Cincinnati Soul
Cincinnati Soul resurrects the inspiring legacies of the Cincinnati Tigers, the Cincinnati Cuban Stars, and other Black baseball teams in Cincinnati.It sheds light on the players' remarkable skills, what life was like as a Negro Leaguer, and the barriers they overcame, ensuring their stories are remembered and celebrated. By exploring the socioeconomic and cultural backdrop of Cincinnati during the era of the Negro Leagues, Cincinnati Soul provides a comprehensive understanding of the environment in which these teams thrived and how they were integral to the community and the broader civil rights movement.Cincinnati Soul weaves together the personal stories of the players, coaches, and fans, offering an intimate glimpse into the lives and experiences of those involved in Cincinnati's Black baseball teams. It highlights the contributions these teams made to modern baseball within the city and nationally, the enduring legacy of these teams, and their role in shaping the sport as we know it today.
Physiological and Functional Assessment of Professional Football Players
Physiological and Functional Assessment of Professional Football Players presents a science-based approach to enhance athletes' performance and prevent muscle injuries. Professional football players undergo a rigorous competitive season with frequent and numerous competitions, exposing them to significant stress that can detrimentally affect their performance and lead to serious injuries in extreme cases. In order to avert such negative outcomes, coaches and team staff must formulate preventive training programs tailored to the unique characteristics and needs of each player.The execution of these individualized training programs necessitates a comprehensive assessment of players' health status, evaluation of their functional and fitness performance, analysis of their muscular structure, identification of muscle imbalances or movement dysfunctions, and detection of potential injury risk factors. Furthermore, it is imperative to monitor the weekly training and competition load using appropriate indicators of external and internal load, adjusting workloads accordingly.In addition, recovery-training programs must be meticulously designed for each injured player. This process involves isolating the factors causing the injury and assessing the injury's severity in the initial stage. Subsequently, recovery-training programs must be thoughtfully planned, incorporating various assessment tools and procedures to verify the restoration of players' functional ability and inform decisions about the return to play.'Physiological and Functional Assessment of Professional Football Players' delves into the utilization of appropriate testing protocols and emphasizes that understanding the reported data is crucial for the success of professional football training. This groundbreaking book is essential reading for researchers and practitioners in the fields of soccer, sports science, recovery, data and performance analysis, and soccer coaching.
Football Coaching
Football Coaching: Putting the Theory into Practice is an essential guide for any student on a football and football coaching related course, as well as a helpful resource for any football coach, no matter what level of qualification they have obtained or the amount of experience they have. A constant question asked by football coaches, is how should academic research inform applied coaching practice and in turn how should coaches apply academic research into their professional activities? This book presents answers to these questions by discussing the key academic research that is integral to coaching practice, before providing actual specific examples that demonstrate how these theories can be applied within the coaching environment and more specifically within the coaching practice of a football coach. Written by contributors, with expertise as both academics within higher education, as well as having years of experience working at the highest level within the industry, Football Coaching: Putting the Theory into Practice will be key reading for students on football coaching and related football degree courses as well as benefit coaches from other sports, specifically coaches from sports that are invasion games.
Golf 12 X 12 Wall Calendar
TEE OFF IN STYLE - Golf 2026 brings you a scenic tour of the world's most stunning courses, from coastal links to mountain fairways, each captured in golden light and pristine condition. It's the perfect calendar for golf lovers dreaming of their next round in paradise.
Play Ball 2026 12 X 12 Wall Calendar
BIG LEAGUE VIEWS - The 2026 Play Ball Wall Calendar celebrates America's favorite pastime with stunning photographs of iconic Major League Baseball stadiums coast to coast. From Fenway Park to Dodger Stadium, enjoy a front-row seat to the heart of the game every month.
