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How to Support a Champion: The art of applying science to the elite athlete
by Ingham, Steve       
(Paperback - English - 9780995464353)
If you are contemplating working with a champion, a potential champion, or anyone with untapped talent - be prepared, be very prepared. In 1998 Sir Steve Redgrave stared at Ingham and demanded to know, "Are you going to make me go faster?" Ingham had been trained and developed as a scientist, but in that single instance he questioned everything he thought he knew. Applied science in elite sport has boomed. Science has radically changed elite sport, but one thing remains as the guiding focus - the summit of performing to your best and winning. This applies to the athlete, the coaches and increasingly for the applied practitioner. In this book Ingham draws on the ..
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The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
by Halberstam, David       
(Paperback - English - 9780449910030)
"Astonishing . . . Moving . . . One of the best books ever written about a sport." br *Walter Clemons br Newsweek "A PENETRATING, FASCINATING AND REMARKABLY SUSPENSEFUL NARRATIVE." br *David Guy br Chicago Tribune br In The Amateurs, David Halberstam once again displays the unique brand of reportage, both penetrating and supple, that distinguished his bestselling The Best and the Brightest and October 1964. This time he has taken for his subject the dramatic and special world of amateur rowing. While other athletes are earning fortunes in salaries and-or endorsements, the oarsmen gain fame only with each other and strive without any hope of financial reward ..
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
by Goldblatt, David       
(Paperback - English - 9780393355512)
A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year br A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt's sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners' medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). ..
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Before the Eyes of the World
by Witherspoon, Kevin       
(Paperback - English - 9780875806969)
Mexican leaders eagerly anticipated the attention that hosting the world's most visible sporting event would bring, yet they could not have predicted the array of conflicts that would play out before the eyes of the world during the notorious 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Following twenty years of economic growth and political stability--known as the Mexican miracle--Mexican policy makers escaped their prior image of being economically underdeveloped to successfully craft an image of a nation that was both modern and cosmopolitan but also steeped in culture and tradition. Buoyed by this new image, they set their sights on the Olympic bid, and they not only won but ..
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A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History
by Berkman, Seth       
(Hardcover - English - 9781335005533)
strong A December Stephen Curry Book Club Pick One of strong strong ESPN's 25 strong strong Can't Miss Books of 2019 "A feel-good story."-- strong strong New York Times strong strong Book Review "This isn't simply a sports book. Rather, it's a book about inspiring and courageous women who just happened to be hockey players."-- strong strong Korea Times strong strong The inspiring, unlikely story of the American, Canadian, South Korean and even North Korean women who joined together to form Korea's first Olympic ice hockey team. strong Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team w ..
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The Rudderless Pair: An Olympic Journey
by Gatley, Lyle D.    Gatley, Kevin    Ulinder, John
(Paperback - English - 9781039157859)
In 1967, Lyle Gatley was challenged by a friend: if he could survive two months' rigorous training, he bet, Gatley could become an Olympic contender in the sport of rowing. At six foot five, he perhaps had the right stature, but was nonetheless a complete novice when it came to the sport.Nevertheless, he accepted his friend's dare and joined the University of British Columbia's rowing program. br br Gatley not only managed to survive these first two months but-astonishingly-very quickly did go on to become an Olympic contender for men's pair rowing. Alongside his rowing shell partner, Jack Ulinder, an even more recent newcomer to the sport than himself, Gat ..
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China Gold, A Companion to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing: China's Rise to Global Power and Olympic Glory
by Hong, Fan    MacKay, Duncan    Christensen, Karen
(Paperback - English - 9781933782645)
strong China Gold: China's Quest for Global Power and Olympic Glory strong is essential reading for everyone who wants to understand what the Olympics means to China. It was written by Chinese experts in close collaboration with U.S. and European sports writers as a companion to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. br Like many Games in the 112-year history of the modern Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Games were disparaged by some groups and actively campaigned against by others. The thing made them unique in Olympic history is that they were held in a country that is poised to rise to new prominence on the global stage. br Fourteen years late, the rise to pro ..
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The Role I Played: Canada's Greatest Olympic Hockey Team
by Small, Sami Jo       
(Hardcover - English - 9781770415652)
"Glimpses of her childhood and life outside of hockey come into view, but the main focus is the roller-coaster ride of striving to compete at the sport's top level." -- Library Journal "Sami Jo has an energetic personality that shines through with every story in this book." -- Jennifer Botterill, four-time Olympian Two-time Olympic gold medalist offers insider access, writing with unflinching honesty about the triumphs of her greatest games and the anguish of difficult times with the Canadian National Women's Hockey Team Men's hockey in Canada may hog the limelight, but interest in women's hockey has never been higher. The RolePlayed is a memoir of Sami Jo Small ..
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Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal, Revised Edition
by Wenn, Stephen    Barney, Robert    Martyn, Scott
(Paperback - English - 9780815637585)
In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an organization in crisis. Revelations of a slush fund employed by Salt Lake City officials to secure votes from a number of IOC members in support of the city's bid for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games invited intense scrutiny of the organization by the international media. The IOC and its president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, staggered through the opening weeks of the scandal, but ultimately Samaranch and key actors such as IOC vice president Richard Pound, marketing director Michael Payne, and director-general François Carrard weathered the storm. They also safeguarded the IOC' ..
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Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics
by Socolow, Michael J.       
(Paperback - English - 9780252082214)
The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared crew. Hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide wait by their radios. Leni Riefenstahl prepares her cameramen. Grantland Rice looks past the 75,000 spectators crowding the riverbank. Above it all, the Nazi leadership, flush with the propaganda triumph the Olympics have given their New Germany, await a crowning victory they can broadcast to the world. The Berlin Games matched cutting-edge communication technology with compelling sports narrative to draw the blueprint for all future sports broadcasting. A global audience--the largest cohort of hu ..
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
by Goldblatt, David       
(Hardcover - English - 9780393292770)
For millions of people around the world, the Summer and Winter Games are a joy and a treasure, but how did they develop into a global colossus? How have they been buffeted by--and, in turn, affected by--world events? Why do we care about them so much? From the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history through national triumphs and tragedies, individual victories and failures. Here is the story of grand Olympic traditions such as winners' medals, the torch relay, and the eternal flame. Here is the story of popular Olympic events such as gymnastics, the marathon, and alpine ..
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Three Seconds in Munich: The Controversial 1972 Olympic Basketball Final
by Sweet, David A. F.       
(Hardcover - English - 9780803299962)
One. Two. Three. That's as long as it took to sear the souls of a dozen young American men, thanks to the craziest, most controversial finish in the history of the Olympics--the 1972 gold-medal basketball contest between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's two superpowers at the time. The U.S. team, whose unbeaten Olympic streak dated back to when Adolf Hitler reigned over the Berlin Games, believed it had won the gold medal that September in Munich--not once, but twice. But it was the third time the final seconds were played that counted. What happened? The head of international basketball--flouting rules ..
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Cold War Olympics: A New Battlefront in Psychological Warfare, 1948-1956
by Blutstein, Harry       
(Paperback - English - 9781476686875)
The political tension of the Cold War bled into the Olympic Games when each side engaged in psychological warfare, exploiting sport for political ends. In Helsinki, the Soviet Union nearly overtook the United States in the medal count. Caught off guard, the U.S. hastened to respond, certain that the Soviets would use a victory at the next Olympics to broadcast their superiority over the Western world. Following the 1956 suppression of the Hungarian uprising, a Soviet athlete struck a Hungarian opponent in the Melbourne water polo semifinals, turning the pool red. The United States covertly encouraged Eastern Bloc athletes to defect, communist Chinese agents near ..
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Strategic Sports Event Management
by Masterman, Guy       
(Paperback - English - 9780367494667)
This book provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and types, from international mega-events to community sport. Introducing key theory and best practice, it offers a practical, step-by-step guide to planning, organizing, managing and evaluating events. Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, the book explains the importance of adopting a strategic approach, showing how to implement strategies that lead to successful outcomes over the short and the long term. It uses international case studies in every chapter, from the NBA and NFL to Formula 1 and the English Premier League, of ..
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The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World: Volume 61
by Bertolín Cebrián, Reyes       
(Paperback - English - 9780806166261)
br In the world of sports, the most important component is the athlete. After all, without athletes there would be no sports. In ancient Greece, athletes were public figures, idolized and envied. This fascinating book draws on a broad range of ancient sources to explore the development of athletes in Greece from the archaic period to the Roman Empire. Whereas many previous books have focused on the origins of the Greek games themselves, or the events or locations where the games took place, this volume places a unique emphasis on the athletes themselves--and the fostering of their athleticism. Moving beyond stereotypes of larger-than-life heroes, Reyes Berto ..
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The Transition Playbook for ATHLETES: How Elite Athletes WIN After Sports
by Costa, Phil    Curley, Rob    Disbrow, Carolyn
(Paperback - English - 9780578457697)
Find out how the best athletes in the world WIN after sports. More than 100 former elite athletes, including 25 Olympians, share best practices for finding success after sports. These athletes reveal how to have a successful transition out of sports: including tips on routine, overcoming challenges, and discovering new passions. ..
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Born to Run: The Leon Coleman Story
by Coleman, Leon       
(Paperback - English - 9781937269708)
Winning at the 1968 Track and Field Nationals 110 Meter Hurdles qualified me to compete for the Ultimate prize of success in Track & Field by first seeking to earn a spot on the 1968 United States Olympic Team. The Olympic trials included the best of the best in the nation at each event. Everyone is at the top of their game, after training for years being the best they can be. This was very powerful because everybody wants to make the team, but only the top four in each event qualifies for a spot.worked hard and was very fortunate to qualify to compete in the Olympic Trials. Advancing from the preliminaries, semi-finals, to the finals determined who would repres ..
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Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games
by Sanders, Barry A.       
(Hardcover - English - 9781531675158)
The Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984, reimagined the Olympic Games and reinvigorated a troubled Olympic movement. Its innovations included the following: a nationwide torch relay that yielded millions for children's charities; an arts festival that surpassed any prior efforts; the first Opening Ceremony featuring a professional theatrical extravaganza; new sports disciplines, such as distance races for women, windsurfing, synchronized swimming, heptathlon, and rhythmic gymnastics; an army of volunteers; vast increases in sponsorship and television revenue while avoiding commercialization and keeping expenses low using existing facilities; and a fina ..
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Gold Medal Diary: Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event
by Wickenheiser, Hayley       
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In Gold Medal Diary , Hayley Wickenheiser, three-time Olympic gold medal winner and captain of the Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team, reveals her day-to-day experiences of the 2010 Games, including the six-month lead-up of intensive training and pre-Olympic tournaments. She shares the life of an Olympian -- the behind-the-scenes stories, the highs and lows, physical and emotional challenges, struggles and triumphs of an elite athlete in a hyper-intense environment, including details of the public ceremonies and private moments, friendships and rivalries, community and isolation, media presence and security. For the first time ever, readers travel inside the s ..
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Berlin Games: How the Nazis Stole the Olympic Dream
by Walters, Guy       
(Paperback - English - 9780060874131)
IN 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. It promised to be not only a magnificent sporting event but also a grand showcase for the rebuilt Germany. No effort was spared to present the Third Reich as the newest global power. But beneath the glittering surface, the Games of the Eleventh Olympiad of the Modern Era came to act as a crucible for the dark political forces that were gathering, foreshadowing the bloody conflict to come. The 1936 Olympics were nothing less than the most political sporting event of the last century--an epic clash between proponents of barbarism and those of civilization, both of whom tried to use th ..
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