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Biking For Dummies
by Tyler BenedictExplore, travel, and get fit on two wheels Biking For Dummies will teach you the basics of riding your bike as a workout or as a mode of transportation. Great for people of all ages and fitness levels, this book shows you how to select the best bike for your needs, how to ride safely, and how to maintain your bicycle, so you can enjoy the many adventures that lie ahead. This entertaining Dummies guide answers all your questions about e-bikes, cycling etiquette, must-have gear and gadgets, and staying safe out there. Plus, you’ll find bicycle maintenance advice and tips that will help you get faster and ride farther, even if you’re starting from zero. Become a cyclist, the Dummies way. Choose the right bike for you and find places to ride it Use correct form, learn the rules of the road, and enjoy every ride Learn to keep your bike or e-bike in good shape for years to come Discover which equipment you need, and which you can live withoutBiking For Dummies is for beginners who want to start cycling, and for experienced riders looking for reliable info. Start with a quick ride around the block and branch out to long rides and exciting cycling vacations. There’s no limit to where two wheels can take you.
Bildungspotentiale des Fußballs: Soziokulturelle Projekte und Analysen (Bildung und Sport #12)
by Elke Gramespacher Rolf SchwarzDer Fußball bietet neben Chancen zur sozialen Integration auch enormes Potential zur sprachlichen, sport- und interkulturellen Bildung. Der vorliegende Band präsentiert im ersten Teil fünf sozialkulturell motivierte Fußballprojekte aus Deutschland und der Schweiz. Diese Projekte werden im zweiten Teil miteinander in einen Zusammenhang gebracht und deren Potentiale eingehend analysiert. Der Band gibt Anregungen für Konzepte sowie vielfältige Orientierungs- und Anknüpfungspunkte für neue sozialkulturell motivierte Fußballprojekte, die sich den Bildungspotentialen dieser Sportart widmen möchten. Der Inhalt • Das Potential sozialkulturell motivierter Fußballprojekte • Fünf sozialkulturell motivierte Fußballprojekte in den Settings Schule, Kooperation Schule/Verein und Soziale Arbeit • Projektmanagement, Projektevaluation und didaktische Analyse von sozialkulturell motivierten Fußballprojekten Die Zielgruppen • Fachcommunity Sport- und Bildungswissenschaften • Sportlehrer und -lehrerinnen an (Ganztags-)Schulen mit erhöhtem Integrationsbedarf • Fachkräfte der Sozialen Arbeit sowie der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe • Vereinstrainer und -trainerinnen sowie Funktionäre und Funktionärinnen Die Herausgeber Dr. Elke Gramespacher ist Professorin für Bewegungsförderung und Sportdidaktik am Institut Kindergarten-/Unterstufe an der Pädagogischen Hochschule FHNW, Windisch, Schweiz. Dr. Rolf Schwarz ist Professor am Institut für Bewegungserziehung und Sport der Pädagogischen Hochschule Karlsruhe.
Bildungszugänge im Sport: Grundlagen und Offerten (Bildung und Sport #29)
by Eckart Balz Tim BindelIn dem Band werden konkrete Bildungszugänge für Kinder und Jugendliche auf den Feldern des Sports aufgezeigt. Solche Bildungszugänge fokussieren spezifische und z. T. auch niederschwellige Möglichkeiten einer Bildung im Sport und sollen adäquate Bildungschancen anbahnen: über bestimmte Bildungsinhalte und Bildungsmomente, Bildungsfiguren und Bildungsmedien, Bildungsorte und Bildungslandschaften. Hierzu werden orientierende Beiträge und viele gelungene Beispiele sich öffnender Bildungszugänge beigesteuert. Für alle Beteiligten im agonalen, informellen, kommerziellen und humanitären Sport können solche Offerten die Bildungsarbeit im Sport unterstützen.
Bill Beaumont: The Autobiography
by Bill BeaumontFirst published in 2003 and now available as an ebook. One of the best lock forwards in the history of English and Lions’ game, and a successful captain to boot. Bill Beaumont’s popularity on the field and his appearances on A Question of Sport made him a household name.
Bill Edgar's Quirky Football Quiz Book
by Bill Edgar'The brilliant Bill Edgar in The Times . . . Some of the stuff he comes up with is absolutely fantastic. There are stats, and stats, and his stats are excellent'JOHN MURRAY, BBC Radio Football CorrespondentA bumper quiz book packed with 1,000 questions about football, every single one of them eye-opening or amusing. This is not only a series of quizzes for those who enjoy being challenged, but also a book that can be enjoyed simply for discovering intriguing stats and quirks. Bill Edgar has been a football writer for The Times for the past 23 years, specialising in statistics, curiosities and quizzes. He has been compiling quizzes regularly since 2008. With this quiz book he sets out to intrigue and entertain, rather than simply pose questions. Every question includes a stat or piece of trivia that is fascinating and entertaining, which readers will enjoy whether or not they succeed in answering the question correctly or not.
Bill McLaren's Dream Lions
by Bill McLarenA tribute to the special spirit of the British Lions rugby team, with a history of Lions tours and pen portraits of the sixty greatest Lions players since 1971.Playing for the British Lions has been the ultimate accolade for any Home Union rugby player, ever since the first Lions tour to South Africa in 1910. In his capacity as a rugby commentator on national radio and television for more than 35 years, Bill McLaren is the ideal person to uncover the magic and pride in putting on a Lions shirt and playing in the world’s most famous rugby touring side. The book features McLaren’s personal portraits of the 60 greatest Lions players – including such legendary names as Willie John McBride, Gareth Edwards, Andy Irvine, Bill Beaumont, Gavin Hastings and Jeremy Guscott – culminating in a final Lions Select XV. Top international coach Ian McGeechan appraises this definitive fifteen and provides fascinating tips on training methods to combat the might of the Southern Hemisphere nations. Finally, the book traces the history of the Lions, from their humble beginnings in 1910 through to their much-praised victorious tour of South Africa in 1997, followed by a complete statistical summary of all players and results down the years. Bill McLaren’s Dream Lions is a special tribute to the unique spirit of the British Lions, a quality that has won the admiration of rugby followers around the world.
Bill Shankly: The Biography
by Stephen F Kelly'Football is not just a matter of life and death: it's much more important than that' - Bill ShanklyBill Shankly was without doubt among the greatest football managers of the post-war era and his life story is an inspiring read for anyone interested in the sport. To football fans everywhere, Bill Shankly was far more than just a manager: he was a folk hero whose legend still dominates the game.Shankly took Liverpool FC from Second Division obscurity and helped create the legend that became the Anfield of Keegan, Hughes, Toshack and Heighway. With his impertinent questions, blunt observations and appreciation of life, Bill Shankly's wit, down-to-earth wisdom and sheer determination set a standard that holds good to this day. This full and frank biography tells his larger-than-life story and is an inspiring tribute to one of football's most enduring heroes.
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick
by Paul DicksonWilliam Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team for financial reasons the next year. He bought a majority of the St. Louis Browns in 1951, sold it three years later, then returned in 1959 to buy the other Chicago team, the White Sox, winning the American League pennant his first year. Ill health led him to sell two years later, only to gain ownership again, 1975-1981. Veeck's promotional spirit-the likes of clown prince Max Patkin and midget Eddie Gaedel are inextricably connected with him-and passion endeared him to fans, while his feel for the game led him to propose innovations way ahead of their time, and his deep sense of morality not only integrated the sport but helped usher in the free agency that broke the stranglehold owners had on players. (Veeck was the only owner to testify in support of Curt Flood during his landmark free agency case). Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a deeply insightful, powerful biography of a fascinating figure. It will take its place beside the recent bestselling biographies of Satchel Paige and Mickey Mantle, and will be the baseball book of the season in Spring 2012.
Bill Veeck's Crosstown Classic (Chicago Shorts)
by Bill Veeck Ed LinnBaseball Hall of Famer Bill Veeck (1914–86) was an inspired team builder, a consummate showman, and one of the greatest baseball men ever involved in the game. Bill Veeck’s Crosstown Classic, drawn from his uproarious autobiography (cowritten with the talented sportswriter Ed Linn), is an unforgettable trip packed with anecdotes and insight about the history of baseball and tales of players and owners—some of the most entertaining stories in all of sports literature. Veeck’s own love for the game began when his father was manager and then President of the Chicago Cubs; upon his father’s death in 1930, Veeck was hired as an office boy for eighteen dollars a week. Here, Veeck recollects those halcyon days and how they underscored his development as a wily franchise owner, leading up to quite a rumpus, many years later, during his purchase of the White Sox from the “Battling Comiskeys.”
The Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super-rich Owners WINNER FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR, SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2018
by James MontagueOnce upon a time football was run by modest local businessmen. Today it is the plaything of billionaire oligarchs, staggeringly wealthy from oil and gas, from royalty, or from murkier sources. But who are these new masters of the universe? Where did all their money come from? And what do they want with our beautiful game? While almost cloaked in secrecy, the billionaire owner has to raise his head above the bunker when it comes to football ownership – a rare Achilles heel that allows access to worlds normally off limits journalists and outsiders. In the Billionaires Club James Montague delves deeper than anyone ever dared, to tell this story for the first time. He criss-crosses the world – from Dhaka to Doha, from China to Crewe, from St Louis to London, from Bangkok to Belgium – to profile this new elite, their network of money and their influence that defies geographic boundaries.The Billionaires Club is part history of club ownership, part in-depth investigation into the money and influence that connects the super-rich around the globe, and part travel book as he follows the ever-shifting trail around the globe in an attempt to reveal the real force behind modern-day football.At its heart The Billionaires Club is a football book, about some of the biggest clubs in the world. But it is also about something bigger: the world around us, the global economy, where the world is headed and how football has become an essential cog in this machine.
Billy Bonkers and the Wacky World Cup!: And The Wacky World Cup! (Billy Bonkers #4)
by Giles AndreaePut your trainers on, Billy Bonkers is back with more amazing adventures! This time he's landing a plane and flying through the air in a hot-air balloon to watch the World Cup's final. Billy and his family are so wacky, you will laugh your socks off!
Billy the Kid
by Michael MorpurgoDiscover the beautiful stories Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller. Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out…
Billy the Kid (PDF)
by Michael Morpurgo Michael ForemanDiscover the beautiful stories Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller. Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out… Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80 year old man, who looks back on his life as Chelsea’s champion striker until the outbreak of war in 1939 and on through his subsequent life. Billy joins Chelsea as a football apprentice, rises through the reserves to become a real champion. His passion for football sees him through the war years – even as a prisoner of war he organises a friendly against the Italians – but, having been injured by a mine he cannot play for Chelsea on his return to England. Billy turns to vagrancy and alcohol and for years he wanders up and down the country. He re-settles in London in a derelict house and is befriended by a family who move him to a shed in their garden. He, in turn, helps their son with his football who in his turn becomes a Chelsea player. Billy becomes a Chelsea Pensioner and his 80th birthday is celebrated when Chelsea play at home. A novel for both children and adults which deals with some difficult issues. Michael Morpurgo’s storytelling is superb and this will be a welcome follow up to the previous Morpurgo/Foreman collaboration – Farm Boy.
Bing’s Football Fun (Bing)
by HarperCollins Children’s BooksA fantastic new picture book about Bing learning how to play football!
Bing’s Snowy Day (Bing)
by HarperCollinsChildren’sBooksRound the corner, not far away, Bing is playing in the snow today! A gorgeous new picture book about the joys and perils of playing in the snow, based on the award-winning CBeebies series Bing.
Bio-orthopaedics: A New Approach
by Alberto Gobbi João Espregueira-Mendes John G. Lane Mustafa KarahanThis book introduces the exciting field of orthobiology, which will usher in a new array of therapeutic approaches that stimulate the body’s natural resources to regenerate musculoskeletal tissues damaged by trauma or disease. The book addresses a range of key topics and discusses emerging approaches that promise to offer effective alternatives to traditional treatments for injuries to bone, cartilage, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. It explains in detail how a variety of innovative products, including biomaterials, growth factors, and autogenous cells, together provide the basis for the regeneration of these musculoskeletal structures and how recent scientific progress has created unique opportunities to address pathological situations that until recently have been treated with unsatisfactory results. The authors are experts from across the world who come together to provide a truly global overview. The book is published in collaboration with ISAKOS. It will be invaluable for all with an interest in this area of medicine, which has already attained huge popularity in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and has also attracted the attention of the lay public.
The Biochemical Basis Of Sports Performance (PDF)
by Michael Gleeson Ronald MaughanSome understanding of the biochemistry of exercise is fundamental to any study of the factors that contribute to sports performance. It is the physical, chemical and biochemical properties of cells and tissues that determine the physiological responses to exercise, and yet the teaching ofexercise biochemistry is poorly developed compared with exercise physiology. Where the subject is taught at all, the student often finds the approach somewhat daunting, with its focus on thermodynamics, chemical structures and metabolic pathways. Many students find the subject difficult, when itshould not be so. The aim of this book is to introduce the student of sports science or exercise physiology to the biochemical processes that underpin exercise performance and the adaptations that occur with training. The focus is on skeletal muscle metabolism and the provision of energy for workingmuscles. We have tried in this book to introduce the principles of exercise biochemistry in a context that is immediately relevant to the student of sports science. This has meant abandoning the traditional approach of working through the main classes of biomolecules and the major metabolicpathways. Instead, we have tackled the subject by considering the biochemical processes involved in energy provision for different sports events and the way in which limitations in the energy supply can cause fatigue and thus limit performance. Recovery from exercise is important for athletes whotrain and compete with only a limited rest period, and the biochemical processes that influence recovery and restoration of performance capacity are also addressed in this book. The biochemical processes that fuel the different activities that contribute to sport are the focus of this book, togetherwith the changes that occur with training and the role of diet in providing the necessary fuels. Sporting talent is a rare gift inherited by the elite athlete from his or her parents, and a brief description of the basis of heredity is included. Online Resource Centre:Will provide multiple choice questions for each chapter and illustrations from the book will be available to download from the Online Resource Centre at www. oup. com/uk/booksites/biosciences/
Biochemistry for Sport and Exercise Metabolism
by Donald MacLaren James MortonHow do our muscles produce energy for exercise and what are the underlying biochemical principles involved? These are questions that students need to be able to answer when studying for a number of sport related degrees. This can prove to be a difficult task for those with a relatively limited scientific background. Biochemistry for Sport and Exercise Metabolism addresses this problem by placing the primary emphasis on sport, and describing the relevant biochemistry within this context. The book opens with some basic information on the subject, including an overview of energy metabolism, some key aspects of skeletal muscle structure and function, and some simple biochemical concepts. It continues by looking at the three macromolecules which provide energy and structure to skeletal muscle - carbohydrates, lipids, and protein. The last section moves beyond biochemistry to examine key aspects of metabolism - the regulation of energy production and storage. Beginning with a chapter on basic principles of regulation of metabolism it continues by exploring how metabolism is influenced during high-intensity, prolonged, and intermittent exercise by intensity, duration, and nutrition. Key Features: A clearly written, well presented introduction to the biochemistry of muscle metabolism. Focuses on sport to describe the relevant biochemistry within this context. In full colour throughout, it includes numerous illustrations, together with learning objectives and key points to reinforce learning. Biochemistry for Sport and Exercise Metabolism will prove invaluable to students across a range of sport-related courses, who need to get to grips with how exercise mode, intensity, duration, training status and nutritional status can all affect the regulation of energy producing pathways and, more important, apply this understanding to develop training and nutrition programmes to maximise athletic performance.
Biochemistry for Sport and Exercise Metabolism
by Donald MacLaren James MortonHow do our muscles produce energy for exercise and what are the underlying biochemical principles involved? These are questions that students need to be able to answer when studying for a number of sport related degrees. This can prove to be a difficult task for those with a relatively limited scientific background. Biochemistry for Sport and Exercise Metabolism addresses this problem by placing the primary emphasis on sport, and describing the relevant biochemistry within this context. The book opens with some basic information on the subject, including an overview of energy metabolism, some key aspects of skeletal muscle structure and function, and some simple biochemical concepts. It continues by looking at the three macromolecules which provide energy and structure to skeletal muscle - carbohydrates, lipids, and protein. The last section moves beyond biochemistry to examine key aspects of metabolism - the regulation of energy production and storage. Beginning with a chapter on basic principles of regulation of metabolism it continues by exploring how metabolism is influenced during high-intensity, prolonged, and intermittent exercise by intensity, duration, and nutrition. Key Features: A clearly written, well presented introduction to the biochemistry of muscle metabolism. Focuses on sport to describe the relevant biochemistry within this context. In full colour throughout, it includes numerous illustrations, together with learning objectives and key points to reinforce learning. Biochemistry for Sport and Exercise Metabolism will prove invaluable to students across a range of sport-related courses, who need to get to grips with how exercise mode, intensity, duration, training status and nutritional status can all affect the regulation of energy producing pathways and, more important, apply this understanding to develop training and nutrition programmes to maximise athletic performance.
Bioethics, Genetics and Sport (Ethics and Sport)
by Silvia Camporesi Mike McNameeAdvances in genetics and related biotechnologies are having a profound effect on sport, raising important ethical questions about the limits and possibilities of the human body. Drawing on real case studies and grounded in rigorous scientific evidence, this book offers an ethical critique of current practices and explores the intersection of genetics, ethics and sport. Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the ethics of biotechnology in sport, the book addresses the philosophical implications of the latest scientific developments and technological data. Distinguishing fact from popular myth and science fiction, it covers key topics such as the genetic basis of sport performance and the role of genetic testing in talent identification and development. Its ten chapters discuss current debates surrounding issues such as the shifting relationship between genetics, sports medicine and sports science, gene enhancement, gene transfer technology, doping and disability sport. The first book to be published on this important subject in more than a decade, this is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the ethics of sport, bioethics or sport performance.
Bioethics, Genetics and Sport (Ethics and Sport)
by Silvia Camporesi Mike McNameeAdvances in genetics and related biotechnologies are having a profound effect on sport, raising important ethical questions about the limits and possibilities of the human body. Drawing on real case studies and grounded in rigorous scientific evidence, this book offers an ethical critique of current practices and explores the intersection of genetics, ethics and sport. Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the ethics of biotechnology in sport, the book addresses the philosophical implications of the latest scientific developments and technological data. Distinguishing fact from popular myth and science fiction, it covers key topics such as the genetic basis of sport performance and the role of genetic testing in talent identification and development. Its ten chapters discuss current debates surrounding issues such as the shifting relationship between genetics, sports medicine and sports science, gene enhancement, gene transfer technology, doping and disability sport. The first book to be published on this important subject in more than a decade, this is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the ethics of sport, bioethics or sport performance.
Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems
by Derek A. Paley Norman M. WereleyThis book includes representative research from the state‑of‑the‑art in the emerging field of soft robotics, with a special focus on bioinspired soft robotics for underwater applications. Topics include novel materials, sensors, actuators, and system design for distributed estimation and control of soft robotic appendages inspired by the octopus and seastar. It summarizes the latest findings in an emerging field of bioinspired soft robotics for the underwater domain, primarily drawing from (but not limited to) an ongoing research program in bioinspired autonomous systems sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The program has stimulated cross‑disciplinary research in biology, material science, computational mechanics, and systems and control for the purpose of creating novel robotic appendages for maritime applications. The book collects recent results in this area.
Biologia cellulare nell'esercizio fisico
by Livio LuziLa nascita delle Facoltà e dei Corsi di Laurea di Scienze Motorie, e la chiusura degli ISEF, hanno prodotto un radicale mutamento degli insegnamenti della nuova Facoltà Universitaria. In particolare, i percorsi di formazione degli insegnamenti forniti da Scienze Motorie, a seguito delle due riforme che si sono succedute nell’ultimo decennio, si sono notevolmente arricchiti di materie teoriche sia di base che applicate a problematiche del movimento umano. La Biologia Applicata è sicuramente tra i nuovi insegnamenti quello che più di altri caratterizza la differenza tra i corsi ISEF e le nuove classi di Laurea universitarie inerenti lo sport. A questo riguardo, esisteva quindi una lacuna formativa e comunicativa nel campo della Biologia Applicata che andava colmata con la preparazione di questo manuale che, senza la pretesa di essere esaustivo nel settore della Biologia, tratta in dettaglio gli argomenti di Biologia rilevanti per l’attuale percorso formativo didattico dello studente di Scienze Motorie, con particolare attenzione agli eventi endocellulari che determinano, regolano e modulano l’esercizio fisico. Oltre all’utilizzo da parte degli studenti di Scienze Motorie, per i quali questo libro è stato scritto, professionisti e operatori nel settore dello sport e del tempo libero possono trarre vantaggio dalla sua lettura. Il presente volume è frutto di un lavoro di équipe o, se si preferisce, dell’esperienza di una Scuola che da circa 30 anni si è occupata di ricerca nel settore del metabolismo, della endocrinologia e della fisiologia dello sport.
Biologic and Nanoarthroscopic Approaches in Sports Medicine
by Chad LavenderIn recent years, there have been a number of exciting advances in biologic and nanoarthroscopic approaches in sports medicine, giving the clinician even more options for safe and effective minimally invasive treatments for the active patient. This practical text presents these breakthrough techniques in detail and describes the authors' experiences and lessons learned.This book is broken into two main sections. The first section presents the history of the use of biologics in sports medicine and will have several chapters describing novel techniques using platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone marrow concentrate (BMC), all-inside allograft ACL reconstruction, minimally invasive quad tendon harvest with endoscopic closure, and cartilage transfer (ACT) using an autologous tissue collector, among others. The second section describes the history of arthroscopy and the most recent use of nanoarthroscopy, including several novel techniques utilizing the nanoscope, such as incisionless partial medial meniscectomy, synovectomy of the knee, and single incision approaches for the anterior labrum and rotator cuff.Practical and cutting edge, Biologic and Nanoarthroscopic Approaches in Sports Medicine is an exciting exploration of the most recent management approaches for both sports medicine and orthopedic surgeons.