Books of Athletes
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The Race of My Life: An Autobiography
By Milkha Singh, Sonia SanwalkaAutobiography of an Indian athlete.
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Sports Law
By Chris Davies, David Thorpe, Paul JonsonSport plays a large part in modern Australian society and culture.
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The Might Have Been: A Novel
By Joseph M. SchusterHoping to achieve a lifelong goal when he is called up to the major leagues after 10 years in the minors, Edward Everett Yates makes a risky play that results in a devastating injury and is unable to pursue a life without baseball as the ...
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Calvin Hill and Grant Hill: One Family's Legacy in Football and Basketball
Calvin Hill and Grant Hill: One Family's Legacy in Football and Basketball
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Sport Psychology: Concepts and Applications
By Richard H. CoxSport Psychology: Concepts and Applications shows how concepts supported by current scientific research can be used to address issues and situations encountered everyday by physical activity specialists, coaches, athletic trainers, and ...
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The Book of Sports Lists 2
By David BrownThe Book of Sports Lists 2
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The 10 Most Shocking Sports Scandals
By Glen R. DowneyWelcome to the wild world of sports! From cheating in games to bribing judges in competitions, this book ranks the shocking scandals that ruined some of the biggest names in the game.
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Fear!: Extreme Athletes on How to Reach Your Highest Goals and Conquer Fear and Self-Doubt
By Roanne Van VoorstThis book features interviews with the world's best extreme athletes and their coaches on how to overcome fear and self-doubt in stressful situations.
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Winning: Face to Face with Australian Sporting Legends
By Larry WriterWinning: Face to Face with Australian Sporting Legends
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UnBlocked: The Walls Come Tumbling Down
By Jeff BensonAuthor Jeff Benson has designed the system laid out in this book to take anyone in the Triad, aka the athlete, parent and coach, through the process of resolving the athlete's mental blocks in a holistic approach.
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No Grass Between My Toes: The Eve Rimmer Story
By Garth Gilmour, Eve RimmerNo Grass Between My Toes: The Eve Rimmer Story
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Positive Sports: Professional Athletes and Mentoring Youth
By Debbie ElicksenGary Payton National Basketball Association Guard The Gary Payton Foundation www.gpfoundation.org Gary Payton turned Treshawn “ Tre ” Mathis's world of hopelessness and pain into a world of hope and laughter .
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Sports Buddies: Superstar Athletes and Their Best Friends
By Steve BuckleySports Buddies: Superstar Athletes and Their Best Friends
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Generation Next: Superstar Kids of Superstar Athletes
By Michael Bradley, Sports Illustrated for KidsIncludes information on superstar athletes with their superstar dads.
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Facilitated Stretching
By Robert E. McAtee, Jeff CharlandThe text provides a useful overview of PNF stretching - safe and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance, then stretching it again to a new range of motion.
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The World of Adventure Sports
By Emma Carlson Berne, Lonely Planet Kids, Lonely Planet Kids StaffAn adrenaline-fuelled guide to extreme sports for kids, including snowboarding, skydiving, BMXing, rock climbing and much more.
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Performance Massage
By Robert K. KingFull color photographs illustrate techniques while the text provides theory and practice of therapeutic massage.
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Comebacks: Heroic Returns
By Jay JenningsProfiles five athletes who made courageous comebacks in their sports careers: Greg LeMond, Rocky Bleier, Olga Korbut, Dave Dravecky, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
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Whatever It Takes: Life Lessons Learned Throughtt Sports Legends
By Scott MurrayThis is a book for fathers and sons to share together.Chad Hennings, Former A-10 Pilot in the U.S.Air Force, Three-Time Super Bowl Champion with the Dallas Cowboys Scotts book clearly displays the effect a familyespecially a fathercan have ...
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Sports Power
By David SandlerRemember , a five- to six - second sprint ( which is way adequate for most sports ) is asking for one to one - and ... For tennis , drills should last 3 to 6 seconds and rest should be about 15 to 30 seconds ( play from service and time ...