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Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Hiring a legendary new coach after a devastating Wimbledon loss and injury, a young tennis star endures a campaign to transform her good-girl image into that of a ruthless competitor only to be confronted by the high price of her success during the Grand Slam tournaments.
Author
Language
English
Description
Walking away from her loveless marriage and taking a job in a derelict, financially devastated town, 63-year-old Britt-Marie uses her fierce organizational skills to become a local soccer coach to a group of lost children, becoming a vital community member along the way.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Practice may be the most important predictive factor of athlete success in a sport. Designing and conducting effective practice sessions is therefore an essential element of all coach development efforts, and this book is a practical guide to help coaches make the most of training in order to yield greater transfer to the game for their athletes"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book combines comprehensive research in coach development and hands-on experience to offer coaches and coach developers concrete, practical suggestions to improve coaching performance in youth sport. It speaks directly to coaches working in community youth sport programs, interscholastic sport, and private youth sport organizations"--
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Championship results require championship behaviors--it's as simple as that. In this essential book, Hugh McCutcheon provides a proven framework for competitive excellence based in motor learning, psychology, and decades of coaching experience and success.
12) Hot shot
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Julian Pryce was star center on an undefeated basketball team before moving to a new town, where he quickly gets on the wrong side of the starting center, whose father happens to be their coach.
13) The bronze
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When her town sees a new young athlete on the rise, a former gymnastics bronze medalist must fight for her celebrity status.
14) Maybe this time
Author
Series
Colorado ice novels volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Starting a new life in her hometown of Glenwood Falls, Colorado, after leaving her two-timing NHL-star husband, Abigail Jansen skates on thin ice when her daughter makes the junior hockey team and the coach is none other than Jackson Westmore, who happens to hate her.
15) Stumptown kid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meanings of both racism and heroism when he befriends a black man who had played baseball in the Negro Leagues.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach--two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s--changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school to the NFL.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the coach of her championship softball team asks Raisa Kumar to teach a new recruit, Annie, how to pitch she is eager to help, especially since she hopes to be a coach herself someday; but Raisa's efforts at coaching seem to be frustrating Annie rather then helping her.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Big Miss is Hank Haney’s candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain. He was with Tiger 110 days a year, spoke to him over 200 days a year, and stayed at his home up to 30 days a year, observing him in nearly every
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