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Complete Sinawali
by Reynaldo S. GalangComplete Sinawali is the definitive guide to the intricate and highly-refined Filipino double-weapon fighting. The martial art of Sinawali has developed multiple-weapon fighting to an exceptionally high degree of sophistication. Preserved in Filipino dance as well as martial form, Sinawali employs sinuous, polyrhythmic movements, creating an almost impenetrable shield against attack. In Complete Sinawali, Reynaldo Galang details the theory behind the forms and presents an orderly progression of drills designed to teach the ambidexterity, quick and exact footwork, and special hand techniques that are the foundation of this exceedingly powerful martial art.
Complete Tai-Chi
by Alfred HuangToday people around the world are discovering the benefits of Tai-chi, an ancient Chinese system of exercise based on calm, graceful movements that condition the body from the inside out. With benefits like reduced stress and anxiety, plus improved flexibility and concentration, Tai-chi has become the ultimate form of exercise for relaxing and strengthening both body and spirit.Master Huang's Complete Tai-chi is the definitive introduction to the Condensed Form of Wu-style Tai-chi, a form that has gained enormous popularity as a healing exercise because it stresses the development of internal energy for self-healing. The 36 postures of this style are beautifu l in their simplicity and completely safe, regard less of one's age or physical condition. Included in this book are a detailed guide to the 36 postures (with more than 250 illustrative photographs), a historical overview of Tai-chi, and translations of classic works by Tai-chi masters.The demands of Tai-chi are small, but the rewards are great. A few minutes each day and a bit of open space are all one needs to find a new path to youthfulness and longevity, and at the same time reach the peak of physical and emotional well-being.
Complete Wing Chun
by Robert Chu Rene Ritchie Y. WuWith the fame of Bruce Lee, the conditions in Hong Kong, and the hard work and effort of many of his classmates, the Wing Chun of the late master Yip Man became one of the most well-known and popular Chinese martial arts in the world. Although this gave Wing Chun international recognition, it also led to a lot of misconceptions. Due to a lack of authentic information, many mistakenly came to assume that the renowned Yip Man was the sole inheritor of the style and that his Wing Chun was thelone version of the art. In fact, there are several different and distinct systems of Wing Chun. Unfortunately, over the years most of these systems have remained unseen or unreported to all but a few—until now. Profusely illustrated with over 300 historical photographs,Complete Wing Chun: The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions presents seldom seen information on a dozen branches of the Wing Chun art. It offers the reader side-by-side comparison of these arts by outlining each system in terms of Wing Chun history, principles, basics, and training methods: Yip Man Wing Chun Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun Kuen Gu Lao Wing Chun Kuen Nanyang Wing Chun Kuen Pan Nam Wing Chun Kuen Pao Fa Lien Wing Chun Kuen Hung Suen Wing Chun Kuen and more!
Complex Cases in Sport Psychology
by John E. Coumbe-LilleyComplex Cases in Sport Psychology offers instructors and students a unique and novel approach to teaching and learning about sport psychology. The book consists of a series of character-driven narratives—set within the context of a university athletic department—which encourage discussion and critical thinking in order to find solutions to issues such as athletes lacking in motivation, introducing mental skills training programs and improving recruitment. The book begins with a section introducing the teaching cases approach (suggesting further reading and methods for its delivery), the university setting and the issues this context provides for the sport psychologist, and the cast of characters involved. It goes on to detail over twenty cases spread across four parts (organizational performance, team performance, individual performance, and injury and recovery), each based around a piece of theory and including clear learning outcomes, tasks and non-prescriptive guidance on reaching a solution. With online resources which include topical cases, further guidance on the teaching cases approach and an instructor’s manual, this is an essential supplementary resource for any instructor looking to provide experiential learning and encourage critical thinking in their sport psychology classrooms. Covering a full range of psychological issues in a relevant sporting context, it is also an important, hands-on guide to counselling for any upper-level student of sport psychology.
Complex Sport Analytics (Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science)
by Felix LebedThis book is the first to combine principles from analytics, complex systems theory, multi-disciplinary diagnostics and sport performance analysis. It considers athletes, teams, and sport organizations in individual and team games as complex systems, and demonstrates how complexity studies can enrich analytics and give us a more sophisticated understanding of the causalities of winning and losing in sports. Part I introduces the basic categories of analytics and their uses in elite sport. Part II presents an original conception of sport analytics both as a complex of different kinds of processes and as a complexity-adapted view of human systems acting in sport performance and management. Part III considers the main principles of complex sport analytics, expanding the prism of complexity to include all levels of a sport organization from athletes, coaches and trainers to top decision makers, and suggests practical applications and simulations for cases of both individual and team sports. This is illuminating reading for any advanced student, researcher or practitioner working in sport analytics, performance analysis, coaching science or sport management.
Complex Systems in Sport (Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science)
by Jo Pedro Passos Chris Button Edited by Keith Davids Robert Hristovski Duarte Ara Uacute Nat Agrave Lia Balagu Eacute SerreComplex systems in nature are those with many interacting parts, all capable of influencing global system outcomes. There is a growing body of research that has modeled sport performance from a complexity sciences perspective, studying the behavior of individual athletes and sports teams as emergent phenomena which self-organise under interacting constraints. This book is the first to bring together experts studying complex systems in the context of sport from across the world to collate core theoretical ideas, current methodologies and existing data into one comprehensive resource. It offers new methods of analysis for investigating representative complex sport movements and actions at an individual and team level, exploring the application of methodologies from the complexity sciences in the context of sports performance and the organization of sport practice. Complex Systems in Sport is important reading for any advanced student or researcher working in sport and exercise science, sports coaching, kinesiology or human movement.
Complex and Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty: An Evidence-Based Approach to Evaluation and Management
by Robert Z. TashjianThis practical text presents the most up-to-date information on the evaluation and management of all aspects of complex and revision shoulder arthroplasty, divided into three thematic section. Chapters in part I focus on the diagnosis and management of complex primary shoulder arthroplasty, including evaluation of humeral and glenoid bone deformity, computer-assisted surgical planning, stemless arthroplasty, anatomic and reverse TSA for severe glenoid erosion, post-traumatic sequalae and deltoid deficiency. The next section describes the diagnosis and management of failed replacements, including hemiarthroplasty, anatomic and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. These chapters will focus on the initial evaluation and management, including imaging, laboratory work-up and the role of biopsies, covering the diagnosis and revision of a failed hemiarthroplasty; diagnosis and revision of a failed total shoulder arthroplasty; diagnosis and management of the failed reverse shoulder arthroplasty; management of the unstable TSA or RSA; diagnosis and management of the infected arthroplasty; treatment of periprosthetic fractures; salvage options (resection and arthrodesis) for failed arthroplasty. Part III presents specific surgical techniques utilized during revision shoulder arthroplasty, including surgical exposure, removal techniques for failed humeral components, revision of glenoid and humeral defects with bone grafts and augments, and the role of arthroscopic procedures.Utilizing the best clinical evidence, Complex and Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty is an excellent resource for orthopedic and shoulder surgeons, residents and fellows, as well as sports medicine specialists and related professionals.
Complexity Thinking in Physical Education: Reframing Curriculum, Pedagogy and Research (Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport)
by Alan Ovens Tim Hopper Joy ButlerIn the past two decades, complexity thinking has emerged as an important theoretical response to the limitations of orthodox ways of understanding educational phenomena. Complexity provides ways of understanding that embrace uncertainty, non-linearity and the inevitable ‘messiness’ that is inherent in educational settings, paying attention to the ways in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is the first book to focus on complexity thinking in the context of physical education, enabling fresh ways of thinking about research, teaching, curriculum and learning. Written by a team of leading international physical education scholars, the book highlights how the considerable theoretical promise of complexity can be reflected in the actual policies, pedagogies and practices of physical education (PE). It encourages teachers, educators and researchers to embrace notions of learning that are more organic and emergent, to allow the inherent complexity of pedagogical work in PE to be examined more broadly and inclusively. In doing so, Complexity Thinking in Physical Education makes a major contribution to our understanding of pedagogy, curriculum design and development, human movement and educational practice.
Complexity and Control in Team Sports: Dialectics in contesting human systems (Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science)
by Michael Bar-Eli Felix LebedComplexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to ‘soccer-like’ team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system. Conventional organizational studies have tended to define team sports as a set of highly heterogeneous physical, mental and cognitive activities within which it is difficult, if not impossible, to find common behavioural playing regularities or universal pedagogies for controlling those activities. Adopting a whole system approach, and exploring the concepts of control, regulation and self-organization, this book argues that it is possible for coaches, managers and psychologists to develop a better understanding of how a complex system works, and therefore, to more successfully manage and influence a team’s performance. This book draws on literature from the biological, behavioural and social sciences, including, psychology, sociology and sports performance analysis, to develop a detailed, interdisciplinary and multi-level picture of the elite sports team. It analyzes behaviour across five inter-connected levels: the team as a ‘managed institution’; coaching staff controlling players via cybernetic flows; the team as a playing unit; the individual player as a complex dynamic system expressed through behaviour; and a player’s complex physiological/biological system. Drawing these together, the book throws fascinating new light on the elite sports team and will be useful reading for all students, researchers or professionals with an interest in sport psychology, sport management, sport coaching, sport performance analysis or complex systems theory.
Complexity in Games Teaching and Coaching: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective (Routledge Research in Sports Coaching)
by Felix LebedShedding new light on sport pedagogy and the teaching and coaching of games, this book shows how complexity theory can be used to improve team sport performance, coach education, and young player development. The book draws together insights from both the humanities and behavioural sciences, including psychology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, and play theory into a new educational methodology for team sports. It shows how concepts from complexity theory underpin and inform team sport dynamics, including the uncontrolled nature of live human systems; the nature of complex systems and how this shapes student and young athlete learning; self-organization and its relation to decision-making in play; and mental self-regulation and motivation. It presents an innovative and sophisticated definition of sport pedagogy that can help teachers and coaches deepen their understanding of teaching and learning in team sports and help them develop more motivated, more effective, and more creative athletes.
Complications in Knee and Shoulder Surgery: Management and Treatment Options for the Sports Medicine Orthopedist
by Jeffrey Halbrecht Robert J. MeislinWith the explosion of the baby boom and ensuing interest in physical fitness there has been a glut of sports injuries. Newer surgical techniques have developed and are developing to treat these injuries. Inevitably, complications arise with these procedures that the orthopedic surgeon must confront. "Complications in Knee and Shoulder Surgery" will provide a resource for these surgeons.
Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology
by Jim TaylorThe aim of Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology (CASP) is to challenge our field to look beyond its current status and propel applied sport psychology and mental training forward and outward with a broad and multi-layered examination of everything psychological, emotionally, and socially that the athletic community contends with in pursuit of athletic success and that sport psychologists and mental trainers do in their professional capacities. Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology is the first professional book aimed at offering a truly expansive and deep exploration of just about everything that applied sport psychologists, consultants and mental trainers do in their work. CASP plumbs the depths of the athletic mind including attitudes, psychological and emotional obstacles, mental "muscles" and mental "tools," quality of sport training, the health and well-being of athletes, and other areas that are essential to athletic success. This new volume examines not only the many ways that consultants impact athletes, but also explores their work with coaches, teams, parents, and interdisciplinary groups such as sports medicine team and sports management. The book is grounded in both the latest theory and research, thus making it a valuable part of graduate training in applied sport psychology, as well as a practical resource for consultants who work directly with athletes, coaches, teams, and parents. The goal of CASP, in collaboration with dozens of the leading minds in the field, is to create the definitive guide to what applied sport psychology and mental training are and do.
Comprehensive Chess Course: From Beginner to Tournament Player in 12 Lessons (Comprehensive Chess Course #Volume II)
by Lev Alburt Roman PeltsWelcome to Volume II, the second level, of our Comprehensive Chess Course. It is aimed at those students who have completed and mastered the lessons in Volume I. In addition to numerous corrections and alterations to this, the third edition, a new chapter has been added, "Moving On to Expert and Master." It addresses the concerns of many readers who want a guide for consolidating the progress made during the study of volumes I and II and concrete suggestions for advancing toward expert and master.
Comprehensive Chess Course: Learn Chess in 12 Lessons (Comprehensive Chess Course Ser. #Volume I)
by Lev Alburt Roman PeltsThis book provides readers with all the essential information they need to learn chess and to start winning-quickly! The contents-tested and proven to work-leave little to chance. The reader learns the rules, how to apply them efficiently, the principles of winning chess, and how to visualize the board and pieces-all prerequisites for success.
Compression Garments in Sports: Athletic Performance and Recovery
by Florian Engel Billy SperlichThis book presents recent research addressing the effects of different types of compression clothing on sport performance and recovery after exercise. It is also the first book that summarizes the effects of compression clothing on all main motor abilities in the context of various sports, offering a wealth of practical guidelines on how to optimize performance and recovery with the help of compression clothing. The book examines the effects of this clothing on physiological, psychological and biomechanical parameters including endurance, speed, strength, power, and motor control. It explains the basic principles involved in the reasonable application of compression garments in connection with different kinds of exercise, and describes the essential mechanisms of how compression garments work in a reader-friendly format that addresses the needs of researchers, athletes and coaches alike.
Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Towards Automation and Robustness of Computations in the Clinic
by Karol Miller Adam Wittek Poul M. F. Nielsen Martyn P. Nash Magdalena Kobielarz Anju R. BabuThis book presents contributions from the MICCAI 2022 Computational Biomechanics for Medicine Workshop. "Computational Biomechanics for Medicine - towards translation and better patient outcomes” comprises papers accepted for the MICCAI Computational Biomechanics for Medicine Workshop held in 2022 in Singapore. The content focuses on applications of computational biomechanics to computer-integrated medicine, which includes MICCAI topics of Medical Image Computing, Computer-Aided Modeling and Evaluation of Surgical Procedures, and Imaging, Analysis Methods for Image Guided Therapies, Computational Physiology, and Medical Robotics. Specific topics covered include medical image analysis, image-guided surgery, surgical simulation, surgical intervention planning, disease prognosis and diagnostics, analysis of injury mechanisms, implant and prostheses design, as well as artificial organ design and medical robotics. This book details state-of-the-art progress in the above fields to researchers, students, and professionals.
Computational Biomechanics for Medicine: Towards Translation and Better Patient Outcomes
by Karol Miller Adam Wittek Poul M. F. Nielsen Martyn P. Nash Xinshan LiThis book presents contributions from the MICCAI 2021 Computational Biomechanics for Medicine Workshop. "Computational Biomechanics for Medicine - towards translation and better patient outcomes” comprises papers accepted for the MICCAI Computational Biomechanics for Medicine Workshop held virtually in conjunction with Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention conference 2021, based in Strasbourg. The content focuses on methods and applications of computational biomechanics to medical image analysis, image-guided surgery, surgical simulation, surgical intervention planning, disease prognosis and diagnostics, analysis of injury mechanisms, implant and prostheses design, as well as artificial organ design and medical robotics. This book details state-of-the-art progress in the above fields to researchers, students, and professionals.
Computational Intelligence in Sports (Adaptation, Learning, and Optimization #22)
by Iztok Fister Iztok Fister Jr. Dušan FisterThis book presents recent research on computational intelligence (CI) algorithms in the field of sport. In the modern age, information technologies have greatly reduced the need for human effort in the carrying out of many daily tasks. These technologies have radically influenced the lives of humans, and the information society in general. Unfortunately, these advances have brought with them certain negative effects, including the encouragement of sedentary lifestyles and the attendant health problems such as obesity that these engender. Other modern maladies, chiefly cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, have also been on the increase. Today, sports are virtually the only activity that still connects modern humans to their original lifestyle, which was based on physical motion. This book tears familiarizing sports scientists with the foundations of computational intelligence, while at the same time presenting the problems that have arisen in the training domain to computer scientists. Lastly, the book proposes the use of an Artificial Sports Trainer designed to enhance the training of modern athletes who cannot afford the considerable expense of hiring a human personal trainer. This intelligent system can monitor performance and design and direct appropriate future training, thus promoting both healthy lifestyles and competitive success in athletes.
Computational Metrics for Soccer Analysis: Connecting the dots (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Filipe Manuel Clemente João Bernardo Sequeiros Acácio F. P. P. Correia Frutuoso G. M. Silva Fernando Manuel Lourenço MartinsThis book provides an account of the use of computational tactical metrics in improving sports analysis, in particular the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) data in soccer. As well as offering a practical perspective on collective behavioural analysis, it introduces the computational metrics available in the literature that allow readers to identify collective behaviour and patterns of play in team sports. These metrics only require the bio-dimensional geo-referencing information from GPS or video-tracking systems to provide qualitative and quantitative information about the tactical behaviour of players and the inter-relationships between teammates and their opponents. Exercises, experimental cases and algorithms enable readers to fully comprehend how to compute these metrics, as well as introducing them to the ultimate performance analysis tool, which is the basis to run them on. The script to compute the metrics is presented in Python. The book is a valuable resource for professional analysts as well students and researchers in the field of sports analysis wanting to optimise the use of GPS trackers in soccer.
Computer Science in Sport: Modeling, Simulation, Data Analysis and Visualization of Sports-Related Data
by Daniel MemmertIn recent years, computer science in sport has grown extremely, mainly because more and more new data has become available. Computer science tools in sports, whether used for opponent preparation, competition, or scientific analysis, have become indispensable across various levels of expertise nowadays. A completely new market has emerged through the utilization of these tools in the four major fields of application: clubs and associations, business, science, and the media. This market is progressively gaining importance within university research and educational activities.This textbook aims to live up to the now broad diversity of computer science in sport by having more than 30 authors report from their special field and concisely summarise the latest findings. The book is divided into four main sections: data sets, modelling, simulation and data analysis. In addition to background information on programming languages and visualisation, the textbook is framed by history and an outlook. Students with a connection to sports science are given a comprehensive insight into computer science in sport, supported by a didactically sophisticated concept that makes it easy to convey the learning content. Numerous questions for self-testing underpin the learning effect and ensure optimal exam preparation. For advanced students, the in-depth discussion of time series data mining, artificial neural networks, convolution kernels, transfer learning and random forests offers additional value.
Computer Science in Sport: Research and Practice (Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science)
by Arnold BacaComputers are a fundamentally important tool in sport science research, sports performance analysis and, increasingly, in coaching and education programmes in sport. This book defines the field of ‘sport informatics’, explaining how computer science can be used to solve sport-related problems, in both research and applied aspects. Beginning with a clear explanation of the functional principles of hardware and software, the book examines the key functional areas in which computer science is employed in sport, including: knowledge discovery and database development data acquisition, including devices for measuring performance data motion tracking and analysis systems modelling and simulation match analysis systems e-learning and multimedia in sports education Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or practitioner working in sport science, sport performance analysis, research methods in sport, applied computer science or informatics.
Computer Vision in Sports (Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)
by Graham Thomas Thomas B. Moeslund Adrian HiltonThe first book of its kind devoted to this topic, this comprehensive text/reference presents state-of-the-art research and reviews current challenges in the application of computer vision to problems in sports. Opening with a detailed introduction to the use of computer vision across the entire life-cycle of a sports event, the text then progresses to examine cutting-edge techniques for tracking the ball, obtaining the whereabouts and pose of the players, and identifying the sport being played from video footage. The work concludes by investigating a selection of systems for the automatic analysis and classification of sports play. The insights provided by this pioneering collection will be of great interest to researchers and practitioners involved in computer vision, sports analysis and media production.
Con la lengua fuera: Críticas, chascarrillos y explicaciones sobre el léxico deportivo
by Álex Grijelmo¿Un jugador equivoca un tiro? ¿Existen las finales a cuatro? ¿Puede un equipo ser más líder en una jornada respecto a la anterior? ¿En el mundo del deporte se utilizan metáforas como en la poesía? La lengua en el deporte da mucho juego. Entre 2016 y 2019, Álex Grijelmo publicó en As una serie de artículos sobre la lengua española en el deporte de los que ahora pueden disfrutar todos los lectores interesados en el idioma y en su tratamiento en los medios de comunicación. En ellos el autor muestra cómo el léxico utilizado por deportistas, comentaristas y periodistas se mueve entre la tradición, la innovación y los extranjerismos, y los usos incorrectos que empobrecen el lenguaje o le privan de eficacia y belleza. Pero también le reconoce hallazgos léxicos, metáforas brillantes y frases memorables. En este libro hay propuestas de mejora del estilo junto con elogios hacia aportaciones certeras. Se habla de fútbol, de baloncesto, de balonmano, de boxeo, de tenis, de los deportes de motor... Pero sobre todo, se habla de la lengua española. Un tema que da mucho juego. «Píldora tras píldora, constituía un tratamiento que en el tiempo fue haciendo efecto. Comprobé cómo poco a poco redactores descuidados dejaban de serlo, se ahorraban latiguillos, sustituían barbarismos por su adecuado equivalente en castellano. Y cuando alguno no lo hacía, no faltaba quien se lo decía con las tablas de la ley en la mano, como se llegó a conocer en la redacción aquella serie de instrucciones-reconvenciones que Grijelmo desarrollaba [...]. El deporte tiene un alto consumo y todo lo que se haga para que no envicie sino limpie el castellano es justo y necesario. Eso le da un valor único a estas píldoras medicinales que Álex Grijelmo escribió, según él, con la lengua fuera.»Del prólogo de Alfredo Relaño La crítica ha dicho:«Nuestros textos se enriquecerían si prestáramos atención a las reflexiones de Álex Grijelmo.»Soledad Gallego-Díaz, El País «Un libro didáctico que se lee con la pasión de una novela.»Gabriel García Márquez, sobre El estilo del periodista «Grijelmo viaja a los orígenes de nuestra lengua y de sus asuntos de género para evitar confusiones y expresiones tan políticamente correctas como ridículas.»Laura Revuelta, ABC, sobre Propuesta de acuerdo sobre el lenguaje inclusivo «Si alguien aúna con esmero periodismo y preocupación por el lenguaje, es Álex Grijelmo.»El País
Con todo, contra todos
by José Carlos Yrigoyen"Mi obsesión, que sé compartida y superada por otros, es la de querer saber todo acerca de la selección. Cuando digo todo, tomémoslo lo más literalmente que se pueda". Del Nene Cubillas a Paolo Guerrero, José Carlos Yrigoyen ha hecho un trabajo enciclopédico: contar y comentar, partido tras partido, proceso a proceso, 50 años de la selección peruana de fútbol, un periplo que cubre tres mundiales, once eliminatorias y dieciséis Copas América. El resultado de esta minuciosa investigación es la historia más completa de la Blanquirroja, la cual permite analizar por primera vez, con detalle, contexto y análisis deportivo, el auge y caída de un combinado que ha sabido ser campeón, pero que también ha escrito algunas de las páginas más oscuras del fútbol internacional. En esta crónica de medio siglo de fútbol peruano se añaden decenas de semblanzas de los héroes de la selección y perfiles de todos los entrenadores que vistieron el buzo nacional. Especial atención merece el periodo de Ricardo Gareca, a quien se le dedica un capítulo extenso en el que se examinan las razones de su éxito. No exento de polémica y con un tono que oscila entre el completismo y la historia cultural, Yrigoyen ha escrito el libro definitivo sobre el equipo de todos.
Con todos, contra todos (2da. edición): Una historia de la selección peruana 1968-2022. Los pormenores de la era Gareca
by José Carlos YrigoyenLos pormenores de La era Gareca En esta edición revisada y aumentada de Con todo, contra todos, José Carlos Yrigoyen retoma un trabajo enciclopédico: contar y comentar, partido a partido, proceso a proceso, más de medio siglo de la selección peruana de fútbol, un periplo que cubre cuatro Mundiales, doce eliminatorias y diecisiete Copas América. El resultado de esta minuciosa investigación es la historia más completa y apasionada de la Blanquirroja, la cual permite analizar con detalle, contexto y rigor deportivos, los avatares de un combinado que ha sabido ser campeón, pero que también ha escrito algunas de las páginas más oscuras del balompié internacional. En esta crónica se añaden decenas de semblanzas de los héroes de la selección y perfiles de todos los entrenadores que vistieron el buzo nacional. Especial atención merece el periodo de Ricardo Gareca, a quien se le dedica dos capítulos extensos en los quese examina las razones de su éxito y su etapa final con el conjunto peruano. No exento de polémica y con un tono que oscila entre el completismo y la historia cultural, Yrigoyen ha escrito el libro definitivo sobre el equipo de todos.