers those questions and allays those fears. Dr. Jordan Metzl, one of the nation's leading sports medicine physicians, breaks down all the information into easy-to-follow strategies for effective self-treatment—while letting you know in no uncertain terms when you should go see your own doctor, pronto. The book also answers other common training questions like, "What should I eat to fuel my workouts?" and "What exercises can I do to prevent injury and perform at the next level?" Understand: Metzl isn't just a doctor. He's an elite athlete, having completed 9 Ironman triathlons and 29 marathons. He understands the mind of the athlete, how psychologically devastating any injury can be, and what it takes to get you back in your game as quickly and safely as possible. In The Athletes Book of Home Remedies, you'll find: • Eye-popping anatomical illustrations of each injury, detailed symptoms, how the injury happens, and how to fix it • The secret system of the body that you can tap to boost performance and prevent injury • Concussions: What you need to know • The most annoying sports maladies ever—from athlete's foot to side stitches—cured! • The Iron Strength Workouts: Intense, total-body exercise routines for all fitness levels designed to build injury-proof athletes • Two comprehensive eating plans, each with a week's worth of meals engineered to fit the specific nutrition needs for endurance training or strength training • Dozens of sneaky tips for gaining an edge in any sport
The Athlete's Cookbook: A Nutritional Program to Fuel the Body for Peak Performance and Rapid Recovery
by Brett Stewart Corey IrwinFUEL YOUR FITNESSThis book shows how to perform at the top of your ability by combining its carefully constructed nutrition plan with your personal training and conditioning. Build the ideal diet to power a lean, strong physique with over 100 delicious recipes, like:* Mussels Marinara Spaghetti for Increased Glycogen* Walnut-parmesan Chicken for Maximum Protein* Peanut Butter Crunch Bars for Healthy FatsWith day-by-day meal plans and advice on the best pre and post-workout nutrition, The Athlete's Cookbook details everything you need to maintain energy and build muscle, keeping you at the top of your game.
Athletes (Dynamic Modern Women)
by Laurie LindopEach Book in the Series provides ten biographies of women who have made a vital contributions to their particular field, such as politics, science, or athletics. They have opened doors once closed to women and have carved out paths for others to follow.
The Athlete's Fix: A Program for Finding Your Best Foods for Performance and Health
by Pip TaylorIn The Athlete's Fix, registered dietitian Pip Taylor will help you find your problem foods--and the foods that make you feel and perform your best. The Athlete's Fix offers a sensible, 3-step program to identify food intolerances, navigate popular special diets, and develop your own customized clean diet that will support better health and performance. Recent studies show that food intolerances are almost 5 times more prevalant today than in the 1950s; as many as 1 in 6 Americans is estimated to have a food sensitivity. Exercise can make food intolerances even worse for endurance athletes. Food cravings, GI distress, headaches, brain fog--these common reactions can be more than symptoms of a tough workout. They could be caused by the foods you eat. Endurance sports stress the body, often worsening mild food sensitivities and causing symptoms like GI distress, food cravings, and headaches. Many athletes aggressively eliminate foods as a one-size-fits-all solution. These restrictive diets sometimes bring short-term improvements, but they are difficult to maintain and often leave athletes undernourished and underperforming. The Athlete's Fix offers a smarter, fine-tuned approach. Taylor will show how you will benefit most from a diet full of a wide variety of foods. You'll improve your daily diet, cut out common irritants, then add back foods until you feel great enjoying your own personalized clean diet. To help with this transition, The Athlete's Fix offers 50 recipes using easily tolerated foods that support a base functional diet. The Athlete's Fix examines hot issues for athletes like: Celiac disease, gluten intolerance, gluten-free and grain-free diets Lactose intolerance FODMAPs and specific carbohydrate intolerances, including fructose Reactions to food chemicals such as salicylates, amines, and glutamates Inflammatory foods Food sensitivity testing and elimination diets Popular special diet programs like Paleo, Whole30, Dukan, Mediterranean, and Dash Vegetarian, vegan, and raw food diets The Athlete's Fix will help you isolate and identify your food intolerances while enabling you to eat the widest possible variety of healthy foods. Feel better--perform better--with The Athlete's Fix.
Athletes for Gender Equity: Billie Jean King, the U.S. Women's Soccer Team, and More (Sports Illustrated Kids: Activist Athletes)
by Jaclyn JaycoxFrom tennis legend Billie Jean King to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, athletes have fought for equity and fairness for women in professional sports. Discover the pro athletes who have used their platform to speak out and affect change for all women.
Athletes for Racial Equity: Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, and More (Sports Illustrated Kids: Activist Athletes)
by Sibylla NashJackie Robinson was the first Black player in Major League Baseball. Arthur Ashe was the first Black man to win several pro tennis titles. Readers will learn about these athletes and others who have fought for and spoken out for racial equity in sports and the greater society.
Athletes for Social Justice: Colin Kaepernick, LeBron James, and More (Sports Illustrated Kids: Activist Athletes)
by Dolores AndralTaking a stand and being an activist means having the courage to speak up for an important cause. For football player Colin Kaepernick and basketball great LeBron James, fighting for social justice is their top priority. Learn how they and other players use their platform as celebrity athletes to bring attention and change to the cause of social justice.
The Athlete's Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, & Restore for Peak Performance (The Athlete's Guide)
by Sage RountreeThe first comprehensive, practical exploration of the art and science of athletic rest from a certified cycling, triathlon, and running coach.If you’ve hit a wall in your training, maybe it’s because your body isn’t recovering enough from each workout to become stronger. In The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, Sage Rountree will guide you to full recovery and improved performance, revealing how to measure your fatigue and recovery, how much rest you need, and how to make the best use of recovery tools. Drawing on her own experience along with interviews with coaches, trainers, and elite athletes, Rountree details daily recovery techniques, demystifying common aids like ice baths, compression apparel, and supplements. She explains in detail how to employ restorative practices such as massage, meditation, and yoga. You will learn which methods work best and how and when they are most effective. The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery explores: Periodization and overtrainingWays to measure fatigue and recovery including heart rate tests, heart rate variability, EPOC, and appsStress reductionSleep, napping, nutrition, hydration, and supplementsCold and heat like icing, ice baths, saunas, steam rooms, whirlpools, and heating padsHome remedies including compression wear, creams, and saltsTechnological aids like e-stim, ultrasound, NormatecMassage, self-massage, and foam rollingRestorative yogaMeditation and breathing Then you can put these tools and techniques to practice using two comprehensive recovery plans for both short- and long-distance training. This invaluable resource will enable you to maintain that hard-to-find balance between rigorous training and rest so that you can feel great and compete at your highest level.
Athletes, Sexual Assault, and Trials by Media: Narrative Immunity (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society #22)
by Deb Waterhouse-WatsonSince footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases involving Australian footballers amount to "trials by media", trials that result in acquittal. The stories told about footballers and women in the news media evoke stereotypes such as the "gold digger", "woman scorned" and the "predatory woman", which cast doubt on the alleged victims’ claims and suggest that they are lying. Waterhouse-Watson calls this a "narrative immunity" for footballers against allegations of sexual assault. This book details how popular conceptions of masculinity and femininity inform the way footballers’ bodies, team bonding, women, sex and alcohol are portrayed in the media, and connects stories relating to the cases with sports reporting generally. Uncovering similar patterns of narrative, grammar and discourse across these distinct yet related fields, Waterhouse-Watson shows how these discourses are naturalised, with reports on the cases intertwining with broader discourses of football reporting to provide immunity. Despite the prevalence of stories that discredit the alleged victims, Waterhouse-Watson also examines attempts to counter these pervasive rape myths, articulating successful strategies and elucidating the limitations built into journalistic practices, and language itself.
Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment: A Case Study Approach
by David C. Berry Michael G. Miller Leisha M. BerryThe case studies in this book use authentic injury assessment examples to help readers link theory and clinical practice with the goal of becoming competent clinicians. The situations are realistic and present more than 130 of the injuries that athletic trainers may encounter in the real world. The questions that accompany the cases ask readers to identify clinical and differential diagnoses, critique the evaluating clinician's actions, recommend treatment, comment on ethical choices, and make many of the decisions they will face in the field. The cases encourage readers to think and problem solve; evidence-based answers (for select cases in the text and for all cases in the instructor's manual) ensure that the recommended clinical decisions are based on the best available research, clinical expertise, and patient preferences rather than on anecdotal practice.
Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment: Case Responses and Interpretations
by David C. Berry Michael G. Miller Leisha M. BerryAthletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment: Case Responses and Interpretations is a companion book that provides responses and interpretations to the case studies in Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment: A Case Study Approach. Research, evidence-based practices, and professional experience form the basis of these responses and interpretations. The suggested answers for case questions include information such as identification of differential and clinical diagnoses, explanations of diagnostic tests, relevant anatomical information, and more. We hope you find this book helpful in responding to the case questions, whether you are an instructor leading class discussions and analyzing student work, a preprofessional preparing to interpret the case scenarios on the BOC national certification examination, or a student seeking to compare the suggested answers with your own analyses.