Athletics

Download or read book Ancient Greek Athletics written by Stephen Gaylord Miller and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a survey of sports in ancient Greece, this work describes ancient sporting events and games. It considers the role of women and amateurs in ancient athletics, and explores the impact of these games on art, literature and politics.

Download or read book Visual Athletics written by Kay Porter and published by WCB/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1990 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Olympic Weightlifting written by Greg Everett and published by Catalyst Athletics, LLC. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since shortly after its original release in 2008, Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches has been the most popular book on the sport of weightlifting in the world and has become the standard text for learning and teaching the snatch and clean & jerk. The book presents a complete progression for athletes and coaches starting with foundational elements such as breath control and trunk stabilisation, squatting, balance and weight distribution, warming-up, and individual variation. It moves on to complete learning and teaching progressions for the snatch, clean and jerk; covering training program design extensively, including assessment for recruiting and new lifters, and 16 sample training programs; technical error correction, supplemental exercises, nutrition, bodyweight manipulation, and mobility. It includes a thorough section on competition to prepare both lifters and coaches."--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book College Athletics written by Charles William Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Athletic Trap written by Howard L. Nixon and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unrivaled amount of cash poured into the college athletic system has made sports programs breeding grounds for corruption while diverting crucial resources from the academic mission of universities. This title clarifies the structure of this trap, describes how higher education institutions fall into it

Download or read book Track and Field Athletics for Girls written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New England Small College Athletic Conference written by Dan Covell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New England Small College Athletic Conference has won glowing appraisals in the sporting press since its founding in 1971. Established to strengthen intercollegiate sports in harmony with the high academic standards of its members--11 prestigious liberal arts colleges--the NESCAC is committed to equity and inclusion in athletic programs, and to providing only need-based financial aid. The Conference's reputation attracts many gifted student athletes. Drawing extensively on campus archives, media reports and interviews, this book compares the NESCAC's lofty strategy to reality, with a focus on recruiting, admissions, financial aid and diversity goals.