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Statistics in Nutrition and Dietetics is a clear and accessible volume introducing the basic concepts of the scientific method, statistical analysis, and research in the context of the increasingly evidence-based field of nutrition and dietetics. Focusing on quantitative analysis and drawing on short, practical exercises and real-world examples, this reader-friendly textbook helps students understand samples, principles of measurement, confidence intervals, the theoretical basis and practical...
| Автор | Michael Nelson |
"Jürgen Kloppi peetakse üheks kõige karismaatilisemaks ja edukamaks jalgpallitreeneriks läbi aegade. Tema kirglik käitumine väljakuservas kütkestab nii fänne kui ka meediat. Ta on vahetu, ligipääsetav ja lõbus, ent samas armutu ja äärmiselt sihikindel – tema eesmärk on teha mängijatest võitjad ja nii sportlase kui ka juhina iseloomustab teda suhtumine „kõik või mitte midagi“. Inglismaa ühel nõudlikumal, Liverpool FC peatreeneri ametikohal on Klopp kunagi suure klubi taas peadpööritavatesse...
| Автор | Raphael Honigstein |
现代足球原理的教导指南 这本指导书旨在协助每一位现代教练执行足球教学。 足球是一种情景游戏。这意味着每场足球比赛都具有其独特的情景。而且，在同一场比赛中，您会看到很多（是非常非常多）不同的情况。读到这里，您可能会想：一样瞬息万变的东西，我该如何去教学呢？问得好。在足球界，有些教练会说“如果发生这种情况，就如何如何去做”，试图通过这种方式减少变量，去预见所有他们认为可能发生的情况。这种教导方式导致球员除了教练提供的方法，没有任何选择的余地。因此，球员就如同一个没有自主意识的机器人，只会对教练的指令作出反应。然而，教练不是全知全能的，所以总会发生一些教练无法预测的情况。
| Автор | Salvatore Pappalardo |
Read the review at MLB.comThe Green Monster. Pesky's Pole. The Lone Red Seat. Yawkey Way. To baseball fans this list of bizarre phrases evokes only one place: Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Built in 1912, Fenway Park is Americas oldest major league ballpark still in use. In Faithful to Fenway , Michael Ian Borer takes us out to Fenway where we sit in cramped wooden seats (often with obstructed views of the playing field), where there is a hand-operated scoreboard and an average...
| Автор | Michael Ian Borer |
South Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly American masculinity. Desi Hoop Dreams focuses on South Asian-only basketball leagues common in most major U.S. and Canadian cities, to show that basketball, for these South Asian American players is not simply a whimsical...
| Автор | Stanley I. Thangaraj |
When professional baseball returned to Brooklyn in 2001, fans were jubilant and the media swarmed. After losing the Brooklyn Dodgers to California 44 years ago, Brooklyn baseball fans could once again claim a team of their own: the Cyclones, a Class A affiliate of the New York Mets. The Brooklyn Cyclones: Hardball Dreams and the New Coney Island recounts that first season of the Cyclones. From the construction of the incredible Keyspan Park at Coney Island to their improbable successes on the...
| Автор | Ben Osborne |
A human face on the realities of professional football, from the challenges players face after leaving the NFL to the factors that can enable them to continue to find success 2016 Best Book Award, North American Society for the Sociology of SportIs There Life After Football?draws upon the experiences of hundreds of former players as they describe their lives playing the sport and after their football days are over. The “bubble”-like conditions of privilege that NFL players...
| Автор | James A. Holstein |
When Rube Foster was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981, his rightful place alongside baseball's greatest black heroes was at last firmly established. A world-class pitcher, a formidable manager, and a brilliant administrator, Rube Foster was arguably more influential in breaking down the color barrier in major league baseball than the venerable Jackie Robinson. Born in 1879, Rube Foster pitched for the legendary black baseball teamsthe Cuban X-Giants and the...
| Автор | Robert Charles Cottrell |
View Photos . Published by New York University Press and Lyndhurst Books of the Center for Documentary Studies. The stunning photographs of We Skate Hardcore reveal the determination, the dreams, and the rough and tumble story of urban Latino youth coming of age in New York City. Vincent Cianni spent eight years photographing and documenting a group of Latino in-line skaters in the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Cianni weaves together images of the skaters with their own words, showing...
| Автор | Vincent Cianni |
Back Cover We all have two roads upon which we can choose. The first road is to allow our limiting beliefs such as fear, anger, and doubt to shackle us and hinder our ability to achieve our true desires in life. Athlete Unleashed helps you navigate the second road, which allows you to break free from those shackles, find your passion, and gives you the steps to unleash your best inner athlete! Back when I was a high school baseball player, guidance and strength training for high...
| Автор | Aaron Robinet |
Basketball: A Guide for Physical Education Teachers and Coaches is a valuable resource for those beginning to teach the sport or even seasoned coaches looking for a fresh approach to the game. The practical guide is a consolidated effort from two authors who have taught and coached the sport at various levels for many decades. Their aim is to share knowledge and sound pedagogical approaches in teaching and coaching basketball.This book will show you how to teach fundamental skills and concepts...
| Автор | Koon Teck Koh |
Whether you’re visiting for a day or exploring for a week, this guide provides intel on the best hikes and walks, as well as views, giant trees, camping, and more to help visitors make the most of these magnificent parks. Featured attractions are easily accessible from the parks’ main roads, and 40 carefully selected day hikes range from easy to challenging. Other features include: <ul> <li>Park basics: visitor centers, permits and fees, info on gateway towns, fun facts</li> ...
| Автор | Scott Turner |
In The 50 Greatest Players in Chicago Bears History , sports historian Robert W. Cohen ranks the top 50 players ever to perform for one of the NFL's most historic franchises. This work includes quotes from the subjects themselves and former teammates, photos, recaps of memorable performances and greatest individual seasons, as well as a statistical summary of each player's career with the Bears. The Bears' best are profiled here in what is bound to be a much discussed...
| Автор | Robert W. Cohen |
A sweeping, beautiful survey of all things winter. Brunner masterfully does in words what resilient and adventurous people have done in their lives for centuries; he finds beauty in blizzards and ice and the crystallized enchantment of snow.” —Dan Egan, Pulitzer finalist and author of The Death and Life of the Great Lakes In Winterlust , a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each one dramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive...
| Автор | Bernd Brunner |
An essential guidebook for walking the GR5, one of the world's most spectacular long-distance trails. The GR5 makes its way through the Alps from the shores of Lac Léman at Geneva to the Mediterranean at Nice. A route of 674km (420 miles), it can be trekked in a month, or split over a series of summer trips. The GR5 is well within the reach of fit and moderately experienced walkers and backpackers. There is good signposting and waymarking, and accommodation, food and drink are all available...
| Автор | Paddy Dillon |
“Raio Piiroja pole tavaline sell, tema oli platsil hull. Oli heas mõttes hull, kes möllas ringi, tahtmisest tulvil! Kui Raio meeskonda tuli, nägime ja teadsime kõik, et tal pole õiget vutitehnikat. Aga ta kasvas kiiresti, sisemine jõud oli vääramatu. Ning Raio tõestas end juba teises täispikas koondisemängus, Fääri saarte tormilahingus. Raiost sai koondise raudvara, pärast minu lõpetamist kapten.Temas kui inimeses ei leia isegi lambiga otsides ühtki halba joont. Lihtne ja abivalmis kaaslane,...
| Автор | Gunnar Press |
Kui palju on vaja ohverdada, et saada maailma parimaks?See on lugu ühest Norra kirkaimast sporditähest. Poisist, kes kaotas kõik suusavõistlused, aga ei andnud mitte kunagi alla. Tahtejõust, vanaisast ja lapselapsest, üksindusest ja ebakindlusest, julgusest olla sina ise. Mehest, kes trotsis kõiki ja tõi suusasporti murrangu. Kuldmedalitest, skandaalidest ja autosõidust, mis muutis kõik.Jutustanud on Petter Northug – ainus, kes teab kogu tõde.Esimene valu lööb jalgadesse. Järgmine rindu. Aga ma...
| Автор | Petter Northug |
Pat Snooker offers a number of modular exercises that help players develop their individual snooker skills and monitor their progress continuously. Players now have the opportunity to diagnose their own performance. The difficulty of the exercises is increased gradually, creating a linear structure for individual practice. Practice exercises, performance monitoring and results control are solid foundations for improvement and enjoyable practice. Performance can be monitored either by taking the...
| Автор | Thomas Hein |
Shooting is a central component of team handball and must be practiced and improved regularly. Therefore, it is reasonable to integrate shooting series into training units from time to time. This collection of exercises contains 60 comprehensible practical drills focusing on this subject. They can be integrated in every training unit. The exercises are divided into the following six categories and three difficulty levels (easy, medium, difficult): – Technique – Shooting at fixed targets –...
| Автор | Jörg Madinger |
The objective of this training unit is to develop a simple initial action after a fast throw-off. Following warm-up and a coordination run exercise, the players practice the basics during the ball familiarization phase and the goalkeeper warm-up shooting. During the three subsequent exercises, the players further develop the running and passing paths and eventually combine them in order to create an initial action. In the closing game, the players implement what they practiced before. The...
| Автор | Jörg Madinger |
An honest and encouraging guide for everyone who wishes their horse could be the perfect riding horse Essential tools and clear step-by-step photography for training the horse and rider help you create your perfect riding horse for any discipline or level of ability Inspirational advice and ingenious tips take you through choosing the right horse, mastering the basics of groundwork, schooling and introducing jumping Perry Wood's skill as a coach of both horses and people puts these...
| Автор | Perry Wood |
For all those who want to move up a gear, this practical guide to cycling techniques and training exercises will help you get better and get fitter. Written by an experienced cyclist and cycling coach, as well as a personal trainer and sports nutrition expert, the book gives full information on how to improve such vital techniques as pedalling, cornering, hill climbing and riding in wet weather as well as providing expert race advice on paceline training, chasing a pack and post-race recovery....
| Автор | Remmert Wielinga |
Traditional needlecrafts are as popular as ever as more and more of us are seeking to 'make do and mend' as a way of saving money. However, making beautiful and original handmade items is a great way to add style and glamour to your home – and can be fun too. As part of a series, «Love…Sewing» contains a collection of 25 wonderful projects – all of which are really easy to create. Soft furnishings are an essential part of any home – colour, texture and pattern add warmth and comfort....
| Автор | Cheryl Owen |
Hikes within driving distance of Anchorage and its environs 100 day hikes, from iconic to beginner to lung-burner! Day Hiking: Southcentral Alaska features 100 day hikes in the populous region around the Greater Anchorage area. Starting with the immense and accessible Chugach State Park, the guide includes hikes north of the city to include the Matanuska–Susitna Valley and Hatcher Pass areas, and also trails near Eagle River, Palmer, and Wasilla. There are hikes along Cook Inlet and Turnagain...
| Автор | Lisa Maloney |