Golf for Dummies
Level up your own golf game, or enjoy the sport as a spectator Golf is a great sport for all types of people. It's a low impact form of exercise, a social activity, and it gets you outdoors. Golf For Dummies teaches you the rules of the game and gives you tips on improving your play. If you're more of a spectator, you'll love this book's coverage of the latest golf trends and the best players on the pro courses. Helpful illustrations make it easy to understand how golf really works, so you can step onto the green with confidence. In this new edition, you can learn all about new golf formats and recent changes to the rulebook. Ready to play a round? Understand golf basics, perfect your swing, and master the mental game Follow simple instructions and diagrams to improve your grips and stances Learn how the sport of golf is changing, at the amateur and professional levels Improve your golf game with advice from a championship-winning golfer This is a great Dummies guide for anyone looking for a general introduction to the sport, as well as current players who want to take their game to the next level. Have fun when you hit the links!
Blue Is the Colour
This beautiful coffee-table book takes readers through the history of the famous west London's club kit and in doing so also tell the story of the club, the famous matches and of course the iconic players who wore the shirt with pride and distinction. Compiled using stunning photographs of match worn shirts actually donned by many of the football clubs greatest players, the book presents a stunning timeline of Chelsea's history and of their emblematic shirt. This deluxe edition brings together the rarest and most iconic blues shirts ever seen and includes: - A player shirt example from virtually every one of the home and away shirt variations worn by Chelsea over the last 70 years - A player shirt from every major cup final Chelsea have played in - Shirts worn by many of Chelsea's greatest players. Blue Is The Colour is a breathtaking and historic record of the greatest collection of blues match worn shirts that have ever been seen together, and through these classic and iconic shirts the history of one of the world's most famous football clubs comes to life.
Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport
This book provides a comprehensive and range of critical reflections of key areas impacting on children's sport and coaching up to the age of 16 and includes chapters written by academic in various disciplines, including nutrition, psychology, pedagogy, medicine, youth development and sociology.
Ballparks and Baseball Sticker & Logbook
Ballparks and Baseball Sticker & Logbook takes you out to the ballpark to celebrate "America's sport" and create new memories! Celebrate "America's sport" and create new memories! There are 30 Major League Baseball ballparks in North America, each with a history as unique as the teams that play in them. From San Francisco's Oracle Park to Baltimore's Camden Yards, they have been home to the sport's greatest moments. Take a road trip to visit each one and take Ballparks and Baseball Sticker and Logbook along on the trip of a lifetime. The perfect gift for baseball fans who dream of visiting each Major League baseball park, this fun, interactive logbook helps commemorate the journey and make it unforgettable with: - Interesting facts about the history of each ballpark and its unique features- Insight into fan traditions such as chants and 7th-inning stretch songs- Ballpark must-dos, including what to eat, where to sit, local places to visit, and kid-friendly activities.- Space to track your visit and record your memories- Helpful maps for trip planning- Advice and planning guides for spring training and visiting America's Minor League ballparks as well! Plus, more than 100 stickers that let you personalize your logbook and record your favorite food, beverage, music, mascots, plays, players, and much more!Perfectly sized to take everywhere you go, this commemorative logbookwill helpcapture your precious memories at each park, and create a keepsake record you can pass down.
No Greater Grief...
No Greater Grief. . . is a baseball story--but it is much more than that. It is a story of friendship, teamwork, camaraderie, and bonds that can never be broken.This story begins and ends on Opening Day of the 1970 Major League baseball season at Gotham Stadium, home to the New York Warriors, perennially last-place finishers. That is, until the previous season and the arrival of two new up-and-coming players--Billy Cantrell, a second baseman, and Jessie Davis, a shortstop.Weaving historical events of the 1960s throughout, No Greater Grief. . . takes the reader through the struggles and victories of these two very different players from their first meeting to the events that eventually lead to No Greater Grief. . .
Golf Dreaming
Golf Dreaming - An Aboriginal Social, Political, Cultural and Historical Perspective of Golf delves into the fascinating and often-overlooked Aboriginal connection to golf. Historical accounts reveal that some traditional Aboriginal games bore similarities to golf, long before the sport gained global prominence. This history by Emeritus Professor of Indigenous History John Maynard is rich with intriguing stories, from the barriers Aboriginal people faced in accessing golf courses and equipment to the lesser-known links between Australian golf courses and significant Aboriginal sites, including burial grounds. Through these narratives, Golf Dreaming explores the sport's unique cultural intersections and its challenges, providing a fresh perspective on golf's place in Australia's sporting and cultural history.
Youth Soccer for Parents for Dummies
Understand the sport of soccer and encourage your kids to have fun Youth Soccer For Parents For Dummies explains how you can prepare your children to play and enjoy the sport of soccer, whether they play recreationally or at the elite youth level. Get up to speed on the basic rules, and learn to keep kids interested and motivated in a sport that's great for their physical and mental health. This ultimate parents' guide covers the rules, player positions, and strategies, including what gear your kids need to start playing. You'll learn coaching and refereeing basics, too, so you'll be ready to get involved. Plus, this book has tips on deciding which program and level makes sense for your child, evaluating travel soccer programs and specialized training camps, dealing with coaches (good and bad), and supporting your kid from the sidelines. Discover the basics of soccer and learn how to get kids started at any age Learn basic soccer drills to help your kids practice on their own Keep your kids motivated, even when they're injured or disappointed Help kids prevent injuries and participate in coaching and team management Navigate the competitive landscape of soccer at the teen level Parents with children of all ages will find tips, advice, support, and encouragement in Youth Soccer For Parents For Dummies. Part soccer book, part parenting book, this guide can help you get your kids started and support them all the way through college.
Homestand
A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America--written by an acclaimed journalist and Army Ranger who, after returning from Iraq to a painfully divided country, rediscovered its core values in the bleachers of a minor league ballpark in Batavia, New York. What happens when a minor league team--the heart and soul of a Rust Belt town in western New York--is shut down by the billionaires who run Major League Baseball? Batavia, New York--between Rochester and Buffalo--hosted its first professional baseball game in 1897. Despite decades of deindustrialization and evaporating middle-class jobs, the Batavia Muckdogs endured. When Major League Baseball cravenly shut them down in 2020--along with forty-one other minor league teams--the town fought back, reviving the Muckdogs as a summer league team comprised of college players. As MLB considers further cuts and private equity buys up what remains, the mom-and-pop operations once prevalent in baseball are endangered. But for now, the sights and sounds of local baseball live on in Batavia--cheap draft beer and hot dogs, starry-eyed kids seeking autographs, and breathtaking summer sunsets. With a vibrant, unforgettable cast of characters--from a librarian and her best friend whose relationship deepens with every "crepuscular hour" they spend together in the bleachers, to the former hockey brawler-turned team owner who greets regulars while working the concession stand, to the iconoclastic writer with a contagious love for his struggling hometown--Bardenwerper's Homestand exposes the beating heart of small town America, friends and neighbors coming together as the crack of the bat echoes in the summer twilight.
